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I Care Less and Less About All This, Impressions After Episode 4 of Alien: Earth. I have to admit that after the overly enthusiastic reception (which, in hindsight, I must admit was perhaps a bit exaggerated) of the first two episodes, and the much weaker third episode, the fourth one is yet another step actually several steps further down in terms of meeting my expectations. I'm finding myself increasingly tired of and irritated by a certain mannerism in Noah Hawley's series. Honestly, I'm simply losing interest in all of it... The fourth episode, titled Observation, truly lives up to its name: it's an hour of watching and rehashing the same things over and over. The concept of moving the Alien story to Earth still intrigues me, and I do like the idea of kids trapped in super-advanced synthetic bodies. I'm sold on the acting too, especially the group of young actors playing the kids, as well as Kirsh, portrayed by Timothy Olyphant. Most of all, though, I like the direction taken with the cyborg Morrow (Babou Ceesay), who is shaping up to be the most interesting character in the series. On top of that, Alien: Earth continues to deliver very high production values, impressing with some of its cinematography, music, and set design. All of that still works... The problem is that with every passing minute and each dialogue scene, what stands out more and more is the infantilism of it all wrapped up in cardboard metaphors and philosophical clichés about growing up, delivered with painfully obvious references to Peter Pan (and calling it "painfully obvious" is putting it mildly). I can't shake the feeling that the series is desperately trying to be more than what its let's be honest fairly mediocre script will allow.

I will certainly keep watching, hoping the show finds its footing again, but now with far more caution and restraint than before.

Hey, 1st part was ok, 2nd one ..... seriously .... total waste of your time, im going to do Alien 2 by 100 time now, after this crap ...... Cheeerios.

Ps .The first 15 minutes actually gave me a bit of hope. There was some action, some movement, a few nicely shot sequences - and for a moment, I thought, But unfortunately, that was pretty much it. After those initial scenes, the energy dropped off a cliff. What followed felt more like a slow-paced, directionless drama trying too hard to be deep, but without any real emotional weight or narrative clarity.

So thats all folks, better watch some anime instead of that 3rap.

As a fan of the universe (Alien, AVP, Predator, games, comics, action figures, etc.), I am simply disappointed with Romulus. In the series, we know there are iconic, good movies worth watching, and there are weak ones, but this one is just a total disaster. The storyline feels rushed, the acting... well, what acting? What actors? It was supposed to have the atmosphere of Alien: Resurrection... yeah, well, it's just terrible 🙂. The movie seems aimed at brainless young people. For seasoned fans, it's a major letdown. I've said my piece. I won't say more because it's not worth wasting any more time on this awful movie. Ripley was right when she asked if the IQ level suddenly dropped while she was asleep for half a century. The best comparison to this is the last Romulus-a steaming pile of garbage made for the brain-dead, iPhone-obsessed generation, who thought it was a good idea to lie on the sidewalks in major US and EU cities with a facehugger mask on their faces, pretending to be an Alien victim in broad daylight.

Only 5 stars for CGI.