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Well, I wrote this article last year<\/a>, but as it turns out, we have a new contender for the best Alien franchise installment since 1986. That would be Noah Hawley\u2019s Alien: Earth show. Incidentally, the only actual TV show made in the Alien series, alongside nine total movies.<\/p>\n As it stands, Alien: Earth is the third best-reviewed Alien piece of media, behind only 1986\u2019s Aliens and 1979\u2019s Alien. Here\u2019s how the new list breaks down with Alien: Earth\u2019s Certified Fresh 90% critic score:<\/p>\n Of note, before Alien: Earth, the last Alien movie, Alien: Romulus, reviewed quite well in 2024, the Cailee Spaeny \/Isabella Merced feature that mainly featured a truly standout performance from David Jonsson as a synth.<\/p>\n Alien Romulus<\/p>\n 20th Century<\/p>\n This is the first TV show attempt for the franchise, and it will air on Hulu on August 12. Noah Hawley, you may recall, is the mind behind other FX\/Hulu projects Legion and Fargo, both rather iconic in their own ways. Now, given a storied franchise, it appears he\u2019s done great work here. A sampling of reviews:<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know how much more praise you can get, and this is definitely more than we saw for Alien: Romulus, despite its reviews. There has been a recent surge in interested in the combined Alien and Predator franchises. Predator just got an amazing animated Hulu film, Killer of Killers, and is about to get a new movie, Predator: Badlands, which will star Elle Fanning as a Weyland-Yutani android and is out this November. Yes, Alien\u2019s Weyland-Yutani. Is this all leading up to more Alien vs. Predator? If so, hopefully it can improve its quality by about 500%.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the synopsis of Alien: Earth if you\u2019re curious where things are going this time:<\/p>\n \n “When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet\u2019s greatest threat.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It feels like these series are now both being taken more seriously than they\u2019ve been in the past with thoughtful projects that don\u2019t come off as cash-ins. I believe that Alien: Earth will do well on Hulu, and I don\u2019t want to wait a week to watch it.<\/p>\n Follow me <\/strong>on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the <\/strong>Herokiller series<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>The Earthborn Trilogy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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