Falling Skies
Falling Skies
TV-14 | 19 June 2011 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Reviews
    VividSimon

    Simply Perfect

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    Pacionsbo

    Absolutely Fantastic

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    Verity Robins

    Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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    Darin

    One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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    waitandhope

    Well what to say? It's been so long I'd almost forgotten this gigantic mess of a show until I found out The Colony was being cancelled, then I was reminded of this show since it wasn't. One word is awesome, then sad. Far to many dead-ends, the worst was the great enemy, they never materialized but it would've made the last seasons so much better because what we got instead was a daughter from The 4400. Unlike that show this one had an absolutely cheat ending, where the writers didn't need to conclude anything because it all happened by magic. They kill the spider queen and all the aliens that exist explode, yes I'm serious. After watching 5 seasons you get the dumbest sci-fi ending in history. Complete and total waste of time.I believe the writers gave up on this show after they became far to loose with the various things they introduced into the story. It's not that hard to write a cohesive television series just don't make everyone stupid and constantly change character, sadly you had that happening here alot.It gets 8 stars because it's awesome in a sci-fi sense, has good effects, but that story is just a mess of junk in the end. The final 2 episodes were totally pathetic storytelling that a novelist or anyone would be ashamed to have written.I realize some enjoy this show and I understand but I believe things should make sense and actually follow-through. This show didn't.

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    ssra_25

    To sum it up:Season 1: very good Season 2: decent Season 3: so-so Season 4: bad, just bad (too much family drama) Season 5: didn't even watch itA show that started really well, but slowly became a soap opera family drama. I can't understand how could the writing become so bad from one season to another. Shame...

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    makura

    Watched this show till the end out of sheer disbelief that anything on TV could be so dreadful for so long. I honestly don't know where to start it, was progressively TERRIBLE. Some parts that has to be mentioned is 1) The flocking spikes. The aliens are mutating children into warriors, using parasites. Cut away the bug and the child mutates into a super soldier. Keep it on and the result is a weak, pathetic creature you can kill with a sharp stick if you're an angry righteous human being. Once they conquered the planet,the overpaid writers of FS gave the Overlords catastrophic headinjuries. It's the only explanation for: 2) Creating a godlike super-mutant, allowing the humans to raise it to ensure it will betray the alien cause. 3) The original alien invasion fleet arrives during the stone age. It is defeated by CAVEMEN WITH STICKS AND ROCKS. Mechs and spaceships, defeated by CAVEMEN WITH STICKS AND ROCKS.I could go on. Way, waaaaay on. But I think the point is made. It's a level of ridiculous beyond that of a Road Runner cartoon. Species 2 was more coherent. The people who made this ought to be ashamed.

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    Yasin

    When I first started watching Falling Skies I was extremely sceptical. I found the narrative too predictable and the initial relationship building and character development tedious and superficial. It was something I only watched because it had five seasons and it's available on Netflix. Something you would watch in the background while doing the dishes or ironing laundry. However if you hold out until thew middle of the second season things will get more interesting. I took me weeks to watch the first 1.5 seasons. However after 2.5 I actually got hooked again and went through the remainder (a handful of episodes to go) in a matter of days. In some aspects one could compare it to Stargate, an alien race, technologically superior enslaves and harvests other species including humans by means of an organic adjunct as are the Goa'uld worms. However the scenery is post-apocalyptic. There are even a few scenes involving space ships and space battles. Additionally we are being introduced to other alien species beside the invaders. If you like SciFi and have a Netflix account go for it!

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