Resident Alien

SyFy | Release Date: January 27, 2021

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 60 Ratings

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Tyrant719Dec 1, 2021

This show is great good for a while, and then it slowly starts to lose sense of what makes in entertaining by trying to showcase a ham-fisted message. Once I figured out that it was produced by Amblin, I realized why they chose to subvertThis show is great good for a while, and then it slowly starts to lose sense of what makes in entertaining by trying to showcase a ham-fisted message. Once I figured out that it was produced by Amblin, I realized why they chose to subvert their characters for the message they wanted to get across. A lot of this show is just pieces of other sci-fi stories held together by the glue that is Alan Tudyk’s performance. Amblin still has its roots in the Spielberg school of “you’re gonna hear my message whether you want to or not”, and it suffers because of it. The mystery that they pretended to base the show around for the first few episodes doesn’t really turn out to be a mystery at all, they just string you along before revealing the obvious answer. I wish I could like this more, but the story was just a backdrop for typical social commentary one would expect from Spielberg and company, aimed at anyone that they don’t deem to be righteous.… Expand

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BarnyFeb 15, 2022

The first season was great: acting is good, characters are intriguing, cgi is not overintrusive, story is kind of okay, the whole thing is great. The second season on the other hand: it's an unbridled mess which peaks (poorly) on episode 3The first season was great: acting is good, characters are intriguing, cgi is not overintrusive, story is kind of okay, the whole thing is great. The second season on the other hand: it's an unbridled mess which peaks (poorly) on episode 3 (so far) of bad, it's like all the writers had no direction whatsoever and went with the worst ideas that could be thrown. Season one is a solid 9, season two is a solid 1 (maybe it will improve), average is 5.… Expand