TV Review: โAlien: Earthโ (Season 1, Episode 8)
“The ‘Alien: Earth’ season 1 finale, ‘The Real Monsters,’ is a violent disruption in the franchise canon.”
“The ‘Alien: Earth’ season 1 finale, ‘The Real Monsters,’ is a violent disruption in the franchise canon.”
“Under Hawleyโs watchful eye, the episodic progression from โThe Fly” to โEmergenceโ is the most seamless transition of ‘Alien: Earth’ season 1.”
“It appears that Hawley mapped ‘Alien: Earth’ methodically, though the FX on Hulu series often feels worlds apart from writer Dan Oโ Bannonโs original source material.”
“‘Alien: Earth’ could become the unofficial Alien Apocrypha. The 46-year-old franchise might have some acidic bite left in it, but it doesnโt leave the same corrosive mark in the human psyche that it once did.”
“‘Ransom Canyon’ season 1 wouldโve been much more entertaining with a stronger focus on Staten and Quinnโs perspectives/wants/needs, and how their values influence the people around them and the overall community culture.”
“It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when televisionโs so-called Second Golden Age began; however, by the 2010s, it was understood that Prestige TV had begun to fill the gap left by the demise of cinemaโs mid-budget tier.”
“In a lot of ways, ‘Moonlighting’ now seems like a 1990s premium cable show that happened to run on a traditional broadcast network. It carried itself as if it was smarter and wilder and more interesting than anything else on television.”
“Despite the contemporary references to ISIS and the ongoing refugee crisis, thereโs nothing particularly timely about ‘The Veil,’ and any relevant social commentary is incidental.”
“At six episodes, ‘Parish’ isn’t quite satisfying. Itโs hard to say if itโs too long or not long enough. Maybe itโs the muggy American gothic New Orleans locations that made me err on the side of wishing it were longer.”
“In Alversonโs hands, anti-comedy becomes a new kind of gothic — it is the world viewed through a warped, sinister lens; a fresh excavation of the unspeakable through outsized comedic strategies.”
“One of first signs of trouble in Monsieur Spade’s first episode is the overall lack of antagonists – the slow burn feels ill-suited for the title character and the genre at large.”