Resident Alien is an American science fiction mystery comedy-drama television series created by Chris Sheridan, based on the comic book of the same title by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, that premiered its 10-episode first season on January 27, 2021, on Syfy. It stars Alan Tudyk in the title role. In March 2021, it was renewed for a second season which premiered January 26, 2022.[2][3] The second season consists of 16 episodes, split into two eight-episode parts; the second half premiered on August 10, 2022.[4][5] In July 2022, it was renewed for an eight-episode third season,[6] which premiered February 14, 2024.[7]
After crash-landing on Earth in a small Colorado town, an alien sent to wipe out humanity kills and takes on the identity of a vacationing physician. He is asked to do an autopsy on the town's doctor, who has died in unknown circumstances, and eventually takes over for the doctor at the town's clinic. He wrestles with the moral dilemma of his secret mission, while also dealing with the mayor's young son, who can see his true alien appearance.[8] He develops compassion for humanity over time and ends up having to defend them from other extraterrestrial threats.
Series creator Chris Sheridan stated that he was inspired to start the Resident Alien television project after reading the novels and comic book series of the same name.[40] Upon being interviewed at a Television Critics Association panel in January 2020, he also stated that his real inspiration came from an aerial phenomenon "close encounter" he and his wife witnessed while honeymooning in the Bahamas twenty years ago.[41]
On May 31, 2018, Syfy announced that the TV adaptation of Resident Alien was given a pilot order with Chris Sheridan as the show creator and Universal Cable Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment, and Amblin Television developing the pilot.[8] On February 28, 2019, Syfy gave a series order with production starting in Vancouver, and David Dobkin directing and serving as an executive producer for the pilot.[42] Robert Duncan McNeill executive produced and was producing director for the remaining episodes.[2] On March 17, 2021, Syfy renewed the series for a second season,[2] which premiered on January 26, 2022.[3]
On September 20, 2018, Alan Tudyk was cast as the main character "Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle" in the pilot, along with Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, and Levi Fiehler.[44] On January 31, 2020, Linda Hamilton, Mandell Maughan, and Alex Barima were cast in the recurring roles in the series.[45] On February 12, 2020, Elizabeth Bowen was cast in the recurring role of Deputy Sheriff Liv Baker in the series.[46]
Principal photography for the first season began on September 10, 2020, and concluded on October 14, 2020, in Delta, British Columbia, Canada.[47] Filming for the second season began on August 3, 2021, and concluded on April 1, 2022.[48] Filming for the first half of the second season took place in Ladysmith, British Columbia, with filming for the second half taking place from February 27, 2022.[49] Filming for the third season began on January 30, 2023, and had concluded on May 2, 2023.[50]
On February 13, 2020, Syfy announced that the series would premiere in summer 2020.[51] However, on October 9, 2020, the premiere was moved to January 2021,[52] specifically January 27 in the United States.[53] Internationally, the series premiered in Canada on CTV Sci-Fi Channel on January 27, 2021,[54] and in the United Kingdom on Sky One the following day.[55]
For the first season, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 94% based on 31 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Resident Alien takes a minute to settle into its skin, but once it does it finds fresh humor in a familiar framework and proves a perfect showcase for Alan Tudyk's singular comedic skills".[56] Metacritic gave the first season a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 based on 15 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[57] For the second season, Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% based on 5 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10.[58]
The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian tells the story of a boy aboard the Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Space Station who explores far-flung galaxies, interacts with curious aliens and solves a mystery that will (fingers crossed) keep his home from being vaporized. Finn is a part of Explorers Troop 301, along with his best friends Abigail, Elias and Vale, and this episode introduces listeners to the stars of this science-fiction serialized story for kids.
The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian is a sci-fi story podcast for kids. Many thanks to Mark Greenberg of the Mayfair Workshop for his theme music. Other music is by Visager, used via Creative Commons.
The show is based on a comic book of the same name from Dark Horse Comics. The dark comedy stars Alan Tudyk as a crash-landed alien on a mission to exterminate the human race. The show also stars Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Judah Prehn and Elizabeth Bowen.
After escaping from the prison, Andor and Melshi run into Dewi Pamular, a Keredian (first seen in Rogue One) and Freedi Pamular, a new species (Andor Species #12). He reminds me or one of the gladiators in the old Clone Wars cartoon by Tartakovsky, and also the heavily modified Nelvaanians in the same show. Wonder what happened to him, a retractable sword instead of a hand seems hardly convenient. Update: He speaks a language that is called Narkinian, and one reader below suggested using that as a tentative species name, which sounds like a good idea.
The 2 aliens seen in the coruscant underworld scene were either unused creature designs from The Rise of Skywalker or at the very least were made for Andor but based on this concept art by Ivan Manzella for Episode 9:
I am not sure what species it is (maybe TFA sp. #11? though slightly different head shape and no ears) but there also appears to be an alien in the background around 6:50 of episode 12 with a yellow hat on.
Somehow, Ale, the alien, finds himself in New Sock City, where weird things are going on. Immediately, he senses the presence of his arch nemesis Ginger, the ninja! After getting orders of a strange person on the phone, Ale decides to take action and does what he does best - and just drifts along...
I had the idea for this game when I was still in high school, but I never found the time to actually make it. In June 2022, I bought an Anbernic retrogame console and whilst setting it up, I found out about PICO-8. On my days off, I spent a lot of time playing PICO-8 games and reading about this console. After about a week, I decided to make my own game and in my summer holidays I was programming in the evenings as well as creating the sounds and sprites for this game. I had a lot of help with the design from my partner Lea and she composed most of the music, for it is not something I'm good at. In total it took us about 8 weeks to finish this game.
I'm really happy that it was possible for me to realize this project and make Ale a real game character. I am very excited to add more titles to this franchise in the future and I hope to one day release a more sophisticated version beyond what is possible with the PICO-8 engine. I did in fact start to work on a Unity version of Alien Game back in 2020, but had to pause the development due to a lack of time.
Thank you for playing the game! You seem to be the first person to obtain the krypto disc.
In upcoming episodes you will be able to input the password you obtain at the end of the previous episode and transfer your items. There might be new uses for old things you`ve found :)
Cheers!
Do aliens exist? This is a really interesting question and one that NASA has been trying to understand, explore, and figure out for a long time. We have not yet discovered life on any other planet, and we have not seen any scientifically supported evidence for extraterrestrial life.
The following is a list of episodes for Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. There are a total of 52 episodes and one crossover special. Although the first 20 episodes were produced and aired as one season, they were written as two seasons of 10 episodes each.[DM 1][DM 2][DM 3][DM 4] Furthermore, Season 3 was split into Seasons 2 and 3 when aired, with several episodes airing out of order.[TJC 1][TJC 2]
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