Persephone's (Gothic) Insights

As part of my ongoing Q & A series on " Alien: Ore " (2019), this is part two of my interview with Kailey and Sam Spear on the making of their movie.   New interview segments post every Friday at 2 p.m., EST. In case you missed it, r ead  part one !  Production (cont.) [ editor's note: Most of my questions about the contest, itself, are based off  the contest brief , on Tongal's website. ] Nick:  Kolton Brown was the man who finds Al’s body, was he not? K & S:  Yes, indeed. Played by Steven Stiller . He is such a great guy! Steven Stiller and his "Aspen Beer" t-shirt, covered in grime  ( courtesy of  Shimon Photo ). Nick:  Having the Aspen Beer logo on his shirt was a nice touch. Whose idea was that? K & S:  Thank you! We liked that one. We figured there would be at least one guy in this colony who would be the type to wear a beer shirt to work. Kolton was th...

This write-up concerns my initial thoughts about   The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019), including its   new trailer .  I also consider how Gothic its dark fantasy approach is. Spoilers! Based off the writings of Jim Henson and Dave Odell,  Age of Resistance is the upcoming Dark Crystal  miniseries. Set inside their dark, enchanting world, much is the same as it was, decades ago (more than you might expect in this age of soulless reboots and nostalgia cash-grabs). However, there are some differences, too. For example, in the original Dark Crystal (1982), the imagery spoke solely for itself. The only names belonged to Aughra, Jen, Fizzgig and Kira. Virtually everyone else was a position ("Chancellor") or entity ("podlings"). It was a simple, fairy tale world. Things will be less simple, this time. Mark my words. In Age of Resistance , the purpose of our visit is educational: to explore much of what Henson and company left out, back in 1982. F...

This post catalogs the entirety of my interviews with the cast and crew for "Alien: Ore" and includes any salient links. :) Foreword Since the release of Scott's  Alien: Covenant  (2017), details on a new  Alien  project have been limited. Recently, however, there’s been something of an  Alien  renaissance:  a now-famous high school play , and six  Alien  shorts produced by  Tongal  in conjunction with Fox. While all of them are enjoyable, and nicely varied in terms of technique and style, “ Alien: Ore ” (2019) is the best of the lot. Well-rounded and technically superb, it captures  Alien  (1979) from every angle; the acting, writing, editing, photography and special effects are all top-shelf. The purpose of this ongoing series is to cover "Alien: Ore" from every possible angle, interviewing the cast and crew... "Alien: Ore" Q&A Compendium The Actors Mikela Jay  interview : Mikela is t...

As part of my ongoing Q & A series on " Alien: Ore " (2019), this part one of  a two-part interview with Kailey and Sam on the making of the movie.  New interview segments post every Friday at 2 p.m., EST. "Alien: Ore" Interview, Kailey and Sam: Making "Alien: Ore" Entering the Contest [editor's note: Most of my questions  about the contest, itself,  are based off  the contest brief , on Tongal's website.] Nick:  How and when did you find out about the contest? Did you have time in advance, or was it short-notice? K & S:  When we saw the call-out for pitches, we had less than six days to come up with something. The first portion of the pitch required a "beat sheet" of the full story as well as listing the key team, on board. [To] make sure that we were giving them options to choose between, [we] pitched three different stories. "Ore" was actually the first idea we came up with. Sam Spear, ...

This two-part article analyzes the new trailer   for Tim Miller's upcoming movie,  Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). Part one largely examines   The Terminator/T2 (1984/1991) and outlines Miller's trailer in comparison. Part two examines the trailer's pros and cons in further detail.   Spoilers! Ever since watching  The Terminator Collection   on my uncle's VHS player,   I always loved the  Terminator   franchise. So, when I heard James Cameron would be producing Tim Miller's new Terminator   movie, I got excited—yes, excited. Despite Cameron's  glowing praise of the very uneven  Terminator Genisys (2015), I felt my hopes start to rise   (for the record, I enjoyed  Genisys , but it could've been a lot better, too). This excitement peaked when I heard a trailer had been released: "A message, a message from the Lord!" "God be praised!" However, now that I've watched it, I've tempered my expectatio...