Fans of the decades-spanning Alien franchise are tuning in to watch its first ever TV spin-off, Alien: Earth, but in a somewhat surprising twist, its first episode has thrust another long-running film series back into the spotlight.
In the opening episodes, Sydney Chandler’s lead character Wendy, a grown-up synthetic who is supplied with the consciousness of a young girl, is shown watching the fourth film in the Ice Age franchise, Continental Drift.
