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The Road to Alien: 1970s Science-Fiction with Darren Mooney
March 18, 2025 · 99 min
In space... no one can hear you podcast...  PODMETHEUS: AN ALIEN PODCAST is hosted by author and podcaster A. J. Black, exploring all facets of the Alien franchise on the big and small screens. This time, joined by author and film critic Darren Mooney, the podcast gets into the precursor projects to Alien, drawing a line from 1950s pulp science-fiction through to a dystopian 1970s approach to the genre, examining how that decades gets us ultimately to Ridley Scott's film. Plus, Darren talks Alien: Earth and reveals the Alien film he likes the most... Host / Editor A. J. Black Guest Darren Mooney Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/podmetheus Join the Podmetheus Hive Discord group: https://discord.gg/sPJnPXdv Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title/Outro music: 'Someone There?' by Victor Lundberg (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices