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Presumably all the extra fade to black bits are where more adverts can go. The few we currently get are jarring enough.
I'm back on the high seas for the first time since the naughties. CBA with half a dozen streaming services that I only use when theres a specific thing I want to watch, and paying for things that still have adverts in can get in said sea
Just watched first episode last night. It's fine as it goes but some of premise is really clunky
The idea that a huge spaceship would crash into a planet let alone earth and into a city, unless it was completed disabled, is ridiculous. The crew would primarily be there to monitor and repair any systems. It would be flown by an AI and I'm sure capable of flying itself even if all the crew were dead. And if the AI was broken then remotely controlled. The Alien films emphasise how much the corporations value their physical assets more than people.
Even if it was out of control I'm sure it would have been intercepted and destroyed.
The "search and rescue team" make-up of just one field medic was a bit jarring but I guessed it is that the corporations are in a cold war and so it was more a hostile salvage crew.
The children superhero bit seems out of step - something that would be in a programme for a younger audience. Also ripping the blade off a paper guillotine as a weapon - just bizarrely contrived so she can have a sword I guess
Yeah, the guillotine sword would be a crap weapon - they don’t have a sharp blade.
I've enjoyed the two episodes but I'm not sure it's quite as good as critics have made it out to be. I also wondered how everyone just seems to take alien life for granted when IIRC in Aliens it's made clear that nothing has been found up to that point. It's all very well saying you're not taking the other films into account but that can only go so far IMO.
Mostly enjoying it, but my plot-hole/gripe was...
Mostly enjoying it, but my plot-hole/gripe was...
My view on that (being generous), was that this series may explain at some point why, in the future, different knowledge exists (ie, will lots of knowledge be wiped out at some point, maybe specifically from one of the Corporations – ie, that specific scene was with a synthetic that may not exist in the same way in the future).
...and I'm done with it at Ep3. I really really hate the android as children thing, I hate the brother/sister storyline, the musical choices are stupid - there's a part where they come back to the Stark building* in a sort of procession so the music choice is of course - Procession by Jeff Russo even though it's an incongruous jarring mis-match, but y'know guitar rock seems to be the theme they're going with, so what the hell.
Of all the things they could've done with a reset of the Alien franchise; this pile of effluent is what we get?
*yes, I know, but it may as well be.
I'm a bit disappointed that Tyres was only in it for one scene.
Also, I really wish sci-fi movies and shows would stop having every. single. alien creature/monster emit the exact same clicky-squeaky sound when it's about to attack it's latest victim!
It's OK, not much else on. Enjoying watching on 4k on my OLED telly though (after our old HD LED flat screen developed bright spots earlier this year) - only a small 43" but it looks fab (black blacks and full brightness even to the edge). At least Disney give us 4k for a reasonable amount per month - not got any other subs in 4k.
A *small* 43’’? That’s pretty huge IMO
Some dislike the outro guitar-based music.
ironically, you’re more likely to encounter a synthetic, a cyborg or an alien xenomorph than hear those tracks on daytime radio. Especially bbc 6music.
have they ever played one single Tool track in their entire existence?
anyway, I’m enjoying alien earth.
The synthetics are unique in the way that their consciousness interacts in an exponential manner with whatever artificial neural web is inside their new bodies.
By contrast, morrows been plodding around in the same limited brain his entire life.
...and I'm done with it at Ep3
Yup,I felt the same after watching it.
I am holding out that everything will kick off massively on Tracey Island 🤣
I think some of you are overthinking things here. It's a story about space alien monsters. It's not 2001 A Space Odyssey. If they explained every detail and potential 'plot hole' about why a spaceship would crash or why they have paper guillotines in the future etc. Theres loads of possible explanations for all apparent stupid things, but if you put them all in it would get quite tedious or be full of exposition.
This 'boy genius' isn't half stupid.
EP3 (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)
I'm loving the modern/retro technology, for example the camcorder used in the lab, that looked a bit like a shrunken VHS camcorder from the 80's
I found the whole "grooming" conversation quite creepy, when Morrow was manipulating Slightly? through neural communication, i liked that, was very well written and performed.
I didn't like Morrow uploading/downloading to the ship through big flashing light cables... why? why? why?
I am still not sure...
I am still holding out for an overarching plot that hasn't emerged yet (we still have heard nothing from Weyland)
I'm enjoying it. Would prefer it to be a bit more Alien horror like than Aliens thriller but it's good fun.
