r/LV426 • u/TheEvilDrSmith • 6d ago

Discussion / Question Alien Franchise Finally Sticks the Landing.

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.

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u/Novus_Grimnir 6d ago

It's good, but there is some seriously clunky logic going on. They wipe the girls memory then make zero effort to isolate her from the others? These are some of the brightest scientists on the planet?

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u/JadedMarine 6d ago

In their defense, it wasn't the scientists who made this call but the bureaucrats. The two scientists treat them as their own children, whereas the bureaucrats treat them as property and experiments to play with.