Television ALIEN: EARTH (Premieres August 12, 2025)

If you have finished season one of ALIEN: EARTH, how would you rate it?


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Make crap, don't be surprised if people point out it's crap

Or just assign them motivations based off your own political bias so you can continue to live in your safe space

The term rage-bait is also a misnomer. The only ones who get in a rage about said videos are the wokerati who can't handle others laughing at their extreme identity politics nonsense
Are we making the assumption that anti-woke youtubers are 100% correct on every one of their analysis and that their whole business model doesn't revolve around nitpicking the dumbest shit possible? Hell, didn't Critical Drinker blast Prety before release because it had a female lead only to come back and admit he was wrong? So much of it seems surface level. Granted, I don't watch any of it and only see clips but from a content creation standpoint, it seems like it's very bottom of the barrel stuff.

But, I'm not saying there isn't valid criticism when it comes to calling out insane people who shove their agendas into every orifice of media possible, all I'm saying is that often times these guys take something small and act like it's a crime against humanity.
 
So as one of those people who liked Prometheus and Raised by Wolves I thought the premise of this was really interesting but the execution didn't quite live up to the potential.

Eye guy felt heavily teased but ultimately wasted. The sheep staring ominously was great the first few times but that was all they could figure out to do with it.

The lost boys theme was fine but could have benefitted from a bit more subtlety.

Someone in one of these threads said that the first two films covered the xeno in vaseline to give that mucousy quality. They should go back to that. The xeno looked too dry and I know at least some of those shots used a guy in a suit. So oil him up.

Plot needed more finality, maybe boy genius getting killed and lifted up by eye guy. Or Yutani's army burning it all down.
 
I just noticed we got a poll: the finale took my vote from 'good but issues' down to 'waste of potential.' If S2 was airing in six months akin to a network tv show I might be more forgiving, but s2 isn't even confirmed and if it is renewed it's going to be another two years probably with the way modern production schedules seem to run.
 
So the Cyborg is hook and the crocodile is the Xeno....... Who's Nana the dog?

Is the eye ball the alarm clock??
 
All this Disney Alien stuff has really elevated Alien 3, especially the Assembly Cut. I used to hate that movie but turns out I just never realized how good we had it.
That's called Stockholm syndrome. You're bound to get it eventually if you keep.following any of the franchises from your youth.

Some days I come close to convincing myself terminator 3 and salvation were passable movies. Horrifying stuff.
 
This show started out promising but just got more and more stupid and frustrating as it went on.

What a waste. Wanted to like it but meh.
 
So the Cyborg is hook and the crocodile is the Xeno....... Who's Nana the dog?

Is the eye ball the alarm clock??
I didn't think of it till now, but a part of me is a little surprised they showed clips of the original cartoon Peter Pan and not that remake from a couple years ago where Wendy and Tigerlily are warrior assassins.
 
Are we making the assumption that anti-woke youtubers are 100% correct on every one of their analysis and that their whole business model doesn't revolve around nitpicking the dumbest shit possible? Hell, didn't Critical Drinker blast Prety before release because it had a female lead only to come back and admit he was wrong? So much of it seems surface level. Granted, I don't watch any of it and only see clips but from a content creation standpoint, it seems like it's very bottom of the barrel stuff.

But, I'm not saying there isn't valid criticism when it comes to calling out insane people who shove their agendas into every orifice of media possible, all I'm saying is that often times these guys take something small and act like it's a crime against humanity.
"Its rage bait" but also "i don't watch it"
 
I didn't think of it till now, but a part of me is a little surprised they showed clips of the original cartoon Peter Pan and not that remake from a couple years ago where Wendy and Tigerlily are warrior assassins.

The true evil is that little white psychopath, watch when he teams up with the evil eye..... I'm not going to bother going into the symbolism of the eye..... It's that poor penis shaped parasite I worry about, they literally murder they're own parent being born, what's that going to do to the poor little guy over time......
 
I enjoyed it but not a fan of Wendy going all psychopathic. I mean, come on, they did save your life. You were going to die if not for them. But then she starts killing everyone...
 
Okay, so I watched season 1. And then I rewatched season 1 just to make sure I really got where they were going with this. I have already said before, I have always been a huge fan of both the Alien and Predator properties, and for the most part, I can see good things even in the movies that get crucified by other "fans".

"Prometheus sucked, it was a terrible Alien movie!!!" No it didn't. Wasn't supposed to be an Alien movie to start with. And the A9 fanedit was even better. Alien fans made it an Alien movie, then held it up to the high standards Alien set and said it sucked in comparison.

