Alien: Earth is a prequel to the original 1979 Alien, taking place two years before Ripley and the gang have their unfortunate encounter with the Xenomorph. So if you love the gritty vibe of the OG film’s space truckers, congrats. Here’s several more hours of story set in that particular slice of future history.

The rich irony at the heart of the storied "Alien" franchise is that at the core of these encounters with the monstrous animal is a question of what, in fact, makes us truly human. The grand twist of the original 1979 masterpiece was the revelation that Ash,