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[Kacho]

Oh, I hadn't watched the trailers, is there an Alien connection?

I guess Predator 2 and its Alien reference works in all three of the Alien continuities as it's a pretty simple reference.

Yep, Elle Fanning plays a Weyland Yutani synthetic

 

[Alex11]

Saw this show isn't canon which could be a good thing if it sucks.

Saw something like this too in an interview, but it might be some misunderstanding. From this interview the show seems to be connected to at least Alien and Aliens.

Alien: Earth Creator Teases the FX Series' New Creatures, New Mythology, and New Horrors

Creator Noah Hawley teases what to expect from the FX horror drama Alien: Earth, including when the show takes place and its new monsters.

consequence.net

 

[Kacho]

Saw something like this too in an interview, but it might be some misunderstanding. From this interview the show seems to be connected to at least Alien and Aliens.

Alien: Earth Creator Teases the FX Series' New Creatures, New Mythology, and New Horrors

Creator Noah Hawley teases what to expect from the FX horror drama Alien: Earth, including when the show takes place and its new monsters.

consequence.net

That sounds kind of cool actually.

"If you remember the movie, you know, they just get sent to this planet. Clearly somebody knows about these creatures — they knew enough to send them there — but [the characters in the movie] don't know what they're looking at."

"These people who find those first eggs have been out of contact with Earth for who knows how long. And so there is a gray area that we could play in, and try to create something with as big a scale as possible to justify the title — while still making it credible for the rest of the canon."

 

[Alex11]

That sounds kind of cool actually.

"If you remember the movie, you know, they just get sent to this planet. Clearly somebody knows about these creatures — they knew enough to send them there — but [the characters in the movie] don't know what they're looking at."

"These people who find those first eggs have been out of contact with Earth for who knows how long. And so there is a gray area that we could play in, and try to create something with as big a scale as possible to justify the title — while still making it credible for the rest of the canon."

Yeah, watching Alien a bajillion times, it was clear that the Company knew something, not a lot.

And that's what I like about it so much, they didn't hit you over the head with pointless exposition and explanations, they kept it a mystery as the Xeno was the focal point of the movie.

I would love it if the show would continue in the same direction with explaining as little as it can.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Yeah, watching Alien a bajillion times, it was clear that the Company knew something, not a lot.

Which cut, though? I just assumed the DC was the better one but after seeing this video I think I'd stick with the theatrical cut if I ever rewatch.

For example a lot of panning shots were shortened to the detriment of the atmosphere. This might also be one of the rare DCs that's shorter than the TC.

 

[Alex11]

Which cut, though? I just assumed the DC was the better one but after seeing this video I think I'd stick with the theatrical cut if I ever rewatch.

For example a lot of panning shots were shortened to the detriment of the atmosphere. This might also be one of the rare DCs that's shorter than the TC.

The theatrical cut more, I think it's a blend of Ridley saying that's the true version and the overall pace of the movie.

Most noticeable for me are the dangling Alien on those chains, but that scene is stupid and the egg morphing scene, which is interesting, but it kills the pace.

 

[clarky]

Turns out I was bamboozled by a fake "final trailer" in my last post and it wasn't a trailer at all so here's a real one this time, promise. Not much new in there.

 

[jason10mm]

Yeah, watching Alien a bajillion times, it was clear that the Company knew something, not a lot.

And that's what I like about it so much, they didn't hit you over the head with pointless exposition and explanations, they kept it a mystery as the Xeno was the focal point of the movie.

I would love it if the show would continue in the same direction with explaining as little as it can.

It seemed that the most obvious rationale was the 'company' has a fairly open "recover any alien stuff possible" directive for their androids, so when the Nostromo reported a contact, then maybe Ash sends a prelim report, then it goes dark until Ripley is recovered. Based on her interview they call the colony to check it out, that goes dark, so they send Burke along with the marines to sort it all out. Don't really need for anyone to know much, if anything, about xenos specifically outside of what we get in the films.

