I cannot describe what I just watched. Starts with a carbon copy of Alien, with crew awakening from cryo sleep, crew talking (...) until the remake shifts to fan fiction, with one guy in a spaceship and some Weyland-Yutami like corporation no one ever heard of before; poorly executed WhatIf fan fiction with a heavy influence from Syndicate, Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and other cyberpunk stuff. All in all, there's not much originality. It's even a carbon copy of Alien Romulus, with the android brother / human sister roles reversed. Disney is also heavily pandering on IPs they own, multiple Peter Pan references and some Ice Age playing on an old 4:3 TV. The end credits of E02 actually use Tool - Stinkfist as soundtrack. I like the song, but I don't think that it fits into the Alien universe. This show, set in 2120 tells me everything about our culture for the next 95 years: just reboots, prequels, sequels, remakes and spinoffs until people only crave for the original, see Peter Pan and Ice Age. Well done, Disney.

Unreal, more complete dogshit. The first episode was decent, then the second destroyed any hope for this show. I was so excited for this, but just another beloved IP destroyed by the mouse. Timothy Oliphant is the only actor worth anything in the show, but the horrendous dogshit plot holes and writing ruined any redeeming qualities it may have had with production quality. It isn't technically cannon but the new monsters are so cringe. Too many questions that plot armor just can't carry.

Edit - Upon completion of the show I've revised my rating from an initial 10 (review below) to a 7. -- Initial review -- The first two episodes are outstanding, and I'm completely hooked. It's 100% the Alien you know and love, but very much it's own thing too... Hawley clearly has a strong vision for how to expand the world as is needed for this to work as a TV series; adding real narrative depth, interesting characters, and excellent world building, yet all the while keeping it intimate, claustrophobic, delightfully gory, and creepy AF. Production design and cinematography are excellent, and surprisingly the sound design is absolutely top notch too... Something that a lot of TV fails to get right. All in all this is the easiest 5 star I've given a TV show in a long time.

JESUS CHRIST, who let these people make a tv show? Let alone an Alien show? My god, I don't think I've ever seen something as bad. It's not even funny, it's sad. I was so excited for an Alien tv-show... INSANE props to the team who made their initial trailer. Those people made gold out of shit.

Best show of 2025 unreal!