Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast
TV & Film
The announcement of Alien leaving Dark Horse for Marvel sent shockwaves through fandom, and for good reason. After more than three decades with the venerable underdog publisher, Alien was going to an entertainment powerhouse.
Many of us felt like this was either very good news or very bad news. Either way, the announcement has had fandom on tenterhooks for the past year. Who would write these stories? What would they have to say? Would Marvel—and, by extension, Disney—understand Alien enough to get this right?
Well, we at Perfect Organism are delighted to bring you this wild, nearly two-hour interview with Phillip Kennedy Johnson, the man writing these comics—an interview that essentially serves as an extended "yes" to the question of whether Marvel knows what it's doing with our beloved franchise.
Phillip is a lifelong Alien nut with an abiding love for the property and a passion to get it right. In this interview, Jaime and Patrick have the opportunity to speak with Phillip about what that means. What Alien is really about. What these comics are going to attempt to express. How to tell stories that feel immediate and relevant in the world we inhabit.
This interview is many things, but perhaps most of all it's a love letter. A love letter to comic books, and a love letter to that moment we get to cherish time and again when we realize how many deeply, beautifully nerdy fans are out there around the world.
We hope you love it. This is one of our best.
Stay tuned for Building Better World-submitted questions at the end, and stick around after the credits for a sneak peek at a new show we think you'll love!
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75 // Interview with Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. of Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
PROXIMITY: Last Stand at Hadley's Hope (Chapter 1)
74 // Stay Frosty, We’re All in Strung Out Shape
73 // Disney and the Alien
72 // Tales Of the Body Thief: Interviewing Director Charles de Lauzirika
71 // Defending Alien: Covenant (Part 2)
70 // Has the Beast Run Out?
69 // Vincent Ward and the Wooden World (In Defense of Alien 3: Part 5)
68 // David Twohy’s Prison (In Defense of Alien 3: Part 4)
67 // Gibson's New Nightmare (In Defense of Alien 3: Part 3)
66 // Development Hell (In Defense of Alien 3: Part 2)
65 // In Defense of Alien 3 (Part 1)
PROXIMITY : Last Stand at Hadley’s Hope (teaser trailer)
Episode 64: Heroes of Science Fiction
Episode 63: Reviewing The ALIEN: Covenant Blu Ray
Episode 62: Building Better Worlds
Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Files
Episode 61: Reassessing the Franchise
Episode 60: Enter Blade Runner
Episode 59: Defending ALIEN: Covenant
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