The timeline of the Alien film franchise is, to put it mildly, a bit wild. And a lot of it is contradictory. (Although we must say, it’s still not as all over the place as the Halloween franchise.) ...

After nine films, including sequels, prequels and spinoffs, and now Hulu’s Alien: Earth, the Alien franchise continues to ...

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The idea of isolation is prevalent through the Alien series. In space, no one can hear you scream, often because there’s nobody left to hear you scream. That theme also extends to the idea of what ...

As its title suggests, Alien: Earth was always going to bring Alien's Xenomorphs to our home planet. So how would the series adapt the legendary movie monster to its new environment? That was the ...

In its penultimate episode, Alien: Earth does something that only a show set on Earth could do: take the Xenomorph outside into the sun. While the movies all take place on dimly lit spaceships or dark ...

Despite being apex predators, Xenomorphs in the Alien franchise have many weaknesses, and Alien: Earth seemingly confirmed another one in its second episode. With this rare weakness added to the canon ...

With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be true on an individual basis, or a global basis as the fanbase argues about “canon” – what is, ...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 4. When Ridley Scott's Prometheus came out in 2012, many fans were disappointed by the lack of xenomorphs. Scott aimed to fix that ...