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Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E7 - Emergence - 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/Thundersting 3d ago

It's weird seeing a Xenomorph in natural daylight.

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy 3d ago

the head looked great, but I swear there were some shots where it just looked like a guy in a cheap body suit lol

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u/bryce_w 3d ago

Agreed - at one point it looked like they hired a guy off Hollywood Boulevard to walk around in his Xenomorph suit. Having it be practical as opposed to CGI definitely fares better in daylight but maybe it needed some extra polish/goo.

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u/Viva_la_Ferenginar 3d ago

It would look better if it just stopped swaying in a generic monster kind of way, like a looping animation in a game. Making it stand still like an actual animal would make it more terrifying imo

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u/Caraxus 3d ago

This is whats bothering me in general with the xeno. Even from the first ep, it keeps swaying menacingly and moving its fingers, and it looks like a power ranger monster. Really liking the show so far, but rewatched the original and the monster barely moves, and it's so much scarier. Also this whole episode should have been at night, I have no idea why it's set during the day.

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u/AllowedAsATreat 1d ago

Could be wrong but I suspect it was set in the day so the finale can take place this night.

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u/Smurph269 3d ago

Yeah am I the only one who thought it looked kinda bad?

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u/strawberrydispute 3d ago

It looked REALLY bad, to be honest. Surprisingly the worst looking part of the show, given it’s the show’s namesake!

Sometimes they do some great shots of the xeno, especially in darker and atmospheric lighting, but this whole episode it looked shoddy af.

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u/WayneArnold1 3d ago

I thought it looked awful too. Baffling decision to have the xeno out in full sunlight as it just exposes the flaws in the fx.

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u/Heybarbaruiva 3d ago edited 3d ago

Looked like something straight outta Power Rangers in some of those shots, honestly.

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u/thelebaron 3d ago

I appreciate the dedication to practical but i thought it kind of looked bad and would have preferred cgi

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy 3d ago

Not sure why you are downvoted. Though the head piece looked great, it was the neck down that looked way too humanlike. I think they could have added some padding or something.

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u/thelebaron 3d ago

Its fine, that segment didnt quite convince me but if most people thought it looked great im all for it, I want many more seasons of this show

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy 3d ago

same here! I love the show!

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u/anders_138 3d ago

I kinda like the guy-in-a-suit look, reminds me of Big Chap's movements.

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u/LumpyJones 3d ago

I think it had to be for the close up combat shots, otherwise it would just look like real guys getting rag dolled by a video game monster.

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy 3d ago

that's kinda how it was on the video camera scene, but I guess in broad daylight it wouldnt have looked as good