I think the overall design aesthetic of the Aliens universe, kind of a cold, harsh, ruthless and exploitative vision of humanities future mixed with really alien aliens, whether you throw in the predator yautja or not, has plenty of room for exploration. The Engineers and the black goo I'm not overly fond of, mainly because its overly religiously themed, but I can tolerate it if it's not saddled with really dumb horror movie tropes like Prometheus and especially Covenant.

We may be feasting well if this show and Badlands can deliver. If that Robocop Omnicorp show ever materializes we might even get a hat trick of 80's sci-fi IP, even more so if someone gets off their ass to refresh "They Live" (how, How HOW THE MUTHAFUCKING FUCK has this not happened yet???) and maybe even a bit of The Thing tossed in there again. I've kinda given up on Terminator stuff but who knows, maybe.

 

[Alex11]

It seemed that the most obvious rationale was the 'company' has a fairly open "recover any alien stuff possible" directive for their androids, so when the Nostromo reported a contact, then maybe Ash sends a prelim report, then it goes dark until Ripley is recovered. Based on her interview they call the colony to check it out, that goes dark, so they send Burke along with the marines to sort it all out. Don't really need for anyone to know much, if anything, about xenos specifically outside of what we get in the films.

Well, yeah, what I meant by not knowing a lot is that they knew about the Xenos, the derelict, but in general, not knowing exactly where they came from, the exact specifics, at least I'd like to think so.
I'm not fond of the whole there were at least a few humans that knew everything all along cliche.

I think the overall design aesthetic of the Aliens universe, kind of a cold, harsh, ruthless and exploitative vision of humanities future mixed with really alien aliens, whether you throw in the predator yautja or not, has plenty of room for exploration. The Engineers and the black goo I'm not overly fond of, mainly because its overly religiously themed, but I can tolerate it if it's not saddled with really dumb horror movie tropes like Prometheus and especially Covenant.

We may be feasting well if this show and Badlands can deliver. If that Robocop Omnicorp show ever materializes we might even get a hat trick of 80's sci-fi IP, even more so if someone gets off their ass to refresh "They Live" (how, How HOW THE MUTHAFUCKING FUCK has this not happened yet???) and maybe even a bit of The Thing tossed in there again. I've kinda given up on Terminator stuff but who knows, maybe.

I may be in the minority here, but I don't like the Predator in the same universe as Alien.

As for the Alien universe, of course it's full of possibilities, but it's not a novelty anymore and Giger's design was a big part of the appeal.

The 1st one was a standalone thing and it's a different beast than any other in the franchise, even Aliens. It's a horror at core and it had the Xeno left, right and center. Everything that happens had to do with it, no hero, no romance and it does something unique, it keeps the alien fresh by evolving its nature and appearance. And you know, what if that final form we see isn't truly its final form?

So, throwing other creatures and different themes and connecting them all with prequels on top, it deviates from the original a lot, not necessarily a bad thing, but so far it's sort of a mishmash.
But I'm keeping an open mind for the show, it can do its own thing very well as long as the Xeno isn't there just for show.

 

[Alex11]

'Alien: Earth' Director Reveals How Much Xenomorph Screen Time We're Getting in New Series

Collider comes face-to-face with a Xenomorph and Facehugger on the Bangkok set of FX's 'Alien: Earth.'

collider.com

‘It’s the best monster ever invented’: Noah Hawley on bringing Ridley Scott’s Alien to TV

The writer-director defied expectations to turn the film Fargo into one of the best TV shows of the decade. Now he’s taking on an even bigger franchise. Can lightning strike twice?

www.theguardian.com

The director has some very nice ideas that collide with not so nice ideas, I'm still trying to be open-minded here. It's gonna be interesting what's gonna be the end result.

One thing I'm almost sure of is that we're gonna see the Xeno impregnate one or more of the other aliens there, IDK how I'm feeling about that.