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Ep. 4 was my favourite so far, largely on the strength of Ade Edmondson's performance and that of the sheep. Still Very Silly.
My continued thinking is exactly when Kirsh will go rogue and decide that Boy Genius would make a good starting point for a culture och chestbursters. Olyphant is playing the role very well.
Dont think this is a spoiler as i am asking for suggestions but why is Wendy so special? I know she is the 1st but every indicator is pointing towards her having extra abilities. Has she been given a turbo boost button?
Also why did they not take the opportunity to show some of her skills when the opportunity arose with the alien? I know a lot of the premise of Alien is using your imagination but if she is super fast or super strong, i havent seen it yet
Also, what is Kirsh's story? Is he the same as the kids or something else?
From what I understand, Kirsh is a 100% vanilla android, but developed by Prodigy instead of Weyland-Yutani.
No idea about Wendy. I got the feeling she was older than the others when she transitioned, so maybe this is an artefact of her being about as old as you can be and still make the transition, or maybe slightly too old and there were errors in the transfer that caused it.
They seem to be alluding to Wendy having extra skills. Like when the girl bragged about learning french and the guy asked her if she could speak alien.
And I think that is the key... They alla ppear to have the ability to download informaiton and skills (like Neo in the Matrix), but Wendy learned that organically rather was programmed/supplemented with it.
That's the key for how they are supposed to turn out I guess... Human conciousness in a brain that allows expansion and speed much greater than a human's, with a body that is stronger and faster than a human's.
I watched the first 3 episodes tonight and not bad at all.
2 small issues. First, the little info about which corporation controls controls the "universe". That slightly irked me.lol The universe is a bit big and in this timeline the human race is likely a "bug" compared to other lifeforms out there.
The second was that in comparison to Foundation it's just incredibly inferior in almost every way (imo) but Foundation is truly outstanding so I'm being a little unfair really.
I'll be watching the rest though. 👍
Foundation is truly outstanding so I'm being a little unfair really.
hmm. My partner didn't like Foundation at all. I almost didn't watch season 2 and I've not rushed for S3. Theres something about the tone I just find difficult.
Subtle nod to Blade Runner?
The show's influence by Blade Runner isn't that subtle, eh?
I was describing it to my GF as a mash-up of Aliens and Blade Runner, and Kirsch's hair feels like a blatant homage to Roy Batty.
Anyway, it's been interesting but not gripping so far - after ep4 I can feel myself wanting to know what happens next a bit more.
Hope Ade Edmondson's role continues to grow, he's so good.
Very much so.
My comment was about dakuan's misplaced owl and thols2's reply. Specifically the Tyrell Corp owl.
Regards
Righto, gotcha now
Subtle nod to Blade Runner?
They’re set in the same universe.
E5. Holy crap!
So if I take out a Disney subscription to watch this, what else is worth watching on there?
If you're a Timothy Olyphant fan, 2010's 'The Crazies' is currently free on Prime.
E5 was a lot more enjoyable than the last few for me.
Must admit i thought the eyeball was a bit of a lame/gimmicky creature but I really like it now, a properly formidable baddie!
How much can we discuss without using the spoiler tag?
screw it...
Would fit that the eye us actually a goodie.
But I think spoilers are an accepted risk of this thread?
So if I take out a Disney subscription to watch this, what else is worth watching on there?
andor. Even if you’ve never had any interest in Star Wars. Best thing in the canon.
lots of good movies, that are available remarkably soon after the cinema. To name a few:
a complete unknown
a real pain
poor things
Get back (I know there’s 9 hours of this but I found it gripping)
all of us strangers.
empire of light
banshees of inershirrin.
(or if you want vue fare all the Star Wars, marvel, Indiana Jones’s, mission impossible)
I think I just held my breath for an hour – episode 5 was *SO* good! And they keep getting so much out of the characters – this week I loved Teng's little cameo.
The eyeball - is it actually a baddie? It tried to warn the science officer about the tick that was escaping. Then it appeared to save the captain from the Xenomorph, giving it a good kicking in the process.
I think there may be more to come from that one.
Episode 5 was a winner for me. I worry what will happen if eyeball ever gets itself into a Xenomorph though. Thats going to take some stopping.
I wondered if that was coming, but not sure the Xenomorph has eyes for it to replace?
I wondered if that was coming, but not sure the Xenomorph has eyes for it to replace?
Sent me down a rabbit hole of looking at Alien images. There are definitely some that appear to have something like an eye area of the skull, and others that don't.
Me too. Closest to a set of eyes was the ripley alien/human type thing in resurection.
Just had a look at trailer for episode 6.
I can't wait for next Wednesday already!
Ep5 was excellent.
If i can understand the timeline. Alien Earth precedes Alien the original movie 🤔
Interesting thoughts. Mrs Anagallis thought the creepy eye was trying to warn the scientist about the leeches, I thought it was distracting her...
Interesting thoughts. Mrs Anagallis thought the creepy eye was trying to warn the scientist about the leeches, I thought it was distracting her...
Same between my daughter and I. It would be a nice twist to have an altruistic alien species. I have christened it 'the sp-eye-derpuss'.
The main thing that bothers me is that the Alien looks like a bloke in a leather suit with a big mask on. It was the same in one the later movies.
