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It's hard to define what is disrespectful to fans at this point. The split opinions on this show and the common complaint that goes something like "Alien is ruined" is so well worn that the divide is unsurprising but you'll have fans say the exact thing about Aliens. James Cameron disrespected the original Alien by making them giant space bugs. Alien 3 disrespected fans by killing Hicks and Newt. Resurrection disrespected everyone by existing. Ridley Scott pissed on fans with Prometheus and Covenant. Fedè Alvarez insults fans intelligence with a safe dumb movie. Out of the Shadows was an insult by shoe horning Ripley in. AVP disrespect the xeno life cycle with accelerated gestation and births (now the normal oddly). Requiem exists. Alien Earth causing fans to riot feels like another day at the office. Absolutely nothing will satisfy everyone. I see just as many people excited about Romulus 2 as I see people disinterested. I see demands for the third prequel and an equal amount of apathy for that storyline to continue. I see want for Blomkamp's 5 to be resurrected and people happy it was canceled. Earth is already the same. People want a season 2 and people want it canceled. Just Another day at the office.

Very true, it's all subjective. I guess if we all agreed on everything there'd be no points to forums like these 😂

It's hard to define what is disrespectful to fans at this point. The split opinions on this show and the common complaint that goes something like "Alien is ruined" is so well worn that the divide is unsurprising but you'll have fans say the exact thing about Aliens. James Cameron disrespected the original Alien by making them giant space bugs. Alien 3 disrespected fans by killing Hicks and Newt. Resurrection disrespected everyone by existing. Ridley Scott pissed on fans with Prometheus and Covenant. Fedè Alvarez insults fans intelligence with a safe dumb movie. Out of the Shadows was an insult by shoe horning Ripley in. AVP disrespect the xeno life cycle with accelerated gestation and births (now the normal oddly). Requiem exists. Alien Earth causing fans to riot feels like another day at the office. Absolutely nothing will satisfy everyone. I see just as many people excited about Romulus 2 as I see people disinterested. I see demands for the third prequel and an equal amount of apathy for that storyline to continue. I see want for Blomkamp's 5 to be resurrected and people happy it was canceled. Earth is already the same. People want a season 2 and people want it canceled. Just Another day at the office.

The alien in this film has so many issues that took away the fear out of the show. The issues I noticed were as follows:  the alien looks dry not a shiny slew of slim others had to them in previous films and features. The suit bunches up by the thighs in multiple scenes making it look like “creature feature” with a thick stubby neck that makes the creature less intimidating and not more muscular. The color of the alien is off as brown and not black making it look less scary and man made. The mechanical upper jaw looks stiff giving the overall appeal of the alien as a puppeteer.
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Overall, when pertaining to the alien design concept, Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 had the best designs hands down. Just stick to the original design already for what works and is scary! Period. If you want a home run then plan, prepare, and play the game for one.

Next, fear is was drives this franchise. Use more scenes of isolation, and cleverness of where is the alien hiding that were used in the front half of the show. If Wendy can talk to these xenomorphs okay, well, with two xenomorphs in the picture as a community of organisms is she the mother of aliens representing the hive mind, or outcast from the hive as humans? The other creatures are just relatable concepts. True horror is originality unknown to men kind never seen before. Isn’t that what makes xenomorphs and predator scary? 
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The storyline is overall good and shot well, but these key points need work. Get it together with the xenomorph. I found myself never scared for the first time.

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Are they ever going to get their stories straight? Are they ever going to answer questions in the movies and shows and stop making the fans wait years without even getting an answer?

The whole Wendy storyline is pathetic. It has to go. The boy genius could have any storyline and be interesting. Wendy who wants to be called Marcy and then Wendy and then to rule, LOL! needs to go. The focus should be on the monsters. How come Ripley knew nothing about the Earth being attacked by monsters before her trip?

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Kill Wendy and the lost boys and I will give this horrible show a 2nd chance.

I hope the boy genius isn't a robot.

"Try Harder" – yes please. I hope for season 2 they bring on new writers that, I found that to be my biggest gripe. So many open ends and inconsistencies. I also feel the cast was too large, keeping it more intimate make the deaths more impactful. None of the main characters died... Literally everyone is still there at the end.

I also agree it felt very B-movie but I took it a bit more personal, to me it felt very disrespectful. Scott and Giger created a masterful beast and atmosphere that's inspired countless stories and films since. James Cameron wanted to give his own take on it but still respected the source material and adapted his ideas in a tasteful, respectful way. Noah Hawley literally said he sees the Xenomorph as a cockroach... a cockroach?! Gtfo 

I desperately wanted to enjoy this show and there were moments I did enjoy, set pieces, Morrow and Kirsh being about it. T. Ocellus as well – saved it in some ways. But overall it felt like a complete disregard for our intelligence as viewers and disrespect for our beloved franchise as fans. 

First, I’m an OG Alien fan. I saw Ridley Scott’s “Alien” in 1979, on my 20th birthday, and it was a game changer. Mixing horror with SciFi was brilliant. Fast forward to 2025. The storyline was good, not great. I enjoyed the premise of different alien species being collected. The one thing that didn’t sit well with me was a synthetic being able to communicate with a Xenomorph, almost “pet like”. I will rewatch this again over the winter, but it’s not something I’d purchase in physical media form. When I really, really enjoy something, it’s added to my 4K and Bluray collections. This will not be.

Agreed – I enjoyed the expansion of alien species and the attempt at diving deeper into Weyland-Yutani lore, but the execution was fumbled by horrible writing and sub-par acting, having children inhabit Synth bodies was a mistake imo. The best episode in the series was Episode 5 and it's cause there were no children Synths and it took place on a familiar looking ship and borrowed heavily from what worked in Alien.

