Alien: Earth TV Series

[Leinads]

Someone needs to lay off the angle grinder in this series.
Every room on the crashed ship seems to have someone with an angle grinder just out of shot constantly pumping out sparks, it is distractingly stupid.

The layout of the building didn't make a great deal of sense relative to the crashed ship on the ground.

As with all Alien films, it's just people making really stupid decisions.

I've watched the first 2 episodes and whist I thought they were ok, I wasn't bowled over.
Don't get me wrong, the production design is very accurate to the films, but I'm not really invested in any of the characters.
Maybe it is because I'm not a huge fan of the franchise and watched out of curiosity. It also doesn't help that I'm constantly questioning how things slot in with the previous films. Making this series a prequel has painted themselves into a corner.

I hope fans of the franchise are enjoying it, as I feel it is more geared towards them.
As a casual viewer, it's ok.

 

[Leinads]

It's a prequel? LoL. Ok I'm out already.

It is, but it feels a bit nebulous. Set two years before Alien, the story quickly goes its own way and kinda feels more like a standalone. I’m guessing what happens here will eventually spark the 2122 mission? Worth watching for the production value, sets and the performance of the main character Wendy. She’s great. Ridley Scott is an Executive Producer, so there’s that

 

[Malibu139]

The layout of the building didn't make a great deal of sense relative to the crashed ship on the ground.

Not sure if this is what you mean but I think they said 80 stories were above ground and 20 were underground of the total 100.

 

[Darth Lars]

I started watching the first episode, but a little while in I was put off when I started feeling that it shared a big flaw with Prometheus: the main cast is stupid, lacking any sense of caution and self-preservation. I stopped watching right there.

If I read later on in this thread that the show improves, then perhaps I'll continue watching it.

 

[Cephus]

I started watching the first episode, but a little while in I was put off when I started feeling that it shared a big flaw with Prometheus: the main cast is stupid, lacking any sense of caution and self-preservation. I stopped watching right there.

If I read later on in this thread that the show improves, then perhaps I'll continue watching it.

That's really been the problem with a lot of horror shows, the cast has to be stupid, otherwise the show doesn't work. I have no interest in watching dumb people doing dumb things. I get enough of that in real life.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

I think I’ll watch and decide for myself if I like it or not, rather than asking a group of strangers if I should watch it or not.