Spoilers Alien: Earth Spoiler Thread

[Paul Farquhar]

Dame Silva

It's her. We saw that BK was pissed with her earlier in the same episode. He is too arrogant to believe that he needs anyone.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Am I being lazy by not doing so?

If you are going to throw out accusations of laziness left right and centre, then yes. One thing I'm sure of is the writers (and game designers, who often get the same accusation thrown at them) is that they work damn hard. "Overworked" is a more likely explanation if the writing is genuinely bad. Calling someone "lazy" is not synonymous with "not writing the way I like".

 

[Morrus]

I felt like I was clear

Clearly not. Your writing is bad.

 

[Vael]

I have seen the finale ... tbh, I was disappointed. I think the problem is that this is a season finale, not a series finale. So the fun things I was hoping to see didn't.

 

[Clint_L]

I watched the finale and mostly enjoyed it. I stand by my criticism that the story relying heavily on plot convenience is the major weakness of an otherwise very good show. One xenomorph taking out the poorly armed, poorly informed crew of the Nostromo was one thing, but one xenomorph taking out scores of heavily armed soldiers undermines Aliens. For me, that is a big problem, especially since Aliens is my favourite. At some point, the xenomorphs seem to have acquired super duper speed; it was running around like Speedy Gonzales on cocaine.

Not sure how I feel about the ending and the trope of keeping all the powerful antagonists alive, especially given that we’ve seen that Wendy has no problem murdering people. Also not sure about where they are going with Wendy; she seems to have completely lost her moral compass very quickly. Building up to a tragic conclusion where her brother has to kill her would be a powerful arc but probably not super popular. I'd be there for it; I love a good tragedy and am still a little salty that Buffy didn't have the guts to leave Angel dead after Season 2.

I really want to know more about what the eye monster is up to.

Edit: also, the opening shot of crab vs. xenomorph was inspired.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Personal attacks, now?

“Lazy” is a personal attack on the writers, not a valid point of criticism. Which is the point being made.

 

[Stalker0]

One xenomorph taking out the poorly armed, poorly informed crew of the Nostromo was one thing, but one xenomorph taking out scores of heavily armed soldiers undermines Aliens. For me, that is a big problem, especially since Aliens is my favourite.

I do agree that this particular xenomorph is like a hero xenomorph. Its one thing for the things to take out a squad when they have surprise and are in tight spaces and the like. But when its an open room and the thing kills 3 fully armed and aware guards like its nothing, its like come on they aren't invincible. Also this guy has like horror movie serial killer speed. It goes from up on a roof to down the hall next to BK in an eye blink.


So yeah this finale went a very different direction than I had expected. I thought Wendy would stay a bit dark but she's gone full down the rabbit hole and taken all the kids with her. Its quite the plunge, but kids can pivot quickly, and heck seeing her grave I think sent her off the reservation. She is like "I am not human, I am not even Marcy, I am something completely new....I am something....superior".

A few disappointments. No explanation for why Wendy can communicate with the alien but no one else can...makes no sense. Morrow's didn't seem to have the trump card I was hoping for. I mean yes there is a 2nd force coming but was pretty late to the party to help him. I guess he was just an expendable goon after all. At least we got the Marrow vs Kirsch fight we wanted.

But hey the eye guy is still going strong. We saw the plant creature finally get it done (and is still alive apparently because trained security guys can't actually shoot anything...even he's it just hanging from the ceiling killing one of your friends).


How is Yutani able to send a full fighter strike squad without raising suspicion? I have to assume the council would all be watching each other like hawks to avoid this exact kind of sneak attack. Perhaps that means the council has had enough of BK and wants him taken out, so they gave Yutani their blessing (under the table of course for deniability).

 

[Morrus]

Personal attacks, now?

The irony! They're your words.

 

[wicked cool]

It’s turned into the island of dr Moreau

Very good episode. Hope it’s greenlit for season 2 as i just got the notice that prices are going up

We never got an explanation of the black mold

Wendy is still mad at hermit but he basically used a stun gun

I’m starting to side with yutani against this group

 

[Clint_L]

“Lazy” is a personal attack on the writers, not a valid point of criticism. Which is the point being made.

No. Not the same. I was very specific to give examples of what I see as lazy writing, or writing that overly relies on plot convenience, or whatever you want to call it. Lazy writing is a commonly used term of criticism. It’s a bit of a catch-all term, which is why I explained the context.

More importantly, I am not having a conversation those writers here on this forum. I am describing a specific problem I have that is preventing me from being fully immersed in an otherwise strong TV show, and I should be able to do that without being personally attacked. I am not levelling personal attacks on anyone; if you don’t agree with my opinions, that’s fine.