"It is one thing to see a tentacled-eyeball alien that consists of even more eyeballs launch out of a cat's skull, but it is much worse to listen to. When you are squeamish (as I am), people often tell you to cope with that unfortunate fact of life by covering your eyes or looking down (a strategy that left me staring at the ground for a solid 25 minutes of Alex Garland's Warfare earlier this year)."
"Just as the cast of human (or human-shaped) characters now expands beyond the doomed employees of omnipresent tech company Weyland-Yutani that stands as the corrupted center of the Alien franchise, Alien: Earth features an expanded menagerie of horrible creatures that go squish. The first episode of the show sees the research vessel Maginot - a Weyland-Yutani ship - overrun by Xenomorphs and crashing into a skyscraper in Prodigy (a rival tech company) territory."
Alien: Earth amplifies slurps, clacks, growls, and squishes through meticulous, exaggerated sound design that intensifies the show's violence beyond its graphic visuals. The series expands the Alien world with a larger cast of human and human-shaped characters and a menagerie of monstrous creatures. The research vessel Maginot, a Weyland-Yutani ship, is overrun by Xenomorphs and crashes into a Prodigy skyscraper, releasing critters into a residential area. The initial episodes focus on the gory aftermath of the crash, portraying civilians, soldiers, and scientists facing rampant infestations. Corporate intrigue involving Weyland-Yutani runs beneath the visceral surface, linking technological corporations to the outbreak.
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