We saw the first episodes, and this is the perfect answer to Alien: Romulus

We saw the first two episodes of the series Alien : Earthwhich arrives in France on August 13 on Disney+. Our opinion, with very light spoilers (I promise, we don’t spoil surprises).

Prometheus had * slightly divided. Meanwhile, His suite Alien : Covenant had * slightly angry. However, Alien : Romulus had * slightly * tired. In addition, It could be a sign that something is wrong. However, but it would be forgetting how much Alien 3 et Alien, the resurrection had also been debated when they were released in the 90s. Furthermore, In other words: xeno is the baby darling of many people. Therefore, and as with all these revered franchises, Touching there has become perilous.

The series Alien : Earth arrives in this deleterious climate where the aliens are Hosted at Disney. Therefore, Who got their hands on it by buying we saw first episodes, this the studio 20th Century Fox in 2019. Additionally, Therefore, And she proves that it is never too late for the first times: first series in the saga. Similarly, first non-human heroine, first time the story takes place on earth After multiple attempts …

And the first reason to believe it bears the name of Noah Hawley. Meanwhile, The creator ofAlien : Earthalso director of the first episode. In addition, already has a small miracle to his credit: the series Fargolittle wonder that had everything of a bad idea at the start. In addition, Legionadapted from Marvel comics, and the film Lucy we saw first episodes, this in the Sky With Natalie Portman, confirmed her talents. Moreover, His dive into the universe Alienwith a story taking place before the first opus, should do the same.

ATTENTION, MINI SPOILERS

Wild robots

With his prequels, Ridley Scott wanted to expand the saga Alien Beyond the xenomorphs. Meanwhile, With his little adventure inter -displaced between Alien et Aliens. In addition, the return, Alien : Romulus had made a back machine to offer a mega best-of menu. Therefore, In both cases, the dissatisfaction rate was high. In addition, Noah Hawley was necessarily aware of it. Therefore, responded to this impossible equation with the series Alien : Earthwhich takes place before the first cult film and opens almost like … Consequently, a remake.

These first minutes. For example, where the Maginot and its waking up crew look like two drops of water at Nostronomo, are we saw first episodes, this there for Give fans a maxi-dose. Furthermore, And above all, to make them quickly understand that it rhymes with nothing. For example, The truth is elsewhere. Furthermore, and certainly not in the comfort of a maniac care provided to the sets, the costumes, the accessories, the sound effects, and the situations.

Alien : Earth will seek answers otherwise and announces it from the intro card, which explains that the world houses cyborgs (increased humans), synthetic (androids), and something between the two (Androids with a human conscience). For example, This is the big idea of the series: go. seek the future of the saga in human changes we saw first episodes, this rather than those of aliens, as with engineers and hybrids of Prometheus, Alien : Covenant et Alien : Romulus.

Androids have always been there in the decor, from the ash to the acolyte Andy. They have always been mirrors of humans, whether with the heroic Bishop or Empathic Call. By choosing to explore this part of mythology. Noah Hawley therefore takes a natural step while blurring the lines with Wendy, embodied by Sydney Chandler. Under these tunes of a new subripny-wehaled subripley like Amélie Poulain hides the first of a new kind. with the mind of a dying child established in the body of an android.

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Following a Infinitely elegant ellipse in a single plan which illustrates the vertigo of these ageless creatures. the series insists (heavily) on the peter pan of these lost children who will not be able to really grow or really die, and who come out of their laboratory on an island in Jurassic Park For their first mission. What prolong the best aspects of Prometheus et Alien : Covenantwhere Peter Weyland saw the cruel reflection of his own mortality in his creation. David. And since Human is the center of gravity of this storythe land decor ofAlien : Earth takes on its full meaning.

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The day the earth stopped

With eight episodes for this first season, Noah Hawley does not have time to do not. He therefore arrives in the world ofAlien As in a porcelain store with rollerblades and a baseball bat. Result: the Crash of a huge spacecraft in the middle of a metropolis Quite simply from the first episode. with a bunch of Castioles obviously nightmares.

