Bonus! - Alien: Resurrection

The Summer of Winona continues… in space! Listen to Alex and Julio as they return to the Alien Universe and celebrate all the barriers broken down by Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ALIEN: RESURRECTION! Aggressively sexual Ripley? Check. Sensitive self-hating droid? Check. Intensely emotive baby alien? Check. How is this not considered the best movie in the franchise???

(If you aren’t using a podcatcher and can’t play M4As, scroll down to the bottom of the page for a downloadable MP3!)

PHOTO: You’re too cute to be a droid.

PHOTO: You’re too cute to be a droid.

TIMELINE

00:00:00 - 00:01:16 Intro

00:01:17 - 00:16:17 Opening and Guest Clips

00:16:18 - 01:09:59 Contrarians Corner

01:10:00 - 01:10:57 Winona Interview

01:10:58 - 01:54:51 Real Talk

01:54:52 - 01:59:11 Ranking the Aliens and Droids

01:59:12 - 02:01:04 Perennial Plugs!

02:01:05 - 02:05:31 Livestream 4 The Cure info!

02:05:32 - 02:09:57 Today’s Plugs!

- Alex and Julio are truly sorry for the passing of both comedic greats, Jerry Stiller and Fred Willard. Tough week for TV dads.

- Check out the LIVESTREAM FOR THE CURE website and make sure you mark your calendar so you can support the cause that weekend! Our segment will be Saturday, May 30th at 4pm EST!

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he’s written on his own website. Don’t know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough, he has a new zombie novel out, REQUIEM POR LURÍN. Ask him about it!

Up next, The Summer of Winona continues! We skip a few years forward and land on her little known horror team-up with Ben Chaplin, LOST SOULS! In the meantime, let us know how you liked Alien: Resurrection! Did you buy Winona as a sci-fi heroine? Was the sexual tension throughout the movie too much or not enough? Did Gary from CSI make the right call? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!