[Smithy]

[Barry.]

I’m intersted

[Wizard.]

Gotta be better than those prequels they tried but flopped.

[Mystic Mock]

As long as they actually focus on the plot and not on melodramatic nonsense, or turn it into a Crime Procedural (shudders) then Alien could make for a great TV Series.

However I never trust TV Shows when they adapt a story from another medium.

[Nicky91]

of course i am interested since i am a big fan of this franchise


@Wizard those prequels were nice though

[James]

Those Alien vs Predator films were set on Earth and they weren't great. (I only saw the first one.)

[Crimson Dynamo]

space 1999 remains unbothered

[Calderyon]

Sounds neat, if done properly.

[Nicky91]

we know more

Sydney Chandler as Wendy

Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh

Alex Lawther as CJ

Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier

Essie Davis as Dame Sylvia

Adarsh Gourav as Slightly

Kit Young as Tootles

Youtube video

having some Alien vs Predator: Requiem vibes with this tbh (in a way like also aliens in a small town)



in the timeline, this is set 2 years before the first alien film

[Nicky91]

for those unaware who Sydney Chandler is, she is the daughter of Kyle Chandler (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, King Kong)



Essie Davis is a well known australian actress (known for her roles in Australia, Assassin's Creed, Charlotte's Web)


and we all know Timothy Olyphant i think (the Justified lead, or the Die Hard 4.0 lead villain, as well as for playing James Stacy in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

[Ray.]

I'll always remember Olyphant primarily for Scream 2

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Barry.

I’m intersted

Me too.

[arista]

Originally Posted by James

Those Alien vs Predator films were set on Earth and they weren't great. (I only saw the first one.)

Thats Good Enough

[Nicky91]

Youtube video

evil synth, so Ash wasn't the first that turned evil then (since this is many years before the first film)

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

Sydney Chandler as Wendy


Adarsh Gourav as Slightly

Kit Young as Tootles

Peter Pan names, wonder where they're going with that.

[arista]

What UK Channel?

We no longer have FX

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Peter Pan names, wonder where they're going with that.

this could explain it

a woman who has the body of an adult and consciousness of a child

Sydney Chandler's character Wendy very intriguing personality i think, into this franchise tbh

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by arista

What UK Channel?

We no longer have FX

Disney+ via Hulu



Hulu has been delivering fab content recently honestly, compared to the disney+ originals, i bet Disney is very pleased with Hulu on its streaming service

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

Youtube video

evil synth, so Ash wasn't the first that turned evil then (since this is many years before the first film)

This isn’t real it’s AI

[Nicky91]

release on Disney+ as of August 17th 2025


official teaser

Youtube video

and some photos shared here

Youtube video

indeed Timothy Olyphant's synth look gives me Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner vibes too (and also in a good way same what this person in the video said)


um regarding

Spoiler:

Miss Yutani character, we had this character at the end of Alien vs Predator: Requiem btw, when that military colonel guy played by Robert Joy hands her one of the predators weapons

[Nicky91]

episode 1

Spoiler:

love the storyline with the Prodigy Corporation, who transfer the minds of terminally ill children into adult synthetic bodies

i agree with the critics, this is such a wonderful way to pay tribute to the first Alien film, the visuals are awesome, also the nostalgia with the ship design similar to the Nostromo's interior

Spoiler:

Love the addition of other alien lifeforms rather than just the Xenomorphs, this also showcases Weyland-Yutani as quite darker and more evil than we know them from the films so far


the acting work is phenomenal! especially Timothy Olyphant is up there with Lance Henriksen's Bishop tbh

now as for some shady characters

Spoiler:

the ''cyborg-human'' Morrow, omg he is on a whole different level more evil than Ash even


and the Boy Kavalier character, ''youngest trillionaire, and CEO of Prodigy Corporation'' i don't trust him that much, especially after Morrow saying ''where is Boy Kavalier'' so he might have a hidden agenda or something

but yes, episode 1 my score 10.0

[Nicky91]

Episode 2

Spoiler:

that rich people party in the hotel/building, such arrogant idiots, glad they got what they deserved by that xenomorph also so much blood, bodies torn apart, loving those visuals, that is soooooo Alien signature all over


Miss Yutani first scene, glad we see more from that weyland-yutani boss, second time after Alien vs Predator: Requiem basically



the eyeball alien emerging from the cat was very well made horror at its finest and scariest!




and the ending, with the xenomorph eggs, and just as you think a facehugger might emerge from one of the eggs

Spoiler:

Wendy/Marcy's brother gets snatched by the Xenomorph and taking somewhere below, with Wendy chasing after it, that was a very well made tense scene

episode 2 my score 10.0



some critics in my nation are moaners, with their ''trying to create a deeper story'' bull**** criticism, this series does exactly everything right where Prometheus/Alien Covenant kinda failed to impress



and Timothy Olyphant is a worthy successor to Lance Henriksen in the franchise, Kirsh is so similar to Bishop but also yet very authentic still

[Nicky91]

so far, i totally agree with 90% of Rotten Tomatoes


so much hard work gone into this

[Nicky91]

episode 3

WOW

Spoiler:

for real my fave character in the entire franchise must be Olyphant's Kirsh, he is more similar to Bishop, than to Ash, also how he is a sort of father figure for the synth/human hybrids


also love how they are going deeper into the Xenomorphs method of communicating, like we saw in the second film, with the queen basically telling her drones to back away, when Ripley threatened to destroy the eggs


also love the more detailed anatomy of the facehugger, with the embryo inside of that being so incredibly tiny, which they are thoroughly experimenting with, getting this inside another alien creature to see what it does next


but that Boy Kavalier kid really i already feel the whole ''he'll get his comeuppance'' vibe with him, and his arrogance, good thing Kirsh pulled him away from the facehugger just in time

my score: 10.0


such a wholesome series which does the franchise so much justice, i deffo look differently towards the films now either

[Nicky91]

also love the podcasts after each episode in extra's


interviews with some of the cast, as well as costume designers and with director Noah Hawley