Neverland

I'm sorry to say this, because I had high expectations, but the first episode feels like it was written and directed by kids.

Maybe it's a show for kids?

The initial and subsequent infodumps are over the top, and the information could have been spread throughout the episode to avoid soporific lengthiness.

The characters lack bite, except for Wendy, who redeems herself a bit in the finale. Disappointed.

The overall premise was sound enough... A research vessel crashes to Earth after some of its specimen got loose (by the way.. how did they got loose? They were confined during most of the trip back and they got loose close to Jupiter's orbit?).

Then, things start to get weird. The doctor of an emergency response team wasn't actually a doctor? One of the big corporations who runs the world sends a bunch of kids (albeit, in enhanced bodies) to a disaster area with an unknown spacecraft? Really? Nobody had any hint of an idea how to do anything in such an environment, yet they went anyway?... Besides, the director's job looks terrible. I am no formal expert on cinematography, but I have seen many, many movies and series and this one looks wrong. The spotty takes of the disaster aboard the ship when some aliens get loose are terrible. The whole chapter is terribly boring.

I hope future episodes will improve. Episode 2 isn't better than episode 1...

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Alien: Earth" was my most anticipated show of 2025. I do not watch TV series mostly in general due to time restrictions, but couldn't resist to watch a first series even within my favorite franchise ever - "Alien". I'm a massive fan of the universe - own majority of the films on 4K disks, played "Isolation" many times and etc. - "Aliens" is my favorite film of all time. So i was all in for "Alien: Earth".

The first episode called "Neverland" was everything i hoped for a new Alien stuff, from creators of brilliant if sometimes uneven series "Fargo". I highly enjoyed this episode. No spoilers - but will say that it is set in a new location for the franchise - Earth. I really enjoyed the set up, the not by a book characters, script that is clearly was written not by AI. It is different from what we have seen in "Aliens" before, thanks to a fresh perspective that creator brought here. And yet the opening scene left me breathless with how they recreated opening of first film.

Overall, first episode was a breath of fresh air considering long running Alien franchise, yet it felt somehow familiar - and in the best way possible. Great opening of hopefully great series.

There's a lot to like-and some things to dislike-about this opening chapter of Alien: Earth. On the positive side, the characters and their backgrounds, as relevant to this story, are explained quite well. Along the way, the episode makes numerous nods to the iconic Alien films, even reusing entire lines of dialogue and recreating memorable scenes.

That said, there's an awful lot going on here: synths, other space creatures, a war between the big three corporations, the synths' own conflicts, and more. I've always enjoyed how simple and straightforward Alien stories tend to be, but this time that's not the case-probably too much is happening in this series. I hope the coming episodes will be more focused.

Overall, the acting is good, and the special effects are solid.

As an introductory episode, I think it's spectacular. I love that Ridley Scott is continuing his legacy within this series, and that Disney has the budget to amend his desires for it xD. Jokes aside, I am extremely excited for this show as a whole, the cast, acting, VFX, CGI, budget, and authenticity to the Alien franchise all seems on track and I'm all for it! Excited to see where this goes, all in all, episode 1, banger! Enjoy and goodluck!