Falling Skies (1 Viewer)

[Bob Magaw]

i think this is spielberg produced, with noah wylie (ER & donnie darko) and the actress from firefly (and terminator TV series?)...

trailer

* sorry if this is a dupe

 

[Maelstrom]

Looking forward to this. They were supposed to send me some swag (hat or shirt or something) from some Klout (Twitter) promotion. After looking into it, seemed like an interesting premise.

 

[spOOfy]

Gonna give this a shot.

 

[RaiderBones]

I'm looking forward to watching the show.

 

[Darrinll40]

Getting ready to watch it next. I hope that this is not a huge disappointment.

 

[fsufan]

looking forward to this

 

[Bob Magaw]

set DVR to series record... think it is being shown a few times this evening/tonight...

 

[NutterButter]

so what's the review for people that saw it? Is it worth watching?

 

[Bob Magaw]

haven't finished the season premier yet, but the children's POV crayon drawings at the beginning must have saved a lot of special FX money (hopefully no spoiler there).

 

[RaiderBones]

I loved it and its definetly worth watching. Action through out the whole 2 hours. I will be watching every sunday from now on. I personally like the actors they have in the series. I have been a big Noah Wyle fan since ER and I like that Will Patton as well.

 

[snogger]

Pretty good start..

Figured the first 30 to 60 minutes was going to be about building the characters, but instead they jumped right into the battle.

I just hope this doesn't become a weekly "We need to rescue my son" show..

 

[joffer]

sounds like V

 

[Defenze]

I like the show. Now if they could just show more of it and stop pounding Hyundai and "Leverage" at me every 8 minutes I would enjoy it a heck of lot more. Good god! And please tell me what it is about Spielburg and kids. Every freakin movie he makes has annoying little kids in it. "Taken" had Dakota Fanning and her annoying little voice over intro and the same thing here. Am I being too critical?

 

[shake zula]

Premier was good but almost as many commercials as NBA playoffs. Either way good premier doesn't seem to mean jack anymore. This will be my fourth attempt (V, the event, and the one w/ everyone passing out at the same time) in the last 2 years to get into a currently running sci fi series and all of the aforementioned premiered well. I'm a huge Noah Wiley fan so hopefully this pans out.

 

[B-Deep]

I enjoyed it!

IT has promise, time will tell

 

[TLEF316]

TNT shows are almost unwatchable because there is either a commercial or corner of the screen pop up for another TNT show every 30 seconds.

I honestly don't understand how the network makes any money. 80 percent of their ad time goes to promoting their own programming.

The current risoli and isles commercials are the best. They call it the "top show of all time" and then in small print it says something like "among summer time ad-supported cable shows that premiered on a rainy wednesday"

 

[B-Deep]

learn to ignore commercials people

or tivo it and start it 1/2 hour late

 

[Colts Win]

Can someone give a premise?

 

[Defenze]

TNT shows are almost unwatchable because there is either a commercial or corner of the screen pop up for another TNT show every 30 seconds.I honestly don't understand how the network makes any money. 80 percent of their ad time goes to promoting their own programming.The current risoli and isles commercials are the best. They call it the "top show of all time" and then in small print it says something like "among summer time ad-supported cable shows that premiered on a rainy wednesday"

Gonna DVR the next episode and use stop watch to see ratio between commercial time and actual viewing time of "Skies". But you are right about the corner ads. G4 and TBS are the same also. I just dont' watch them anymore for that reason.

 

[babydemon90]

On my TIVO now....

 

[PizzaDeliveryGuy]

Underwhelmed.

 

[babydemon90]

Premier was good but almost as many commercials as NBA playoffs. Either way good premier doesn't seem to mean jack anymore. This will be my fourth attempt (V, the event, and the one w/ everyone passing out at the same time) in the last 2 years to get into a currently running sci fi series and all of the aforementioned premiered well. I'm a huge Noah Wiley fan so hopefully this pans out.

Disappointed V was cancelled. That show with everyone passing out had only itself to blame, way too much soap opera and ridiculous situations. The storyline of Penny wanting to move so she wouldn't cheat on her husband, he wanted to stay and do his job, so she went out and cheated - f'n terrible.

 

[apalmer]

Can someone give a premise?

Alien starships appeared. Idiot earthlings hadn't watched "V" and didn't attack them in case they were friendly. They weren't. Being big Jessica Alba fans, the aliens had watched "Dark Angel" and knew the best way to crush the earth was to fire off an EMP frying all electronics, making it easy for them to wipe out all of the military, political capitals and major cities. They're now in the process of wiping out the rest of the adults and enslaving the children with what looks like the creature that attached itself to Spock's brainstem back in 1969. Dr. Carter fled the ER and is helping to lead a resistance effort while regaling everyone with tales of Greeks overcoming the odds and apparently trying to lead them to Jericho.

 

[rascal]

Can someone give a premise?

