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[Liljagare]

I guess you missed the part where Hudson was losing his shit because of everything that happened. It's called character. Something this show has little of. I can't believe you think the writing in the first two movies is just as bad as this dreck. Talk about a terrible opinion lmao

I guess you also miss where the new cloned AI's start having personality issues because they miss out on family growth?

But this is literarly better for you, "Yeaaah, maaaaaan, it is gaaaaaame over, gaaaaaaame over! Oh, and look, here is a little girl, hey Newt, come here!".

The writing in Alien and Aliens was also dogshit turd stuff. Remember the super truck robot walker loading scene? The super alien queen can breach the hull of a starship, but gets held in the claws of a walking loader?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I guess you also miss where the new cloned AI's start having personality issues because they miss out on family growth?

But this is literarly better for you, "Yeaaah, maaaaaan, it is gaaaaaame over, gaaaaaaame over! Oh, and look, here is a little girl, hey Newt, come here!".

The writing in Alien and Aliens was also dogshit turd stuff. Remember the super truck robot walker loading scene? The super alien queen can breach the hull of a starship, but gets held in the claws of a walking loader?

I wish I could lol twice at your posts in this thread.

 

[Liljagare]

I wish I could lol twice at your posts in this thread.

nm..

 

[roosnam1980]

 

[SirKicksalot]

Wendy surely knew the xeno would kill everyone, yet she doesn't seem to care. Is that the response of a child? Unlikely. Is it the response of a childs memories inside an unfeeling machine? Perhaps, but we get SO LITTLE about that possibility it doesn't seem natural to Wendy as she just like the other emotional hybrids in most respects. Using the xeno to kill the Yutani troops makes more sense, though she didn't seem particularly scared so it again comes off as cold and callous murder rather than lashing out or a fear defense (versus the redhead who does seem to attack because she is threatened).

I am convinced that the final twist is that they're alien minds in human bodies.

 

[Trilobit]

On the topic of seeing the xenomorph in daylight I think that the show makes very little effort to make the settings right for this kind of story. An evening scene where we see the sister and brother trying to dramatically escape the island during a storm would have brought a lot more excitement than them calmly strolling through the island on a warm and sunny day. Then having the xeno appear from the shadows with rain dripping would have made it look a lot better and scary.

The creators of Jurassic Park understood how important the atmosphere is.

 

[RCX]

On the topic of seeing the xenomorph in daylight I think that the show makes very little effort to make the settings right for this kind of story. An evening scene where we see the sister and brother trying to dramatically escape the island during a storm would have brought a lot more excitement than them calmly strolling through the island on a warm and sunny day. Then having the xeno appear from the shadows with rain dripping would have made it look a lot better and scary.

The creators of Jurassic Park understood how important the atmosphere is.

the xeno in daylight is right up there with the worst decisions this show has made. It looks absolutely awful. That entire episode played out like how a Predator remake would look if you got the props and sets from Temu.

 

[Alex11]

What are you guys betting on for the finale?

I'm pretty sure Boy Kavalier is gonna get the eye-lien in his head, if not I'll be surprised.
What I wish is that Wendy gets chopped up by her "pet", in fact I wish this for all but Kirsh and Morrow.

What I think will happen most likely is she and her brother will make it. I'll be very surprised if not, and the show dares to display some of that xeno intelligence.

 

[Mahnmut]

What are you guys betting on for the finale?

I'm pretty sure Boy Kavalier is gonna get the eye-lien in his head, if not I'll be surprised.
What I wish is that Wendy gets chopped up by her "pet", in fact I wish this for all but Kirsh and Morrow.

What I think will happen most likely is she and her brother will make it. I'll be very surprised if not, and the show dares to display some of that xeno intelligence.

I don't know, since we never hear about Prodigy or the Xeno being known by humanity in the rest of the saga. I believe (and hope) that Yutani will nuke all evidence and wipe Prodigy off the map.

 

[Trilobit]

What are you guys betting on for the finale?

I'm pretty sure Boy Kavalier is gonna get the eye-lien in his head, if not I'll be surprised.
What I wish is that Wendy gets chopped up by her "pet", in fact I wish this for all but Kirsh and Morrow.

What I think will happen most likely is she and her brother will make it. I'll be very surprised if not, and the show dares to display some of that xeno intelligence.

Yeah, I think Prodigy-boy will get what he deserves. I think Wendy will survive, but I honestly hope the brother dies one way or another. He's been annoying almost every episode.

Honestly, this show has been such a disjointed mess that I don't really long to see anything resolving. I barely understand what story it's trying to tell. There's no common thread, things just seem to happen randomly. Oh, redhead thinks she's pregnant, I wonder why? Never mind, let's just erase it. Kavalier wants his synths to become extremely intelligent so he can converse with them. Never mind, it doesn't actually matter to him if they all get destroyed and killed. Oh, the brunette synth has ambitions. Never mind she doesn't really. Captain Hook wants to sneakily manipulate Indian synth through several episodes. Never mind, he failed so let's just go in guns all blazin' like idiots.

Things just fizzle out so I lose interest in most plot points. In many ways Alien Earth reminds me of The Acolyte where I didn't really understand what the story was either.

 

[Mohonky]

Just caught up on these episodes and the show is so hit and miss. Anyone who says 'I dont like Prometheus or Covenant because the characters are dumb' but enjoys this needs a slap across the face. The characters in this are so one dimensional and prone to being almost offensively dumb.

Probly one of the things that annoys me most is that this is supposed to exist after Covenant but before Alien. Yet this damn Alien short of running main main street during a parade has been shown to nearly everyone, quite how it's 'unknown' at any point prior to the first Alien movie after this series is anyones guess at this point.

