Divisive Hard Sci-Fi Revival ‘Alien: Earth’ Is the Perfect 8-Part Weekend Binge

After a nearly 45-year run starting with Ridley Scott’s original film in 1979, the Alien series expanded to television with Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth. By early 2025, the franchise included nine live-action movies—plus video games, comics, and other related content—and even crossed over with the Predator series. While the films all had their strengths and varying levels of success with audiences, Alien: Earth was the first attempt to do something genuinely different, a move that some fans found controversial.








