Alien: Earth is an ambitious and controversial look at the Alien franchise, and by focusing less on xenomorphs, it broke a major series rule.

So, in that way, I’ve started to look at Alien: Earth as actually delivering on the promise of a title like Aliens. Instead of sending the xenomorph into the copy machine, there was an opportunity to say, “Well, if that thing is out there, what the ...

Image courtesy of FX. By Luis Zonenberg While we continue to look back on last year’s film catalogue, there is still a plethora of TV shows from last year worth revisiting as well. Among these was the highly anticipated Alien TV series,

Artificial intelligence occupies the minds of many these days, including the showrunner, Noah Hawley, of a new FX series based on the long-lurking “Alien” franchise, “Alien: Earth.” Mr. Hawley informs us via introductory text of three different ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the popularity of the TV show Alien: Earth, you might wonder where the heck you are supposed to begin with the Alien franchise. Don't let stress burst your chest. I've got you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. The main problem with Alien: Earth, in its first seven episodes, is the idiot ball, which I explained in my previous ...

Grebey is a contributor for TIME. Alex Lawther as Hermit, Sydney Chandler as Wendy in Alien: Earth Grebey is a contributor for TIME. Viewers of the new series Alien: Earth were probably expecting to see gnarly chest-bursting aliens and creepy robots.

So far on Alien: Earth, we’ve seen Wendy (Sydney Chandler) tame a Xenomorph, a Fly devour a poor hybrid named Tootles (Kit Young), and an Eye take over the body of a sheep. What fresh horrors await us in the Season 1 finale of the FX hit? When will Alien ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. First of all, no, Alien: Earth is not a nature documentary. You will not hear the narration of David Attenborough as ...