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Weyland Yutani really is the only major discrepancy between Alien Earth and Scott's prequels. The Maginot launched in 2055 under WY meanwhile it was still just Weyland Corporation in 2093 when the Prometheus landed on LV 223. It does at least seem like Noah Hawley wasn't allowed to do anything with Weyland. No direct nods to that half of the company. 

[First time in Alien history that a Xenomorph was referred to as an "adult male"... Kirsh refers to the Xenomorph Wendy killed as an adult male... interesting.]
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Well of course almost every alien we saw in Alien franchise was an male.

We know how the female looks like aka the Queen 👀

First time in Alien history that a Xenomorph was referred to as an "adult male"... Kirsh refers to the Xenomorph Wendy killed as an adult male... interesting.

This episode was very boring. The only time I jumped was when they showed the monsters.

Yeah there's no way Ripley will be making an appearance in this and it would only seriously confuse the timeline even more lol it's a good thing Ripley’s story arc is being kept separate.

Thank goodness the series and films don't share the same timeline, officially. Cause yeah it would have caused so much confusion.

First time in Alien history that a Xenomorph was referred to as an "adult male"... Kirsh refers to the Xenomorph Wendy killed as an adult male... interesting.

Wrong. Weyland Merged with Yutani in 2099 for film continuity. The merger appears to have happened much earlier in Alien Earth's timeline. Until Earth a Yutani has only ever been depicted on screen once in AVP Requiem. That actress also did scenes for The Predator but the scenes were cut. Alien Resurrection doesn't have Weyland Yutani, it has the United Systems Military. 

She won't be doing Earth. Noah Hawley said there'd be no major cameos and Sigourney Weaver is too old to play Ripley in this era

If Alien Earth is streaming, shouldn't it be on now? Or do I have to wait until tonight?

Yutani didn't show up until Alien3 or Alien Resurrection. Those movies were so awful I always confuse them.

Of course she does. Can't wait to see her in it.

Disney have turned a blood thirsty, alien hunter into  ridiculous woke nonsense. 

Love the BTS - has retro vibes all round. 

Really liking both for different reasons really.

Alien: EARTH is introducing us to a lot of new concepts into the Alien universe whilst Romulus was a great callback to the original.

Thanks for the feature! Very happy to be apart of this community :)

​Glad that so many enjoy my work, I'll be editing all four parts into one, continuous edit so it'll play as a movie.

On that note, what would you like to see in the next chapter? I have a few things planned but always eager to hear ideas!

It’s a tough choice for me. I really like Romulus as a whole. It’s almost perfect as a Alien film that satisfies Alien fans. It gives me Alien Isolation vibe and lots of great throwback after a somewhat detached Convenant.

Alien Romulus is a calculated smash hit and it’s hard to not love it despite a few flaws. On the other hand Alien Earth is a  mad uncontrollable baby which still have so many potential to shock the world. 
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At this stage I slightly prefer Alien Romulus, but really Alien Earth has so much to explore and it is experiemental, innovative yet also executed greatly so far. 

No one is upset but you have asked a few questions irrelevant to this topic. I'm not even sure why you came back here with this after you clarified you had a topic and the answers you wanted

This is all new to me and I hope you will all be patient with me. I like this board (or whatever you professionals call it) and like to see other people's opinions on the movies that have puzzled me since Alien. I guess I just like to see everything tied together with a neat bow. I have gotten many answers here from people who know what they are talking about.

Alien Romulus without question. Even if 3 episodes remain of Earth it's highly unlikely it'll change for the better and redeem itself.

While Romulus went a "little" hard on the fan service aspect, it is indeed an authentic "best of Alien" rollercoaster experience whereas Earth seems to have an identity issue (in part because too many people involved perhaps=to many chefs spoiling the broth) and is all over the place.

The xenomorphs were mostly and properly terrifying in Romulus (except the Scorched one that literally saved Rain from plunging to certain death in the elevator shaft) while it just seems confused in Earth and doesn't really seem to know its purpose. Kind of like a metaphor for the series itself. 

Sets are impressive in both Romulus and Earth, although it worked better in Romulus as a whole while Earth's sets act like a theatre for actors with various talent in a badly scripted stage play directed by a highschool teacher who wanted to be a director. 

Visual effects are impressive in both the film and the series. 

The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal in Romulus and its strongest aspect imo, while it's absolutely horrendous in Earth (they really dropped the ball) 

I agree on Andy as well, my favorite android in the series. Likable, caring, badass and cracking terrible dad jokes. I mean how can you not like that guy. Kirsch for me is just Timothy Olyphant being himself more or less. 

No... ? I think you're talking about the cocoon in Romulus maybe? There hasn't been anything like that in any other alien movies so far.

The flower that David put on the doctors headstone looked like a weed.

No the plumbicare hasn't been in any movies. Only the XX121 Xenomorph as well as the Ovamorph and the facehugger have been seen before

I don't want to have to watch Alien3 or Alien Resurrection again. I'm not sure if the stem that comes out of it was in one of those movies or in the Romulus movie.

No the plumbicare hasn't been in any movies. Only the XX121 Xenomorph as well as the Ovamorph and the facehugger have been seen before 

I hope the creepy multi eyed octopus is explored, figured out, and then destroyed. That sack that's hanging and shows a stem with pointy pedals that looks like it has spider webs on it was in one of the Alien movies. That's what I mean about them repeating things but not answering questions.

