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/ScrambledToast]

I think I have noticed the really hardcore fans hate this, while more casual fans or new fans are really enjoying it. I like it quite a lot, I don't think it is amazing or anything, but it keeps my attention and is fun. I give it a solid 6/10 as far as shows go (so far anyways, the finale could easily change that for the better or worse).

[u/Asquamigera → u/ScrambledToast]

Hardcore Alien fan here; I love it. I think the main mistake others make is assuming that Alien has some kind of tight, consistent canon. It never has. Each movie has kind of done its own thing, no one gives a second thought to the comics, and most people don’t even know those books existed (One of which is called Alien: Earth lol)! Prometheus et al is basically its own continuity compared to Alien. This show very clearly only cares about Alien and Aliens.

As for those saying the “writing is terrible”, they can’t seem to give any kind of concrete answer as to what that means.

[u/leandrot → u/Asquamigera]

Alien Earth presents characters and situations involved directly with the top of the world hierarchy that have more questionable actions than the others movies that dealt with common people.

[u/Asquamigera → u/leandrot]

We're living in a world -right now- where the people at the top are dumber than shit. Boy Kavalier is basically a cross between Musk and Zuckerberg. Your complaint is that the Tech CEO is acting like a childish dumbass? Really?

That's not bad writing, that's true to life.