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00:00 Preamble
00:55 Section 1: Foundations
01:27 Intro shots and setting the scene
02:40 Nostromo
03:25 The Perils of Masculine Exploration
05:44 Concerns over rapid scientific advancement
06:20 Problematic race depictions in Conrad’s work
06:42 The fear of encountering a dominant racial other
07:05 White unease over increasing racial equality
07:33 What is the name Nostromo signalling?
08:10 MUTHUR
08:48 Yeah, it’s meant to look like one of those.
09:32 H.R. Giger
09:59 Why is MUTHUR called MUTHUR?
10:22 The Perversion of Pregnancy
10:44 I.V.F. and the future of the natural process
14:20 Building a birthing scene
17:30 The sterile birth of the future
19:22 Equality and crew hierarchy
24:24 Concerns equal rights meant diminished power for white men
25:08 Critics suggest racism in the alien franchise
25:55 The news in 1978
27:04 Corporate Hierarchy and future bureaucracy
28:45 ‘The Company’
29:10 Summing up themes and anxieties
32:40 Section 2: LV-426
32:45 The Talented Mrs Ripley
33:06 Crew Meeting
33:40 Gender Inversion
34:49 Emphasized Sexuality of Alien Designs
36:16 Dulled sexuality of humans
38:00 Eggs, perversion and the foreign invader
42:17 Ripley defends the nest
45:20 Facehugger
47:10 Ripley Confronts Ash
50:04 A difference of opinion
51:06 Section 3: Xenomorph
51:20 The lack of calm before the storm
53:44 Chestburster and the feminization of Kane
58:05 Time to fight back
58:55 Brett
59:50 Adult Xeno and depictions of race
01:00:38 See on screen for ‘Eshu’ theory
01:02:02 Parker, Brett and the Xenomorph
01:04:05 Incorrect Penetration
01:06:19 Potential Mirroring, Potential Crazy Critics
01:08:38 Section 4: Ellen Ripley
01:08:44 Dallas consults capitalism (it says no)
01:09:11 Technology and the subversion of male heroism
01:10:23 Ripley in charge
01:11:09 Ripley vs Science
01:11:52 Ripley vs Ash
01:15:01 Ripley, in Red and White
01:19:40 Corrective Penetration feat. Jonathan Harker
01:22:48 Jonesy the Cat
01:24:01 Parker and Lambert
01:25:06 Ripley escapes
01:25:51 Feminist Criticism of Final Sequence
01:29:00 Why it’s awesome
01:30:45 Final Thoughts
01:32:42 Outro, Chaos Magnum & Gratitude
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