Reply To: Everything ALIEN…
Yes, as we talked about earlier in the thread, I sorta enjoyed the first season of ALIEN: EARTH. I thought it was a step up from ALIEN: ROMULUS, because it had auteur traits, which ROMULUS didn’t. This is important, because all the previous films have them. But at the same time, there were bits and bobs about the tone and approach that alienated me a bit (no pun intended). I’ve seen through the first season of ALIEN: EARTH three times (same with ROMULUS) so far. If you disregard some of my misgivings, there are plenty to enjoy in both.
There are similarly bits and bobs on both the EARTH and ROMULUS soundtracks that I enjoy, but it requires some whittling (especially in ROMULUS’ case, where some of the most harrowing sound design stuff needs weeding out). These are the playlists I landed on for both, 43 minutes for EARTH, 34 for ROMULUS:
