Alien: Earth

Pretty disappointing conclusion to a great set up. 8 episodes later, it seems that the only motive provided for any of the characters was to get to series two. Once the Alien rehash was out of the way to satisfy audiences in episode five the showrunners seemingly gave up on any of the threads they set up in the beginning of the series in favour of a directionless mess.

I had such high expectations after 4 episodes. There were a multitude of characters with different motivations. And then slowly this show degraded into one dimensional storyline.

This show is more about synths than aliens. And there is no logic in anything the synths do. They are the most unlikeable protagonists. Are we supposed to root for the synths? By the end of the season I was rooting for the synths to die because they are so loathsome.

Allen: Earth is finally here and is actually a lot better than I expected it to be. It's full of enough excitement and thrills that make the episodes feel like they fly by. The only negative 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 but I guess that's a good thing but that's better than the show being bad and not caring about it. 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 and this is one of the better new sci-fi shows currently on. 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.

This is exactly what Disney does to a beloved franchise.

Something that once stood as a symbol of fear, power, and mystery has now been reduced to a childish series that turns the terrifying Alien creature into something as harmless as a household pet!

Just wait for season two when the Alien decides to start a family, have kids, and live happily ever after alongside humans!

Plain horrible writing.

This sucks, because I was really hoping this would be good. I mean I'm a huge Alien fan and I've even like the objectively lesser entries into the franchise but this... This is bad on a whole 'nother level.

Let's start with the dialogue. Everyone has to say what they're thinking or doing all the time. There's a moment in episode 7 when Smee (or whatever he's called) literally says to the camera "I only did x because I thought y!" And I facepalmed loud enough that my neighbors could hear it.

I'm not sitting on TikTok while watching the show, but the show is treating me like I am.

The characterizations here are also ridiculous. Nobody is consistent. Wendy changes motivations and intentions like 50 times throughout the season. People flip on a dime because the script needs them to. Hermit for example has a big problem with the alien killing soldiers... until the final episode when he's standing in the same room as the alien as it's killing three soldiers and doesn't even say a word. Doesn't even acknowledge that it's happening.

Also, plot armor. Everyone has it. Nobody dies. Nobody you care about at least. Why? I don't know. No idea. I mean we don't care about these characters at all so maybe the writers know that. The worst offender of this plot armor is once again... DING-DING-DING! Hermit. He survives a xenomorph encounter like three or four times in just the first two episodes. Which becomes more ridiculous the further into the show you get because the xenomorph can wipe out a room in like 1 second flat.

This show sucks. That's all there is to it. So disappointed in Noah Hawley and the crew. Did you guys even care about this at all?