*** ALIEN: EARTH *** (FX Series)

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12:26a, 11/21/24
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This one is still a ways out, but enough official content is starting to drop, including the first teaser today, that I figured I'd go ahead and start a thread. Noah Hawley is of course the showrunner behind Fargo and Legion, so this certainly comes with some pedigree. I also know a writer on this, and from what I've heard we could be in for something special...

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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.

Lead by Chandler, the series showcases an expansive international cast which includes Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diem Camille and Moe Bar-El.

Alien: Earth
Season 1 (8 Episodes)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623632/
Summer 2025 TBA
FX / Hulu / Disney+



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12:26a, 11/21/24
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1:11p, 11/21/24
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I will watch, but something like this being in TV gives me pause. It can be done well - see Prey - but Alien might be a little more difficult to pull off via TV.
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 2:46p, 11/21/24
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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
I will watch, but something like this being in TV gives me pause. It can be done well - see Prey - but Alien might be a little more difficult to pull off via TV.
Since it's a FX/Hulu show being made by Noah Hawley that's enough for me to give the benefit of the doubt. If it was on MAX being made by the team who is responsible for True Detective Season 4, or whoever is responsible for Invasion on Apple TV I'd already be mad.
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3:17p, 11/21/24
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I cannot think of a bad FX show off the top of my head. I don't watch everything they put out, but they may be batting 1000.
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4:42p, 11/21/24
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This piques my interest. Guessing we see why and how WY wanted to go after xenomorphs.
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4:54p, 1/26/25
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:13p, 1/26/25
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Was hoping for a bit more footage, but still pretty cool...

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In reply to TCTTS • 8:17p, 1/26/25
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This is a first - back to back years of Alien. Typically years passed before the next story.
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9:34a, 1/27/25
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Steve Perry wrote some fun books in the 90s based on this premise. I am excited for this FX show.



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The story is set three decades before the events of Ridley Scott's 1979 classic Alien and a few years before Prometheus. The series will find the characters "caught in a conflict with the beginning of artificial intelligence and the competition among developers and users."
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9:44a, 1/27/25
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Alright. i'm in until I'm out.
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In reply to zap • 10:13a, 1/27/25
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No doubt this guy was the Timothy Zahn of the Alien franchise literacy space. I read one or two of these books in 94 or 95 I got from the local used book store. Also read one by a different author about opposing red and black xenomorph clans.

The 90s were an awesome time for the explosion of scifi and comics before they became highly governed corporate intellectual property. The assortment of creativity which was allowed to flourish in what we now call the Star Wars EU (novels and Dark Horse comics), Aliens novelizations and comics and the X-titles of Marvel were not constrained to the visions of what a small group of insiders think or thought these franchises should be.

Something has truly been lost in selling these properties to Disney.

But I digress. Lots of potential in this Aliens series for sure.


zap said:
Steve Perry wrote some fun books in the 90s based on this premise.

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In reply to Mega Lops • 10:19a, 1/27/25
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Yep. I still have all the Dark Horse Alien comics I bought circa 1990, including the one pictured.
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In reply to Mega Lops • 10:20a, 1/27/25
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Mega Lops said:

The 90s were an awesome time for the explosion of scifi and comics before they became highly governed corporate intellectual property.
Agreed. There is also some really good Predator stuff too. The books go into the different tribes and their rites of passage. I used to buy lot sets on eBay, read them all and resell for what I paid.
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1:16p, 1/27/25
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I don't understand how they are going to explain away the timeline, but sure let's see how this goes. Still hasn't been a good Alien film in 40 years.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 1:35p, 1/27/25
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So you didn't like Aliens?
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 1:58p, 1/27/25
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So you didn't like Aliens?
Game over man, game over....
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 9:55p, 1/27/25
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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
So you didn't like Aliens?


That was 39 years ago.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 8:03a, 1/28/25
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Which falls within your "there hasn't been a good Alien film in 40 years" statement.
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8:18a, 1/28/25
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Regarding Alien movies, Alien is the best, hands down. Aliens is a close second.

Prometheus is next in my ranking. It has many of the best qualities of Ridley Scott films with its production design, cinematography and lighting, etc. It does have two glaring problems - 1, stupid characters doing really stupid things, and 2, no alien. On that second point, the film was meant as the beginning of a series of movies that would eventually get the audience to Alien, yet it was marketed more as an Alien movie (even used that same screeching sound that scared the **** out of me every time the TV would play that 15-second ad on late night TV during the summer of 79). The marketing was not on Scott; more than likely, that was a 20th Century Fox decision. On its own, the movie is a damn good science fiction flick. David the android is one of the most evil characters ever put to film.