I like the fact that all the man babies hate it like they do the Star Wars content.
PS the actor who plays Wendy is like 30 years old my mind was blown when I learnt this. As the character was complaining about being a women yet looked like a teenager at most to me
Having not seen it and not going to see it, I'll suggest a plot twist that is totally made up -
Could Wendy be a synthetic but with slightly wonky programming and thinks she is older than she is? So trying to act like an older person...
As said I'm not going to be watching it but could she end up turning out to not be what she appears to be?
I think some of you are overthinking things here.
Argh, I hate this. I'm supposed to overlook all the shitty [lack of] plot and characters because "it's just a bit of brain out fun" It can be done; see Terminator, The Thing, Mad Max...etc etc, Christ even the last Predator movie had an internal logic that was consistent, and that was a pretty bad film.
This is stupidly bad, even for a pop-corn movie.
bear in mind that Wendy, along with the other synthetics will experience accelerated neurological growth as a result of the interaction with their artificial bodies.
still think they’d be better off carrying lightsabers 😂😂😂
well I really enjoyed episode 3. I’m into this.
Well it has Timothy Olyphant in it, so that's a big plus, as it reminded me to go and watch 'Justified' again. One of those quirky Fargo like series based on an Elmore Lenard story.
Highly recommended and on Disney+.
‘Neural Matrix’ may be a better way to describe the mind in which the human-synthetics inhabit.
Well it has Timothy Olyphant in it, so that's a big plus, as it reminded me to go and watch 'Justified' again
Which also has Walton Goggins playing the villain, along with a generally excellent supporting cast. Fair bit of suspension of disbelief required, but very entertaining.
I think some of you are overthinking things here.
Argh, I hate this. I'm supposed to overlook all the shitty [lack of] plot and characters because "it's just a bit of brain out fun" It can be done; see Terminator, The Thing, Mad Max...etc etc, Christ even the last Predator movie had an internal logic that was consistent, and that was a pretty bad film.
This is stupidly bad, even for a pop-corn movie.
I always wonder where the line is. Would people who say 'it's only a SF show, it doesn't need to be realistic' mind if Wendy got a pen out of her pocket and drew a hole n the floor that the alien fell through? Or dropped an anvil on its head? Everybody has their own Stupid Level. (I enjoyed Sisu, for instance, because it was meant to be stupid. Struggling with this because the first Alien films were not stupid.)
Interesting that in a couple of threads I've read about Alien:Earth, there are quite a few people talking in depth about the corporation side of things, as if the series will morph from Battle Of The Planets to Dune over a few episodes. Keep saying 'Noah Hawley' and maybe it will. 😀
Struggling with this because the first Alien films were not stupid
Aliens was not perfect. Remember the 'is this another bug hunt' line? Then everyone being quite surprised at the presence of aliens?
The Sulaco was ****ing huge but had just them and a couple of drop ships?
The fa t they didn't do a full intelligence & mission brief to understand the ground in general not detail, the composition for the structures, any specialist equipment they may need. Then when there discovered it was essential a thermonuclear device?
I could go on.
Aliens was not perfect
Agreed and neither was Alien, but I'd put that (Aliens) as a general 80s/90s war film where the rules of the genre are understood and not really transgressed. Marines and their banter? Check. Big machines and big guns? Check. Fight between alien queen and forklift truck? Well, of course.
It says a lot that I think Alien:Earth is more stupid than that. 🤣
(And maybe I shouldn't have said that the first filmS weren't stupid. Of course they were if we want absolute realism. So, I'm going to backtrack here, stop making it up as I'm going along - like the Alien film makers - and hide in the escape pod with Jonesy. 😀 )
Aliens was not perfect.
But Sigourney Weaver was, and the rest of the cast was pretty good too. Classic of the genre, unless you're a hard sci-fi fan.
Aliens was not perfect.
But Sigourney Weaver was, and the rest of the cast was pretty good too. Classic of the genre, unless you're a hard sci-fi fan.
No arguments there. One of the most underappreciated female action leads ever.
Also blew my mind that Vasquez was John Connor's stepmum in T2.
Well, I'm all caught up now and I'm sorry to say that it is, officially, Very Silly.
The tone is all over the place, the dialogue is written in pure expositionese, and the plot makes about as much sense as a Weetabix lifeboat.
