Neverland

The beginning of this episode is such a nice fan service: A lot of references to the first Alien movie - i.e. Set design (dispite the prequels Alien Prometheus (2012) and Alien Covenant (2017) with their more advanced technology than Alien (1979) this show does it like Alien Romulus (2024) and keeps the retro look known from Alien (1979)), the awakening of the crew and their 'breakfast scene', Mother.

New fresh ideas, the corporation Prodigy vs Weyland-Yutani, Cyborgs, Synths and Hybrids. Some references to 'Blade Runner' (Timothy Olyphant resembles to Rudger Hauer) and 'Battle Angel Alita' (the character Wendy has to learn who or what she is).

Noah Hawley - creator, producer, screenwriter and director of this first episode, known i.e. The tv shows 'Fargo' and the best Marvel show 'Legion', promises great storytelling, well written characters, suspense, mystery and entertainment.

Great look and sound design, cool creature design, interesting world building, good sfx.

This first episode is a great start and gets you hooked.

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.

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.

Neverland is a strong start to an interesting premise.

A sensible amount of time is dedicated to introducing the great sci-fi concept of the hybrid characters. The exposition is fairly simplistic, but still conveyed strongly with good visual storytelling. I particularly like the well-filmed and edited transition sequence involving the group. Sydney Chandler looks and acts perfectly in the part.

As a setting, the corporate, A. I. dominated future could not be more relevant in 2025. It was a mere prediction during Ridley Scott's Alien and Bladerunner, but we arguably are now in the transition period.

The Maginot scenes are heavily reminiscent of the 1979 classic in style and tone. I like that it does not unnecessarily spend time building up to the creature we already know, but does, however, drip-feed the introduction of new species.

As the two main plot threads come together, the plot becomes more intriguing and makes me want to know what happens next.

Visually, it looks very promising. The retro designs mix well with the earth settings. I love the look and feel of the Neverland location. Certain aspects you feel are there for stylistic reasons, such as various characters taking weapons into certain situations, but I can suspend my disbelief for the sake of cinematic imagery.

All actors are solid so far, with the standouts for me being Chandler and Timothy Olyphant.

A ship crash lands on earth. No defenses, no early warning, no nothing.

The 'First Responders' search and rescue team come armed to the teeth, not carrying stretchers and medical supplies, but Guns at the ready.

The ship that has pelted from space on an out of control crash land into a functioning city, lands pretty much intact, more like a car that has had a minor ding.

The interior of the crashed ship looks like a freshly set up movie set, microscopes, desk lamps, and stationary sit on a bench top unaffected by the crash, or even mild turbulence of re-entry, defying the law of logic and physics.

Who wrote this stuff and figured out the space logic?