Alien Romulus is next. I particularly enjoyed the look at life on a WY outpost, which had only been done briefly in the director's cut of Aliens. I also loved that they confirmed something I'd long suspected, that the alien that Ripley ejected from the lifeboat could have survived the vacuum of space. The hybrid at the end was icky, and I didn't really like it on first viewing, but it was far better than the abomination at the end of Alien Resurrection.

Alien Covenant is next. I didn't really like much of the actual alien action in this one, particularly the chest burster that broke out of the Captain and was already a miniature fully-grown alien rather than the snake-like thing we've seen in all other movies. But I loved the opening between David and Weyland, I loved the anti-David in Walter and then David was still an evil sum*****.

Alien Versus Predator is my next choice. Yes, it's silly. Yes, it's inspired by a comic book (Dark Horse comics that were published in the late 80s). But like the original King Kong vs Godzilla, it's just one of those cheesy great fight movies where you just go watch these critters slug it out.

I find no redeeming qualities to either Alien Resurrection or Alien vs Predator Requium.
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5:16p, 3/3/25
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A few seconds of new footage, from a larger, coming-to-Hulu spot that aired last night during the Oscars...

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5:20p, 3/3/25
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I can also exclusively "report" that FX has already picked up season two, which is a great sign, as showrunner Noah Hawley has convened a season two writers room kick-off of sorts in Austin this week to start breaking the story.
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In reply to TCTTS • 7:44p, 3/3/25
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Can I get some help with the overall Alien timeline?

So this is a prequel and xenomorphs actually wound up on earth first before we ever ran across them in space? That would suggest then that this show has an Alien coming to earth and they manage to keep it fairly quarantined once it gets here.
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In reply to YouBet • 7:53p, 3/3/25
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It apparently takes place two years prior to Alien, so *right* before we ran across xenomorphs in space. Which, to me, feels incredibly intentional, and like it's going to connect to the first movie in some broader way. I have no idea how, though.
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7:54p, 3/3/25
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Alien officially takes place in 2122…

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In reply to TCTTS • 8:49a, 3/4/25
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The hair is a little off brand but since this is airing on FX , and Olyphant is involved we can only hope that Alien: Earth is really the Alien/Justified crossover we deserve.

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9:16a, 3/4/25
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Aliens is my favorite movie all time, and the series is as well (even with the duds). So much so that I have 3 different xenomorph tattoos on my sci-fi sleeve.

Very stoked for this. A little confused by the FX and Hulu though. Assuming if it is on FX first it might be toned down, but if it is for Hulu I'm hopeful the gore and suspense will be appropriate.

Aliens: Phalanx was a good book IMO for those that are looking for a little bit of a different story in the universe. Welcome to recommendations for others.
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9:54a, 3/4/25
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Plot twist - the Aliens overrun earth, Weyland hides the fact from human colonists to prevent a panic, and Weyland is seeking alien specimens in all of the movies so it can study them and identify a way to reclaim earth from the Xenos.
Thanks and gig'em
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11:09a, 3/4/25
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Looks to be a single alien. Should be able to take it out, no problem.<wink>
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In reply to Aggie_Journalist • 12:41p, 3/4/25
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Aggie_Journalist said:
Plot twist - the Aliens overrun earth, Weyland hides the fact from human colonists to prevent a panic, and Weyland is seeking alien specimens in all of the movies so it can study them and identify a way to reclaim earth from the Xenos.


Ha, that would be interesting. Sort of a Battlestar Galactica theme. Home planet is dead and only ones left are the humans in space.
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11:55a, 3/6/25
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In reply to Max Power • 3:36p, 3/6/25
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Max Power said:
The hair is a little off brand but since this is airing on FX , and Olyphant is involved we can only hope that Alien: Earth is really the Alien/Justified crossover we deserve.

For a split sec I thought I was Sting was in this and was gonna be back to looking like Feyd Rautha.

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4:50p, 3/6/25
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Big fan of Olyphant so will watch.
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3:45p, 3/22/25
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Wow, they're straight up embracing the entire aesthetic of the original movie...

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In reply to TCTTS • 5:14p, 3/24/25
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Wow, they're straight up embracing the entire aesthetic of the original movie...

As they should. This was one of the reasons Alien Romulus resonated so well with me.
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