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Oh, How Blue-Collar Work Has Changed (in Space)

What two Alien films, 45 years apart, illustrate about the working class

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Sep 02, 2024
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That awkward moment when you realize you and the Weyland-Yutani Corporation share a catchphrase: “Building better worlds”. Eesh.

Happy Labour Day, folks.

(Or should it be a “solemn” Labour Day? Perhaps!)

This weekend, I posted a YouTube reflection on Alien: Romulus (2024) that looked at the film from a writing-craft perspective, contrasting the work it’s d…

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