Spoilers Alien Earth (2025 Hulu show)

[Set Harth]

Mind you, it’s usually mid-season where he takes a detour up his own bottom.

Apparently this series won’t be bound by the history/canon/continuity of Scott’s two prequels or the superior (IMHO) Romulus. Wonder what people’s views are on that?

I actually thought I saw a connection to Romulus, if only in the sense of shared plot elements. So far I haven't noticed any hard continuity breaks with preexisting stuff.
But it's Honey Badger so

 

[The Nth Doctor]

...which reminds me, I still need to watch Romulus.

 

[Steve Roby]

I am watching episode 2 now. The Alien franchise really lends itself to the horror genre so easily. I am loving it so far.

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.

a single universe

Ridley Scott did not create either concept or universe, so I don't think that's his call.

 

[Captaindemotion]

...which reminds me, I still need to watch Romulus.

I strongly recommend that you do

 

[Tosk]

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.

That's why I was laughing.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I strongly recommend that you do

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.

 

[JD]

I greatly enjoyed the first two episodes. I think what appeals to me the most is how damn well the show has recaptured the aesthetics of Alien, not just the ship itself but the overall feel of that futuristic society. I also love how the show presented this world through the lens of 70s and 80s sci-fi cinematic styling, if that makes any sense, and not just Alien but also films like THX-1138, Blade Runner, and, briefly and bizarrely, Barry Lyndon (not just the 18th century costume party but also the camera panning that evoked Kubrick). I'm also loving how all of the Maginot specimens have rapidly taken over the ship. If nothing else, this show is deeply atmospheric and I love every moment of that.

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.

As for the characters, Sydney, Joe, and Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant is barely recognizable!) are the only stand-outs for me so far, although I am curious to learn more about Morrow once he has moved past his xenomorph hunting mode. The story itself is fairly basic so far but I'm interested in learning how the show will weave the ideas of synthetics, cyborgs, and hybrids together, along with the xenomorphs.

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.

I'm less curious about Alien lore and how it all fits in with the greater tapestry, although I'm mildly interested in learning why Hawley insisted on the setting this series before Alien. I'm willing to wait and see how that plays out.

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.

I'm also less keen on the gore but I know that's a given for this series, but I am appreciating how most of it takes place in the background. Except for the cat. That deeply sickened me. Never do that again. Ever.

Yeah, that was pretty nasty. This definitely did get right up to the edge of my tolerance for gore.

I enjoyed the first one well enough. We'll see. I need to get in the right mindset now, knowing this scene will come up.

If it helps, it's pretty quick.

This was really not what I expected.

I kinda liked it - almost feels like the Aliens are a backdrop to a different story about themes of consciousness, posthumanism and AI.

Couple of very idle speculations from me:

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While they won't namedrop explicitly due to IP licensing, one of the five megacorps is 100% Tyrell Corporation. Just has to be. Blade Runner and Alien are a single universe.

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.

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The Hybrids have some sort of control mechanism built into their bodies and/or psyches that is going to come up as an issue at some point.

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.

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The original kids are still alive, on ice in stasis. That's what the weird guy in the tunnel with the nozzle on the island is all about. Something slightly weird going on anyway, I think. They hybrids are going to find out they are copies.

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.

Apparently this series won’t be bound by the history/canon/continuity of Scott’s two prequels or the superior (IMHO) Romulus. Wonder what people’s views are on that? I liked Romulus a lot but am happy enough for Hawley just to tell the story he wanted to tell, TBH.

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.

...which reminds me, I still need to watch Romulus.

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?

 

[Captaindemotion]

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.

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.