The new trailer forAlien: Earthrevealed that the show would include “five different lifeforms,” which marks a huge shift for the widerAlienfranchise. Thenewest trailer forAlien: Earthshowed the first actual footage of the upcoming prequel series and had some major reveals about its story. The trailer showed a ship crash-landing on Earth, and one character was heard mentioning that it was carrying five different lifeforms, one of which is obviously the Xenomorph.Alien: Earthis also going to explore a hybrid version of a synthetic crossed with a human, and it should have many other thrills and surprises in store.
Alien: Earth’s new trailer provided a lot of information about the upcoming show, and we can piece it together with some other reveals we’ve already gotten. Some ofAlien: Earth’s plot detailshave been shared, and the synopsis shows that the city the spaceship crashes into is owned by another mega-corporation known as Prodigy. We also know that Prodigy sends Wendy (Sydney Chandler), a human-synthetic hybrid, into the ship to investigate. The trailer, however, also included one massive new reveal that could change the entireAlienfranchise forever.
Alien: Earth Is The Franchise’s First Standalone Project With The Main Characters Battling Multiple Lifeforms (Not Just Xenomorphs)
Alien Vs. Predator Introduced New Lifeforms, But The Main Alien Franchise Has Dealt Exclusively With Xenomorphs So Far
Inall the mainAlienmovies, fromPrometheustoAlien: Resurrection, the main characters only ever battle Xenomorphs or Engineers. Granted, there are dozens ofdifferent types of Xenomorphsat various stages of their life cycles, and David (Michael Fassbender) did create his own variant inAlien: Covenant, but they’re all the same species.As the “five different lifeforms” line indicates,Alien: Earthwill be the first time the mainAlienfranchise has pitted its main characters against something other than Xenomorphs. The Xenomorphs will certainly be a factor, but the humans and synthetics in the show will have much more on their plates than normal.
This technically isn’t the first time humans in theAlienfranchise have fought something other than Xenomorphs (or the Engineers). In theAlien vs. Predatormovies, humans also fight the Yautja, the titular aliens from thePredatorfranchise. However,Alien vs. Predatoris dubiously canon at best, and it’s certainly not part of the mainAlienfranchise, soAlien: Earthwill be the first time something other than a Xenomorph or a synthetic is the main villain of the story. That’s a huge milestone forAlienas a franchise, and it has some major implications forAlien: Earth.
Alien: Earth’s Multiple Lifeforms Makes The Scale Of The Show’s Horror Even Bigger
We Have No Idea How Alien: Earth’s Other Lifeforms Will Behave Or Be Defeated
The biggest impact thedifferent species in theAlien: Earthtrailerhave on the show is the sheer scale they’re bringing. In most of theAlienmovies, a considerable amount of time is devoted to finding the Xenomorph, uncovering its weaknesses, and then using them to kill it.Alien: Earth’s main characters will have to do that too, as they’ve never encountered a Xenomorph before, but they’ll also have to do it with four other presumably hostile aliens. Tangling with a Xenomorph was tough enough on its own, butAlien: Earthhas quadrupled the stakes with its new species.
The new species will impactAlien: Earth’s plot, but it should also impact its viewers. After eight movies and nearly half a century, we know what to expect out of Xenomorphs and how to fight them. Movies likeAlien: Romuluscan still pleasantly surprise us with things like the Offspring, but for the most part, the formula is largely the same.Alien: Earth’s new species will bring with them new tactics, weaknesses, and ways to horrify viewers simply by virtue of never being seen before. We have no idea how these new aliens operate, so everything they do is a chance to deliver thrills and frights.
Alien: Earth’s “Five Different Lifeforms” Can Completely Change The Franchise’s Future
Future Alien Projects Can Pick From A Wide Variety Of Alien Threats & Even Introduce New Ones
The new species inAlien: Eartharen’t just the biggest expansion of the franchise we’ve seen so far, they’re also the key to changing the future ofAlienforever.Now thatEarthhas introduced new aliens separate from the Xenomorphs, any futureAlienproject can turn to one of them as its main villains. We may one day get anAlienfilm that’s solely about the squid creatures inAlien: Earth, or we may see any other combination of those aliens in tandem with the Xenomorphs. Because ofEarth, theAlienfranchise is no longer tied specifically to the Xenomorphs alone.
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Alienwon’t even be limited to the species introduced inAlien: Eartheither.IfAlien: Earthproves that audiences are open to the idea of new hostile alien species, there’s nothing to say that futureAlienmovies couldn’t introduce even more new aliens. Future movies and shows could follow explorers heading to uncharted parts of space and finding new species, just like Ripley and the crew of theNostromofound the Xenomorphs in the originalAlien. In short,Alien: Earthmay have just made theAlienfranchise exponentially bigger.
