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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Xenomorphs or ICE? Tough choice.

In the sphere of escapist entertainment, I’ve got two words for ya – Alien: Earth. It’s a new teevee show, set two years before Ripley and Jonesy become the only two survivors of the xenomorph infestation on the Nostromo.

Alien: Earth has hints and elements of:

  • Blade Runner with artificially intelligent beings known as Synthetics. Think Roy Batty and Pris (faster, stronger, and more durable than the average human) but Alien: Earth’s Synthetics aren’t used as slaves. At least not so far.
  • Old Man’s WarJohn Scalzi’s novel where the consciousness, the minds of physically frail elders, whose minds are sharp and solid, are downloaded into young, fit, enhanced human bodies. In the show, it’s children, dying of incurable diseases, whose minds are uploaded into improved, upgraded, young adult synthetic bodies. They’re called Hybrids.
  • Peter Pan – In the book, Wendy is a mother figure to Peter Pan and his Lost Boys. They go on to have magical adventures and battles. Wendy is the name of the first Hybrid in Alien: Earth. Her fellow Hybrids are called the Lost Boys.

The show, so far, is true to the Alien franchise while expanding on the creepy/horror factor. The atmosphere – the sets, lighting and general vibe give off major Ridley Scott. He is an executive producer after all.

While Alien:Earth isn’t funny or infused with a tasty, arch wit it IS intriguing, edgy, engaging, and, so far, I like all the characters – even the villains have an admirable quality. They’re not two dimensional. Unlike our current real life baddies.

On that note, this comes as absolutely no surprise:
An investigation is underway after two men wearing ski masks and claiming to be police were shot and killed at a home in southeast Houston Friday night, according to the Houston Police Department.
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At some point, police said the men shot at the homeowner through the door, prompting the homeowner to return fire.
(source
The “cops” (ICE?) are both appropriately dead despite their bulletproof vests. They also wore some sort of badge around their necks. Very ICE-like.
Meanwhile, here’s a headline I was abso-fucking-stunned to read:

Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Bernie Sanders in urging US to end Gaza famine
 This is what Bernie said:
“Let’s be clear: President Trump has the power to end the starvation of the Palestinian people,” … “Instead he is doing nothing while watching this famine unfold. Enough is enough. No more American taxpayer dollars to Nethanyahu’s [sic] war machine
This is what Marge said:
“The innocent people in Gaza did not kill and kidnap the innocent people in Israel on Oct 7th,” … “Just as we spoke out and had compassion for the victims and families of Oct7, how can Americans not speak out and have compassion for the masses of innocent people and children in Gaza?”

“I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to pay for genocide in a foreign country against a foreign people for a foreign war that I had nothing to do with,” … “And I will not be silent about it.”
There’s an election coming up next year. She’s stupid but not so much so that she can’t see the writing on the wall. Stinky and his sycophantic, asslicking, renfields are less popular than broccoli farts in a packed elevator. As long as those of us opposed to the current fascist regime keep our eyes on the ball, we can focus on/work toward the goal of voting out every last greedheaded, power-mad, tyrannical, bigoted and misogynistic Republican. 

We’ll never be rid of them all but the goddamn dam’s got a zillion major cracks in it now. We’re on the edge of a majorly brutal, loose-stooled shitstorm. Marge is just saying what she thinks will keep her in her high paying cushy job. 

I'm betting that, IF she wins reelection, she'll go back to being death's cheerleader. 

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