Falling Skies-The Official Trailer

[Steve Williams]

I think the series is OK so far -- passable summer pulp fun. But it ain't no Battlestar Galactica which had a similar survival story -- none of the urgency, momentum, frequent major plot twists, and character definition. It's the latter that I'm most surprised about -- a lot of faces on FS but only a couple of characters feel sharply delineated. AFAIC, BSG was the most gutsy and compelling show I've seen in the last 10 years at least -- till the end it retained its capacity to surprise.

And Chicago has the Luvabulls. But if the Laker girls aren't the best in the league what's the point of LA?

when it comes to sports cheer leaders, there are the Laker Girls and the Dallas Cowgirls. All else is secondary

 

[FrantzM]

when it comes to sports cheer leaders, there are the Laker Girls and the Dallas Cowgirls. All else is secondary

True that:

That says it all !!

 

[rblnr]

when it comes to sports cheer leaders, there are the Laker Girls and the Dallas Cowgirls. All else is secondary

100% agreement.

And I think the digression is indicative of how mildly compelling FS is.

 

[Steve Williams]

100% agreement.

And I think the digression is indicative of how mildly compelling FS is.

so true

 

[FrantzM]

100% agreement.

And I think the digression is indicative of how mildly compelling FS is.

Rob

That was a harsh call to reality! There is potential considering the available technology, cast, producers and premises.. So far .. Truly ho-hum at least for me .. When's the next episode?

 

[jadis]

Speaking of Laker girls, I suddenly recall Paula Abdul being one before she became real famous.

The attire then was quite conservative by today's standards.

And btw, back to the series at hand, the episodes on TNT don't work over here, but strangely, the commercial of a car is always working. Gotta find that youtube guy again.

 

[Steve Williams]

Paula was the start of making the Laker Girls what they are especially the choreography

 

[jadis]

Paula was the start of making the Laker Girls what they are especially the choreography

Match the dancing and 'showtime' basketball, the Forum was really alive all the time then.

 

[rblnr]

Rob

That was a harsh call to reality! There is potential considering the available technology, cast, producers and premises.. So far .. Truly ho-hum at least for me .. When's the next episode?

Sorry to return to the thread topic

Just saw the most recent episode -- some unusual stuff at work (or not) for this kind of ensemble series.

- Virtually no subplots yet and we're already through episode 4. Almost no other threads developed at all, character or story, beyond the issue at hand of saving the kids (now done for the time being and stretched over 3 episodes as the main issue), and the overall of survival. No hints of mystery or intrigue, plants for future episodes. For ex. -- they did very little with the captured alien -- we/they learned about the radio waves (unresolved for future use, mild intrigue) and killing thru the mouth. Not much story mileage out of the capture.

- Some small character subplots, mostly romantic w/o any story attached: Noah Wyle/ the Doc, Noahs' son and the blond biker chick (high school sweetheart captured in #3 seems forgotten). A little bit of conflict between Will Patton (commander) and Noah, but they're on good terms now.

- Only other wisp of a subplot is Will P popping some pills -- we'll see if that's anything other than him dealing w/the pain of lost children.

Usually by this time you'd have a few or more storylines going (think Lost, BSG, etc) creating multiple intrigues and places to go/crosscut within an episode. FS has been single minded on the kids for three episodes now (though this is done), with little else going on. This is a good chunk of why it feels a little slow IMO -- the other MAJOR chunk is that whenever we're in the school, we feel almost zero sense of threat. This is killer -- we're too relaxed as an audience. Yeah, you can't sustain that kind of tension all the time (although BSG just about pulled this off), but too much soccer, candles and sappy music -- it's slack.

As the whole season and probably the next couple have been mapped already, I've got to think given the talent involved, this pacing/tension at the moment is all by design. As an aside, I hope the bring back Carl Franklin who directed the pilot for some more episodes -- he did 'One False Move' and 'Devil in a Blue Dress', two excellent movies. I don't think episode 3 and 4, done by a different director were particularly well done. Don't think the shooting is vivid, and a lot of missed opportunities moment-wise. For ex., think about when the alien 'cuddles' the kids -- this could have been far more creepy and effective.

Ad nauseum, but if you haven't seen, check out the 2 hr pilot movie for BSG that is the invasion of Earth. It''s a great point of comparison.

As Mark Twain said, if I had more time, I would have made this shorter.

 

[rblnr]

True that:

That says it all !!

Back on point, a lockout will kill me

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

Watched the third episodes of Falling Skies .. ... Sloooooooooowwww... Tedious ... Tepid... expected more from Spielberg as a producer ... .. Ok I give up. No mas!

 

[Steve Williams]

Well for the one or two of you who are still hooked on this show, Season Two starts June 17th. Yawnnnn

 

[Ronm1]

I lost interest, as I did with Lost.

 

[Steve Williams]

I lost interest, as I did with Lost.

Ron

My wife and I were Lost addicts and watched every episode. The ending was how I envisioned it when I watched season one