What the heck Aliens directors cut is the way to go!
Lots of people like it, but personally I prefer not knowing anything about the colony before the marines get there. I don't want to see what it was like before, I just want to wonder.
Exceptions to this rule: the turret sequence in Aliens is pretty rad, and the chip extraction in T2 is a marvel of moviemaking. But definitely do NOT need a scene where everyone sings country music over the radio (Abyss).
I listened to this earlier on my phone, just popped in here to see the comments and click on links in the notes for some of the sources in the podcast...
but. but.
There are no notes... :(
I usually only include show notes for stuff that requires a visual, like a video we talked about or something. I don't think we mentioned anything beyond written articles unless I'm forgetting something, but if you'd like a link to something specific that we talked about I'd be happy to share!
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