With Noah Hawley in charge, fans have long expected Alien: Earth to offer a vastly different take on the long-running sci-fi franchise. Still, if the first wave of reviews is anything to go by, the Fargo and Legion showrunner has indeed put a bold new spin on the iconic property.<\/p>\n
Boasting a story focusing\u00a0on synthetics over the expected slaughter of human fodder courtesy of the Xenomorphs, Alien: Earth might not be what everyone wants from Alien. However,\u00a0critics certainly appear impressed by the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The focus looks to be more on Alien:\u00a0Earth’s characters than its aliens, though the majority seem to agree that it still makes for compelling viewing.\u00a0Some were less impressed (the word “boring” is thrown around), but most\u00a0appear to approve of how\u00a0Hawley is approaching the property.<\/p>\n
Between this and\u00a0Fede \u00c1lvarez’s Alien: Romulus, it seems the Alien franchise is well and truly back, and better than it’s been in a long time.<\/p>\n
As\u00a0Variety<\/a>\u00a0puts it, “Aliens do not have the inner lives \u2014 that we know of, at least \u2014 to propel the plot of a show over hours or even seasons, a length that ‘Earth’\u00a0is explicitly aiming for. For that, Hawley turns to Wendy and her fellow synthetics, thrilled and terrified and in some cases destabilized by their new lease on life. They\u2019re not as flashy as the voracious monsters, but they prove a richer vein to mine.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Adds\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, “If the first few hours of the season can feel like a slow burn, the last few let all hell break loose with glorious, gory abandon. Suffice it to say that once the dust settles, the monsters have been fed and the fans will have been, too.”<\/strong>\u00a0IGN<\/a>, meanwhile, concluded by writing, “Alien: Earth is an evolution as slick and scary as every good little Xenomorph should be.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio Times<\/a>\u00a0shared similar sentiments. “Alien: Earth is really exciting and something I would love to see more of. It’s a series that has a lot on its mind, a host of compelling characters, and a willingness to down some offbeat avenues, all while delivering the chills and thrills that Alien fans expect.”<\/strong><\/p>\n As for\u00a0Total Film<\/a>, the site calls it “bold, ambitious, and often brutally violent,” <\/strong>and ponders whether this is the best Xenomorph story since James Cameron’s Aliens.\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0notes, “Alien: Earth has plenty to enjoy. It’s sincerely weird in the best way, and compellingly inventive. The alien designs are appropriately haunting and disgusting, the show packed with the franchise’s signature wet, skittering sounds as the aliens burrow their way inside the depths of Prodigy HQ.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Slash Film<\/a>\u00a0was less keen. “Ultimately, the greatest sin ‘Alien: Earth’\u00a0commits is that it ends up being boring. No matter what flaws some of the ‘Alien’\u00a0sequels have, I don’t think anyone could ever accuse them of being ‘boring.’\u00a0Even ‘Romulus,’\u00a0a film I didn’t really love, kept things mostly interesting. ‘Alien: Earth,’\u00a0in sharp contrast, has strange pacing and overcooked editing that ends up being distracting.”<\/strong><\/p>\n IndieWire<\/a>\u00a0did positively review the series, but suggested that its lighter on Xenomorph action than some would like. “By the end of the season, the titular Alien is almost an afterthought \u2014 for better, certainly (pushing forward, while uncomfortable, is often necessary when it comes to nostalgia), but what\u2019s worse is needlessly so. (The Xenomorph is still terrifying, when handled deftly.)”<\/strong><\/p>\n As we first reported on SFFGazette.com<\/a>, a\u00a0Rotten Tomatoes score for Alien: Earth\u00a0has been generated, and is “Certified Fresh” at 90%\u00a0with 30\u00a0reviews. That’s a great start, and one which should help to further increase interest in Hawley’s series.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n The first reviews are in for Alien: Earth – currently it’s Fresh at 88% on the Tomatometer, with 25 reviews: https:\/\/t.co\/fOjud8haxu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SMcxq7fddG<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Alien: Earth is now Certified Fresh at 90% on the Tomatometer, with 30 reviews: https:\/\/t.co\/5Ra7cepjvw<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/wkIUZKU9Q5<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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