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[Nemesisuuu]

They nailed the atmosphere and aesthetics. But the kids on adults bodies is funny for like 3 seconds, then it becomes retarded. Hopefully they can remotely update their personalities so they grow up? I don't think I can take a whole season of this.

Both episodes are full of stupid things - alien literally moonwalking in episode called Neverland - seriously? It's just so bad.

And they should just move away from android characters, it feels like it's been done 10000 times in this universe, it's so boring. Last time it was autistic one in Romulus, now whatever they are supposed to be - it's just stupid.

Honestly, I'm surprised that they didn't put baroque wig on alien, like Beethoven or some shit.

 

[Sonik]

First episode was great, I love the atmosphere and how they respectfully try to expand the lore, I hope you fuckers are wrong about the second episode being way worse

 

[Insane Metal]

First episode was great, I love the atmosphere and how they respectfully try to expand the lore, I hope you fuckers are wrong about the second episode being way worse

I mean, they wouldn't make a masterpiece in every episode. It's not as good as the first but it's ok.

Spoilers btw, I can't wait to see what the ceiling egg creature will look like

 

[MachRc]

That jump off the cliff was just ..horrid. I thought I was watching Halo again.

Other than that so far so gooood..


So pretty!

 

[DKehoe]

Really enjoying this so far. Not that this is the biggest reason I'm enjoying it, but I like how they've managed to thread the needle of keeping the aesthetics of the technology from Alien without having it feel like it's from the 70s.

 

[Sonik]

Yeah, I get why people didn't like the second episode, I still like the show a lot but it's obvious it doesn't take itself too seriously. First of all, it's not tension horror like the Alien franchise, more like action horror like Alien vs Predator, from the get go you see the Alien and it's slaughtering people non stop as Prodigy seem like the most comically incompetent motherfuckers with a leader that doesn't give a fuck. Second, the show is starting to become a little too crazy to be taken too seriously. Also the direction fell off a cliff in the second episode, it's still acceptable I guess but goddamn that great atmosphere in the first one seems to have disappeared

 

[Revolutionary]

How did this get positive reviews? It's almost Star Trek Picard levels of shit. I had rock bottom expectations and it's somehow worse.

 

[Ulysses 31]

How did this get positive reviews? It's almost Star Trek Picard levels of shit. I had rock bottom expectations and it's somehow worse.

Coz the sets are pretty and it mimics the retro future tech from Alien well enough.

 

[Melon Husk]

How did this get positive reviews? It's almost Star Trek Picard levels of shit. I had rock bottom expectations and it's somehow worse.

It looks good. The casting, set dressing, lighting, the visual side is fantastic. For some people that's enough.
While casting nailed it, the direction of actors is piss poor. Line delivery is the fault of the script and director. It's the Game of Thrones problem again.

 

[Alex11]

How did this get positive reviews? It's almost Star Trek Picard levels of shit. I had rock bottom expectations and it's somehow worse.

Not only positive, but stellar first reviews at that and no one mentioned the dumb stuff, but as others said, the sets, the retro-futuristic aesthetic of the and of course the Xeno just killing with the speed of a super villain when the plot needs it's apparently enough.
Of course those are good stuff, but it's all surface level, thankfully not all feel this way.

 

[Sonik]

It looks good. The casting, set dressing, lighting, the visual side is fantastic. For some people that's enough.
While casting nailed it, the direction of actors is piss poor. Line delivery is the fault of the script and director. It's the Game of Thrones problem again.

In the first episode what you described wasn't that bad at all imo, in general the direction was far superior. I checked imdb and they changed directors. In the first episode it's the creator of the show and in the second it's some guy Dana Gonzales that has directed a couple of episodes in some shows, and the worst part is that he directs most episodes this season

 

[Melon Husk]

In the first episode what you described wasn't that bad at all imo, in general the direction was far superior

Yes for sure. In these kinds of shows its normal to have a different director for every episode. That's actually okay if the script (the input before directing) and editing (the output after directing) is consistent.