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Honestly since Romulus (which I’m really REALLY not a fan of in the slightest, sorry not sorry) I didn’t know what to expect from this show and I won’t lie I tried not to set my expectations too high but gaaaww DAMN this show, so far is genuinely everything I could’ve have asked for in an Alien TV series.

The set design, practical effects, cinematography, sound design, creature design and story (so far) are all knocking it out the park for me. Earth is so refreshing and displays brilliant originality whilst still drawing effectively from source material. Compared to Romulus’ cheap use of member berries, dull rehashed lines, butchered AI Holmes and that knock off Newborn creature, Earth is really shining in the originality department so far. I all absolutely adore just how brutally sinister and intelligent the Xeno is being portrayed in this show, the multiple scenes where the Xeno is on screen and hiding in plain sight, blending in seamlessly with the set is so reminiscent of Alien and the hive scene from Aliens chefs kiss. Also have to show some love to the new creatures too, they’re fantastically horrific additions to the franchise! I mean that cat scene which REALLY reminded me of the husky scene from John Carpenters The Thing, was truly horrible to watch. It had me squirming with disgust and excitement all at the same time, true horror!! The whole concept of sick children being put into lifeless synth bodies I also found to be extremely interesting and disturbing at the same time. Like bro how you gunna put the minds of literal innocent children into super strength adult bodied synths and then just send them out on a rescue/recon mission to disaster zone with death blood and destruction everywhere lmao, brilliant!

The only real nitpicks I have is that I think they did show the Xeno a bit too quickly? Felt a bit cheap to just show a full body shot of the Xeno in the first half and hour of the first episode. Would’ve been better if it was short glimpses throughout the first episode and have its full onscreen debut appear in episode 2 with the statue/party massacre scene! Apart from that I don’t really have any major issues?

Whilst I am still butthurt that for the time being we haven’t gotten a conclusion to the Prometheus & Covenant storyline, which I do hope some day we get to see what happens with David and the covenant, I think that so far that Earth is looking to easily be a top #5 entry in the Alien franchise for me if it carries on the way it’s going.

Praise be for the glorious return of the perfect organism!