DRUNK CINEMA 016: "Alien" Is Up!

 
"That's the only way! We'll move in pairs. We'll go step-by-step and cut off every bulkhead and every vent until we have it cornered. And then we'll blow it the fuck out into space. Is that acceptable to you?"
"If it means killing it, yeah, that's acceptable to me."
"Obviously, it means killing it. But we have to stick together."
-- Ellen Ripley and Parker, Alien

Hey there, movie fans!  My wonderful & strange co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we're joined by special guest DJ Nik as we watch Alien, the 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and featuring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, Harry Dean Stanton as Brett, Sir John Hurt as Kane, and Sir Ian Holm as Ash!

In this episode, Xan, Nik and I discuss things like watching Alien instead of our planned movie Hot Fuzz, Xan's Alien vs. Predator story, Nik's apology on behalf of Italy for Raoul Bova's terrible acting, why we haven't recorded a new episode since July, my new kitties Desire and Delirium, Nik smoking his beer, Whore Season vs. Horror Season, director Ridley Scott, Alien and Aliens having different tones, Alien 3 vs. Alien Resurrection, Nik cringing at Mom and Dad fighting, the end of The Fly (1986) making Xan cry, the Six Degrees of Donald Sutherland, John Hurt reprising Kane for a parody of the chestburster scene in Spaceballs, wondering why Alien lost Best Art Direction to All That Jazz, composer Jerry Goldsmith, the Alien title being an optometrist eye chart, Disney+ not having any R-rated movies in America, the novelization for Alien, Brett having more shit he's gotta do today, H.R. Giger disturbing Fox studio executives with his designs having blatant sexuality, movies based on videogames being terrible, the acid blood being created as a good reason for why the crew members don't just shoot and kill the xenomorph, alternate names for the Facehugger, evil movie corporations, Xan's spicy pepper Instagram video, the Facehugger singing "Hello, Ma Baby!", Jones being the best Nostromo crew member, John McClane in Alien Hard, Alien being a very progressive movie, a shoutout to Bolaji Badejo, Xan vs. monkeys in Sun City, Facebook comments from Dave Proctor and Benjamin Yates, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 017, as Xan and I watch The Omen, the original 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and featuring Gregory Peck as Robert Thorn, Lee Remick as Katherine Thorn, David Warner as Keith Jennings, and Patrick Troughton as Father Brennan!