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Alien Earth tells us that in the future, the race for immortality will come in 3 guises:
- Cybernetically enhanced humans: Cyborgs
- Artificially-intelligent beings: Synths
- Synthetic beings downloaded with human consciousness: Hybrids
Which technology prevails will determine what corporation rules the universe.
That ‘what’ in the last sentence, really should be another ‘which’, but anyway…
This series is set on the Weyland-Yutani Corporation vessel, USCSS Maginot, and as the year is 2120, it’s two years before the events of the original Alien movie. The intended length of their mission is 65 years, and they’re 805 million miles away from Earth, so whatever happens, I figured there’s always scope for this to run parallel to that first film.
Similarly, Alien Earth opens with everyone slowly waking up the same way, from their tight pods that never looked comfortable, and they’re having one last meal before they go into the long cryo-sleep. This time, though, they already have captured creatures onboard, and they know who their cyborg is – Morrow (Babou Ceesay – Free Fire).
I will set out some of the basics in this, though, and over on the Prodigy “Neverland” Research Island, in relation to the hybrids, a seriously ill child, Marcy (Florence Bensberg), is set to transition from a human to a synthetic Wendy’s (Sydney Chandler – Don’t Worry Darling) body, who can leap tall buildings with a single bounce… and given a Peter Pan reference you’ll see, she’s addressed, “Wendy, darling…”
Personally, I wouldn’t mind being transformed into a slimmer body, that’s for sure. Perhaps Brad Pitt around the time of Thelma and Louise? I know I’m not asking for much…
However, even in 2120, life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, since despite its apparent distance from its home planet, the Maginot is about to crash-land on futuristic Earth, in New Siam, and all hell’s about to break out. Given how 1997’s Alien Resurrection was going to lead into an alien landing on Earth, this concept has taken 28 years, but we finally have it.
Alien Earth has the feel of the original, and of course, nothing can beat it, but it’s interesting that it shows how synthetics are created, as we’ve not seen that before.
On its downside, it’s verrrry slow. The extended time of a series allows more to be shown and discussed, but I rather figure the end result will be the same, and since this happened just two years before the original movie, how come the Nostromo crew knew nothing about any of this??
Also what isn’t explained is how some people of the future have names like Kirsh, Hermit, Dame Sylvia, and Boy Kavalier, although the former is played by Timothy Olyphant (Havoc) who looks like his face has been subjected to 100 Botox injections!
Plus, since Adrian Edmondson is in the cast, and was in The Young Ones when he figured he was pregnant, as you wonder what’s coming out of his stomach, will it happen here, too?
And… spoiler alert…
Alien Earth is not yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD, but when it is, it will be listed on the New DVD, Blu-ray, 3D and 4K releases UK page.
Cert: 
Running time: 45-65 minutes per episode (6 episodes)
Release date: August 13th 2025
Channel: Disney+
Format: 2.39:1
Series Directors: Dana Gonzales, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Noah Hawley
Producers: Chris Lowenstein, Darin McLeod, Maria Melnik, Regis Kimble, Kristy Reed
Creator for TV: Noah Hawley
Writers: Noah Hawley, Robert De Laurentiis, Bobak Esfarjani, Lisa Long, Maria Melnik, Migizi Pensoneau
Music: Jeff Russo
Cast:
Wendy: Sydney Chandler
Hermit: Alex Lawther
Dame Sylvia: Essie Davis
Boy Kavalier: Samuel Blenkin
Morrow: Babou Ceesay
Kirsh: Timothy Olyphant
Slightly: Adarsh Gourav
Curly: Erana James
Smee: Jonathan Ajayi
Arthur Sylvia: David Rysdahl
Siberian: Diêm Camille
Rashidi: Moe Bar-El
Tootles: Kit Young
Yutani: Sandra Yi Sencindiver
Nibs: Lily Newmark
Atom Eins: Adrian Edmondson
Marcy: Florence Bensberg
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