‘Alien: Earth’ Creator Noah Hawley on That Finale Cliffhanger and Season 2 Plan
‘Alien: Earth’ Creator Noah Hawley on That Finale Cliffhanger and Season 2 Plan
It's not really a cliffhanger. The final episode is like 45 minutes long and nothing much happens, so by default it sets itself up for a second season. It's not like it cuts right in the middle of an exciting scene or something.
Kind of a spoiler in the headline.
Tbh it's not a massive cliffhanger. They left some story threads open and rounded a few off. Like any series expecting a second.
Your comment implies that there were plot lines they closed up, and I would disagree with that.
The series started off strong, petered out in the middle, and just left the biggest wet fart for a season finale, that resolved nothing.
Was this worth watching? I watched one episode and thought it was ok, but haven't had a chance to finish it yet.
Forced myself to watch till episode 3. I thought it was lazy, uninspired and dumb.
It was the first Alien production that I didn't really care about what was happening.
Felt like a fanfic made on a giant budget.
It's let down by very lazy/sloppy writing and the usual incredibly dumb characters that plague every Alien film. The concept and setting is pretty unique within the franchise, and it is fun in parts. Unfortunately, every time you start to get your hopes up it brings them back down with a really dumb plot hole or inexplicable decision made purely to advance the plot, and that starts to get quite annoying in the back half of the season. I wouldn't rush to finish it unless you are really into this genre/setting.
I watched three episodes before I pulled the plug. Actually more like two and a half episodes.
So no I don’t say it is worth watching.
Some people love it. I thought it was awful.
It's ok. The very definition of "ok". It might even be "alright". More importantly, it really fucks with the original Aliens timeline, since it is placed 2 years before Alien. Aliens 2 is also messed up by implied timelines. My wife and I had to have a sit-down and hash everything out so it would make sense. Some mental gymnastics and it's fine. Making a lot of assumptions based off implied hints. Such as the original mission of the deep space science vessel starts like 65 years before the show starts. Remember that as you watch. But ya, that's about it. Take your time watching it, binging will only make it feel worse. The last two episodes has some great scenes too so look forward to those.
I really thought this would only be one season when it started.
Honestly, have some issues with percieved idiocy of certain characters like the brother and Kirch. I think being apart of the alien universe actually hurts the story, would probably be a lot better if they were free of the constraints that a big franchise with decades of history places on it.
I will definitely watch season 2 though. I love a lot of the ideas the show has. The eyeball creature is fantastic.
Too bad I just canceled Hulu with no intention of resubscribing.
And now that I know it ends on a cliffhanger, I guess I won't bother finishing this season before my subscription ends in a couple weeks.