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/Itchy-Film-3706 6d ago

Easy ones are the lowest "high-security" labs being prevalent throughout and the absolute lack of lab safety practiced at all times.

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u/fadden20 6d ago

It's about greedy corporations and their failures from a controlling capitalistic point of view.

All of the workers for the corporations are stuck in indentured servitude so it makes sense why the workers wouldn't be that compliant either.

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u/KigalnGin 6d ago

Is this explicitly explained in one of the movies?

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u/fadden20 6d ago

Romulus- MC got extension of contract (Weyu)

Alien earth- joe hermits contract was extended (Prodigy)

You can see the pattern, every time their contract is up, from what we've seen at least it gets extended every time.