And we’re back! On this episode of the Cabin in the Woods Film Festival Podcast, Angela (of The Film Confessional Podcast) we continue our COUNTDOWN TO PROMETHEUS! This time we dive head first into the second film in the Alien franchise, and the film I expect to be the biggest hurdle to finishing the series, Aliens. Of course, if she makes it through she’ll probably suffer night terrors for the next six weeks, but honestly, you need to give to get in this world. Suck it up and deal as they say.
We’re always interested in feedback. But we are trying to keep this to more of a conversational style than a true critique of the films. And of course, I’d always be open to suggestions for her to watch. Word of warning, torture porn and zombie films will get me yelled at and probably punched in the face.
As always, thanks for listening!
Opening Theme – Help, I’m Alive by Metric
Closing Music – Invincible by Pat Benatar
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You have to get Angela to watch either THE WICKER MAN or DON’T LOOK NOW. That is all.
Angela has made it through The Wicker Man just fine. Since she’s in a coven, the film plays more like a comedy to her than anything.
Please pardon the pedantic science nerd in me.
While I can think of many problems with the airlock scene, such as who in their right minds designs an airlock system without multiple safety features to prevent the outer door from opening while the inner door is also open, the ship being crushed from the change in pressure is not one of my problems.
Mainly because a vacuum asserts no inward pressure itself. P = 0 is the definition of a vacuum. Since there’s artificial gravity involved you can assume that removing all the pressure would result in additional stress on the hull, given 1 atmosphere of pressure as assumed, removing the air would be the equivalent of adding approximately 34 feet of water atop of the ship. A considerable amount but not enough to crush structural steel. Given that spaceships must be pretty robustly constructed to withstand what must be multiple Gs of acceleration forces along with other factors, my suspension of disbelief is firmly in place.
Heck, there was no fancy airlock system for the Mercury and Gemini capsules and they survived total evacuation for spacewalks just fine.
You’ll have to forgive Angela, she’s seen numerous documentaries on space exploration and thus considers herself an expert in the field.