Overall I expected more and have no intention of ever adding this to my collection, sadly. I really wanted to like it, kept holding out that the finale would deliver. I was disappointed.

You're correct, Hawley favors a synth story line above all else. You'll either enjoy it or hate it. There's not much in between on this one. It definitely feels like the reception is more positive than Covenant and even Prometheus but much like them, those that hate it really hate it. Overall it's another highly divisive Alien entry. Pretty normal at this rate lol. I'm curious how people will feel about it ten years down the line especially if it doesn't get a second season. 

Interesting, I haven't watched it since I don't have the channel where it's on. Unfortunately it seems like a lot of it is about androids and I'm not interested in that. Maybe I would prefer it over the prequels if I would watch it, it's possible.

First, I’m an OG Alien fan. I saw Ridley Scott’s “Alien” in 1979, on my 20th birthday, and it was a game changer. Mixing horror with SciFi was brilliant. Fast forward to 2025. The storyline was good, not great. I enjoyed the premise of different alien species being collected. The one thing that didn’t sit well with me was a synthetic being able to communicate with a Xenomorph, almost “pet like”. I will rewatch this again over the winter, but it’s not something I’d purchase in physical media form. When I really, really enjoy something, it’s added to my 4K and Bluray collections. This will not be. 

The series was retarded.  It never should have seen the light of day.

I could have sworn I saw something like this in one of the Alien movies.

They're the happy little animals in Wendy’s new Disneyland resort 😂

Why wasn't there a choice for HATED IT!?

He looks and stands like a human. If not for the head, you would think the character was human.

Hope we saw the last of the lemon sucking "captain".

Wendy and Her? xenomorph. How ridiculous!

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I tried to like it, to look past all the glaring issues, the horrible writing and the painstaking stupidity among the characters. To see something so utterly amazing I'd forget all this just for the moment. Only, there was nothing. No real interesting characters, no sense of dread, no convincing threat, no tension, no adrenaline and no compelling drama whatsoever. A Xenomorph that's practically stripped of all its terror which in itself dragged the show down considerably. Endless useless citations to Peter Pan's adventures and symbolism that never hits the mark because nothing is ever engaging to begin with, and throwbacks and references to the older films sprinkled all over it like a bunch of confectioners who fail so miserably at baking cakes but try to cover it up with half-hearted toppings. It's inedible. A complete cringefest. I would even....

*inhales..... exhales*

WoULd eVen...

*Starts convulsing*

Recommend Prometheus over this. Yep I said it. 

"He's right behind me, isn't he?"

"He knows you know Zoya..."

And yeah, Wendy has been given way too much power and control over things. A character like this is never entertaining to watch. She as a character is interesting in few episodes but the script was not creative enough. Cheesy phrases and grunge/metal music at the end does not help also.
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Very very poor ending. I had hopes till episode 5. Then it all collapsed because the script was basically garbage. Kirsh as one the key players, intelligent as he was portrayed in first episodes, was an character that could've been more misterious and I was expecting him to have his agenda/deal with WY, but they went really cheap and cheesy. He was way way too naive and stupid in the finale, like it was not him. So the script is very contradicting as well imho.

Xenomorph as a dog does not work. Like wth, seriously?

I just hope we get to see Ridley do his movie to end Davids story. 

It's way too big to be David, Daniels, or any human.

Glad the eye is out of the sheep. What were those 3 points on it's head that laid down after the sheep got eyed?

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Not sure the demo is a pet. I am thinking more another sibling or ally.

They didn't show up until after Marcy became Wendy. They are not siblings.

How stupid is this! 

Why isn't the "baby" cocooning?

The boy genius should get eyed.

This was the most underwhelming finale in history. The series should be called Peter Pan or something, the Alien is literally a pet here. And only present so the series could be called Alien. Give him a leash already. And thanks for nothing with Ocellus, such potential there, and then - nothing.

This show sucks. There was one good episode and that is when they used it to show the aliens. Hate Marcy/Wendy. When they show her salivating mouth close up making clicking sounds, I want to throw something at my TV. She's a kid in an adult body and she can beat aliens, beat robots, control an alien that invaded Earth, control switches, control electricity, want to do harm to the brother who loved her, caused the xenomorph to kill the soldiers and the officers who were protecting her, and  I'm supposed to like this character along with her psycho red headed friend and the males who are the dumbest of the lot. The kid was even hateful and wanted to kill the scorpion that was contained. She didn't suddenly turn mean.  I hate this show and it is more than a disappointment. It sucks! Get rid of the lost boys, especially Marcy/Wendy, the woman who was their caretaker, her stupid husband and let's see some alien backstory without the idiot storyline of kids doing what marines couldn't do in t he movies.

I enjoyed it

I was not impressed by the finale. Disney is going to ruin Alien 😔

I haven't watched Ep8 yet but seems everyone is disliking it.  Now I am worry about future development. : (

Whether people liked the show or not, FX have already ordered a second season and the show did perform very well for Hulu and Disney, so a second season is going to happen. Look at the Halo series - it was garbage and it got renewed for more than one season lol.

Ooof, I wanted to love the show so much but it wasn't great. I probably won't be watching season 2, maybe for Kirsh if he's still in it, who knows. Right now I am not interested in watching any more of the show.

I haven't watched Ep8 yet but seems everyone is disliking it.  Now I am worry about future development. : (

Love, love, love Alien Earth.

So glad to hear a season 2 is in the works!