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Podcast: Verbal Diorama
Episode: Prometheus & Alien: Covenant
Description: Welcome to the second Nanorama episode - episodes slightly shorter, but focusing on interesting titbits of information.For this episode, I'm continuing with the Alien franchise by talking a little about the saga's attempts at prequels:Prometheus brought back Alien director Ridley Scott, to distance itself from the franchise and delve into the origins of humanity, and the story around Alien's space jockey with a big-name cast including Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Idris Elba, but while it was a financial success, audiences struggled with this Alien prequels reliance on philosophical ideas about...