While Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus continues to ride high at the box office, FX Network’s has officially announced Alien: Earth and dropped the teaser trailer (also shown in front of some showings of Alien: Romulus in the US) and our first synopsis of what we can expect from Noah Hawley’s upcoming Alien series!
When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in FX’s highly anticipated TV series Alien: Earth from creator Noah Hawley. FX’s Alien: Earth original series coming in 2025, only on Hulu.
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The Japanese social media is using the phrasing "The perfect planet for the perfect organism."
Seriously though, I'm intrigued by this. I can't help but wonder if it will be in its own universe though, and share nothing in the movies' continuity. If it's set on earth, I'd much rather it just be its own thing and doesn't do an AvP by saying "surprise! They were on earth all along!"
Ok.
It's Alien: Earth. It's right there in the first post here.
The conversation seemed to be turning into the usual " we just don't know yet til we've seen it"
I was just rebounding off that.
Pretty much. It's set on Earth, and probably has a reason to be. Whether it is good or not remains unknown.
Maybe in the middle of the season, we will have a flashback episode showing what happened inside the Weyland-Yutani vessel, the Maginot ship, that lead to it crashing into Prodigy City, potentially through the POV of a survivor of the crash having to explain what happened to the authorities and company representatives.
We already saw behind the scenes pics that depict a Nostromo-like corridor, so i would assume that building those sets would have to lead to something important.
Someone else said "probably not, it's called Alien: Earth, so Earth is probably important."
And then somehow everyone involved in the conversation couldn't grasp this simple notion and it turned into people arguing things that make no sense from that initial exchange.
It is set on Earth. I don't get what you are saying.
I'm saying it's unlikely it's not set on Earth.
I know what you mean. Plus, the movie gives you so much after that, it's easier to forgive.
Negative - there is no comparison. While Alien sequels introduced new stuff, none of them changed the past/future. Alien 3 had a (minor imo) plot hole with the egg, that's basically nothing compared to Romulus. Resurrection was very different in style and tone but again it didn't change a thing as it was set 200 years after death of Ripley, it didn't alter the films before.
AvP 1 and 2 are completely irrelevant.
Did they plan on having Cornbread in those Kansas Cornfields too?
How does that make it unlikely that Earth is important to the story? Wouldn't that inherently imply the opposite - that Earth plays an important role in the story and they couldn't just set it somewhere else like "planet Cucumber 43"?
We don't!
Unlikely, it's called Alien Earth.
I just look at Romulus and look a Jackson Star, brilliant atmosphere and there's honestly nothing much to it at all, just a little bit of imagination and good execution.
Long way to go, it's definitely on notice though ....already
If you're going to be so extreme about it, has Alien had any "credibility" within the realm of film since 1991? Cause you forgot about Alien3 and Resurrection in the list of movies that've mutilated this franchise. 5 of 7, or 7 of 9 if you count AVP, films have f**ked the credibility of this franchise.
e) Cornfields of Kansas plot
Harlin's second idea was about the aliens coming to Earth,
They've had the 'Alien' with the truck drivers in space, they've had 'Aliens' with the Marines in space, and where do they go next?
Renny thought that hey could bring the aliens on Earth and and it would be like a Middle America, Kansas cornfield, with aliens going through the cornfield towards the farmhouse,
Then you realise the aliens have come to Earth.
So the concept of having these creatures on Earth for the studio felt scary and unattainable.
For Renny it was the natural evolution.
He had the poster already in his mind with the farmhouse and the cornfield in moonlight, and they are going through the cornfield.
"Just show the poster to the audience, it's the biggest movie ever" Renny said to them.
The studios response was something near to 'Ah, the audience won't buy that.' or even to be more elaborate "Eh, no people wont like it, it's a science fiction movie, it has to take place in outer space. People wont buy it if it comes to Earth. We don't like it."
Renny became more and more depressed because they didn't like his ideas, and he would continue to think that it would havw been a ginormous hit movie because it would've been the first time anything like that, in a time before the movie "Jurassic Park" was done.
I treat Resurrection like a standalone; it's so far removed from the timeline (and different in tone) that in my eyes it's more like a live action Dark Horse comic book. Still enjoyable, but I never take it seriously.
When I read Aliens comic books by Dark Horse or Marvel, you get good ones: you get mediocre, and you get shit. Many (most) don't fit the established movie canon, and don't ruin the experience either way. If you read Earth War, you know it's set after Alien and Aliens, but not in the same continuity as 3. Does my love for Alien 3 make the comic books any less enjoyable? Nope.
The series doesn't need to 'fit' anywhere. It just needs to be a damn good show/Alien story.
In my opinion, I suspect the canon in mind (based on Hawley's comments) whilst making the show was probably;
Alien: Earth
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Whereas the movie canon is currently;
Prometheus
Alien Covenant
Alien
Alien Romulus
Aliens
Alien 3
I'm perfectly fine with both.
Both premises are the first thing that was said.
Corporations in Cold War and an accident with nave in the city with the Alien.
Wendy like robot style Alita too.
Concept art featuring a female warrior against Aliens was posted here years ago.
And the accident in the city.
There is nothing new.
It is an 8 hour series, not a movie.
There will be various plots as Noah H. said.
Fargo and Legion have been incredible, so my hopes are high. This trailer is a big ol nothing burger though. I guess it's pretty cool that they're already advertising - I'm not going to miss the 7+ year gaps between projects.
I mean we really do not know that yet. None of us have watched the show, so maybe the whole story changes dramatically if it's set somewhere else.
Everything we're hearing is just making it sound like they went for the more conventional route at every turn. Sincerely hoping this doesn't end up just being a bunch of Aliens running around the joint at some colony on Earth.
I'm not writing it off either way until we see a lot more, just hoping that Noah didn't have to cave in and leave behind actual wild ideas.
I kind of like Romulus, it's a 3/5ish movie, noticeably better than the prequels.
But the fact that the filmmakers had the nerve to place it between 1 and 2 in the timeline, I would rate it 2/5 personally. The parts that annoy me (and some of these undeniably mutilate the better films it tries to imitate) are far too grave for me to take this film seriously. If the xenomorphs are actually going to cause mayhem on earth pre Alien 1979, then I'm unable to take Earth seriously right off the bat.
To be fair it's mostly a success abroad. Domestically it's listed as 92M in the box office for a 80M budget. There is still exploitation time in theaters, but I doubt it will surpass the 100M by a big margin. I mean it's good, but not an absolute hit either domestically.
There's another approach of a fallen civilisation post apocalyptic wasteland derelict city ruins Mad Max style, that thought that would've been the approach post Alien Resurrection.
I get the complications this shows gonna face keeping the premise new and interesting but it'll be an interesting venue to see the wider state of Earth in and how it is on screen in the Alien lore.
I don't disagree.
Disagree vociferously on the prequels, agree wholeheartedly on Romulus.
Initially when the rumors surfaced about the series taking place on earth, before Alien 1. I thought it was going to be a series taking place in the Alien universe, but without any actual alien creatures in it.
If there's Aliens killing people in a city on Earth..... AVPR territory.
Maybe we go somewhere else *Prays