Spoilers Alien Earth (2025 Hulu show)

[valkyrie013]

At the inclusion of Prometheus.. They could have had Boy genius and Yutani have some hi end stuff, like i think of the Prometheus as a billionare's yacht, over the top and top of the line. Them talking to each other over a blocky Ipad was kinda Meh..

Makes you wonder how old the Nostromo was as the Maginot is 65 years old at the time and looks like it.

 

[thribs]

I like that that the Yutani lead is still a woman. That was taken from AvP: Requiem

 

[Daedalus]

I like that that the Yutani lead is still a woman. That was taken from AvP: Requiem

I like to imagine the Ms.Yutani seen in AVPR was the grandmother that sent the Maginot out. She'd be in her late 70s, but it kinda fits.

 

[Saul]

I know this is a deleted plot/scene that was later reinserted into Aliens but did Ripley leave Earth knowing her daughter would be much older by the time she returned?

Or was Maginot an older/slower ship and the crew knew this was a trip where they'd be gone for decades.

What I want to know is, why haven't any Weyland-Yutani mercs shown up? Too far behind enemy lines, so to speak? Were they hitchhiking?

Wondered that too. They moved on quickly from the crashed ship. I was expecting things to spiral more out of control once Weyland Yutani mercs showed up.

Wrong. The only thing the showrunners stated is that they are mostly ignoring the prequels Prometheus and Covenant ( rightfully so), otherwise it's deeply connected to the Alien franchise but expands on its scope and lore.

And there is nothing in this series that has [or will?] contradict those movies. And I'm not defending them. They annoy the hell out of me.

 

[Set Harth]

Wondered that too. They moved on quickly from the crashed ship. I was expecting things to spiral more out of control once Weyland Yutani mercs showed up.

Now that I've rewatched it, it looks like Yutani held back because boygenius threatened her.

 

[Tosk]

I know this is a deleted plot/scene that was later reinserted into Aliens but did Ripley leave Earth knowing her daughter would be much older by the time she returned?

Ripley had promised Amanda that she would be back in time for her eleventh birthday.

 

[JD]

And there is nothing in this series that has [or will?] contradict those movies. And I'm not defending them. They annoy the hell out of me.

That would depend on whether or not the Xenomorphs were around before David created the one in Covenant, which is kind of vague. I've seen stuff that interpreted things both ways. I know there is a carving on one in the temple, but I was kind of impression that even if they existed before, they didn't exist any more until David recreated them.
It sounds like there's a chance they might give the Xenomorphs a different backstory, since they specifically said that they're not following the backstory the Covenant and Prometheus established.

 

[thribs]

David’s ones are called Protomorphs. The ones before that were Neomorphs.

 

[kitik]

Right now i am pleasantly suprised that the Alien franchise can still grab me, this show is amazing right now with all those new concepts and expansion of the universe. There are enough balls in the air and plot hooks to keep me guessing where it will al lead and the characters are fascinating to watch from the creepy prodigy trillionaire wunderkind corporate leader to the children in highly advanced synthetical bodies up to the messed up security chief cyborg who's on a mission of his own.

Yeah, I'm now fully invested in this show. It is not the same old Alien story we've seen so much of before. The kids are getting much more interesting. (Seriously, who the hell sends kids to a crash site full of dead bodies?)

And I need to know what those rubber suited cleanup crew guys are spraying down. What the hell are they doing? Is it something as simple as there being some sort of mold or fungus problem at that facility, due to it being so tropical or something? Towards the end of the episode, we saw Wendy walking between two rectangular pools of water(?), and one of those guys was cleaning there too. The cleaners don't seem to be synths, because we saw that one guy with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth this time.

Also, what is with Boy Kavalier's feet? Last time we saw him doing some bizarre poses while having the conversation with Yutani, most notably lying down and holding the pad up with his feet. But this time we actually saw him clicking on a laptop or computer keyboard with his feet. Is there something more to it, or is this just a way of showing that he's a legit prodigy who uses 3 or 4 limbs instead the regular 1 or 2 most of us use.

Okay, I just went back and rewatched that specific scene, and it does indeed seem intended to show us what a unique genius he is. He's putting together some 3D puzzle or sculpture with his hands, clicking a computer with his foot, reading the screen with his eyes, and holding a conversation with Curly all at the same time. (And in the background, you can see another one of those cleaner/sprayer guys just walking by.)

 

[Steve Roby]

Nor the Ships crews deaths, glossed over too, could have been a great opening hour if they showed the ship more the first episode and show the death.

We have several movies already that show the death. Lots of the death. I like the idea that they may do something different here, and not just another "oh shit, monsters! oh shit, everyone's dead" story.

Wrong. The only thing the showrunners stated is that they are mostly ignoring the prequels Prometheus and Covenant ( rightfully so), otherwise it's deeply connected to the Alien franchise but expands on its scope and lore.

Why is it rightly so to skip those?

Does anyone else remember Ridley Scott saying, around the time of Prometheus, that he wasn't calling it Alien: Prometheus because it was its own thing and wasn't necessarily part of the Alien series?