Falling Skies 1.1 "Pilot" Discussion/Review/Comment **SPOILERS**
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Checkmate
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We did get exactly that. Well, I can't remember if any of the credits were rolling during it, but we definitely got a narrative of what had happened.
The ratings are strong, no cause for concern. If there's a big drop off next week (and I don't see why) then maybe we can worry a little.
HM.... I don't remember that? I'll have to double check, I hope they didn't cut it out of the On Demand airing (They shouldn't ahve, it's 2 hours, including commercials, no RFast Forwarding available)
The narrative was couched in the montage of the kids' drawings.
OK, I probably just missed it, I was finishing up a couple thing when I started the program
The whole time I'm thinking about how valuable coloured pencils, crayons and paper are now and it's foolish to waste them on child psychology when the kids probably going to be dead in a week.
A 40-days old "news", still unconfirmed?
How many episodes are there in the first season, anyway?
Not sure.
IMDB lists out 10 episodes, but, the msot episodes any actor appears in is 9 episodes and many of them only show appearing in 8 episodes.
It would seem, there should be at least 10 episodes though, since they ahve titles for 10 (2 Hour Pilot was actually 2 episodes, so this coming episode is already episode 3)
There's no reason to worry about cancellation now. Falling Skies has three things going for it that shows like The Event, V, and FlashForward didn't:
1. It's on cable.
2. Things blow up a lot.
3. The writing (so far) doesn't make you want to throw your TV out the window.
The biggest problem Falling Skies has is that the demographic skews old, but that's probably just following the average for TNT.
Also, there have been rumblings lately that advertisers at long last may realize that people over 49 do buy products, too, and are not as brand-loyal as people in that age group have been in decades past. Brand loyalty is learned behavior that has become less common among current generations, even the one facing retirement. It's not some bizarre function of growing old.
1. It's on cable.
2. Things blow up a lot.
3. The writing (so far) doesn't make you want to throw your TV out the window.
The biggest problem Falling Skies has is that the demographic skews old, but that's probably just following the average for TNT.
Also, there have been rumblings lately that advertisers at long last may realize that people over 49 do buy products, too, and are not as brand-loyal as people in that age group have been in decades past. Brand loyalty is learned behavior that has become less common among current generations, even the one facing retirement. It's not some bizarre function of growing old.
One other thought I had when I first saw the trailer for the pilot. I get the impression that, when he finished filming War of the Worlds, Spielberg thought "wow, how can I make a TV series out of this". Some of the cinematography in the show is evocative of the film. The Skitters, despite having more legs, are similar to the description of the Martians from Welles' book. And walking machines (OK, they're smaller, but..) All we need is some Red Weed, Black Smoke and a Heat Ray and we're all set.
You forgot about the fact that Steven Spielberg is involved, that definitely doesn't hurt.
Interesting. Ten is more than I expected already.
Yeah, it's definitely a War Of The Worlds scenario.
My guess is that you're wrong and are simply following the herd. Clearly this method has worked in the past - cite: Walking Dead.