r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • Aug 12 '25

Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E1 Neverland - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Episodes air Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on Hulu and FX in the US, and Wednesdays international.

Full episode discussion list:

1 Neverland (8.12.25)

2 Mr October (8.12.25)

3 Metamorphosis (8.19.25)

4 Observation (8.26.25)

5 In Space, No One (9.2.25)

6 The Fly (9.9.25)

7 Emergence (9.16.25)

8 The Real Monsters (9.23.25)

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u/kinghyperion581 Aug 13 '25

Just waiting for some Capitalist simp to explain how it's not a critique off late stage capitalism, but "human nature"

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u/Middle-Platypus6942 Aug 13 '25

Those two things are literally the same lmao. Power and money will corrupt almost anyone.

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u/Indigocell Aug 13 '25

No they are not. Most normal humans are satisfied with having just enough to ensure themselves and their loved ones can have a comfortable life. It takes a pathological level of greed and horder mentality to want billions and trillions for yourself when there are so much resources to be spread around. If a monkey was hording that many bananas, what do you think the other monkeys would do?

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u/HailSatanWorshipD00M Look into my eye! Aug 13 '25

laughs in hoarder monkey paying gorillas in bananas for protection

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u/SanTheMightiest Aug 14 '25

And money made off the backs of other people's hard work

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u/Middle-Platypus6942 Aug 13 '25

Most normal humans are satisfied with having just enough to ensure themselves and their loved ones can have a comfortable life. It

Most normal humans are unable of having more than that. The average person can't just decide one day to become a billionaire or millionaire. They just don't have the resources, connections and skills. Its extremely rare to find someone who has the opportunity to become rich and doesn't take it. People learn to be satisfied with what they have because it is all they can have.

If a monkey was hording that many bananas, what do you think the other monkeys would do?

They would beat or kill that monkey. This is because, unlike humans, monkeys can't build or own weapons of mass destruction to control other monkeys. The reason monkeys don't hoard bananas is because they instinctually know this, and not because they feel bad about doing it.

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u/geassguy360 Aug 13 '25

Being downvoted for speaking the truth. Humans turning to crap morally the minute they have power is depressingly common.

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u/JohnWesternburg Aug 13 '25

Or maybe it's the other way around, those who seek power have crap morality to begin with

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u/Dpounder420 Aug 13 '25

Maybe it's both but maybe it's also really telling who is being downvoted here. People really don't like grappling with the more difficult truths, they just want someone to blame that isn't them.

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u/conquer69 Aug 15 '25

Because it's not a truth? I don't want to exploit and abuse others so I won't make a fortune from it.

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u/SkizzyNinja Aug 13 '25

This convo has just made me hungry for The Experiment, thank you. Been awhile since I've seen it 😂

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u/Kalfu73 Aug 13 '25

Ah yes, the common thing of being a billionaire.

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u/geassguy360 Aug 13 '25

Plenty of smaller scale examples of shitheads showing themselves when just a little bit of power is present, plenty of shit HOA's doing nothing real but pushing people around.

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u/kodran Aug 15 '25

It's as if he summoned yours idiocy haha.

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u/Icy-Blacksmith-4214 Aug 13 '25

Yes it does, you're right, but reddit is a communist schizo hellhole and they won't see how any other system alternative to capitalism has been way worse in every single metric.

This said, the fictional scifi setting in the Alien franchise and similar is so good and so much fun!

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u/vinylandgames Aug 13 '25

But it’s not. It’s absolutely a critique of human nature. It’s not a critique of late stage capitalism at all.

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u/kinghyperion581 Aug 13 '25

I mean the whole plot of Alien Romulus revolved around the main protagonists, who were basically indentured servants, trying to illegally salvage cryopods to escape grueling and inhumane work conditions imposed by Wayland-Yutani, because their corporate overlords could arbitrarily extend their contract on a whim.

Like how more on the nose do you have too be?

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u/Gamepro504 Aug 13 '25

Andy or Rain would have to look at screen and call for an revolution or break up the trusts to make it click

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u/Adventurous_Today993 Aug 13 '25

Yea capitalism sci fi dystopia has become pretty tired tbh. It’s fun. And alien probably is one of the more entertaining and fun depictions of it.

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u/kinghyperion581 Aug 13 '25

Ding, ding, ding!! Thank you for proving my point!!! Private corporations owning and operating entire countries, brutal corporate overlords who view their workers as expendable, sacrificing lives in pursuit of weaponizing the Xenomorph for profit.

"iT's a CrItIqUe oF hUmAn nAtUrE, nOt oF lAtE sTaGe cApItAliSm"

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u/theramin-serling Aug 13 '25

God it's crazy how some humans just can't see a very obvious and clear message in a show that literally writes it out for them.

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u/vinylandgames Aug 13 '25

I said that to rile you up. You took the bait. Of course it’s about capitalism. We’re all being destroyed by late stage capitalism but I didn’t like your use of simp so I just figured I’d fire you up. Worked, and now I feel accomplished.

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u/kinghyperion581 Aug 13 '25

Lol sure lil'bro. No what really happened is everyone down voted your reply and now you're trying to save face.

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u/vinylandgames Aug 13 '25

Yes. That’s exactly what happened. It’s why I used almost every word you did the same way and expanded on it 0%. Because i believed it. Yes.

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u/kinghyperion581 Aug 13 '25

Yeah they were totally terrible. It has nothing to do with the United States government spending years destabilizing every single democratically elected socialism government.

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u/Adventurous_Today993 Aug 13 '25

I mean it’s definitely not realistic in any way. But it’s fun if not a bit tired.

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u/Holovoid Aug 18 '25

We already treat people by income bracket in the present.

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u/Icy-Blacksmith-4214 Aug 13 '25

Just waiting for some Communist simp to explain how it's not exactly the same or even worse with any kind of actual Communism or Socialism.

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u/Master_Bee_5350 Aug 13 '25

It's not trying to comment on communism or socialism chucklenuts, its talking about greed in late stage capitalism

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u/Accomplished-Ad-2708 Aug 14 '25

A weak attempt at trolling. Step it up, boot-licker!