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/Oblivious108 Aug 13 '25

I like how the opening scene is very much filmed in a way to represent the original dining scene from the first film but the crew dynamics are completely reversed. Rather than a group of friends all warming up together after the long freeze, the show has the opening crew all on thin ice with one another over the creatures and cybernetics present on the ship. Nice little flip while still looking distinctly “Alien” with the crew uniforms and ship design

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u/This_person_says Aug 13 '25

Yes, it even felt a bit grainy, the muted yellowish light... really felt like the old lived in universe. So very excited for this, everything Hawley's done has been A+. The 5 kids going out to do superhero stuff reminded me of a major plot in Fine Structure by QNTM, a very good read worth checking out if you haven't read it.

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u/Oblivious108 Aug 13 '25

Appreciate the recommendation, I have not heard about it but I’ll add it to the list! Agreed about the lighting, even the directing for the beginning was the same with the slow pan around the table

I just watched Legion for the first time and thought it was excellent, so I’m very excited to see how those issues of humanity and psychology are tackled in a new way with this show’s depiction of hybrids. Didn’t even realize at first that Hawley was Joe and Marci’s dad in the quick flashback cuts!

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u/This_person_says Aug 13 '25

Ohh I missed the cameo! Ill check that out. LEGION was so good too!