Noah Hawley, the creative force behind FX’ Alien Earth, is staying in business with the network and Disney Entertainment Television.
Noah Hawley, the creative force behind FX’ Alien Earth, is staying in business with the network and Disney Entertainment Television.
Season one had an interesting premise that fell into the same pitfalls as other more recent Alien stories.
The promise of a look at a range of new extraterrestrial creatures was a good hook, but I feel like they were all squandered, even the eye, who spent 80% of the series stuck in a sheep staring at people.
The show seemed to think that people watch Alien media because we really love androids. The xenomorph takes a major backseat to the kids, to the extent that it becomes a trained dog for our main character.
The first episode featured a xeno that murdered everyone violently with teeth and claw, and then threw a main character softly into a wall to knock him out. This happens throughout the show, and really takes the energy out of a scene.
I hope that all of the setup the first season made can be paid off in season two, but I think I’ll hold off on watching it.
i was thinking, is this alien show, or an android show. the android in alien is used as a foil against the aliens.
It’s fine, even good, for a show to build out its world by focusing on different parts of it. As said above, the premise of a show about androids, corporations, and new xenos is solid. The writing and direction are the failures here.