Episode 58: The Blomkamp Controversy & Sequel Ideas

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Episode 58: The Blomkamp Controversy & Sequel Ideas

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Jul 10, 2017

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After a 3 week hiatus, Perfect Organism is back, with a heavy sigh, discussing the latest unfolding news surrounding Blomkamp's dead, ALIEN project, sequel ideas, and so much more.

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Jul 10, 2017

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Episode 1: The Beginning: This is our inaugural episode featuring your host JM Prater and Peter Haight. This is your new podcast home for all things ALIEN. Our first episode introduces the dynamic duo, and how they first fell in love with the Alien franchise, and of course, the e... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 22: Weyland Yutani Bulletin: This time around we talk with William Robbie, the founder of the Weyland Yutani Bulletin, the largest ALIEN group on social media. Ross, the head admin of the group also weighs in. It’s a great conversation. Enjoy! by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 20: Star Wars, News Roundup: This is a shorter Holiday episode. Jaime and Pete give their review on the new Star Wars film, and discuss more news surrounding ALIEN: Covenant. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 7: AVPGalaxy Interview with Cpl. Hicks (Aaron Percival): In this episode, Jaime interviews Aaron Percival of AVP Galaxy. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 23: Comics of the Alien Saga: This is our 3rd roundtable. Jaime and Peter are joined again by Ross Poulter, head admin at the Weyland Yutani Bulletin, and Aaron Percival of AvP Galaxy. This episode we discuss the impact of the comics in the fan community. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 12: Reboot Culture: Jaime and Pete discuss the reboot culture, Ridley Scott's latest The Martian, and how everything may and can effect Neill Blomkamp's ALIEN film. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 17: Paradise Lost?: Jaime and Peter discuss the latest news surrounding Ridley Scott’s sequel to Prometheus, suspiciously named ALIEN : Paradise Lost. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 15: "The Ripley Effect": Jaime and Pete discuss the round up of news as it concerns the Alien universe, and the Ripley effect on women in film and television. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 14: Blade Runner: Jaime and Peter finally talk about what is considered to be one of the greatest science fiction films of all time... Ridley's Scott's seminal cyberpunk masterpiece, Blade Runner. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 45: Walter & The Round Table: JM and Ryan are joined by David Gogel, who has shared opinion pieces about the Alien experience, that he's written, and our second time guest, Mykal Mcculloch, for what will now be an ongoing, and official round table discussion, which we will produced ... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 9: Alien Resurrection: In this episode, we discuss Alien Resurrection, and how one doomed film nearly ruined an entire multimillion dollar franchise. With an ensemble cast, a great special effects team, and a critically acclaimed French director, what could go wrong? by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 19: Covenant/5/Blade Runner 2: Peter and Jaime talk the latest news roundup. Everything from the status of Neill Blomkamp’s ALIEN film, to Ridley Scott’s ALIEN Covenant film, to the possibility of Newt’s return, and a little bit of Blade Runner news sprinkled in for good measure. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 10: Interview with Dominic Kulcsar (Alien Explorations): In this episode, Jaime interviews Dominic Kulcsar, the creator and curator of the Alien Explorations website. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 31 : Is Neill Blomkamp Quietly Shooting His ALIEN Film?: Jaime and Peter discuss the possibility that 20th Century Fox has been quietly, filming Blomkamp’s ALIEN film for a while.... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
59 min listen
Episode 6: The Android Episode: In our 6th episode, we discuss the Androids of Ridley Scott's Alien and Blade Runner. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Stasis Interrupted : Perfect Organism Talks the New ALIEN : Covenant Poster: Ryan, Peter and Jaime sit down to discuss the latest poster for ALIEN Covenant, and what it all could mean. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 21: First Roundtable Discussion: Perfect Organism conducts its first round table discussion as it nears it’s year anniversary. Chris Picard, the founder and CEO of Scified.com and the admin of the incredible Facebook page Prometheus 2012 stops in and talks to us about how his site bega... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 8: Interview with SithFireCreations (Dayton Allen): In this episode, we interviewed Dayton Allen, the man behind SithFireCreations. Dayton creates custom figures, dioramas, and props in his spare time from his Florida home. His work can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Sith_fire30-Creations-1216102... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 36: Leaked Images From ALIEN : Covenant: JM and new co-host, Ryan Zeid are talking about the latest develops and leaked imagery surrounding ALIEN: Covenant, and what it means, and how fandom is receiving the news. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 27 : Fassbender Speaks: Jaime and Peter discuss Michael Fassbender’s latest interview tidbits surrounding ALIEN : Covenant, and what to expect and anticipate with the news. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
42 min listen
Episode 4: Great Science Fiction: In our 4th episode, we discuss great science fiction films. by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 29 : Marketing ALIEN : Covenant; A Roundtable Discussion: JM is joined by William Robbie as a guest host to discuss the marketing of the ALIEN films, as it relates to ALIEN : Covenant. Also joining JM and William are a few members of the Weyland Yutani Bulletin. This was a great episode. We start off a bit slow... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 28: Stasis Interrupted : Interviewing Darrel Curtis of The Nostromo Files: Peter and Jaime sit down with Darrel Curtis, the founder and site runner of The Nostrum Files. This episode is being released under our new side project, Stasis Interrupted, which will handle all of our interviews with people in fandom. This particular e... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 11: If Stars Could Sing (The Scores of Alien): In this episode, Jaime and Peter discuss the scores of the Alien saga, and play selections from the soundtracks. From Jerry Goldsmith's hauntingly beautiful 1979 score of Alien, to Elliot Goldenthal's gothic and harrowing score for 1992's Alien III, we d... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 32: JM Interviews Filmmaker Juhani Nurmi: JM goes solo on this episode and sits down with filmmaker, writer, and journalist, Juhani Nurmi. Juhani talks about his first love affair with the ALIEN films, his interviews with Ridley Scott, (and David Fincher) and all of the excitement and controvers... by Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
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Episode 58: The Blomkamp Controversy & Sequel Ideas

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