Spoilers Alien: Earth Spoiler Thread

[wicked cool]

Might have been the best yet and the episode by itself was better than most horror movies

 

[Vael]

Episode 5: I knew the Maginot's crew was doomed, but even then they hardly covered themselves in glory ... or competence. I was surprised by how cavalier they were about the specimens, how a containment leak didn't have them all at DefCon1 ... even without a saboteur, those specimens were gonna get out.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Excellent episode. No notes. Okay, very few notes.

I think the episode serves four primary purposes.

1. It's just a solid, excellent, fun (for "horror" values of fun) episodes. For fans of the original Alien series, this is your love letter.

2. It establishes that Prodigy was the cause of the Maginot crash, and that Boy Kavalier knew the entire time. Which meant that, yes, he knew when he sent the Hybrids in exactly what he was doing.

3. It provides backstory and motivation for Morrow. I think it ... wasn't great at establishing the bond with the crew, but it did a great job with the humanity (vis-a-vis the daughter). I would bet cash money that this scar resurfaces in his interactions with the Lost Boys. In addition, I think it also establishes his loss of empathy/humanity (again, daughter) as well as his anger toward Prodigy which he rightfully blames for the loss of the crew.

4. Finally, we knew the Octo-eye was smart. We now know that the Octo-eye is wicked smart, and also? Does not like the Alien.

Final thought- I did not think that the bloodsuckers could be more gross. I was wrong.

 

[wicked cool]

Sort of off topic but while watching this show does Disney freeze during certain commercials for anyone else? Only commercials

 

[Mallus]

It was nice of Noah Hawley to make a great hour long Alien movie inside of his fascinating science fiction series set in the Alien universe.

 

[Swanosaurus]

Well, Morrow has become a lot more relatable by now ... I mean, he tried.

Weird how the Eye thing attacked the Xeno ... and how freaked-out the Xeno was by it. I think at this point, it is pretty clear why it is so extremely bent on killing later: It's freaked out by the eye thing, it' freaked out by the crash, it's freaked out by Morrow electrocuting it. It's having a real bad day.

As a Horror movie, I didn't find the episode that convincing, though. Partly because with the 3 creatures and the saboteur we didn't know and didn't care about, it just felt rushed and all over the place. As world-building for the series, though, it was great!

 

[Morrus]

Weird how the Eye thing attacked the Xeno ...

Also weird because the xeno doesn’t have eyes.

 

[Morrus]

So am I misremembering or did all the promo stuff say there were 5 life forms? And we’ve seen 4?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The Eye seemed to be trying to help the crew of the Maginot. Perhaps this one is a Star Trek alien?

Also, maybe the Eye is why the xenomorph has no eyes.

 

[Aellic Mornbringer]

Sort of off topic but while watching this show does Disney freeze during certain commercials for anyone else? Only commercials

I'm watching via Disney+ and I get black fadeouts that hold for a bit, seemingly commercial placeholders. Is that what you mean?