Alien: Earth makes a unique cultural reference to Ice Age: Continental Drift through a moment involving the character Wendy. In a flashback, she envisions Sid the sloth, motivating her to communicate with her brother despite his belief that she is dead. This reference serves a deeper purpose, connecting the children's movie themes of evolution and transition of eras with the darker undertones of the Alien franchise. The irony of a children's movie appearance in such a serious context adds emotional weight to the narrative of Alien: Earth.
In Alien: Earth, Wendy briefly pictures Sid from Ice Age: Continental Drift in a moment that inspires her to reach out to her brother, who believes she's dead.
Hawley's nod to the Ice Age films run deeper than just his characters. Though the Ice Age films were, and are, children's movies about talking dinosaurs of the glacial period, their inclusion in Alien: Earth mirrors the Alien franchise's themes about evolution, the transition of eras, and an alarming sense of impending doom for the planet, if not our existence.
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