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Did you see the first episode of Alien: Earth? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 days ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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I was looking forward to it, but the first episode was meh.

Spoilers follow.

I like the set up: the trillionaire, the Weyland-Yutani ship crashing in Prodigy territory, the experimental hybrids, and the aliens.

But it didn't come together. The rescue peeps carrying pulse rifles seemed incongruous. The medic didn't really medic (except for the sticker on the fridge, I guess). The main hybrid sticking a paper cutter blade on her back was goofy. And the soliloquy from the synth seemed a few episodes too early.

The adult actors playing kids seems like a recipe for cringe.

But I'll give it a few more episodes.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I think we've been ruined by Prestige Television and you're honestly just expecting too much from it.

Where both episodes failed for me simply was lack of any tension and feelings of horror. The original films were defined by a feeling of the aliens being completely inescapable and being stuck in tight confined spaces without much hope of escape. The first one everyone stuck on the Nostromo, the second being stuck in an abandoned planetary settlement, third inside an inescapable prison... The rest, well, that's where we begin to lose that sense to begin with.

I mean, I kind of expected it to fail on horror fronts due to it being on earth. Lots of places to escape to.

I still found it pretty fun, despite failing that, but maybe I just went in with lower expectations.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

I haven't seen it and I won't, because almost every time they do these TV show reboots of film, it ends up being the same relationship drama shlock you see in every other show nowadays, basically universe flavored Danielle Steele novels.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

You're right about the tension. I feel like it's hard to build that on a small screen, where people can pause the show or wander off. But I'm sure other shows have done it.

I tried to enjoy the bits of it that worked for me: the aesthetic, the sci-fi tropes, and the nostalgia of the first couple of Alien movies. I'm not sure that'll be enough to keep me watching the whole series, but I'll watch ep2.

[–] johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I thought it not bad. But I also went in with low expectations after Prometheus and Covenant. High hopes they seize some of what seemed the wasted potential of the synth storyline in Prometheus.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I regret paying to see Prometheus. Not just because it was wasted money, but I feel like it encouraged the studio to make Covenant.

[–] EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the report 🫡