Almost every single special edition, unrated version and Assembly cuts (I saw that, and agree 100%, it ages very well) are superior to their theatrical releases of almost every film in either franchise. When any of those releases come out, I pretty much expect a better version to come, although Fede Alvarez has said Romulus is Romulus and there will not be one.

I liked Alien:Earth, and yes, I hope to see a season 2. To each their own, but it was refreshingly different. I thought Hawley did a fantastic job of adapting an endearing franchise into a series and he didn't shit the bed like they did with Halo. I think it would be difficult to create a solid season and finale without knowing if there would even be another season following it. At least far more difficult than ending a film.

Loved the end music for each episode as an exit. In every single outing to date, it's forever been Peter Weyland or Weyland-Yutani. The first time they try to expand on that and the critics instantly grab their pitchforks. War between trillionaires and corporations? Bring it. And they each have robots that enjoy killing? Yup, I'm in. The xenomorph and ovomorphs seemed to be used more as a plot device rather than an antagonist, or at least how the first season played out. I am curious to see where it goes. I don't see how a second season doesn't involve copious amount of death and killing. The xenomorphs and rebel synths on a remote island to minimize the plot jumping the shark next season? Nuke them all from orbit in that finale please.

What was that phrase from Battleship? "I told them that something like this would happen, that if something did find us, it would be like Columbus and the Indians, or the Incas and the Conquistadors, and they said, "Oh, no, they'll be sweet." Except we're the Indians.

Sounds crazy far-fetched until you sitl back and think "Oh fuck, right. Our billionaires right now are racing to the stars and to become trillionaires". Literally. And at least one of those billionaires is builidng robots and space shit and has a trillionaire severance package set up.

I was unfamiliar with most of the cast beyond Ceesay, Olyphant and Chandler, but I have to say, Ceesay and Ajayi (Morrow and Smee) are excellent actors. I get Skynet vibes from Kirsh, Morrow and Wendy big time, and humans seem like fodder to everything not-human. AE had its flaws of course, but most of those are easily addressed. Definitely in for the second season, kind of want to see where this Pandora's box leads.
 
So as one of those people who liked Prometheus and Raised by Wolves I thought the premise of this was really interesting but the execution didn't quite live up to the potential.

Eye guy felt heavily teased but ultimately wasted. The sheep staring ominously was great the first few times but that was all they could figure out to do with it.

The lost boys theme was fine but could have benefitted from a bit more subtlety.

Someone in one of these threads said that the first two films covered the xeno in vaseline to give that mucousy quality. They should go back to that. The xeno looked too dry and I know at least some of those shots used a guy in a suit. So oil him up.

Plot needed more finality, maybe boy genius getting killed and lifted up by eye guy. Or Yutani's army burning it all down.
 
I enjoyed it but not a fan of Wendy going all psychopathic. I mean, come on, they did save your life. You were going to die if not for them. But then she starts killing everyone...

So? Just because they used her for a science experiment doesn't mean she owes them her eternal service as a slave/guinea pig.
 
I thought it was pretty good. What bothers me is the creators in these two franchises do not care what made their most memorable movies exactly that, memorable. It was dudes in the jungle fighting a predator, or marines in a Base fighting off aliens and we loved it. They dont have to totally mimic both but just go that direction man. Squads of weyu soldiers getting slaughtered by multiple aliens in the complex for the last 2 episodes and turning it into a survival situation for all involved while done before would have hit the spot. But nope they wanna get all cerebral all the sudden with this shit, why? Its an action franchise not academy award bait
 
I thought it was pretty good. What bothers me is the creators in these two franchises do not care what made their most memorable movies exactly that, memorable. It was dudes in the jungle fighting a predator, or marines in a Base fighting off aliens and we loved it. They dont have to totally mimic both but just go that direction man. Squads of weyu soldiers getting slaughtered by multiple aliens in the complex for the last 2 episodes and turning it into a survival situation for all involved while done before would have hit the spot. But nope they wanna get all cerebral all the sudden with this shit, why? Its an action franchise not academy award bait

There is also a kind of implicit promise in a film called “Alien:Earth” that you will see alien xenomorphs in cities, creating hives in sewers, wrecking some actual havoc on a futuristic version of Earth.

I wanted to see a city under siege by aliens, with authorities slowly realizing that even though these are animals, they can’t beat them. Insects vs Marines on Earth is something people have been waiting for since the 80s. Starship Troopers teased it, Alien vs Predator sort of attempted it but failed, I really thought this was gonna answer the call.

It should have been called Alien: Island
 
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