'Alien: Earth' may be the most recent installment, but it's set two years before the original 1979 film Nothing is as it seems in the Alien universe — including its fictional timeline. For over 40 ...

The franchise, which debuted with the John McTiernan-directed original in 1987, has survived atmospheric highs and truly subterranean lows, awkward series mash-ups and misbegotten attempts at reboots, ...