I was looking forward to it, but the first episode was meh.

Spoilers follow.

I like the set up: the trillionaire, the Weyland-Yutani ship crashing in Prodigy territory, the experimental hybrids, and the aliens.

But it didn’t come together. The rescue peeps carrying pulse rifles seemed incongruous. The medic didn’t really medic (except for the sticker on the fridge, I guess). The main hybrid sticking a paper cutter blade on her back was goofy. And the soliloquy from the synth seemed a few episodes too early.

The adult actors playing kids seems like a recipe for cringe.

But I’ll give it a few more episodes.

  • johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net
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    6 days ago

    I thought it not bad. But I also went in with low expectations after Prometheus and Covenant. High hopes they seize some of what seemed the wasted potential of the synth storyline in Prometheus.

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      6 days ago

      I regret paying to see Prometheus. Not just because it was wasted money, but I feel like it encouraged the studio to make Covenant.