Falling Skies 1.1 "Pilot" Discussion/Review/Comment **SPOILERS**

[Mistral]

Um, yeah, I've seen the pilot and the next episode only.....

 

[Guy Gardener]

Dances with Wolves come to mind.

The Indians used all of the buffalo. One animal could feed and clothe a village for months. However when Whitey turned up, he slaughtered them by the herd, taking just the tongues.

Does the buffalo analogy still track?

 

[Kegg]

^
To a point. Aliens aren't just not using 'the whole of the buffalo', they're pretty much sticking exclusively to one kind.

Although this may be the only case I can say that analogously comparing human children to buffalo tongues works.

 

[Bluewhale]

It'll be interesting to see as the series progresses if they chose to do any flashbacks to the actual invasion itself and the characters' initial reaction to their arrival.

It's a good idea to do it that way. The formula for a new series - or any series/movie that hasn't been seen for some time - seems to devote time for character development. This is particularly true to personify alien characters. Flashbacks help a lot with this and obviously the film/series has to develop these for people new to the show, although can be boring for those of us who are familiar with it. A good reason to go with the first episode then hopefully get into the plot much more in the second and even 3rd episode. Enjoy!