Alien: Earth

Allen: Earth is finally here and I have to say I was hoping it would be a lot better than it is. It almost feels like a teen CW version of Alirn and not the Alien franchise we all came to know and love. I was promised the show would be full of enough excitement and thrills that make the episodes feel like they fly by. It's not. The other thing I can't stand is that we have to wait to wait a week between episodes. I have come so used to binging series that that's how I like to watch my shows. I hate waiting a week when I enjoy a show. I admit I'm not the biggest or most knowledgeable Alien fan, the originals were made before I was born but I have watched them and enjoyed them. I am a big sci-fi fan though so that's why I was looking forward to this so much and why I'm disappointed. I did read that if you are a big Alien fan that this series will reward you with plenty of fun Easter eggs and the more you know about the franchise the more you're going to enjoy this series. That was a lie.

Some of the CGI in Alien: Earth is great, so hats off to the artists. I liked Prometheus and Romulus as far as the modern movies go but haven't loved anything since 1986. Covenant and now Alien Earth just aren't working for me. The writing takes what could be a simple, tense monster story and turns it into something it's not.

Loved the first Aliens movie led by the great Sigourney Weaver however this latest reboot has not done the franchise justice. The cinematography is great, CGI's super and the acting fine. The problem is the writing and the expectation that we the viewer are expected to lap up eg. Why would you send a team of synths with 12 year old brains into a major disaster zone? Also why are search & rescue personnel dressed like army soldiers with guns???? The most annoying component is the music which is constant and really not needed. Worst is the end credit heavy metal thrash that bears no relationship to the show. In the end, the lack of intelligent writing is plain to see especially when compared to other shows like Foundation, Andor and The Expanse.

As an alien fan for 40+ years, I was hopeful that this series could finally revive the franchise. However, what made Alien great was suspense. What made Aliens awesome was action (and a sublime cast, script, and director). Whoever wrote and directed this has completely missed what makes the franchise great; instead, they think it's about horror about grossing people out. They're going for cheap scares and have just completely missed what makes the franchise great. Sad. Hoping it picks up, but based on the direction the series is going, I hold no hopes.

Most of the characters are dumb just like a typical horror movie they make dumb decisions in order to create suspense and drama.

The plot is dumb. A bunch of soldiers go on search and rescue. They take one medic and no real search and rescue gear. They take their pulse rifles though and head into a giant skyscraper that was hit by a giant spaceship. Imagine if police and firefighters put down any and all rescue gear and grabbed automatic rifles to rush into the twin towers during 9/11. That's what you have here. A very dumb plot. A better plot would have been if their boss, a trillionaire owner of arrival corporation to the corporation that owns the ship, had ordered them to go into the ship to secure it. See I fixed part of their terrible plot in just a minute. What happened to writers? They used to be able to tell such good stories and now they're just so dumb.

If you like horror movies with dumb plots, dumb writing and really dumb characters than this TV show is for you.