Alien: Terre – Everything you need to remember to watch FX’s show

On Hulu, no one can hear you diffuse. To anyone still reads this article after an opening like that: Congratulations for having passed the test to prove how really you are an “extraterrestrial” fan. The spatial horror frankness resided exclusively on the big screen since Ridley Scott made his debut on his original film in 1979, but everything that should change with the arrival of “Alien: Earth”. Not only does the property change support for the first time here, but it also adds a new creative voice to the fray, Noah Hawley taking the reins of what promises to be one of the wildest additions of the “extraterrestrial” barrel.

The publication of this program, however, raises an urgent question for all “extraterrestrial” viewers. The original films quartet has exclusively followed the trajectory of Ellen Ripley (or his clone) by Sigourney Weaver, who was undoubtedly the most unhappy cinematic hero of all time while she was face to face with these fatal xenomorphs again and again. However, Scott’s prequel films “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant” have taken a very different tact, rather focusing on the bad Android David (Michael Fassbender) and his increasingly twisted efforts to create the perfect organism as we know it. The most recent film, “Alien: Romulus”, finally separated from tradition and focused on a new group of characters. So where on this broad spectrum “Alien: Earth” falls, and how much knowledge of knowledge is necessary to fully enjoy this new series?

In fact, not much at all. The Hulu / FX show can take place in a universe with decades of tradition, an intimidating heritage to be up to several classics of good faith, and even a pair of “predator” multisgments that blur even more water … and can still be the best path to go. Fortunately, “Alien: Earth” requires only the most basic familiarity with the material, and we decompose everything for you below.

Ideally, each episode of the “alien” franchise will bring something new to the plate. James Cameron has completely changed genres with “extraterrestrials”, David Fincher brought his cynical sensitivities only cynical to “Alien 3”, and even Ridley Scott upset the expectations of each by transforming both “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant” into a prequel duology on the synthetic god behind the biological machine. Now Noah Hawley changes things again, this time by bringing action in “Alien: Earth” to (you guessed it) the earth.

But wait! Is that Really Something we have never seen before? The main films ended directly at the dawn of this same situation, because the last moments of “Alien: Resurrection” showed its heroes arriving on our dilapidated planet. “Prometheus” and “Covenant” also include brief scenes that take place on Earth, and, of course, we would not care not to mention the films (semi-canonic) “Alien vs Predator”, each being confined to the world of humanity. What distinguishes “Alien: Earth” apart from all the others, however, comes from the powerful idea of really bringing the xenomorphs (and various other interstellar travelers) to our door. We can no longer consider these unknowable forces of the nature of abstract threats somewhere in the cosmos – now they are closely and uncomfortably personal. It seems to have been the main driving force behind the transformation of this land into a complete series. And a large part of the attraction has just seen how the characters in the show will contain the threat (or fail) and how it can set up the circumstances of Scott’s original film.

At the risk of stating the evidence: yes, viewers of “Alien: Earth” should probably know that certain history on the xenomorphs would be useful. Biomechanical creatures torn off directly from our worst Lovecraftian nightmares have always been the central antagonist of all “extraterrestrial” property (well, in addition to capitalism, at least), and that certainly does not change here. The premise of this prequel series implies a research ship in depth space – a containing all kinds of extraterrestrial horrors with which humanity has never been supposed to cross – find itself on a collision trajectory with the earth. It is hardly a spoiler to reveal that the ship ends up colliding with our original planet, although the path This is probably going to challenge expectations.

At the heart of all this chaos is the ignoble xenomorph and its parasitic life cycle. Although this is generally explained in the first episodes of “Alien: Earth”, in favor of those who may not watch the films, the program operates by assuming that the public already has a broad understanding of what is happening. The fully cultivated xenomorphs represent the greatest threat, of course, but it is hardly the extent of their danger. The recognizable cylindrical egg (officially known as the Ovomorph) could be one of the most infamous cases of production design of all time. This turns pale in relation to what resides inside: the frightening and arachnid type facehug that launches to the victims and envasively enters them in order to plant the monstrous Chorsburster (which, yes, does exactly what you think it does). In turn, this adolescent stage finally gives way to the xenomorphs and to the ultimate in evolution (slightly bio-designed) as we know it.

Unfortunately, all the background information of the universe will not help the poor souls while waiting to be transformed into pregnant hosts through “Alien: Earth”.

At the time of the chronology when “Alien: Earth” opens, some of the details of construction of the world that we know have not yet arrived. For example, “Alien” de Scott presents the conglomerate without a faceless face known as Weyland-Yutani, a society which essentially governs all humanity and its colonization efforts throughout the interstellar space. This deeply cynical and dystopian vision of the future is an integral part of the themes of the franchise, where capitalist companies dehumanize and often have real blue collars that advance things. Yes, you could say that Scott and the writer Dan O’bannon were completely ahead of the curve with regard to the many problems posed by the rise of AI these days. However, the version of the so -called formidable company that we see in “Alien: Earth” is clearly different.

When the episode of the first of the show begins, which takes place in the year 2120 (only two years before the original film by Scott), an opening text establishes that the land is directed by several commercial entities vocally for supremacy. Operating like sovereign nations, each has cut its own territory and its borders around the world. The crushing spacecraft that launches everything belongs to Weyland-Yutani, of course, but it also has the misfortune to land in a city controlled by a rival company called Prodigy. We know of the various “Alien” films that Weyland-Yutani will ultimately emerge victorious, so this season (or the future seasons) of “Alien: Earth” could start to lay the foundations so that this takeover occurs? In any case, part of the draw for hardcore fans will be the idea of discovering more details on the responsible company (Check the notes) Basically all the bad things that happen throughout the “Alien” franchise.

It would not be an “extraterrestrial” production without some inhuman characters thrown into the mixture somewhere. As much as the franchise is associated with genres like horror and action, it is always a story of science fiction in its heart. And this means embracing wild concepts such as extraterrestrial fossils in the shape of elephants in control of a giant pistol, ancient extraterrestrials sowing the earth with life, and synthetic beings fleeing milky liquid and generally not being up to height. This last part plays a huge role in “Alien: Earth”, following the example of previous characters like Ash by Ian Holm, Lance Bishop Henriksen and even David by Michael Fassbender … but with a fascinating turn.

The creator Noah Hawley sticks to the well -established model to present synthetic characters taking control of their corporate suzerains, as the best illustrated by Kirsh with white hair from Timothy Olyphant, but he also adds some fascinating wrinkles for us. Take the main duty of the show, Wendy de Sydney Chandler. In reality, a terminal child whose consciousness has been transferred to the body of a synthetic, its unusual status of “hybrid” adds a whole new layer to the “extraterrestrial” tradition. Or consider Babou Cesesay as a cyborg named Morrow, which is a human with robotic improvements. These three “classes” of beings remain completely faithful to everything we remember with previous films, but it is sure to say that Hawley has a lot in mind when it comes to what it is Really makes us human.

“Alien: Earth” will be presented on August 12, 2025, on FX and FX on Hulu.