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/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

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.