How to Survive: Aliens (1986)

It's episode 37, and a returning favourite: Lt. Ellen Ripley and her travelling band of Alien killers. Aliens (1986) sees Ripley wake up to find out that everyone she ever knew has died... but every cloud has a silver lining. Ripley is able to put her grief and PTSD to good use by travelling with a group of Space Marines to fight an entire planet of Xenomorphs for one of the most iconic action movies of all time. We talk about one of the importance of crisis management when your career involves being in a lot of crises; the cost/benefit trade-off of sending a group of robots to a planet instead of humans; and how Tower Defence games can benefit survival against a marauding pack of Star Beasts. All of which leads to one big question: How would you survive? Whatever happens, one thing's for sure... Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen! Another classic film solved by the best movie podcast in the world.