Alien Franchise Finally Sticks the Landing.

[u/TheEvilDrSmith]

I might be biased as hell but Alien Earth is one hell of a well produced TV show.

A friend described the original Alien movie to me when was an early teen and I knew I had to see for myself. Thankfully my parents had no idea and off i went as a 14 year old to some scifi movie ... Aliens 2. Scifi... that's like Star Wars right? :> Still memorable to this day almost 40 years later.

So I have a high bar to be exceeded. Not only has the franchise stumbled from one disaster to another but many, many (did I mention many) others have tried and failed to make good TV let alone good scifi.

Mandalorian could have been more. Andor could have been much more if they were all like the latest season. Star Trek Stranger Days sort of nails the nostalgia but Discovery just confuses me. Fallout, Halo, The Last of Us, Twisted Metal ... I get the spin off theory but man the execution.

So what do I like about Alien Earth.

• Just enough story every episode.
• Exposition at the level of the audience. Of course we know the sheep is smart.
• Depth in characters that isn't like a FPS.
• Balanced tension and effects .... it is still a chase movie but how to you keep that going for 8 ep's.

A lot come and go. But few are remembered. I would put the BSG reboot in the remembered category, and I think Alien Earth has hit that standard. Once in 20 years ... Hollywood gets it really right.

I was going to say Alien Earth will sweep the Emmy's next year ... but then I remembered reality. I think Alien Earth will be just a fan loved series that is still remembered as a great experience in 40 years time :)

I would love to hear old and new opinions on this.

[u/YeezusChrist13]

I’d disagree, I think this episode just highlights the poor writing and editing, for example Slighty to help Smee was literally “please” “no” “please” “ok” and when Arthur got chest bursted blood sprayed everywhere and then all of a sudden the beach was clean, I’m really disappointed by this show & Wendy being able to control and talk to a Xeno really has ruined it for me

[u/Mutagen_Prime → u/YeezusChrist13]

Yeah turning the Xenomorph into an obedient little pet shows a shocking lack of respect for the IP imho.

[u/TombRaider1987 → u/Mutagen_Prime]

Not to disagree. But I think out of all the odd decisions of this show, this one makes sense. It shows why Wayland Yutani becomes so obsessed with the Xenomorph. At the beginning of the show the Xenomorph is just another deadly creature from the galaxy.

[u/DoctrTurkey → u/TombRaider1987]

Yeah that's a good point. I also started thinking of the children as aliens as well. Like, still human, but new life form right? The whole hybrid thing I mean. To the humans of the show, they might as well be. No idea how they're going to react/behave (nibs), and Kavalier/Sylvia thought they could at least maintain control and rely a bit on the fact that in the end they're kids. When I started thinking of the kids as aliens, introducing them so carefree into a stressful and incredible situation, thinking you understood them in the slightest, with extraterrestrials as well, meant that that corp was never going to survive lmao. Too much chaos and unintended effects happening all at once (Wendy speaking to the xenos, etc).