ALIEN ARSENAL (1999) | Charles Band Loves Teens

About this episode

The episode covers Charles Band's kid-friendly sci-fi film ALIEN ARSENAL and its connections to other works.

ALIEN ARSENAL (1999) | Charles Band Loves Teens This week we’re covering Charles Band’s attempt at kid-friendly sci-fi — the Moonbeam years — then following the trail into Pulsepounders and its teen-skewing sub-label ActionXtreme, and eventually land on David DeCoteau’s ALIEN ARSENAL. Join our Patreon if you can! Hey, why not call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669!

Topics covered

• kid-friendly sci-fi
• Charles Band
• Moonbeam years
• teen-skewing cinema
• ALIEN ARSENAL
• Pulsepounders
• ActionXtreme

Keywords

• Charles Band
• ALIEN ARSENAL
• Pulsepounders
• ActionXtreme
• teen cinema
• sci-fi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ActionXtreme

Books & works: ALIEN ARSENAL, Pulsepounders

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