I agree he is the better male actor in this show. The boy genius (or whatever his goofy title is) is written a little too ridiculously for me, and it is said more than shown that he is smart. I...
I agree he is the better male actor in this show.
The boy genius (or whatever his goofy title is) is written a little too ridiculously for me, and it is said more than shown that he is smart.
I agree with you on the writing. It does feel quite childish at times, and maybe is childish if you take away the violence. That has kind of been most of the Alien franchise though.
It looks like such high production value, but I'm not entirely sure how they're gonna pull out a full season of monster movie horror. Does anyone have any big examples that aren't "monster of the...
It looks like such high production value, but I'm not entirely sure how they're gonna pull out a full season of monster movie horror. Does anyone have any big examples that aren't "monster of the week" type of shows?
The Terror (based on the Dan Simmons book of the same name) was an exceptional example, and could easily have been an Alien story with a couple of tweaks: a grounded - well, icebound - ship is...
The Terror (based on the Dan Simmons book of the same name) was an exceptional example, and could easily have been an Alien story with a couple of tweaks: a grounded - well, icebound - ship is being stalked by some terrifying predator in the darkness, plus several other "man vs nature" things going on.
Ultimately I think the secret here is to make the xenomorph a sort of "wild card" while the characters are dealing with other problems. Have it do something early on so at least the characters are aware of it, and that way when it does finally come out of an air duct and bite through a dude, it's not some sort of diaboli ex machina, so to speak. Make it "Chekov's alien" rather than The Main Problem.
A good example is actually the first season of Legion, written & directed by the same person. While it’s not a full on monster horror story, it gets really close.
A good example is actually the first season of Legion, written & directed by the same person. While it’s not a full on monster horror story, it gets really close.
Alien is so weird to me because it's an IP that has such a fascinating world, and yet there's so little decent storytelling across so much media. Worse, most of the decent ones are just "fuck it,...
Alien is so weird to me because it's an IP that has such a fascinating world, and yet there's so little decent storytelling across so much media. Worse, most of the decent ones are just "fuck it, do the first one again". I wish they could find some more interesting ways to explore this universe and the xenomorphs themselves.
I'll watch it for Noah Hawley if not for any other. Legion was batshit crazy and amazing.
I found this somewhat enjoyable. I like the world-building that it adds to the Alien world, especially the way Earth is ruled by several companies.
Some really great actors, like Timothy Oliphant. But a lot of the writing felt like something an AI would've produced.
I agree he is the better male actor in this show.
The boy genius (or whatever his goofy title is) is written a little too ridiculously for me, and it is said more than shown that he is smart.
I agree with you on the writing. It does feel quite childish at times, and maybe is childish if you take away the violence. That has kind of been most of the Alien franchise though.
It looks like such high production value, but I'm not entirely sure how they're gonna pull out a full season of monster movie horror. Does anyone have any big examples that aren't "monster of the week" type of shows?
The Terror (based on the Dan Simmons book of the same name) was an exceptional example, and could easily have been an Alien story with a couple of tweaks: a grounded - well, icebound - ship is being stalked by some terrifying predator in the darkness, plus several other "man vs nature" things going on.
Ultimately I think the secret here is to make the xenomorph a sort of "wild card" while the characters are dealing with other problems. Have it do something early on so at least the characters are aware of it, and that way when it does finally come out of an air duct and bite through a dude, it's not some sort of diaboli ex machina, so to speak. Make it "Chekov's alien" rather than The Main Problem.
I'll have to take a look! that seems interesting. I'm really excited to see how they do it in Alien Earth for sure.
A good example is actually the first season of Legion, written & directed by the same person. While it’s not a full on monster horror story, it gets really close.
Alien is so weird to me because it's an IP that has such a fascinating world, and yet there's so little decent storytelling across so much media. Worse, most of the decent ones are just "fuck it, do the first one again". I wish they could find some more interesting ways to explore this universe and the xenomorphs themselves.