When is a machine not a machine? That’s the central question at the heart of Alien: Earth , the first spin-off TV series of Ridley Scott's iconic monster movies , which use giant killer space scorpions as a way to explore humanity’s reckless pursuit of technology. When Alien: Earth hits FX on August 12, prepare to ask yourself all kinds of wonderful questions, such as: Are our human bodies not a kind of outdated machine? Are the aliens not just a biological inevitability that we don’t yet understand? Does anything matter when they’re ripping us to shreds?

Of course, futuristic concepts around human evolution, cybernetics, and AI have existed in Alien films before. They’ve just never had the time that an eight-episode TV series can grant them. So, it makes sense that FX bro

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