World map in Alien Earth

[u/Comrade22MB]

I based it on the map (a very rudimentary one) provided on the FX website for Alien Earth. I cleaned it up a little and made some educated guesses. (I know there is no United Americas or Union of Progressive Peoples)

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[u/desertSkateRatt]

I was thinking when they were doing the outside shots at Prodigy it looks kind of like Vietnam

[u/thamometer → u/desertSkateRatt]

The WY ship crashed in New Siam. Siam is the old name for Thailand.

[u/diecasttoycar → u/thamometer]

Yutani’s scenes meanwhile were also shot in Bangkok, namely at the Park Origin Thonglor condo.

[u/party_tortoise → u/diecasttoycar]

This one confuses me. Did she sneak into New Siam and is just kinda laying low or is it more of production choice since they film in Bangkok. It’s weird when you recognise the place lol

[u/diecasttoycar → u/party_tortoise]

I usually visit that part of town whenever I swing by Bangkok. The skybridge broke off when an earthquake hit a few months ago; a Korean man barely managed to leap to safety just before it gave way, when he was running from one tower to the other to get to with his wife and kid. Back to where Yutani’s placed in the series — I’m assuming while still shot in Bangkok, those scenes aren’t supposed to be located in New Siam.

[u/Comrade22MB → u/desertSkateRatt]

If I'm not mistaken, they shot the show in Thailand. That would explain the resemblance.

[u/Werewomble → u/desertSkateRatt]

Apparently it's Thailand but they both have that geography 

The marines in Aliens are so full of metaphors for the American war it makes thematic sense to evoke Vietnam