As its name suggests, Alien: Earth imagines what would happen if the Xenomorph wound up on our planet. Here, it arrives as part of the cargo of the USCSS Maginot, a Weyland-Yutani research vessel that crash lands in New Siam, Prodigy City, named after Weyland-Yutani rival Prodigy Corporation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Set in the year 2120, Alien: Earth takes place a few years before the original Alien, with cyborgs and synthetics living among humans and five mega corporations vying for world domination.

ComicBook Nation host Kofi Outlaw didn’t love Alien: Romulus‘ heavy reliance on franchise nostalgia, giving it 2.5. out of 5 stars in his review: Alien: Romulus should be a big step forward for the franchise, but instead it’s just a long look backward.