In the latest Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, I join Andrea Kail, Thomas Gerencer, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss Close Encounters, Starman, Tron, Explorers, & Dark Star, the classic 70s and 80s science fiction films. It was a blast rewatching these old films and discussing them on the podcast. Here’s a quote by me from that:
I remember as a kid hating [Explorers] once we met the aliens because I thought they were really cheesy and stupid. But as an adult, I thought there was actually a really smart message in it. It was almost like the anti-Close Encounters. We expect the aliens to be these spiritual, vast, intelligent beings who impart all this wisdom, and they could be just as screwed up as we are. I like where the kid looks at the giant alien screaming at the two children aliens, and he goes, “Oh, that’s the dad.” He knew. He recognized that there’s messed up stuff all across the universe, not just at home on Earth. That part of it I enjoyed quite a bit.
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