Saw the Start of 'Falling Skies'.....

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.....and thought it was OK, but nothing new or special, thus far.

Will record it for awhile and watch it indifferently, as I simultaneously browse the Internet more attentively, for as long as it holds my interest.
 
I saw the first installment and wasn't impressed. With bits of information being parsed out here and there about the aliens, the focus is on the characters. Problem is, not one of them is particularly compelling, least of all the lead. If this series doesn't ramp it up quick, well, they need to rename it "Falling Ratings."
 
I had DVR-d the premier, and I watched it last night...or should I say, I tried to watch it. Gave up after approximately 1/3 of the show. It reeks.
 
i watched the first 30 minutes and then fell asleep. i would have thought they would have begun the series with background to the characters before the invasion. did it ever get to that or do they just start in the middle of terminator land?
 
I happened by it last night and gave it a quarter hour. Yawn. So much earnestness. I didn't have much reaction to the alien machines and aliens. Walking Dead was far better.
 
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After seeing the tall bipedal creature this week and the harness found within the dissected skitter, I decided:

The tall bipeds are the aliens and they sometimes wear the mech suits when they go out.

And the harnessed kids eventually turn into skitters.

This could explain why some kids don't recover as quickly or recover differently after their harness is removed.

It will also cause mental distress and great disagreement about what to do among the remaining humans, as the series goes on, because killing any skitter will mean you'd actually finally killed a human kid.

I haven't watched all of every episode or read this entire thread, so if any of this has already been revealed.....never mind.

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I kind of like the series. It's like watching a car wreck in slow mo. They hinted at the skitters being "humans" before.

I wish they would have shown some of the "invasion" and that time period...would have been better than trying to piece everything together during the series.
 

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