‘Alien: Earth’ Will Explore One of the Franchise’s Favorite Questions

The more we hear about Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth series, the more eager we are to start watching it ASAP. Alas, August 12 is a decent chunk of time to keep waiting, but at least we’re continuously learning new tidbits about what to expect. Earlier this month, FX and Hulu shared concrete details about the show’s plot for the first time; today, we’re learning more about its main character, a human-robot hybrid played by Sydney Chandler, and central themes. The latter won’t surprise anyone who’s watched any of the Alien movies. At the show’s heart will be a question that’s threaded through all the entries since Ridley Scott’s 1979 original: of all the monsters in the universe, are humans actually the worst? “Sydney’s character is someone who’s trying to figure out what her role is in this world and, on some level, the age-old question of, does humanity deserve to survive?,” Hawley explained in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly. The series creator said he took direct inspiration ... Read full article.