Falling Skies on TNT

[darthviper107]

Watched the first part--it's ok and isn't making any mistakes, but it's not doing anything special either so it's kind of predictable.

Although I keep wondering how they can move 300 people in the day without the aliens noticing.

 

[Darth Waller]

I thought the show got off to a good start and the season preview looks pretty good.

 

[Devil_666]

I'm gonna watch a few more episodes but nothing is grabbing me so far. It's kinda like watching an extended cut of the War of the Worlds remake so far. Which isn't a good thing.

 

[darthviper107]

I liked the new WotW which was much better than this (at least so far)

 

[Moonloop]

I feel like the main character is based off of, and also trying to hard to be the Christian Bale-John Connor.

 

[jedibear]

...It's kinda like watching an extended cut of the War of the Worlds remake so far. Which isn't a good thing.

Well, it's a good thing that Tom Cruise isn't in it at least.
It wasn't bad...I'll give it a go for a while.

 

[ProgMatinee]

I thought it was good. A bit like Jericho mixed with V.

Effects were great.

I hope they don't go too stereotypical with the characters.

Dancing black guy
Quiet Asian guy
White supremecist guy

 

[The Godfather]

I thought it was good. A bit like Jericho mixed with V.

I was going to say this exact same thing. It is a good start hasn't grabbed me but I will give it a chance.

 

[Michael Crawford]

Best character on the show right now is the 'chef'. Last night's episode started taking a real turn into standard tv sci-fi fair, and some of the acting was just awful. Still, it's not like there's a smorgasbord of entertainment on television right now.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Last night's episode was good, not great, but good. I'm interested in seeing where they go with what has happened.

Spoiler

The tension between Tom and the doctor (I wonder if he collaborated with the aliens), the capture of Karen along with the POW alien and the link he has with Mike's son has me interested for now.

 

[Heroes_and_Robots]

Last nights episode was not that great. It felt different than the premieres.

 

[Agent0028]

I'm enjoying the show so far.

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

I'm enjoying it. . . except MC is right the acting in last night ep. was jaw dropping bad.

 

[Michael Crawford]

Was it just me, or were they not getting it either? Clearly they took Karen alive and shot the group of kids to send a message - take one of ours (the POW) and we kill kids. It seemed like their dialog at the end though didn't make sense though, when they said it meant next time they'd have to 'take them all'. Clearly they can't get all the kids at one time that have been captured, but the whole thing seemed less well defined than it should have been.

I'm also hoping that having this alien in their possession really matters - that's the real message they should be getting. If the writing is any good, the only reason the aliens would go to this trouble over a POW is because he is someone special OR that by having him the humans can figure something out that they otherwise couldn't and that will make a difference. Hopefully that's the direction their going in - I'd hate to think they just drop that and let us believe the aliens would kidnap a human and let another go just because one alien was captured.

 

[Agent0028]

I'm pretty sure that he did mean they were going to get all the kids that are in that location. I think that's going to be a pretty good episode too. Although how he'll sell it to the higher ups I'm not sure.

 

[Matt S]

I am enjoying this show, but it clearly hasnt found its pacing, yet.......didnt think acting in ep 3 any worse than first two, but this show is not Walking Dead cool, presently.

 

[Saya]

I agree with the last few posts. Im making an effort to get into this show and can really see its potential but it is nowhere near walking dead. If it can fall into a steady pace it will hook me in. There are some really good characters in the show and I hope it has a chance to develope into something.

 

[Devil_666]

Ratings are dropping. And I can see why. This show is turning into a giant turd of history lessons, religious ramblings and camping.

Aliens have taken over the plant, killed most of the adult population while enslaving the children and the aliens are currently hunting down the remaining humans...

Kickball & history class in the wide-open anyone?

____ YEAH!!!!

ugh..

 

[Shropt]

I DVRed the pilot 2 episodes and the 3rd episode. I finally got around to watching the pilot today and didn't even make it through the 2nd part.

First it kept bugging me that it seemed like they were making a show based off Terminator and at the last minute changed it to aliens. Everything from the disaster sets to the clothing seems to be based off of Terminator Salvation in a bad way.

Second, everything seems to be forced. I don't think the writers could write something moving if there was a gun to their head. It seems like subltely is not in the writers vocab. We get it, the girl likes the boy. The youngest son of the history teacher doesn't understand he's in a survival situation. The leader is an a-hole. WE GET IT!

Third, how much noise can you make and how can you walk around in the daylight? There are 300 people moving cross country in the loudest truck and the loudest motorcycles in history. If all electricity was dead on the planet you would be able to hear those 3 vehicles for miles. All the aliens would need to do is listen for one minute and they could kill all of them. Jeez.

So what part finally made me hit the "stop and delete" button? The first scene of the 2nd part of the pilot. THE KID IS IN A CLEAN BEDROOM ASLEEP BY HIMSELF?!?!? THERE ARE 3 HUNDRED ____ING PEOPLE IN A CARAVAN AND THE KID GETS TO SLEEP BY HIMSELF IN A CLEAN BEDROOM? GO ____ YOURSELF WRITERS!

I really wanted to like this show, I did. But it's just stupid that this band of 300 morons could live that long against these aliens. I'd have killed half the humans myself just based on their stupidity.

PS. Is the main character his character from that Librarian movie from TNT? That would be hilarious.

 

[Agent0028]

The kid sleeping in the clean bed by himself was a plot point. A bit of a cliched military versus civilian one a la BSG. The military get houses while the civilians sleep in tents. I have a feeling that's not going to persuade you to give the show another chance though.

Yes, if you are talking about the movie I think you are, that is the same guy.