But, are they meant to be human-ish because that's What they've incubated in? If the eggy creature clasped onto a sheep, would it look sheepy?
Closest to a set of eyes was the ripley alien/human type thing in resurection.
That's a really disturbing scene. Watched it again recently and really didn't enjoy it.
Mrs Anagallis thought the creepy eye was trying to warn the scientist about the leeches, I thought it was distracting her...
Me too. I thought it was telling the other one what to do.
But, are they meant to be human-ish because that's What they've incubated in? If the eggy creature clasped onto a sheep, would it look sheepy?
Kinda. I think they say in Alien3 they take on traits from the host, so human hosts == bipedal, dog == quad (Alien3-style), but this is contradicted in the Aliens vs. Predator graphical novels where a cargo hold of cow-like beasts gets infected and spawns "normal" aliens.
Mrs Anagallis thought the creepy eye was trying to warn the scientist about the leeches, I thought it was distracting her...
But then it attacked the alien... I think it was warning, maybe because it wants the host for itself, maybe not.
But then it attacked the alien... I think it was warning, maybe because it wants the host for itself, maybe not.
Question is: is the Eye immune to acid blood to occupy the xenomorph as a host?
And, where are all the leeches that (at least) infected the two soldiers on the crashed spaceship?
And, where are all the leeches that (at least) infected the two soldiers on the crashed spaceship?
I doubt Boy Kavalier is going to be afforded the quick death of a xenomorph encounter. Maybe the smaller beasties are being banked for later suffering.
Fantastic episode, love how it shifted our perception of Morrow for the coming episodes.
Would be happy to see more of him and a bit less of the boy genius and kids.
Interesting thoughts. Mrs Anagallis thought the creepy eye was trying to warn the scientist about the leeches, I thought it was distracting her...
Same between my daughter and I. It would be a nice twist to have an altruistic alien species. I have christened it 'the sp-eye-derpuss'.
This is really interesting. I hadn't been paying as close attention as some of you, and I had to go and find a recap on what's what 😀
Also interested to see how smart the Eye is given that it tried to get one of the children. Could it drive a synthetic or is it limited to biologicals? Is the optic nerve the highest bandwidth available to it and, if so, does that stop it driving the xenos.
Ugh, back to utter bilge this week.
So, you're a multi-trillion, galaxy-spanning mega-corporation, planning a decades-long deep space mission to gather highly dangerous, astronomically valuable alien specimens for your bio-weapons programme. Do you compose your crew of:
a) The absolute pinnacle of human ability, drawn from your bottomless talent pool; or
b) Norman Wisdom x 15?
Also, who knew that you could just get up off the ground in front of the alien and simply run away? Seemingly, it won't catch you, despite running like a cheetah.
Also, I've decided that the other specimens are all just a bit crap. Really just thinly disguised terrestrial animals: Ooooh, a blood-sucking insect! Ooooh, an Octopus that's also an eyeball!! That big flower-alien-thing had better really bring it, when it finally kicks off.
On the plus side, I did think that the adult drone did actually look good and move well. Shame about literally everything else.
Must say Episode 5 upped the tension. Just watching Resurrection on Disney (not one of the best but I've not seen it more than once).
Why did the boy cavalier sanction the use of child synthetics in the rescue mission?
in his eyes, they’re officially deceased and disposable.
The consciousness transplanting technology is proven, and there’s no shortage of potential donors.
hes also interested in observing how they grow and develop within challenging circumstances.
No point treading water.
but Prodigy corp had something else in the pipeline that would make transplanting the consciousness of terminally ill teenagers into synthetics look like child’s play.
you could argue that the development of the children with their synthetic neural matrix reflects the interaction of the ‘human’ soul with its human host.
there are all kinds of developmental differences between these children, according to their previous levels of awareness, education, motivation, etc.
as to the end score on the first episode, the lyrics to Sabbath’s ‘Mob Rule’ match the plot perfectly.
b) Norman Wisdom x 15?
Agreed, i think the Spaceballs crew was more professional!
When Morrow was searching for the empty pod, you would think as security officer he'd know exactly where each person was, right? Nope, run around like a moron checking each name plate!
Although I did like the flip from the first episode where it looked like he was the cause of the crash.
The xenomorph is all over the place, it can kill an entire squad of soldiers in seconds, but can't chase a woman down a corridor...
Overall I'm enjoying the series, but I'd almost rather they'd done an Andor, and focused less on the Alien(s) and more on the corporations and synth/UI stuff storylines, to flesh out the world behind the movies
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The xenomorph is all over the place, it can kill an entire squad of soldiers in seconds, but can't chase a woman down a corridor...
Agree. It's just bad, lazy writing. They clearly wanted to have the visual of the chase sequences from Alien 3, but didn't bother finding a convincing way to give Zaveri a head start. Just smacks of "**** it, the kids won't care - they'll be gawping at their phones 50% of the time anyway."
Don't get me started on it having a wrestling match with Tyres from Spaced...
As for the crew being idiots, its a 65 year mission, everyone who goes will likely never see many friends/family again, its incredibly dangerous (and the crew are disposable), aren't they basically cannon fodder with little to live for? Who else would go but an idiot?