...which reminds me, I still need to watch Romulus.
Spoilers Alien Earth (2025 Hulu show)
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Uh...yes? Yes it does.
Some of us older folks might suggest that Alien has been lending itself to the horror genre since we saw the first movie in a theatre in 1979.
Ridley Scott did not create either concept or universe, so I don't think that's his call.
I strongly recommend that you do
That's why I was laughing.
Yeah, it's not from a lack of desire. Just a matter of finding the time. I also need to watch the Predator animated anthology.
Yeah, they've done a great job of capturing the look of the original Alien, but still finding new additions to the designs to still make it feel futuristic today.
Yeah, it was bugging why Kirsh seemed so familar, I had no idea he was Timothy Olyphant until I checked the cast list on Wikipedia.
I don't know if I'd say I like him, but I am curious to learn more about Boy Kavelier, and Dame Sylvia. I also had no idea Dame Sylvia was Essie David, which shocked me because I'm a huge fan of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
Yeah, I am curious how they're going to tie it into the original movies. Did WY already know about all of these aliens and send the Maginot out to find these specific aliens or just to go out so far into the galaxy and grab any interesting aliens they saw.
Yeah, that was pretty nasty. This definitely did get right up to the edge of my tolerance for gore.
If it helps, it's pretty quick.
They specifically laid out exactly what the corporations are and what the each control in the beginning with the opening text and the conversation on the Maginot and that's not one of them.
Yeah, they put way to much into them, and they're going to want to make sure they don't lose control of them. I could see conflict coming up between Boy Kavalier has planned and Wendy/Marcy's relationship with Joe. I was a little shocked they even let her go after him at all.
That didn't occur to me, but they didn't show what they did with their bodies after the transfer, so that is a possibility.
I'm enjoying where they're going so far, so I don't mind it. I liked the Prometheus and Covenant, but they take things in such a different direction from the originals, that I don't mind this going in a different direction. I'm disappointed it probably won't connect to Romulus, which I thought was great.
You should, it's fantastic.
I think I read somewhere that Hawley has a multi year plan for this, so I'm curious how closely it'll connect to the original Alien. Even if it runs more than two seasons will it play out so that it never crosses the movie, or will it just pass the events of the movie after a couple seasons? Do we know how much the people back on Earth knew about what happened to the Nostromo or when they knew it?
I hear ya. I’m always amazed at the people on here who are like “well, I’ve just embarked on my annual rewatch of the entire MCU and I noticed something at 1 hour 12 minutes into Thor The Dark World…” I barely have time to watch new stuff I really want to see, let alone rewatch things. Though I am doing a rewatch of Andor, because it’s THAT good.
Predator: Killer of Killers also worth your time too.
For me it's not just time, also energy. Often, when I have time it's late in the evening and I'm sitting down to have dinner, often around 8.30PM/20.30 hours. I lack the attention span to watch something new, so I rewatch shows I know. Often something like B99 or The Office or HIMYM. In the weekends, it's often possible to try something new, but usually that ends up being a movie that's already nearly a year old by then.
Oh totally, the best time for me to get the main tv in the house to myself tends to be maybe after dinner, which is when my body decides that right now, rather than 4am for example, would be a perfect time to go right to sleep.
All these 40+ year old IPs getting retconned is the hottest thing right now.
I enjoyed it a lot. I love how connected it feels to Alien visually and stylistically. Getting Blade Runner vibes too. Although Earth isn't as futuristic as I had hoped.
One thing that does bother me though is how casually people deal with the
ALIEN as if they had seen one before. There is no "Oh **** what is that?!" moment.
I also wonder why weyland yutani is using Cyborgs when all other movies have them using Synthetics.
One thing that does bother me though is how casually people deal with the
ALIEN as if they had seen one before. There is no "Oh **** what is that?!" moment.
I also wonder why weyland yutani is using Cyborgs when all other movies have them using Synthetics.
Too true. My best friend found a written relic in his house yesterday: a very amateur ''screenplay'' spoof of ALIEN with slavish imitation and perhaps six genuine laughs which I wrote in 1982. It's so ridiculously faithful to the original it makes Snyder's WATCHMEN look radical in comparison. But I enjoyed seeing my preferred cast replacements for the Nostromo seven: Burt Young as Dallas, Shelley Duvall as Ripley, Carol Burnett as Lambert, Rob Reiner as Brett, Tom Selleck as Kane, Tom Bosley as Ash and Scatman Crothers as Parker. Plus Frank Nelson as the Voice of Mother and Don Rickles as the brief voice of the Alien.
It was the second R rated movie I snuck into (as I was under 17) and yeah, it was DEFINITELY more of a Horror film then a science fiction film. the SF elements were just a setting.
Just like ALIENS was really an action film more than either Sci Fi or Horror.
Will Alien: Earth be a better Blade Runner than Blade Runner 2099?
First R rated movie I ever snuck into was Heavy Metal, the drive-in's ticket box always shut down halfway thru the first feature, so if you didn't care enough to watch that one, you could drive in later.
Now it's a Supercenter
Seems fine to me. Wendy (aka robot lady) is a child "trapped" in a robot body. The actress does a good job portraying that. Alex Lawther who plays Joe (aka bro) is an interesting actor, who makes unusual choices. Makes his characters a bit quirky.
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