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Just watched the latest episode (screened) and I`m really enjoying this. I`m liking Noah Wyle (sp?) in the lead role and the slow learning of how the skinners operate and think...
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Si Wooldridge
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Just watched the season finale, so, so, weak. :(
Slagged it off a bit here:
http://www.myreviewer.com/Falling_Skies_-_Epic_Fail/a144001
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lol, that`s a good review, we gave up on it a couple of episodes ago, I was sat there, 5 mins into the one we were watching, "Carter" was talking to a woman, and I was thinking " I could be watching Dexter or Sons of Anarchy now" so deleted the one we were watching and other on V+ box
Like Rob I am sticking with it, phuq knows why .
Anywhoo for "Spielberg " actually read "Discovery Channel Documentaries" Pretty sure they made a couple of documentaries on how to fight back if they arrived here. So much for originality . That said maybe Spielberg wrote this the same way Gene Roddenberry did and kept getting credited decades after his demise
Anywhoo, utter scheitte. Gash special effects/ Scheitte acting/ Scheitte storyline/ Religion shoe-horned in again!!!!!!/ The sphincter with the beard who was a real bad-a** was a cordon blue chef in a previous life /Alien "Mothers the harnessed at night " AYE RIGHT " /
Bawlox to this, time for a wife beater and a valium
Choagy FFCUK The SPL
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It wasnt great but I quite enjoyed `V` so when it was cancelled I was on the lookout for another decent sci fi show, `falling skies` ticked all the boxes....but sadly falls rather flat, its dull, predictable, I dont really care for any of the characters. Some of the SFX on V did look rather ropey (far too much green screen going on) and falling skies has its share of dodgy effects, fair enough your not gonna get movie quality CGI on a weekly tv show but at times they look pretty bad. will I watch the second season? probably as until its cancelled theres not much else on is there....Looking back a couple of years ago I had long running favourites like Lost and Prison Break (both you could argue `jumped the shark` but I still liked em till the end) Flash forward looked promising, but didnt last, True blood for me isnt as good as it was...whats happening to TV?
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I`m ball achingly bored with Falling Skies now.
God, it`s crap.
Five seconds of ropey sfx every episode, with intensely annoying character plots in between.
zzzz.
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Robert Terwilliger says...
fair enough your not gonna get movie quality CGI on a weekly tv show
One of the main reasons SG Universe was dropped (production costs). Viewers growing but the costs of the CGI and sets were high. So in a nutshell we will either get a good storyline with very ropey FX or scheitte storyline with scheitte FX such as "Falling Skies"
Choagy FFCUK The SPL
I`m still enjoying Falling Skies, for what it`s worth...
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Si Wooldridge
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I have to agree. The first couple of episodes just never seemed to get going and things are much too sedate for an alien take-over!! I`ve now seen the entire season one and only in the last ten minutes has it really shown any promise at all. Spielbergs influence and special effects have been at a minimum throughout, I feel - until those last ten minutes or so. Will that last push be enough to get a new season?? I hope so, but they`ve left things way too late. We`ll see.
Simon C