Further to that the whole specimens, it's become abundantly clear Yutani has no interest in any of the specimens beyond the Xenomorph. Ok, yes it's cool and all, but in terms of research;
-you have a tick that basically sprays what appears to be an anticoagulant so powerful it can kill anyone who inhales it.
-an eyeball / octopus with high intelligence that is able to create neuro pathways that take over it's host, I mean even outside of that, the fact it can 'create' neurological signal paths would be a boon for artificially create new pathways for say, people with severed spinals cords etc
-a create that can literally melt organic materials with ease (even before considering it actually manages to feed on said material and derive nutrients from it
-dunno what the plant does, but it probably makes you high as shit

But none of that seens to interest anyone beyond the Xeno because....reasons. Oh and we're gonna have a pack of dumb ass kids cosplaying as synths basically looking after containment. I mean the amount of times these things have escaped now is almost a joke.

Oh and the chest burster that just ran off into the bushes......on an island.....but don't worry, we're able to find the slippery little sucker amongst all of that jungle in the hour.

The sooner the brother who looks like an even more socially and intellectually challenged version of Al's kid from from Married with Childrens dies, the better. I can't even begin to understand the last confrontation on the boat, I mean the other dozen guards there for show or something, and then for reasons dickweed shoots the other synth knowing full well it'll shit off his sister who he seems hell bent on keeping happy but whatever.

Tbh I'm curious to see what happens with princess stick up her ass and her new pet. I mean she can talk to the Xeno, which I find odd because it's not like the Xeno was even around other Xenos to learn it's own language / calls, but hey, just throw it in with the myriad of other shit that makes no sense.

 

[Trilobit]

I can't even begin to understand the last confrontation on the boat, I mean the other dozen guards there for show or something, and then for reasons dickweed shoots the other synth knowing full well it'll shit off his sister who he seems hell bent on keeping happy but whatever.

The whole fight was horrible choreographically and cinematographically. You barely saw what was going on. And Wendy seemingly having to exert herself fighting them made no sense. We have already seen her jump from a cliff 50 meters down to the sand as if she jumped one meter. We have seen her fighting a fully grown xeno with a paper cutter and defeating it. We have seen her lift four kids with outstretched arms as if they were feathers.

She should have been able to throw them off the ship with one hand and barely registering them.

 

[roosnam1980]

 

[Insane Metal]

I've dropped this. I can't believe I fell for the "greatest alien piece after Aliens" bullshit. This show absolutely sucks ass.

 

[poppabk]

What are you guys betting on for the finale?

I'm pretty sure Boy Kavalier is gonna get the eye-lien in his head, if not I'll be surprised.
What I wish is that Wendy gets chopped up by her "pet", in fact I wish this for all but Kirsh and Morrow.

What I think will happen most likely is she and her brother will make it. I'll be very surprised if not, and the show dares to display some of that xeno intelligence.

My guess - The new alien is a queen and Wendy can't compete with that and she loses control. The eye alien takes over Eddie who beats kid genius to death with a frying pan for old times sake.
Morrow yells out "Floreat Etona!" before being killed by the Alien.
Kirsch escapes with the kids and sets them with new identities as a travelling Sting tribute band which help people in need in every new town they visit which was his plan all along.
Final song is the Littlest Hobo theme song.

 

[Trilobit]

I didn't even notice his Adidas shoes at first.

 

[adamsapple]

Yeah, I think Prodigy-boy will get what he deserves. I think Wendy will survive, but I honestly hope the brother dies one way or another. He's been annoying almost every episode.

Honestly, this show has been such a disjointed mess that I don't really long to see anything resolving. I barely understand what story it's trying to tell. There's no common thread, things just seem to happen randomly. Oh, redhead thinks she's pregnant, I wonder why? Never mind, let's just erase it. Kavalier wants his synths to become extremely intelligent so he can converse with them. Never mind, it doesn't actually matter to him if they all get destroyed and killed. Oh, the brunette synth has ambitions. Never mind she doesn't really. Captain Hook wants to sneakily manipulate Indian synth through several episodes. Never mind, he failed so let's just go in guns all blazin' like idiots.

Things just fizzle out so I lose interest in most plot points. In many ways Alien Earth reminds me of The Acolyte where I didn't really understand what the story was either.

I think prodigy will get his conversation with the eye before he dies. The show's been building up to it too much for it to not pay off.

 

[Trilobit]

I think prodigy will get his conversation with the eye before he dies. The show's been building up to it too much for it to not pay off.

Yeah, that's true. But realistically the discussion would go like this:

Prodigy boy: "Finally I can talk with an intelligence superior to everyone except me. Tell me what you think about life and the highest purpose is?"

Eyelien: "Survival and domination." °kills Prodigy boy°

 

[RCX]

My guess - The new alien is a queen and Wendy can't compete with that and she loses control. The eye alien takes over Eddie who beats kid genius to death with a frying pan for old times sake.
Morrow yells out "Floreat Etona!" before being killed by the Alien.
Kirsch escapes with the kids and sets them with new identities as a travelling Sting tribute band which help people in need in every new town they visit which was his plan all along.
Final song is the Littlest Hobo theme song.

If Eddie appears in a worn-out brown suit then this show completely redeems itself!

 

[RCX]

I've dropped this. I can't believe I fell for the "greatest alien piece after Aliens" bullshit. This show absolutely sucks ass.

The PR machine shits that line out every time they have a new entry in any long-running franchise.

Pretty sure I remember the same thing being said about Terminator Dark Fate