Throwback Thursday: Aliens

GenX Journeys · Aug 22, 2025 · 1h 2m

This week we're flashing back to June 25, 2020, when Del Roehling and I revisited one of the greatest sequels of all time — Aliens (1986).

Back then, I had just wrapped up a tough semester in my master's program for Creative Writing, and like so many of us, I was stuck at home during lockdown. Del and I took the opportunity to dive into James Cameron's explosive follow-up to Ridley Scott's Alien, and we had a blast breaking it all down.

We cover:

👽 How Aliens shifted from horror to all-out action

🔥 Sigourney Weaver cementing her place as a true action hero

🎬 The unforgettable performances of…