Spoilers Alien Earth (2025 Hulu show)

[MarcKyle1964]

Spaceship crashes being totally no big deal is becoming an overused trope of late.

I've noticed that, which only means that I'll just notice it more and more. Whatever happened to technical and scientific advisors anyway?

Look at the crash site of airliners which impact straight down (more or less) as opposed to crash landing. It makes a crater, and not much is intact. And that's a 100 tonne aircraft at 700 mph. Now upscale that to Maginot mass and velocity. I keep thinking Tsar Bomba level explosion.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Whatever happened to technical and scientific advisors anyway?

Movie makers have always taken the advice when they want to. That's why it's "advice" and not "orders"

 

[Set Harth]

Whatever you call the machine that makes sparks, you know the one from all those 1980s music videos, they certainly got a lot of use out of it for this show!

 

[Saul]

The show didn't exactly make it clear, but I think one of the crew members ( Tang ) might have been a synthetic. He was doing stuff that recalled David in Prometheus.

I thought this too but wondered was it just a red herring.

Spaceship crashes being totally no big deal is becoming an overused trope of late.

Definitely in the last 15 years it's just another big flashy plot point.

I've noticed that, which only means that just notice it more and more. Whatever happened to technical and scientific advisors anyway?

Replaced by the cigar smoking money men. At least, that's what I'd like to think.

 

[FredH]

I strongly recommend that you do

I seem to be the only who who found Romulus… okay, but no game-changer. It was an Alien movie. To my mind, it was “just another Alien story”, in the same way that most modern Alien comics miniseries are. Perfectly good, well-made, but it was basically just “this year’s episode”, if that makes sense.

 

[Orac]

I watched the first 2 episodes and enjoyed them but I thought the computer generated xenomorph was a bit rubbish.

 

[thribs]

Killing is kind of what they do. Though, sometimes Xenomorphs use their prey to incubate their "offspring."

Sometimes but usually they capture people so they could be either impregnated by a facehugger or turned into an egg.
It just seemed very aggressive. It should be trying to create more of them.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Sometimes but usually they capture people so they could be either impregnated by a facehugger or turned into an egg.

That's what I meant by "incubate". The egg thing is a bit murky as I recall

 

[Tosk]

I seem to be the only who who found Romulus… okay, but no game-changer.

You're not.

 

[CaptainWacky]

I got the impression that Morrow might have crashed the ship into that specific area on purpose, like a controlled crash. Maybe it was a way to get around having to land and the ship being searched and lots of scary aliens being found on it. But why crash into an area controlled by a competitor rather than somewhere controlled by Weyland-Yutani? My theory falls apart! I'm sure we'll find out more later in the season.

I watched the first 2 episodes and enjoyed them but I thought the computer generated xenomorph was a bit rubbish.

Looked like a man in a suit (distractingly so at times) to me. Though I'm sure there were some digital shots.

I found that eye monster-controlled cat much more scary than the xenomorph.

 

[Nerys Myk]

You've seen one Xenomorph, you've seen them all.

 

[FredH]

You've seen one Xenomorph, you've seen them all.

You’ve seen one Xenomorph, you’ve seen all the Xenomorphs you ever will…

 

[Nerys Myk]

You’ve seen one Xenomorph, you’ve seen all the Xenomorphs you ever will…

Gonna change my name to "Ripley."

 

[thribs]

I found that eye monster-controlled cat much more scary than the xenomorph.

That was very Resident Evil that. Where’s Leon when you need him.

 

[thribs]

You've seen one Xenomorph, you've seen them all.

If you read the comics and books there are multiple different types. The Alien King for example

 

[NCC-73515]

I like the praetorian from AvP2

 

[thribs]

I like the praetorian from AvP2

That was fun. It’s a shame the movie wasn’t that great. They must have hired the Picard production crew for that one since it was so bloody dark.

 

[Nerys Myk]

If you read the comics and books there are multiple different types. The Alien King for example

I haven't for years. No interest.

 

[kitik]

I actually thought I saw a connection to Romulus, if only in the sense of shared plot elements.

Definitely, with the scene where Joe tried to get out of his contract, but was told he had to work for another 7 months.


Good show, looking forward to watching the 3rd episode tonight. Pretty ambitious so far. Love the new aliens.


But don't we pretty much already know how the series will end? Weyland Yutani wins in the end, right? Don't they beat the other corporations? (Maybe not, maybe that's just all we've seen in the movies. I suppose Prodigy could still be around during some future movies, just hanging out in Thailand or wherever.) But we do know that WY won't get their hands on an actual alien xenomorph this early, so I'll assume Wendy (or her brother) destroys it. On the other hand, if there really are plans for future seasons, hmm, I guess it may play out differently.

 

[Aragorn]

Joe saw the acid, immediately knew what it was and got the hell away from there, so clearly none of the characters in future Alien movies are his offspring.