Even today in the performing arts in Japan, gaijin (lit. “aliens“), as foreigners are called, are still often presented like something to be gawped at in a Victorian freak show. It was a bit like that ...
Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, a somewhat traditional Alien robot. At first glance, the Synth — or android — that we meet at the start of Alien: Earth is very much like the Synth folks we’ve met before.