The image is spectacular. especially since the staging of Noah Hawley on the accident area makes it possible to measure chaos in this city – certainly a little too depopulated. But he especially skillfully places his marbles since the ship crashes in huge housing towers, thus offering a perfect playground. The decor becomes thus A gigantic absurd puzzle of parts, corridors and floors who have almost merged in the shock. All this we saw first episodes, this in the middle of a city, just to offer a heavenly setting for hell.

It is all the more clever since The series avoids several traps. On the one hand. there are all the common places of the saga, with the dark passageways where cables hang, and which lead to a laboratory or a machine room where no one would want to put a toe. On the other hand. the building opens very different possibilities, as with this costume evening Louis XIV type which runs in a bloodbow in wigs. Mi-family mid-new, this labyrinth was certainly thought out To amuse everyone, and frustrate anyone.

To sow discord. Noah Hawley then lets go in this Game space infernal several groups with we saw first episodes, this different objectives, against the backdrop of industrial war between Weyland-Yutanithe diabolical multinational at the heart of mythology Alienand Prodigy, the business of a young little wealthy idiot who created Wendy and her little band. In the bowels of the vessel. there are those who came to help the survivors, the one who comes to help a very specific survivor, and the one who is there for everything except that. And there is of course The xenomorph, object of lust or nightmarefrom the point of view.

In two episodes, Noah Hawley brilliantly leads his boat. He placed Lots of pawns on his we saw first episodes, this chessboardsurely a little too much even given the very chick development of the second roles. especially on the side of hybrids. But like the scrap metal of the vessel which mixed with the concrete of the building. it is A joyful and generous little messwith a lot of dramatic potential.

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XENOMORFLE

Noah Hawley does not forget that The star ofAlienit’s the alien. He could have played it little clever while keeping the xenomorphic for later. He could have hidden behind all the mysteries of the ship. Furthermore, He could have concentrated in the first two episodes on this part of Pokémon Go which went wrong. with awful critters collected by Weyland-Yutani in the depths of space. There was enough to we saw first episodes, this divert attention with these new guests announced in the promo. who are monstrously disgusting, with in particular a reference to Dead Space.

But Noah Hawley knows that he set foot in a differently more hostile territory than with Fargo et Legion. The xenomorph is there from the first episode. with some images where Its terrifying velocity is very well capturedand episode 2 directed by Dana Gonzales (spent on Fargo et Legion) officially opens the festivities. It only takes a confrontation in a staircase in ruins to say that business resumes. and a Silhouette Statuesque in the background To forgive all the easy mini-apparitions glued to right to the left in the background.

Alien : Earth Beautiful the classic card of the we saw first episodes, this idle to film it in action. the beast regains its strangeness with more human movements, and its dangerousness with terrifying sprints. The few buckets of hemoglobin that line the walls are there to confirm the dirty character of the creature. with some gore points like cherry on the blood cake -Special mention for this half-bourgeois which repainted its tiles to its last breath.

Between the far too futuristic past of Prometheus et Alien : Covenantand the SF. old school great game Alien : IsolationNoah Hawley had the good idea to stay in the pure retro-futurism. Which does not mean that he we saw first episodes, this has nothing more to have fun. as the cyborg prove to the Terminator 2 Played by Babou Cesesay and his high-tech trinkets, in particular this kind of magic bag which does not resist Xeno long. With a budget that seems to be huge. The artistic direction of the series therefore does not have to be ashamed compared to the films.

In two episodes, Noah Hawley alternates between the very simple (the unit of place and action in the Maginot, typical of a film Alien) and the most refined (the narration around the different groups, with several large ellipses and flashbacks). Compared to Alien : we saw first episodes, this Romuluswho had chosen ease at almost all levels, it is A much more stimulating work.

There is no doubt that there are still many other things to explore. whether in the past of the Maginot or in the future on the side of Neverland Island. The excellent Timothy Olyphant is still discreetbut his monologue at the end of the first episode announces the color. Ditto with Sydney Chandler, who here has a golden role given everything he hides. And even if there are a few fears (we like TV on the radio. but the use of these songs of music in particular to conclude the episodes …), there is above all a precious thing: excitement and curiosity to see where this Alien Go go. And that is almost a miracle at this stage.

Alien: Earth, available on Disney+ from August 13 with two episodes, then one episode per week