Alien Earth is a great show. It’s entertaining and the casting is fantastic. Now that the compliments are out of the way, I have to say that something bugged me from the first episode. I couldn’t even say whether I was enjoying it or not, something was odd. Even after watching the entire show, I still had a weird vibe about it. Then, this morning, it all came to me, I wish that there wouldn’t have been a Xenomorph at all.
Alien, the franchise with one of the most fierce monster known to mankind, and they turn it into a pet. With a click of her tongue (I know, it’s the monster’s language), Wendy calls her Xenofriend to the rescue and that bothers me!
Let’s face it, the entire show would have been the same if the Xenomorph would have been replaced by a huge space dog. After all, it isn’t even the star of the show. The eye is far more creepy, more mysterious and popular (they even have a Funko Pop of the sheep with the eye).
Frankly, why using the franchise at all? The show felt like something completely different on its own. They could have called it Corps. Wars (or whatever) and it would still have been fantastic.