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Just watched ep1. Thought it was brilliant. The track playing through the end credits was a rare treat too. Admit I'd really been looking forward to it (and with some trepidation in case they stuffed it up) but what great bit of telly!
Funnily enough my mate just recommended it to me... He's a top skeptic and I figured it would be rubbish, but if he's saying it's good it must be worth a punt
It's bloody brilliant.
Wendy is a bonafide badass.
What channel/streaming service is this on please?
Being drip fed week by week - will wait for it to complete the first season before bothering myself with it.
Not watched yet. Looks great. 🤞🏼
It is great, in fact excellent and probably the best thing currently on the box.
Though I am a big sci-fi fan, especially this franchise.
Criticism - Gets attacked by 8' tall alien that kills at least a dozen around him, then wanders about like none of it has just happened.
Personally I'd be shitting myself and certainly wouldn't be closely inspecting any other alien egg things.
But other than the super blase attitude, its well worth the wait.
Watched the first 2 episodes last night and thought it was absolutely bloody brilliant!
The Tech Bro’s as Masters of the Universe narrative is interesting and entirely plausible
Off to a very good start.
How annoying were the Maginot crew though,got everything they deserved 😉 🤣 🤣
Oh, and it was good to see the Tracey Island launchpad being used again 😀
Really good. They do need a few stupid humans to make it work !
One episode in and I quite like it. The atmosphere is good, tension is there and the acting is not bad either. At this point, I am going to recommend it.
Watched both episodes last night, one of the best first episodes of TV in recent memory...
I watched the two available episodes last night.
Production seemed excellent. The early scenes were a wonderful homage to the original film, and it seemed full of ideas that were new but meshed in to the world nicely.
Let's see if the writing holds up through the series, or runs out of steam.
Certainly worth sticking with at the moment.
Yup, watched the first two eps yesterday, pretty solid start.
Yup, watched the first two eps yesterday, pretty solid start.
One thing that's confusing me tho is that this is set before the Nostromo mission, so how did the crew of the Nostromo not know about a ship carrying dangerous alien species crash landing on earth? I guess we'll find out as it unfolds...SpoilerSlight spoiler below
only 2 years before. I’m not sure what comms speeds are like over huge distance, how long hypersleeps are, whether Ash just keeps news from earth from them
Also, series isn’t being bound by all alien stories. But I’m guessing the ‘2 years priorhas a specific logic.
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/alien-earth-set-timeline-explained/
Maybe hide stuff like that behind spoiler tags, @fasthaggis
Why? It's a thread about Alien Earth. It's bloody obvious that it will contain discussion about Alien Earth...
Looking forward to watching it but I'm relauctant to jump in when there are only 2 Episodes out. Might wait a few weeks
PS these are hour long episodes, so two hours was about right last night !
So yes, that was good (just watched the first episode so far). And I was impressed with the Outro Music too \m/
Good but I can't see past "the end of the ****ING world" atm
P.S. does every exploration ship have a Jonesy?
Sorry, I didn't think what I posted was spoiler(ish), as there was a lot of detail given in the trailers.
I did make up the bit about Tracey Island though,they didn't message Thunderbirds (yet)
From B33k34's link.
The writer Noah Hawley has decided to ignore key events from previous films.
So ,I feel it would be best to watch it without getting too bothered about Alien era timelines,or if the technology being used fits .
I am looking forward to seeing what other creatures they brought back though.
...apart from those tick things as I've just begun a course of meds for Lyme disease !
Impressed with Episode 1 (One).
Question: Why does a rescue team have 1 medic and 9 heavily armed troops? Would have thought that a ratio of 9:1 would be more effective than 1:9 when it comes saving lives during an event in your own city.
Yer I'm watching it, I'm enjoying it.. but I am full of criticisms
The science ship, full of all the sights and sounds of the Nostramo is great
The score is excellent (i read someone criticize it elsewhere..) from the tension music...through to some excellent outro music, looking at you Tool
Again, audio is great, the pulse rifle sounds... even sounding very much like the mono sounds of the Aliens pulse rifles
Also, It feels off that in this world, everyone is somewhat familiar with alien life, no one is shocked by any of it really, which feels very different to the franchise that I am familiar with.
I like the fact we have met Prodigy / Yutani but we still haven't seen Peter Weyland, I haven't searched it out but i have no idea who, if anyone, is playing him in this
Like the mega corp power play, owning entire cities etc
Wait. the room has just been dismantled by an 8 foot alien, including a squad of marines.. and i have just been stunned..but I shan't mention any of it to my sister who I thought had died a few years ago...
Yeah, this was a bit odd, I've been chased around this building by a huge killing machine, I was then stunned by someone, but yeah sure, lets go back into the ship and explore it further without mentioning it or even protesting
of course, this could be part of a bigger plot.......
If we're doing criticisms/plot holes, mine was that they all seemed surprised that a huge spacecraft was crashing into the city: this in a way more advanced time than now so you'd thought theyd be a bit more ability to identify and then prevent a massive crash like that into a busy city or at least have the ability to plot the likely crash site and then evacuate the area.
But anyway, a promising start (1 episode in)
Maybe hide stuff like that behind spoiler tags
TBF, anyone that had seen any of the trailers will have assumed that had happened, given what then happened (trying not to give any further spoilers).
Watched Ep1 and it feels (like every other Alien spin-off) derivative and forced. I understand the choice to ignore all the prequels - right decision, but putting this where they have also (like all the other spin-offs) presents more issues than it solves.
But also; its own plot holes, the truly laughably clunky dialogue, the terrible acting, and lord preserve us: Ade Edmundson...
Oi, nothing wrong with Ade, he's in Star wars too !
Okay, so I shouldn't be picking issues with it already, but the bloody opening text intro is incorrect:
'The race for immortality will come in 3 guises'
It should be *three guises*.
FFS
Exposition before the series even starts would suggest that it's going to be crap.
Then:
Question: Why does a rescue team have 1 medic and 9 heavily armed troops? Would have thought that a ratio of 9:1 would be more effective than 1:9 when it comes saving lives during an event in your own city.
The crash and rescue scene was illogical and poorly thought through. It was in simply for the visuals.
And then we have the 'hybrids' jetting off like sub-Marvel Avengers, because what you want in every disaster is a bunch of untried child superheroes.
It's crap.
Seeing as the writer was also responsible for the fab Fargo TV serieseses, I reckon this is worth a watch. 👍
and lord preserve us: Ade Edmundson...
Of course! I was trying to work out who he was (for a moment I thought it was Claude Littner from The Apprentice). I have just watched the second episode and am still enjoying it.
Loved both episodes. The PP stuff should have annoyed me, but I was swept along with it, even down to the sword held magnetically to Wendy’s back. Pace is good.
Oh, saw Samuel Blenkin in Hamlet this year… great actor. Some great casting all around. Going to be a fun romp hopefully.
I'm a fan so far, though the frequent fade to blacks I find odd and the closing music doesn't fit IMO
Presumably all the extra fade to black bits are where more adverts can go. The few we currently get are jarring enough.
Presumably all the extra fade to black bits are where more adverts can go. The few we currently get are jarring enough.
ive had Disney+ on and off over a couple of years. This is the first programme that’s had me upgrade to ad free. I can only assume disneys incessant trailing of cartoons and children’s shows at a middle aged child free adult who has has only ever watched “adult” content is intentional trolling.
Breaking a high tension alien scene to show me a trail for a cartoon version of iron man was the final straw.
Just finished Ep2. I can see why critics like it. It's still shit though.