Television ALIEN: EARTH (Renewed for Season 2)

[Adamant]

I think too that some of the "no xeno" complaints may have also stemmed from Prometheus's ineptitude as a movie. Had it been smart, coherent, and polished those people may not have complained. Instead it was kind of a dumb horror movie lacking in big bad to be afraid of

If Prometheus actually felt like it was a part of the same universe, and didn't have the anticlimactic twist of the 10 foot bald guys in the elephant suit, I'd have liked it a ton more. I don't necessarily need Xenos in order to like the movie. But I do need the movie to have the same look/feel/atmosphere as Alien/s for me to accept it as part of the same continuity and enjoy it as such.

Promethues tried too hard to be its own thing with its own vibe, which ultimately, it should have been. Tying it to the Alien franchise felt like an afterthought and a cheap way to cash-in.

Weaver and Biehn are too old and broken down now for a proper Alien 2.5 but it would have been great if done right. Their Rambo 4 / Top Gun Maverick etc.

However...I am 95% certain that Neill Blomkamp would have fucked the dog with it. He has not written a decent screenplay (or executed a movie well) since his first movie and it has been a continuous steady drop since. Elysium was not good, Chappie was abysmal, and then that demon possession one he made during the pandemic was somehow even worse than Chappie.

Blomkamp would be awesome as the robotic VFX guy / assistant director if someone else wrote the script and someone else was the actual director.

But Alien had its own steady Blomkampish journey downward as a franchise. Alien 3 was a drop down, then Alien Resurrection made Alien 3 look good...and then everything since has made Alien Resurrection look kind of decent. I didn't think Alien Resurrection would grow on me over the years, but it has enjoyed the same sort of "well at least it isn't as bad as..." re-evaluation that I've had with the Star Wars prequels, Robocop 2, Terminator Salvation, and so on.

The window has closed...same as it closed on Arnold's Conan 3 or on a proper set of Terminator future war movies. I guess the latter is still doable since Arnold isn't a requirement. But all of the franchises mentioned have been raped into the ground and diluted to the point that nobody trusts or values the name and they would also be hard pressed to attract top directing talent. After The Terminator, James Cameron was happy to jump on board for sequels to both Alien and First Blood. Today's "young James Cameron" isn't going to want to crawl through the slug trail left behind in the wake of The Predator, Alien: Covenant, Rise of Skywalker, Terminator Genisys or Dark Fate etc.

Anyway...all of that to say I would be willing to check out an alternate universe somewhere in which Blomkamp got to make his Alien 2.5. I might even trade Prometheus and Covenant for that. But I'm almost certain Blomkamp would have made something pretty bad and just killed off that avenue the way The Flash killed off the future of Keaton's Batman.

If we're basing it only on his original films (outside of District 9) I would agree with you. But after hearing his pitch, I think that was the one thing he was made to do. And maybe it still turns out like shit, but I really don't think so if he followed through and didn't swerve on us.

You know like how some filmmakers have that one movie they were made for that's great and badass and then they make a bunch of dogshit after, where you're thinking "WTF happened?". I think Alien 5 was the one movie he would have shined with. It sure as hell sounded exponentially better than Alien 3-Covenant.

But yeah, now's probably too late. It's a damn shame he didn't get to make it when he wanted to.

 

[BisexualMMA]

If we're basing it only on his original films (outside of District 9) I would agree with you. But after hearing his pitch, I think that was the one thing he was made to do. And maybe it still turns out like shit, but I really don't think so if he followed through and didn't swerve on us.

You know like how some filmmakers have that one movie they were made for that's great and badass and then they make a bunch of dogshit after, where you're thinking "WTF happened?". I think Alien 5 was the one movie he would have shined with. It sure as hell sounded exponentially better than Alien 3-Covenant.

But yeah, now's probably too late. It's a damn shame he didn't get to make it when he wanted to.

Maybe...

But Chappie was basically his remake of Robocop. He had the blueprint to work from, even copied from it unabashedly in design and plot points...and then faceplanted in execution due to catastrophic failures in writing, directing, casting and acting.

Could it have been his lightning in a bottle? His Renny Harlin jumping in for Die Hard 2? Maybe. I've been thrice bitten by Blomkamp now in watching his movies.

I kind of think District 9 was his "one movie" that you are talking about...but who knows. If he had ended up making something as good as Alien 3 he would have pleasantly surprised me. And I don't like Alien 3 that much. I have just lost faith in Blomkamp completely. His OATS Studios shorts show that he has a hard time even making something kind of original, sensible or compelling for 10 minutes at this point.

 

[deviake]

Lmao btw, perfect response

 

[Gene Tunney]

Lmao btw, perfect response

 

[BisexualMMA]

Lmao btw, perfect response

Yeah that is in the running for best gif response I've seen on here in over a decade.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: September 3, 2024

15-Second Teaser Trailer for Noah Hawley's ALIEN: EARTH; Coming to Hulu on 2025

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Oh shit, didn’t realize Timothy was in this.

 

[JadeOwl]

Update: September 3, 2024

15-Second Teaser Trailer for Noah Hawley's ALIEN: EARTH; Coming to Hulu on 2025

For those worried that the Aliens being present on Earth itself even before the events of Prometheus breaks canon, because no information is known about them in chronologically later installments, the FX chairman said in an interview that Weyland-Yutani will not be involved in the events of the series, explaining why they don’t know anything:

Asked if the Weyland-Yutani corporation of the original films factors into this series, Landgraf said, “The ‘Alien’ cinematic universe is that it’s a world that’s sort of dominated by large corporate entities, and Weyland-Yutani has been an important component of the movies. There are references to that corporation in this show. But it actually takes place in the territory of a different corporation that Noah invented.”

 

[TrueBias]

30 years BEFORE Alien? Aw come the fuck on...

Oh shit, didn’t realize Timothy was in this.

Just wait until Billy shows up.

 

[Satur9]

30 years BEFORE Alien? Aw come the fuck on...


Just wait until Billy shows up.

Took the wind out of my sails... Alien prequels on Earth just sound blah. The best they can do is have a twist ending like a monster of the week X-Files episode.

 

[Streeter]

She reminds me of Ana De Armas, they can pass as sisters.

I think she may of gone for her the Anna look like Megan Fox did Angelina. But she pulls ot off better whoever she is.

 

[shunyata]

I wonder how they pull off having the setting 70 years before the original film and taking place on earth. Curious if Weyland-Yutani Corp exists at that time. Hoping they do well with this project.

Not familiar with Sydney Chandler but she is fine as hell...

What's funny is I bet most people recognize her dad.

Those first two photo lookin like the second coming of Monica Bellucci.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Hawley is GOAT tier so this will be good

 

[MDoza]

Prequel series with nepo baby female lead, not taking place within Weyland Corp, but instead a different made up corporation..

 

[HenryFlower]

Took the wind out of my sails... Alien prequels on Earth just sound blah. The best they can do is have a twist ending like a monster of the week X-Files episode.

your lack of faith in Noah Hawley disturbs me

 

[Satur9]

your lack of faith in Noah Hawley disturbs me

Never doubt a human's ability to disappoint. It will serve you well.

Lucy in the Sky says sup.

 

[HenryFlower]

Never doubt a human's ability to disappoint. It will serve you well.

Lucy in the Sky says sup.

some people/creatives simply just don’t fuck up.

 

[Bob Gray]

Hawley is GOAT tier so this will be good

Once I saw Fargo, I immediately became interested in this series.

Some of the ideas still seem kinda off, but I can give Hawley the benefit of the doubt thay he's working towards something that'll make sense.

 

[Bob Gray]

30 years BEFORE Alien? Aw come the fuck on...


Just wait until Billy shows up.

What's wrong with the timeline? Just curious.