The aliens may be fuzzy this week… but they’re also very scary and mean. It’s our first Joe Cornish movie, and one of the great science fiction films of the 21st century!

Topics discussed this week: the high expectations for Cornish’s career, the STRANGER THINGSification of all media, whether or not Terry Notary was indeed the Silver Surfer in FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, and we try to answer the question, why aren’t these hairy aliens wet?

Next week, we conclude our Edgar Wright-connected UFO trio with THE WORLD’S END. Join the conversation on Eye of the Discord https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx.

References:

• Commentary
• The Dream Behind Super 8
• The Search for New Faces
• Meet Joel Courtney
• Rediscovering the Steeltown
• The Visitor Lives
• Scoring Super 8
• Do You Believe in Magic?
• SFGate Abrams Interview
• EW Abrams/Spielberg Breakdown
• American Society of Cinematographers Production History
• Portal 2 Super 8 Teaser
• Vulture Abrams Interview
• Abrams Reflects on Super 8
• EW Abrams Interview
• Vanity Fair Abrams Interview
• Asian Connections Larry Fong Interview

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Michael Gaspari.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich. You can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.

This miniseries was programmed with the help of Nik Long.

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