re: Alien: Earth Discussion (FX/Hulu) *spoilers* Renewed for S2

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Alien looks odd and not quite as good as the movie designs. The new small alien creatures are lame so far. So, SO diverse. The response team looked like they picked them up from a fricking book club at the library. They’re supposed to be soldiers???

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just that it did and always does

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TERRITORIES OF THE FRONTIER While dominated by the United Americas, the Frontier is an area intersected by several nation-states. An uneasy alliance exists between them, yet territorial disputes are not unheard of. What follows is a listing of the major government players vying for resources there. THREE WORLD EMPIRE: Consisting of the former United Kingdom, Japan, and several developing countries, the Weyland-Yutani corporation itself is a result of the formation of the Three World Empire—created when the UK company Weyland Corp merged with the Japanese Yutani Corporation. The Three World Empire pioneered space exploration, controls many long-established inner colonies, and only maintains a limited presence on the Frontier— allowing Weyland-Yutani to take the lead there.

THE UNITED AMERICAS: Created in the early 2100s to compete with the expanding Three World Empire, the United Americas was formed by the merger of North, Central, and South America into one nation. The United Americas is a major colonizing and starfaring power, constantly expanding the Frontier. They operate both the Colonial Marines and the Colonial Navy-the most powerful peace-keeping forces on the Frontier.

THE UNION OF PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES: The UPP is a powerful socialist block of systems that control a vast but resource poor sector of space. Formed from a coalition of countries that includes Russia and Vietnam, the UPP is the only government that is not influenced by corporate concerns-a fact that sometimes puts them in opposition to Weyland-Yutani. While they are behind in the arms race, the UPP still maintains a formidable fighting force. A state of cold war has existed between the United Americas and the UPP for decades, but with recent events on the Frontier, all that seems poised to change. THE INDEPENDENT CORE SYSTEM COLONIES: The ICSC is a loose conglomerate of privately-owned worlds. Each colony in the ICSC has its own government-many of which are corporate-owned. In addition to its operations within the colonies of the United Americas and the Three World Empire, Weyland-Yutani is known to maintain private interests in the ICSC-where they can conduct business as they see fit, far from the prying eyes of government control

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The issue with the show is pretty straightforward. They’ve established these new super synths exist that can perform feats that would make spider-man jealous.

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