Alien TV Series From Noah Hawley and Ridley Scott CONFIRMED

[Nightmare Asylum]

It's a story that's set on Earth also. The alien stories are always trapped... Trapped in a prison, trapped in a space ship. I thought it would be interesting to open it up a little bit so that the stakes of "What happens if you can't contain it?" are more immediate.

Well, Shit. The creativity well must be bone dry. I was cautiously optimistic that this show would have potential (There are a lot of interesting ways to tell a story when not constricted by a 2 hour theatrical runtime).  Now, I fear that we are in for a retread of AvP/AvP-R. I just hate the idea of Aliens being on Earth. I mean, It seems that the only way for this tv series to NOT contradict the films would be if they set it after Alien Resurrection.

Contradictions with the films are neither here nor there to me, to be completely honest. I just want it to be good, first and foremost.

If it all works into a neat canon, awesome! If not, that's cool too. I'm more concerned with Halwey actually being able to say what he wants to say with the series (and with whether or not what he wants to say is actually going to be interesting), than I am in whether or not the series falls nearly onto a timeline.

[BlueMarsalis79]

Pretty much, and we already know he's fully acknowledged the first three films multiple times now, whether it's actually in continuity with them we do not yet know.

[j0nesy]

i don't quite understand why people are stressing out when they're not even filming until next year 

maybe wait until we actually see it before judging?

[BlueMarsalis79]

People tend to enjoy hating things that do not fit their own world view.

[lv_226]

Hello all! It's been a while, but figured I would post again.

Well, this is certainly an interesting time to be alive. An Alien TV show, eh? From the interview it seems like they are playing with interesting ideas and working hard to make them coalesce into something that will hopefully live up to the legacy of the originals. I know I am not alone when I say that I hope to God that they are able to retain the cosmic horror elements of the original with regard to the Alien. The "Alien as a commodity" can work from many different frameworks; hell, it was THE framework in the original trilogy, but whether or not it can actually be harnessed is a tough call because Resurrection showed just how cartoonish that could be. If the Alien is allowed to retain its mystery and hostility, this could work out very well. One thing I would like to see is Engineer tech discovered on Earth somehow having to do with this story, found through some archeological dig? It could somehow tie into the AI and primordial origins story that were Prometheus and Covenant.

[XENOMORPHOSIS]

@TomT

Must've missed that part, Geesh, that is statement pushy with socialism.

[Nightmare Asylum]

@TomT

Must've missed that part, Geesh, that is statement pushy with socialism.

Weird, I know, for a notoriously pro-capitalist franchise like Alien.

[acrediblesource]

logically, from the stand point of today's relevancy, making it set on earth about an un-contained alien presence is very promising. Everyone in the 90s wanted stuff to be still your basic formula of us fighting Xenos whether on earth or not. I think there is something else in mind that encompasses the franchise as a whole including the myths in Prometheus. I hope they stretch it out to like 14 episodes or multiple seasons but since its not based on a book or anything this is still  a very risky hit or miss franchise.

The fan films put out by Fox or whomever proved that taking on the same subject matter in conceptually the same film scenario was less than extraordinary. So i hope its more fresh this time with Noah Hawley as Director.

[BlueMarsalis79]

I'm rather fond of Specimen.

[Immortan Jonesy]

i don't quite understand why people are stressing out when they're not even filming until next year 

maybe wait until we actually see it before judging?

Yup, it's too early to draw conclusions or even opinions. Until we learn something or experiences the final product it will be a "Here, There Be Dragons" the whole time. 

[TomT]

i don't quite understand why people are stressing out when they're not even filming until next year 

maybe wait until we actually see it before judging?

There's enough information to judge this thing. And Hawley is not James Cameron or some other A+ list director to still trust him with the most questionable take on the material possible.

People tend to enjoy hating things that do not fit their own world view.

I really liked Mank, even though I'm not a socialist. You can enjoy things you disagree with if it's actually good. Maybe this TV show just sounds like shit from all the available information? You know, just think about this possibility.

[j0nesy]

haha i have no clue how you can judge something that won't even start filming for another nine months

[TomT]

haha i have no clue how you can judge something that won't even start filming for another nine months

I'd agree with this statement in many cases, but there are a couple of projects that are doomed just from the basic concept, equivalent of "wtf were they thinking when they greenlighted this". This looks exactly like one of them. Alien franchise is no stranger to those kind of studio decisions.

@XENOMORPHOSIS
It definitely sounds like it is, at least in today's climate.

[David Weyland]

I wonder if it will showcase the inequalities of androids 🤔

[Huggs]

Well, there it is.