Whether you think it’s an ALIEN (1979) ripoff, a HIGH NOON (1952) pastiche, or a pretty fun action flick, you’re probably right about OUTLAND! In a rare turn, Kelly’s back in the guest chair for a movie she’d never seen before. Does she like what she finds? Do we? Do you? Did anybody?

In this episode, we’re talking exploding heads, screenwriting 101, the two halves of OUTLAND, ridiculous German names, and miniature sets so good you forgive a lot of nonsense just to see more of them.

Find Kelly…

• On Twitter at @kransekage_


• On Letterboxd at @luckyhoss


• On Trylove episodes: WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), ARREBATO (1979), and PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974), REVOLVER (1973), THE DOOM GENERATION (1995), THE NIGHT PORTER (1974), REMEMBER MY NAME (1978), PLAY IT AS IT LAYS (1972)

References:

• “My Rotten Little Part in the Rotten Machine: Outland” by John Costello for Perisphere, the Trylon blog


• Give to the Trylon’s Film Forever Fund so they never have to increase ticket prices!


• Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets


• Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog

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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Leisure Club” by Michael Boddicker and Ganymede from the OUTLAND soundtrack

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 333: OUTLAND (1981)

2:40 - The episode actually starts

5:20 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

7:53 - What brings us to OUTLAND

10:29 - Sci-fi, westerns, frontierism, and the collective vs. the individual

25:43 - What separates OUTLAND from ALIEN (1979), HIGH NOON (1952), and its frequent comparisons

41:21 - What does polydichloric euthimal actually do lol

45:07 - Sean Connery as the vessel for this character

53:00 - The Cantankerous Peter Boyle

01:02:45 - The Junk Drawer

01:20:11 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1981

01:25:46 - Cody’s Noteys: Moon-Struck (moon trivia)