Alien starships appeared. Idiot earthlings hadn't watched "V" and didn't attack them in case they were friendly. They weren't. Being big Jessica Alba fans, the aliens had watched "Dark Angel" and knew the best way to crush the earth was to fire off an EMP frying all electronics, making it easy for them to wipe out all of the military, political capitals and major cities. They're now in the process of wiping out the rest of the adults and enslaving the children with what looks like the creature that attached itself to Spock's brainstem back in 1969. Dr. Carter fled the ER and is helping to lead a resistance effort while regaling everyone with tales of Greeks overcoming the odds and apparently trying to lead them to Jericho.

I was a bit underwhelmed. Although I do like them using Colin Cunningham. I could never understand why he never made the jump from TV to movie.

 

[mlball77]

I was only able to watch the first hour, but I thought it was solid. I'll try to catch the second hour and give the show a couple more episodes at least.

I like Wylie's character a good amount thus far. Although, his kids seem a touch too old for a young professor. Not a big deal though.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Can someone give a premise?

Alien starships appeared. Idiot earthlings hadn't watched "V" and didn't attack them in case they were friendly. They weren't. Being big Jessica Alba fans, the aliens had watched "Dark Angel" and knew the best way to crush the earth was to fire off an EMP frying all electronics, making it easy for them to wipe out all of the military, political capitals and major cities. They're now in the process of wiping out the rest of the adults and enslaving the children with what looks like the creature that attached itself to Spock's brainstem back in 1969. Dr. Carter fled the ER and is helping to lead a resistance effort while regaling everyone with tales of Greeks overcoming the odds and apparently trying to lead them to Jericho.

"...enslaving the children with what looks like the creature that attached itself to Spock's brainstem back in 1969."this theme seems to come up in a lot of sci fi... like the heinlein novel (and one of his rare movie adaptations, with starship troopers) puppet masters, and the original outer limits episode the invisibles*...

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS3k9X7n4rI

 

[mlball77]

I thought the general feel of this show (or parts of it) was very much like things we’ve seen in the past. I got sort of a War of the Worlds (recent movie) vibe.

Even if some of this show isn’t totally original, it can still be a very good show, imo. But it’s too early for me to tell, particularly since I’ve only seen 1 hour thus far.

 

[-fish-]

It isn't very original and there was nothing great about the pilot, but it was decent enough to watch again and see if they can make it more compelling as they go.

 

[Riversco]

It isn't very original and there was nothing great about the pilot, but it was decent enough to watch again and see if they can make it more compelling as they go.

I think there are only two directions for the narrative to go. Either some human sympathizers must emerge among the aliens to give the humans a chance, or the refugees have to discover some secret military base with advanced weaponry powerful enough to drive them off. It'll probably be the first one. We'll either get an alien civil war, with one faction helping the humans, or an entirely new group of "good" aliens will enter the picture that are capable of driving the current invaders off. Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

 

[Sputnikv8]

learn to ignore commercials peopleor tivo it and start it 1/2 hour late

1/2 hour late? Ha, that'd get you through maybe 45m of actual show time. I happened to be 20m late and still stopped before the first full hour. Not only were there tons of ads during this "limited commercial viewing", before each commercial they showed a snippit of the action coming in the next 15m. What the heck.That said, good characters. There is alot to like so far.

 

[B-Deep]

learn to ignore commercials peopleor tivo it and start it 1/2 hour late

1/2 hour late? Ha, that'd get you through maybe 45m of actual show time. I happened to be 20m late and still stopped before the first full hour. Not only were there tons of ads during this "limited commercial viewing", before each commercial they showed a snippit of the action coming in the next 15m. What the heck.That said, good characters. There is alot to like so far.

start an hour late then!the point still stands

 

[Copeman]

It's cable tv. If you despise commercials then its your own stupid fault for turning the show on and trying to get interested, knowing full well that there will be even more commercials in the following weeks. And knowing full well that there WOULD be commercials, I don't see how that can even be a complaint for the show. Even if it was, it should be for the network, not the show.

Thought the show was good, will watch it next week.

 

[beer 30]

Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

Maybe the mechs have two legs because the humans with the attachments are inside of them.And if I hear those mother####ers say "brought to you by Hyundai with limited commercial interruptions" followed by 5 ####### minutes of commercials I'm calling the aliens myself and inviting them in.

 

[snogger]

Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

Maybe the mechs have two legs because the humans with the attachments are inside of them.

Interesting thought.. Was wondering where they were going with the Attachment story line, that could be the one.

 

[-fish-]

Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

Maybe the mechs have two legs because the humans with the attachments are inside of them.And if I hear those mother####ers say "brought to you by Hyundai with limited commercial interruptions" followed by 5 ####### minutes of commercials I'm calling the aliens myself and inviting them in.

Nice call.

 

[B-Deep]

My theory on the two legs was that the skitters are worker bee type aliens, and there are bipedal alien leaders on the sips calling all the shots

 

[GoL]

learn to ignore commercials people

or tivo it and start it 1/2 hour late

1/2 hour late? Ha, that'd get you through maybe 45m of actual show time. I happened to be 20m late and still stopped before the first full hour. Not only were there tons of ads during this "limited commercial viewing", before each commercial they showed a snippit of the action coming in the next 15m. What the heck.

