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Falling Skies

O M G BBOYS! boosh bsh bsh bsh bsh boo boosh ba bsh bsh (ok I don't know how to type out beatbox :rwmad: ) All that was missing was break dancing. The new directer, or producer, whatever he is, must be stuck in an 80's time warp.

They must have blown out their SFX budget before getting to this episode.
 
I couldn't concentrate on this episode at all. The bit at the beginning with the skitters getting their heads blown off was kind of shocking for a show that has so many cutesy family moments, but that just made it seem all the more confused. And yeah, Eminem's not ancient or anything, but who thinks that referencing him is cool or original... or whatever they were aiming for. Dated references and bad rapping are not what this show needs.

Ben compliment of the week: I liked it when Ben stopped and sensed the aliens. His staring into space was so much more convincing than Hal's staring into space.
 
That's one of the things I find so irritating about this show. It can't be cutesy and gritty, it needs to CHOOSE. A gritty show can have sweet moments, but the opposite usually doesn't work well. IMO post-apocalyptic needs to be grim to be believable. The sweetness comes from people caring about each other, fighting for each other, and that sort of thing.

Weaver's daughter was almost a nice touch. I can believe she'd choose to go with her boyfriend, but those kids were kind of pathetically portrayed. They're survivors, which means they should be more alert, but Hal and Ben just snuck right up on them.

OH, and the bug harness assembly line looked horrible. It would have been perfectly fine if they kept that a mystery, especially if they didn't have the budget to make it better. I'd rather find out why they do it, than how they do it.
 
Oh HEY... I think that was a pretty good episode last night. Maybe my expectations were lowered? I don't know, but I liked it.

I'm not going to discuss what happened because i know you sometimes read this thread, and I want you to see for yourself WHAT HAPPENS. It's something we speculated might happen before.
 
Watching now. I wonder if they analyse the ratings and see that loads of people switch channel when Hal comes on.
 
This was an UP AND DOWN episode. I liked certain parts, thought others were kinda stupid. I'm mad that a certain HATED character is back already :rwmad:
 
Oooh, pretty good episode. Interesting developments! I think you'll like it, Fuddlemiff. They even used Pope in a not so annoying way.
 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!

So much Pope, and Maggie, and Hal. OVERLOAD OF ICK.

Dear writers of Falling Skies (I know you're reading this!), pls stop using the awful characters so much. Small doses, okay? Never EVER make us go an entire episode without Ben. Also, limit Weaver's talking time. Do you think you can do dat? Dat would make da show so much better.
 
I can't enjoy Ben's scenes now that I've noticed how his mouth is always hanging open. It's too distracting.
 
What bugs me the most are how exposed and inattentive they are, the aliens could have killed them all many times over.

The show's a guilty pleasure for me though and Moon Bloodgood doesn't hurt, I think she's lovely.
 
Moon Bloodgood is kinda awesome, and definitely gorgeous.
 
Did you ever see Journeyman during the short time it was on. Kevin McKidd and the lovely double O woman were time travelers, I really enjoyed it.
 
I think we can only assume at this point that the bad writers aliens want this group of humans to remain alive, because they could've killed them off whenever they liked. It's inconceivable that such a technologically superior force would have any trouble tracking down a large, static group of people "hiding" in sprawling open air settlements.

As to why the group choose to live in tents and flimsy school buildings surrounded by vehicles with big obvious guns on them, rather than bunkers or something, I'd really like to hear the writers' take on that.
 
Putting fiberglass insulation on top of the car's hood to hide the heat of the engine was ingenious though. *guffaw*
 
Yeah, it'd be so much more believable and COOL if they were guerrilla warriors sticking to the trees and ambushing the aliens AND SHIT. The first season I could see them hiding out in empty schools, or whatever, but the aliens know exactly where they are now.
 
This week's episode was so darkly lit I couldn't see what was happening half the time.
 
WTF was that shit? How did John Locke end up having so much power over those people? So he's a history professor who decided he was getting his chance to become part of history or something, but I don't believe for a second the military would have allowed someone to make them hide out from the aliens. Did they think they'd just go away while they played "LET'S BUILD A NEW GOVERNMENT"? In a year they'd already established an elite class, and a working class.

Pope, Hal, and Maggie - CHEESY AS EVER.

Last week and last night were filler leading up to the OMG finale. The previews for the finale look awesome.
 
Who the hell would put rank insignia IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHEST!?! Why not just draw a freaking target over your heart.

Maggie's hair bugs me.
 
OMG, she has apocalypse hair! Luciana Carro (Kat from BSG, and a BESERKER) really has the worst hair though. DISCO LATINO.
 
Cassie said:
OMG, she has apocalypse hair! Luciana Carro (Kat from BSG, and a BESERKER) really has the worst hair though. DISCO LATINO.
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Oh, no shit! I didn't recognize her. Her acting has improved in the few scenes they've given her, she was pretty awful on BSG. She does do full on crazy really well though.
 
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