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You crash in the Colorado forest and discover a small town overrun with people discussing ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM and why its gratuitous nastiness and deeply conservative undercurrents make this the most unpleasant film so far in the Alien franchise. Is there any interesting critical insight to pull from this literally and metaphorically dark film? Content warning: body horror, death, infant death, child death, pregnancy, sexual imagery, nuclear power. Our theme song is Alien Remix by Leslie

You drill down into the Antarctic ice and discover what you've been doggedly searching for: an ever-shifting pyramid containing critical analysis of ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. Ancient hieroglyphics discuss why the film doesn't work, how its white supremacist premise fits into racialised readings of the Alien films, and its weird contested position as a paratext in the multi/transmedia franchise. Content warning: body horror; sexual imagery; white supremacy; racism. Our theme song is Alien Remix by

It's two hundred years later and you awaken in a weird membrane-like thing to discover that you've been resurrected for the purpose of learning about ALIEN RESURRECTION's tonal clash of writer and director, the script's baked-in misogyny, and the odd direction it takes with Ripley's character. Content warning: body horror; death; ableism; misogyny; sexual imagery; spousal abuse; workplace abuse. Our theme song is Alien Remix by Leslie Wai available on SoundCloud:

You've crash-landed on a futuristic ore refinery and penal colony based on outdated ideas of genetic destiny and find that two British men are talking to you about David Fincher's first feature film, ALIEN³. Simon and Jim discuss the film's unfortunate scripting issues, the troubled pre-production process, and how this exemplifies the Alien franchise's identity crisis. Content warning: body horror; death; animal death; sexual imagery; sexual assault; suicide; abortion; Christian

You're now fully enveloped by a Facehugger feeding on your nutrients and pumping you full of information, contextualisation, and thematic analysis of the 1986 film, ALIENS. Simon and Jim take you through the second film in the Alien franchise and discover the path that James Cameron took the films down. Content warning: body horror; death; space travel; fear of flying; sexual imagery. Our theme song is Alien Remix by Leslie Wai available on SoundCloud:

A leathery egg opens before you. You peer into its organic depths to see what be moving within and are assailed by a podcast full of information, contextualisation, and thematic analysis of the 1979 film, ALIEN. Listen as Simon and Jim embark on the first leg of their journey through the Alien franchise. Content warning: body horror; rape and sexual violence; sexual imagery; death; space travel. Our theme song is Alien Remix by Leslie Wai available on SoundCloud:

Welcome to The Xenopod: the podcast where we watch and analyse all the Alien franchise films in release order. In this introductory episode, Simon Bowie and Jim Ross lay out the project, the reasons for watching all the Alien films, and what makes the Alien franchise different. Our theme song is Alien Remix by Leslie Wai available on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/lesliewai/alien-remix