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But in the franchise’s ongoing parable of mankind’s hubris, the all-seeing enigma in “Alien: Earth” adds another reason to make us shudder.

These feel-good features function almost like folk tales: a recognizable parable in which a benevolent stranger swoops in to resolve a community’s shameful problem, restoring order before the credits roll.

For those who wish to find a political reading in the movie, it’s there for them, a parable about migration and fascism but also the euphoria of a headlong rush into the unknown.

“We realized that Ben really embodies the parable” about each person having two wolves inside them — a light wolf and a dark wolf.

The original script had the prequel opening with a “Once upon a time ...” parable about Wendy and the Lost Boys.