It is an enjoyable show, but don't like some of the stuff they are messing with in the lore, like how can the android communicate with the Alien ? I bet they go down the road that the Alien is just misunderstood and not that bad after all.Like they did with Orcs in rings of power.

It's not like Wendy had alien DNA like Ripley did in that horrible Alien Resurrection. The ship hadn't crashed yet for them to do that. How does Ripley with acid blood live normally on Earth? It just seems that they rehash the same plot for every movie: Only the female can win against the aliens, a lovestory that starts but never finishes, a crazy robot, bad guys who are good guys and good guys who are bad guys, etc...

I'm wondering the same thing... Also - very very surprised to hear how cool Fede was to casually mention he's no longer directing the next film when he was absolutely hyped to be working on the sequel for a year. I'm sure he's playing cool but I imagine he's livid.

Wish this was available in the US...

Extremely disappointed in this news, Fede did an incredible job with the movie. Hopefully they find someone as talented.

Denis Villeneuve or Alfonso Cuaron or me 

wondering if they will start filming in late October as previously mentioned.

Now this is an awesome shot

Give it to a director that knows how to do horror and that understands the importance of human characters.

I had to quit half way through this episode. I agree it was the most "alien" this series felt so far but the writing is just unbearably bad. too many dumb characters doing dumb things. im done with this show.The writing definitely leaves much to be desired, but we've got 3 more episodes to go! Aren't you curious how it ends?

I'm not sure, I was mostly curious about this episode. I might wait until the last 3 come out and just sprint through them.

Give it to Neill Blomkamp!

my second choice would be Alfonso Cuarón

My pick remains Denis Villeneuve for an Alien movie. I think he's done the most justice for source material for the franchises he's made films for. He'd bring some amazing skill to Alien and he's worked with Ridley before on Blade Runner.

Yea my vote goes to Denis Villeneuve as well

It reminded me a lot of Alien Resurrection and the Newborn. Both final surprise ending acts in the crew's ship, tall pale curious humanoid monster, and it being sucked out into the vacuum of space.

In the beginning of the film, they mentioned dollars as a bet payment. This film did answer some of my questions. It was more informative than the others. They are mostly with the same theme. A woman who knows everything that no one else does and always saves the day, a developing love story between that woman and one of the men, men and women who go to fight the monster, greed, and the woman always wins and goes away without her man.

The one with the hood over her head looked female.

Need to get me a copy of this!

David did indeed help Daniels and Tennessee by remotely operating the doors against the xenomorph in the corridors aboard the Covenant, which was odd. Maybe he specifically wanted Daniels alive for a Shaw 2.0 experiment. Or maybe he wanted to further gain their trust 🤷

Ultimately however, David made sure that Daniels and Tennessee were locked in their cryo pods just like the rest of the sleeping colonists. This way no one would interfere with his evil scheme.

The xenomorph patiently stood right in front of the captain yet does not kill her (!) trips her with its tail (?) allows her to get back up on her feet (!!) and she successfully runs away in the worst Disney chase scene since Leia and the bandits in the terrible Obi-Wan series.  The xenomorph charges after her way faster than any human could possibly run yet she outruns it. I get that some characters have plot armor but this is ridiculous. First Hermit and now this captain avoid getting killed in encounters with the xeno despite being served on a silver plate. Who writes this?? Yes she does get killed at the end so I guess the xenomorph realized it's a killing machine after all. Also in the beginning of the episode no one seems to react a lot to the fact that two of their crew members were facehugged and one of them (previous captain) having his whole throat melted by acid. That young kid even made jokes in this inappropriate situation. It's so off-putting and unrealistic despite that I really try my best to suspend my disbelief at all times but this is Idiocracy-level idiotic.Morrow singlehandedly carried this episode and just barely saved it from being almost unwatchable. Nitpicks (and there are many) include the "perfect organism" xenomorph (well not anymore thanks to Disney) struggling in a fight against a possessed human, the editing with occasional scene fade outs killing any ounce of suspense, Ikea-quality glass cylinders that are supposed to contain highly dangerous organisms, hentai tentacle monster tapping the glass to warn the scientist (lol), a junior/trainee engineer so shockingly stupid I'm surprised he even manages basic daily routines, and so many throwbacks to Alien that even Fede Alvarez' love letter Romulus fade in comparison. The good parts were the scenes with Morrow, some impressive CGI (especially the facehuggers and the xenomorph) the shootout scene against the traitor and the appearance of the infected senior engineer, looking like he came straight from The Thing. This series is like a high-budget YouTube fan film. Severely flawed yet occasionally entertaining.Nothing will ever be worse than the Leia / bandits chase scene 🤣 But yeahhhhh I'm still confused why the Xenomorph was so selective with who it killed and who it toyed with. Is there a reason? The Xenomorph has often been an inquisitive organism as much as it is aggressive. My speculation is that it's simply playing with its food, so to speak.

Plot armor 😉 in all fairness Ripley and Newt had it as well but it was concealed behind a good script (i.e A1-3AC) and phenomenal acting (Sigourney Weaver)  whereas it's painstakingly obvious in Alien Earth.