That said, good characters. There is alot to like so far.

I don't understand this either. I thought it ruined the flow of the program. I started 20 minutes late and caught up to the commercials within the first hour. (Limited Commercials) They did some nice stuff like the b-day and everyone wanting to see normalcy, the conflict between military and civilian but I wasn't interested enough to keep watching. I may finish later this week. In the fall I'd never go back to it but because there aren't very many summer options it will probably get a couple of chances.

 

[roadkill1292]

My theory on the two legs was that the skitters are worker bee type aliens, and there are bipedal alien leaders on the sips calling all the shots

Skidders?Gross.

 

[snogger]

My theory on the two legs was that the skitters are worker bee type aliens, and there are bipedal alien leaders on the sips calling all the shots

Skidders?Gross.

I liked the outlaw group using "cooties.. you know from the Kid game"

 

[rascal]

Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

Maybe the mechs have two legs because the humans with the attachments are inside of them.

Interesting thought.. Was wondering where they were going with the Attachment story line, that could be the one.

I hope not as they gave that away pretty early. The teacher talking about one of his students who pointed out, "when humans make robots they have two legs because we have two legs. But the aliens have 6 legs so why do they have robots with two legs"...or something to that effect.

 

[Walton Goggins]

when will TV get it and stop making dumb alien attacking Earth TV shows? They all suck and it's been done so many times...please end this.

 

[apalmer]

My theory on the two legs was that the skitters are worker bee type aliens, and there are bipedal alien leaders on the sips calling all the shots

The previews did show Noah Wylie looking into what looked like some kind of containment chamber and saying "it looks a lot like us".

 

[-fish-]

Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

Maybe the mechs have two legs because the humans with the attachments are inside of them.

Interesting thought.. Was wondering where they were going with the Attachment story line, that could be the one.

I hope not as they gave that away pretty early. The teacher talking about one of his students who pointed out, "when humans make robots they have two legs because we have two legs. But the aliens have 6 legs so why do they have robots with two legs"...or something to that effect.

I'd rather have some blatant foreshadowing that indicates the writers actually have a storyline in advance than that "Lost" garbage where they make it up as they go along, write themselves into a corner and end up having to resort to time travel.

 

[snogger]

when will TV get it and stop making dumb alien attacking Earth TV shows? They all suck and it's been done so many times...please end this.

Then don't watch

 

[snogger]

Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

Maybe the mechs have two legs because the humans with the attachments are inside of them.

Interesting thought.. Was wondering where they were going with the Attachment story line, that could be the one.

I hope not as they gave that away pretty early. The teacher talking about one of his students who pointed out, "when humans make robots they have two legs because we have two legs. But the aliens have 6 legs so why do they have robots with two legs"...or something to that effect.

I'd rather have some blatant foreshadowing that indicates the writers actually have a storyline in advance than that "Lost" garbage where they make it up as they go along, write themselves into a corner and end up having to resort to time travel.

 

[Dickies]

Maybe the mechs have 2 legs because they were designed by a more powerful alien species that happen to have 2 legs. And that species will show up later on to save the human race.

Maybe the mechs have two legs because the humans with the attachments are inside of them.And if I hear those mother####ers say "brought to you by Hyundai with limited commercial interruptions" followed by 5 ####### minutes of commercials I'm calling the aliens myself and inviting them in.

I had it on my DVR, but good god was there a lot of fast-forwarding. It seemed like it was 8 minutes of show, then 5 minutes of commercials.

 

[Defenze]

when will TV get it and stop making dumb alien attacking Earth TV shows? They all suck and it's been done so many times...please end this.

I'm with ya WG. I'm all for gettin a gun and shootin these freakin idiots. In everyone of these things ........we win. How realistic is that?

 

[Walton Goggins]

when will TV get it and stop making dumb alien attacking Earth TV shows? They all suck and it's been done so many times...please end this.

Then don't watch

I don't but good lord the constant commercials for the last 6 months was tough to watch NBA. They should look at the remake of V as to why they need to end this.

 

[Walton Goggins]

This will save you the time of watching this show:

Aliens take over Earth

Humans are in shambles and almost out of hope

Hero steps in and makes them believe

Some humans fight with each other but Hero steps in and all unite

Find secret thing that destroys Aliens

Aliens are mostly killed while some leave for potential sequel

Humans now have new life, are victorious and begin to rebuild Earth

Over

 

[Jason Wood]

This will save you the time of watching this show:Aliens take over EarthHumans are in shambles and almost out of hopeHero steps in and makes them believeSome humans fight with each other but Hero steps in and all uniteFind secret thing that destroys AliensAliens are mostly killed while some leave for potential sequelHumans now have new life, are victorious and begin to rebuild EarthOver

It's basically the 80s V by way of The Walking Dead. Not ground breaking TV by ANY stretch, but I'm probably good for the ride.