Alien: Earth

Fell asleep watching the first episode, does it get better?

@Erica wrote:
I think Cyborg Morrow dude is too strong to have the ocular implant, and Wendy would rage too hard if his brother got it, unless they wiped her memories of it.  They need someone kind of dumb and feeble for the test pilot, or crash test dummy...  

Could it end up being Boy Kavalier since he is so damned bored?

@NeoRocket wrote:
So still loving it. In this episode there were a couple of "suspension of disbelief" breakers. I tried, I really did. But just couldn't overlook.

So this, "kid genius" as is clear engineered the ship going into his fifedom. So he could collect the bio specimens. Yet he did not prepare for containment. 

 

1. Each containment space should be contained within a container within a container with fully enclosed positive or negative pressure containment as for air flow also. Each containment space should have pressure airlocks to get to the container within and the next stage in also. With computers recording and monitoring both video and sound each entry and exit of anyone.With A.I. monitoring ready to sound alarms if need be. 

2. Also BIG FUCKIN ROUND RED BUTTONS would be everywhere to sound the alarm with. So say that one scientist was banished but found the kid and was trying to save him yet ran in fear to a... Phone!?? A princess wall phone?? Circa 1975!?? And NO PANIC BUTTONS!?? Yeah that really broke my belief.

Yeah, the show is so very badly written in places.
Things happen just so the plot can go on, not for any logical reasons.
Like, it's a multi-billion dollar facility, yet the Android has a child (in an adult's body) go work in the HIGHLY DANGEROUS labs on his own.  Just hack away there and see how you get on!
Fully un-supervised.
It's nonsnese but the writers were like - "we need these things to happen to progress the story".  It's shoddy in the extreme.
And lazy.
Allegedly smart people doing absudly stupid things to progress the story is never a good look...dreadful stuff.

It's a shame really as the atmosphere, visuals, audio etc. are excellent.,
But bad writing can take down the best of shows (I'm looking at you, GoT).