Sci-Fi Alien: Earth (Noah Hawley and Ridley Scott) | FX on HULU

[Teelie]

Not feeling the Earth setting. They have an entire universe of planets and colonies to explore.

I always liked William Gibson's scrapped Alien 3 script idea of a Cold War involving the Weyland-Yuntai and the Colonists leading to a Xenomorphs arms race.

I am assuming it is set on Earth for the very realistic "budgetary" reasons in that they can't really afford to do an alien planet, unless they went with a planet that just so happens to look exactly like Earth which is lazy.

Earth in the "not too far future" however is also a mistake because Alien was the first time humans had any real contact with the xenomorphs. Scott already retconned that with Prometheus and Covenant so to further retcon it to even earlier is going to be a headache. Unless of course the entire idea is to pull a Prometheus, set it in the Alien canon but not show them at all until the series finale which is just some Smallville bull****.

Why make an Alien series set on Earth in the near future that either will contradict the first movie or not feature them at all and just be a long, boring Gotham/Pennyworth prequel series without the main character(s)?

All that being said, I will watch it if they promise not to pull any of that nonsense.

 

[TheVileOne]

I hope it's not present day Earth.

I'm not sure what to expect, but in my mind, this is the last bastion of hope for the franchise after Scott ruined it with this garbage Engineers backstory and David. The original writers of Alien didn't have that Engineer concept thought out.

I really don't want to revisit Engineers, their homeworld, or Paradise or any of that nonsense ever again.

 

[Neno_Kos]

Could do without the Earth setting but this is pretty exciting.

I presume main reason its set on Earth so they can lower the budget of the show. Building sets for story in space cost a money. CGI also isnt cheap.

And even though i was interested reading tweet about Alien TV show, moment I read set on Earth I knew what's gonna be. Something I am not interested at all. Tv shows today are basically films told with multiple hour pieces of development through episodes. That's where television is going.

This is trying to be it but without budget. Hence Earth and not space.

 

[Sithborg]

And even though i was interested reading tweet about Alien TV show, moment I read set on Earth I knew what's gonna be. Something I am not interested at all. Tv shows today are basically films told with multiple hour pieces of development through episodes. That's where television is going.

That is a really bad way to view the television format, whether its a series or mini series.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, the “ten hour movie” model of TV really isn’t as enticing as some folks think it is.

If you’re making episodes... make episodes.

 

[metaphysician]

Honestly, the first thought I have is "What would distinguish this from every other cyberpunk movie?" Hawley's aesthetic, one presumes, but that isn't really Alien-specific. Otherwise, while the Alien series does have some stylistic features, not a lot of them would really be relevant for downside Earth life ( a typical skyscraper on Earth isn't going to have the same aesthetic as the inside of an industrial spaceship ).

 

[TheVileOne]

The heroes of the Alien films are the blue-collar 9 to 5 types. The bad guys are the corporate moguls and stooges and robots.

I guess as far as Earth goes, if you don't count the Alien vs Predator films, Earth is the one place where we never saw the Xenomorphs. But I mean, if you think about it, if there was an infestation on planet Earth, that would be catastrophic and hard to contain.

Regardless, Hawley should not have to stick with any directives from Ridley Scott. Let's be honest, what story elements did Ridley Scott bring to this franchise that should really be stuck with? All the questions about the Engineers everyone wanted to know and never got answered?

 

[Teelie]

Having aliens on Earth before Alien is going to be a major mistake. I think putting it on Earth is a mistake unless you are doing the Earth War/Female War arc.

 

[Iceman]

If it’s on Earth would they show much during the daytime? The aliens would wreck shop at nighttime of course.

 

[chamber-music]

If they are trying to make a low budget Alien show then I would rather they didn't make the show.

I see no reason they couldn't set the show in space on a a spaceship or Earth like planet. We had Alien movies set on a terraforming colony, Spaceship and prison. Setting a show in a single location wouldn't be out of the realm of cable budget show spinning off a once popular franchise.

Numerous other current alien featuring science fiction shows such as Star Trek Discovery, Lost In Space, The Expanse, Raised By Wolves and The Mandolorian seem to have solid enough production values so I don't know why a Alien show wouldn't.

 

[Flash525]

I'm sceptical about this, but curious at the same time.

I'd much prefer this to be set in the future, at least so that it ties into established lore somewhat, however if it's going to be it's own thing, and unassociated with any media that's come before it, then there's no reason why it can't take place in the modern day (or rather, modern night, cause I doubt we're going to see the aliens much in the day).

One thing is for sure though, considering their nature and abilities, there shouldn't be a survival option for us. If aliens have made it to earth, we're doomed. If there's a queen and she's laying eggs, there's nothing that's going to stop her swarm. These things can practically breed with anything from humans, to dogs, even to Predators (for reference, I'm not suggesting they should show up - but I wouldn't be against that if done right).

Presumably facehuggers have the potential to take host in anything that evolution would dictate as a mammal, so that's your primates, bears, elephants and even whales. We already know the standard xenomorphs are good swimmers.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Yeah, the “ten hour movie” model of TV really isn’t as enticing as some folks think it is.

If you’re making episodes... make episodes.

Yep. Hawley absolutely does make episodes though, so that should alleviate folks concerns here.

 

[antsman41]

I'm sceptical about this, but curious at the same time.

I'd much prefer this to be set in the future, at least so that it ties into established lore somewhat, however if it's going to be it's own thing, and unassociated with any media that's come before it, then there's no reason why it can't take place in the modern day (or rather, modern night, cause I doubt we're going to see the aliens much in the day).

One thing is for sure though, considering their nature and abilities, there shouldn't be a survival option for us. If aliens have made it to earth, we're doomed. If there's a queen and she's laying eggs, there's nothing that's going to stop her swarm. These things can practically breed with anything from humans, to dogs, even to Predators (for reference, I'm not suggesting they should show up - but I wouldn't be against that if done right).

Presumably facehuggers have the potential to take host in anything that evolution would dictate as a mammal, so that's your primates, bears, elephants and even whales. We already know the standard xenomorphs are good swimmers.

The only answer is to make this a soft sequel to Resurrection.

 

[TheVileOne]

If it’s on Earth would they show much during the daytime? The aliens would wreck shop at nighttime of course.

They mostly come at night, mostly.

 

[Drizzle]

Just hope this means work for Dan Stevens

He'd make for an awesome android.

 

[Detective Conan]

The Marines with xenomorphs as bugs thing came about from Cameron really wanting to make Starship Troopers but not being able to get the rights. Cameron did a good job with his Alien/Starship Troopers mashup though. Sometimes directors not getting the rights to stories and characters they want means they come up with their own thing which is pretty good. Sam Raimi made Dark Man when he couldn't get the rights to the Shadow.

Another example you can point to is George Lucas, who only made Star Wars after he couldn’t get the rights to Flash Gordon. So he basically created his own space epic.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

Having aliens on Earth before Alien is going to be a major mistake. I think putting it on Earth is a mistake unless you are doing the Earth War/Female War arc.

Man I loved those books. Shame it never got made.

 

[chamber-music]

He'd make for an awesome android.

I could see Ben Whishaw as a really good Android as well.

 

[TheVileOne]

Actually, I think there were good Alien and Predator stories in the comics and book form that turned out a lot better than any of the parade of big screen followups.

I even enjoyed Green Lantern/Aliens. Seems goofy, but it actually puts Kyle Rayner in a tense situation when he can't get access to his power ring.

 

[Teelie]

There were some truly good Alien, Predator and AvP comics and books written, but a lot of it was trash too. They dropped the ball not adapting the first Alien vs Predator comic which was actually a good story.

 

[antsman41]

The second or third Batman Vs. Predator books with Damaggio's art was dope.

 

[metaphysician]

He'd make for an awesome android.

I mean, sure, but what relevance would that be to an Alien show? Were you thinking they would do an Alien/Fantastic Four crossover?

*ducks*

 

[Flash525]

The only crossover I'm genuinely interested in seeing (again but better) is an AvP one, but one that's set in the future, not on earth, and involves a strong military force and a brotherhood(?) of Predators.

 

[Fincher]

I'm not into doing crossovers at all.

Well, okay, I take that back. If a Star Wars movie/series had Jedi fighting Xenomorphs, I wouldn't complain. But in general I'd just as soon Alien stay its own thing.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

There were some truly good Alien, Predator and AvP comics and books written, but a lot of it was trash too. They dropped the ball not adapting the first Alien vs Predator comic which was actually a good story.

Is that the one on Ryushi and the Asian woman teaming up with the Pred?