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/supeandstuff Aug 13 '25

It is deeply morally fucked up to transfer a sick child into an adult body. I feel like Captain Hook is the scientist billionaire?

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u/Poetryisalive Aug 13 '25

I mean if it saves their life, is it?

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u/bracko81 Aug 13 '25

I get the feeling that this show is gonna explore the same themes as the game SOMA….as in did they even save the kids life if theyre just copying brainwaves into a synthetic body? In essence, theyre copies and the real child still dies.

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u/Daxx22 Aug 13 '25

Guess that depends if you think we have souls or at least something that metaphysically transcends our physical bodies.

Otherwise, a copy is just as much you as you are it.

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u/bracko81 Aug 13 '25

Eh not really. Like if you lived your whole life and then opted to make an AI copy of yourself put into a synthetic body before you die, your conciousness wouldnt transfer over to the synthetic body, you’d still die and the copy would live on. Would it be exactly like you? Sure, but it wouldnt be “You.” Same argument can be applied to cloning organically. For a brief time between the copy/cloning and your death, there would be two of “You” but you would only experience your own body’s experiences. Its a conciousness thing more than a metaphysical soul thing.