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The Scariest Thing in Alien: Earth Isn't the Xenomorphs. It's Tech Bros
Watch enough of the Alien franchise and you'll realize this: The giant drooling monsters are not the real villains. Sure, they're grotesque parasites that kill humans in elaborate, horrific ways. But the true fiend is the company pulling the strings.
Ridley Scott's seminal 1979 film, Alien, was essentially about blue-collar workers who are sent on a suicide mission by a faceless conglomerate that doesn't give a hoot about its employees. James Cameron's equally beloved sequel, Aliens, put a 1980s spin on that concept, giving us a villain in the form of a greedy middle manager, played by Paul Reiser, who wants to monetize the acid-blooded xenomorphs as weapons of mass destruction. Last year's Alien: Romulus really drove the point home, focusing on a group of young people desperate to escape their indentured servitude in a rain-shrouded mining colony.
Now, the FX television series Alien: Earth, out Aug. 12, doubles down on the class warfare.
