deeplynerdy Weekly Watchlist (August 2025)
Alien: Earth, the latest installment of the 46-year-old Alien franchise and its first TV series, debuted on Hulu and FX in the United States on August 12th. Four days later, the eight-episode, prequel series was the #1 show on Hulu/FX in the U.S. and on Disney Plus in 70 other countries, which is bananas. People have a voracious appetite for the Alien Universe's particular brand of horror sci-fi. What sets Alien apart from similar franchises is that the IP does not rely on a recurring hero, like a Superman or a Captain America. Instead, it has more in common with Nightmare on Elm Street or Predator, in that its appeal hinges on the villain being consistent from version to version. The heroes in each film come and go, but the monster remains the same.
Here's the trailer.
Anyone who has seen any of the nine feature films eventually realizes that the true villain of the Alien franchise is the corporation sponsoring the missions or the research and development, not the Xenomorphs. So the heroines in each version are usually fighting two monsters simultaneously--human greed plus vicious aliens. The ongoing thesis of the series is that the former is far more dangerous.
FXNetworks.com:
In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans.
You mean Microsoft, Alphabet, NVIDIA, Amazon, and apple? I'm still pissed about Prometheus, and Legion was not my cup of tea at all, so I have not watched it yet. I was a diehard Justified fan, so Timothy Olyphant is the main draw here for me.
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