I'm so glad that they never made any more Alien movies after the second one.
Jul 18, 2025The brand new Alien Earth trailer just dropped, and it’s giving us so much to talk about! In this video, I break down what we just saw in the trailer from and how it ties into the show's already incredible marketing campaign. Alien Earth has been building massive hype with its teasers, promo clips, and viral marketing and this latest trailer just raised the bar. Let’s talk about the visuals, the storyline clues, and how this sci-fi series could be the next big thing on streaming.
I could write five thousand words on what is wrong with Alien: Romulus, starting with how they copied/stole a lot of beats from many of the earlier films, demonstrating how few ideas of their own they had, and then finishing with that ridiculous ending. But I won't do that. Here, enjoy this:
'Prequelisms' are also kept to a minimum beyond the obligatory elements needed to sell the 2120 setting (only two years before the original Alien movie). Weyland-Yutani plays a big role in the story, synthetics are common, and 'cassette futurism' permeates the advanced technology on display.Earth, which seemingly hasn't been ravaged by climate change in this universe, is governed by five different corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold. Even with familiar chunks of production design and the Xenomorph at the center of the show, Hawley instantly broadens the universe's horizons with two new additions to the lore: Cyborgs (augmented humans) and hybrids (synthetic bodies infused with human consciousness).This approach also applies to the structure and tone. Whereas the first two episodes play out like a 'first movie' of sorts, Alien: Earth's first season doesn't fall into the common trap of splitting a movie into an eight-episode behemoth, which always leads to dreadful pacing issues. Yes, this is one long story that aims to run for a handful of seasons (if we had to guess), but its cuts to credits (and the sick needle drops that accompany them) seldom feel random. This project has been in the oven for several years, and the final result feels anything but rushed or weightless because Hawley and his collaborators had a grip on the TV format and the story they wanted to tell.
