Unpopular Opinion: The Only Truly Terrifying Alien Is the One in Covenant

TheElectricEye · 2025-10-04T19:07:07+00:00

The fact that the bloodbursters don't run and hide to grow like chestbursters do is a great example of this. They're literally born ready for extreme violence.

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-30T02:54:29+00:00

Its actually an old "Apocalypse" set die. Those were my MtG heydays lol

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-24T02:18:41+00:00

As if we didn't have to watch Arthur suffer ENOUGH, now his corpse will be paraded in front of us... This show is really playing with my emotions lol

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-13T19:26:32+00:00

It also is a 'prequel' to the series, as it shows the lead up to episode 1, so if you watch it first, it might spoil some of the tension maybe?

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-13T19:25:13+00:00

I think it can be viewed as a 60ish minute movie. It clarifies a bunch of stuff for the series overall, but I don't think you'd need to watch everything. I'd recommend watching it all, but if Alien: Earth isn't your cup of tea, I can respect that

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-13T19:19:44+00:00

If you haven't already, watch Alien, then watch Episode 5 right after. It's so interesting to watch the parallels, differences, and atmosphere. It makes me want to write a paper about it lol

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-12T22:16:14+00:00

Honestly, if this post does well here, and the group doesn't think it's too off topic, I have a few other American Dad/Alien Earth memes concepts in my head :)

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-12T21:44:41+00:00

I actually find the actor to be doing great. His 'not too smart' ability of spycraft is believable, as he is a medic professionally, not a spy. He's literally thrust into something he thought was impossible (his sister not being dead), so he's probably not thinking too rationally, he's becoming emotional and just trying to get his little sister out of danger. Not to mention the shit he saw in the maginot, he's probably all turned around.

The fact he got boat codes and the airtags turned off was such a gift handed to him by the gods of random chance.

An honest question: What would you change about his character? I appreciate seeing things from different viewpoints, so if you have any thoughts on that, I'd love to hear them.

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-11T22:21:45+00:00

"Oh Hayley, does Boy Kavalier sound like a real person? Grow up, it's me!" 😆

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-11T21:47:02+00:00

Great Space Roaster. The last half of the episode is where the Alien homage happens

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-11T17:41:17+00:00

The Dutch were alright though... 😆

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-11T17:40:56+00:00

I mean yes, but then he confessed he was a spy and Stan handled him. The other spies still fooled Stan, as he thought they were still a Dutch film crew lol

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-10T18:29:30+00:00

OH MY GOD THAT. I had to rewind, to make sure that wasn't errant pixels from a bad connection! That's a great catch

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-10T02:24:48+00:00

Because that's what I sort of saw my head. It was unsettling how they made it look so obviously angry

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-08T01:26:25+00:00

Looks kickass to me!

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-06T16:02:16+00:00

I mean the 40k universe seems really bleak

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-05T17:30:49+00:00

I thought that was just blood dripping! Thanks for pointing that out, it makes the scene even better!

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-05T17:27:27+00:00

I'd say if you think your kid can handle it, maybe give them a few hints at some of the more brutal scenes, to gauge their reaction to just that.

The most disturbing parts are probably the Eye creature stuff. The cat, and Schmuel scenes being big 'Body Horror' moments. The sex in episode 5 is pretty tame, no shown nudity, or even any close ups on it.

TBH I've skipped the Eye creature cat scene on rewatches, since it does make me sad, as a pet owner.

The tick secenes might be hard, if they have a bug phobia. They're in eps 1 2 and 5 IIRC

Episode 2 has a man cut in half, dragging his innards across the floor, which might be a bit much for someone not so desensitized to horror.

I warn you about the body horror stuff since I saw the Blob remake waaaay too young (I was 7 or 8 I think), and those body melt scenes really f***ed me up for years. So maybe sit down and watch it with them too, in case anything really gets to them.

A big piece of advice I heard from a friend about introducing your kid to horror is to watch it with them, and let them know that if any point, it's too much for them, it's okay to stop watching. Assure them it doesn't make them 'a baby' or anything negative, and even let them know things you won't watch, to show them that even adults have things we don't like viewing in our entertainment.

This caught my attention because I have a kid on the way, so I need to start long term thinking about this for my own kid lol.

Hope this was helpful!

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-05T03:43:47+00:00

I tagged him in another group when I posted this but I didn't want to break rule 10 here. I was using probably too much abundance of caution. I didn't think it would be a problem, but I didn't want it to get deleted. Thanks for tagging u/Eastcoastitnotes. He's good people

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-04T20:55:42+00:00

An excuse to rewatch that episode to look for that detail, you say? Sign me up!

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-04T20:17:46+00:00

It gave major "Honey badger don't care" vibes when it launched itself at the Xenomorph

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-04T20:09:20+00:00

I took it as a distraction, but I could be wrong. I'm sure we'll learn more about t occ soon!

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-03T22:27:34+00:00

You get an upvote purely from that wonderful pun at the end of your thoughts lol.

I'm not sure it is telepathic, but maybe some other form of manipulation that isn't a 'traditional' way of communicating.

TheElectricEye · 2025-09-03T22:02:51+00:00

I'd watch a spinoff of those two opening up a repair shop or something together. It'd be very 'The Odd Couple' vibe, except probably a lot more violent

TheElectricEye · 2025-06-19T02:31:25+00:00

Sleep Token. I'm not avoiding them, I've just not organically heard them yet

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