By the time the outro music played, I'd been beaten so thoroughly with the Stupid Stick, I was thinking "**** it, why not play Sabbath over the end credits? Why not a bit of Happy Hardcore while you're at it? Go mental.".
However, I'm sticking with it, because I need to know what the big flower-alien thing does.
every. single. alien creature/monster emit the exact same clicky-squeaky sound
and… they have computers that make a noise when data appears on the screen! Like they had in scifi before everyone had screens. Jeez.
There’s some really horrible guitar whining going on over the scene where they’re retrieving everything from the ship. I had to hit mute. And omg the kid from The End of the ****ing World… how many chances to escape does one character need?! Its hilarious.
One of the most underappreciated female action leads ever
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley? Under appreciated? u shore! Pretty much universally regarded as a classic role.
Lol - halfway through episode 2 and I’m done. It’s absolutely awful.
I thought Prometheus was bad but this takes it to another level.
I get that Stranger Things was a success but it doesn’t mean everything has to replicate the Goonies.
I’ve held off posting until I’d seen more than the first awful first episode.
episode 1 was garbage which felt forced and strangely disjointed, took 3 goes to watch it all and just wtf is going on with the credits music choice ? Is it an opportunity to include songs from the directors fantasy playlist ? It’s my kind of music, but doesn’t fit well here.
episode 2 was better and a wise move to include more aliens types, I’m intrigued to see what the upside down flower thing does.
episode 3 better again. Feels like they have borrowed from some of the predator crossover film ideas.
I’m liking it more esp if you like a space alien horror series - which I do, Timothy Olyphant as always is good in this.
it’s good fun, but it’s nowhere near as good as critics are making it out to be. It’s better than the recent aliens shite that preceded it, but that’s a really super low bar to start with.
Is it an opportunity to include songs from the directors fantasy playlist ? It’s my kind of music, but doesn’t fit well here.
the handmaids tale did it first, was popular there, tho the photography on that show was waaaaaay better
I liked ep 1-3. For me it would be better without the same old predictable alien. There is enough going on without that. The best bits are the kids, synths, evil geniuses, and world design.
Just seen episode four and still really enjoying it – there's an interesting situation beginning to develop with Morrow and Kirsh and it's going to be interesting to see what they are both planning.
Spin.their character arc for as long as possible so they ride the gravy train?
Spin.their character arc for as long as possible so they ride the gravy train?
Well, no, I don't think so. If we were in Season six, then maybe, but we are four episodes into an entirely new story. I like how it isn't just about putting People/Hybrids or whatever against Aliens for some slasher action. They are developing characters, giving them roles and, quite clearly, some characters have their own agendas, more of which have come out in the latest episode, and I am sure more stories will develop. I liked Ade Edmondson being given a bit more screen time in this episode, and I think we'll have a surprise to come from him shortly. And Ron Weasely played her part in this episode too – that's another potentially interesting plot.
Just watched Aliens for the first time in years. It's rather better than Alien:Earth! And how come the actual aliens are far more convincing (and less humanoid!) in a film from nearly 40 years ago?? Crazy
sorry that was supposed to be in todays photo thread, can't seem to delete it 🙈
sorry that was supposed to be in todays photo thread, can't seem to delete it
Just pretend it's some very clever obscure reference to something in some other movie and then when people don't get it, post this gif.
Subtle nod to Blade Runner?
how come the actual aliens are far more convincing (and less humanoid!) in a film from nearly 40 years ago?? Crazy
You are joking? I watched Alien last year after taking our eldest to see the new at the time movie. We came home and watched the first couple of films and those early aliens couldn't have looked more like people in a costume if they'd tried.
Second episode had me thinking this really isn’t going to be a good show but it’s slowly developing into something.
those early aliens couldn't have looked more like people in a costume if they'd tried.
Must've watched a different 'Aliens' film to me. It was like they had used expensive CGI in the Earth shows so had to show these things with human like jaws and bodies, but just a big time trial helmet on. Whereas in Aliens it's filmed in such a way that mostly you don't see a complete alien, just a quick glimpse in darkness. Except when Ripley goes looking for Newt in the egg laying place. Then you have the big alien hanging from the ceiling. Yeah, it's got a jaw, but it's so much better than the new ones. I didn't see man in a suit in the whole film. Musta blinked during that bit.