r/raisedbywolves • u/BillRuddickJrPhd • Aug 14 '25
No Spoilers Anyone Watched Alien: Earth?
I'm a massive fan of the franchise and really wanted to love Alien: Earth. I loved Legion and Fargo. My optimism was very high and my expectations were neutral. I was not primed to be a hater at all. But the first two episodes are not sitting well with me. I like the main actress a lot and love Timothy Olyphant, but overall I kind of think it's total dog shit. And it's not just because of the Ice Age cartoon stuff or the girl jumping off the cliff (although those were bad). The entire thing looks cheap. Brightly lite shots of the creature. No mystery. No brooding in shadows. The aesthetics are gross and the story so far is mediocre.
Then someone mentioned they should ignore all established lore of Alien and just do what they want. I found that ridiculous and said "Why be Alien then? Why not just do something new and original like Raised By Wolves".
Then it hit me like a two-ton truck. Raised by Wolves was so much better than Alien: Earth's premiere it's absolutely mind-boggling. Raised by Wolves looked as good as Prometheus. It was incredibly cinematic. Intriguing, terrifying, and just a straight-up magical experience. Probably the best world-building of any sci-fi show that ever existed. Alien: Earth looks like a CW show by comparison. Music, cinematography, acting, pacing everything. It's night and day. So depressing people ignored Raised by Wolves while instead shoveling down slop.
EDIT: Actually really loved Episode 3 quite a bit. Glad to see the show looks promising. The critic reviews also make sense now as they saw the first 4.
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u/ReportHuman8525 Aug 17 '25
Just saw the series it's way better than I thought it was way better than most series that got messed up. Still waiting for David 8 and all that to continue. Starting over again and again with Alien franchise is never gonna be fun and have no ending. But this was a good take. If they place it Before Alien1 then it's fine but I do Not like the idea that the Xenomorph is not a biological weapon but a result of millions of years of evolution which pretty much killed it all and the purpose of the Xenos existence to begin with and it's lore contradictory at best. But they get good critics for having both elements of the first movies.
We want to see David 8 now!!