Wendy DeGeest

I thought the special effects, set and music were very reminiscent of the original Alien. I appreciated the directors attempts to capture this important essence of the original film. I have always loved that it is the female in every Alien movie that is the smartest, the bravest and the most determined to survive. I appreciated that this concept appears to be similarly repeated in the character of Wendy in Alien Earth. Also, every Alien movie has had a robot or “artificial person” that plays an important role in the plot. It is an interesting and new twist that in Alien Earth the “artificial person” has a synthetic body with a human mind. It’s an interesting concept and I am intrigued to see how the child like character of Wendy matures and evolves over the coming episodes. I have been quite critical of every Alien movie since Aliens as they never quite measured up to the original. I am very happy to report that I really liked the first two episodes of Alien Earth and am optimistic that the series captures enough of the original movie yet with some new twists to capture my interest and keep me coming back for more.

I was so excited for this film because I am a HUGE Alien fan. So, I was so disappointed when Alien Romulus failed to capture what made the first two Alien films so wonderful; the character development. In the first two Alien films the directors really took the time to show the emotions of each individual character and illustrate their personal way of dealing with the horrors that were unfolding before them. In Alien Romulus each character ( other than the lead female) died one right after the other, so quickly that there was no time for any character development at all. So disappointing! Also, the alien films that failed all tried to genetically alter the alien into something else. The man/alien like creature at the end of Alien Romulus was simply awful in every way and put the film at the bottom of the list in my opinion, next to Alien Resurrection and Prometheus. The film makers need to stick to what works; the original alien in all it’s glory with all the different steps of it’s metamorphosis. That is enough for us die hard alien fans. Please don’t alter it!!!