Ep 254: “Alien: Earth” (2025, Hulu) An Alien Prequel Questing for Immortality (Mini)
Laura and Stephen discuss FX's new series, “Alien: Earth,” a prequel set two years before the original 1979 Alien film. Streaming on Hulu, the series depicts a dystopian world of 2120 controlled by five corporations, including Weyland-Yutani, and a new player called Prodigy. Prodigy, led by the young trillionaire Boy Cavalier, focuses on turning terminally ill children into synthetics. The show explores themes of corporate dystopia, immortality, and synthetic consciousness. When a Weyland-Yutani ship carrying deadly aliens crash-lands on Earth, Prodigy seizes it, setting off a battle…
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