Looks like we are going to get Ben back from the skitters tonight. Maybe some more secrets revealed? Hope so any way.
Off topic CONGRATULATIONS to the USA Women's World Cup team. Way to go ladies you make us all proud. Bring on France.
Falling Skies 1.4 "Silent Kill" Discussion/Comment **SPOILERS**
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Looks like we are going to get Ben back from the skitters tonight. Maybe some more secrets revealed? Hope so any way.
Off topic CONGRATULATIONS to the USA Women's World Cup team. Way to go ladies you make us all proud. Bring on France.
Hey HL! Once again, I'm not going to around for the live commentary, but have the DVR set and ready to go. I sincerely hope that -
A. Things pick up a bit from last week.
B. Pope returns
C. Someone, preferably Tom, kills that asshole of a new doctor they picked up (the guy, not the hot Moon Bloodgood!)
A. Things pick up a bit from last week.
B. Pope returns
C. Someone, preferably Tom, kills that asshole of a new doctor they picked up (the guy, not the hot Moon Bloodgood!)
I thought tonight's episode was pretty good. The mama skitter thing was pretty wild. The way it was cradling their faces was very maternal. So do the kids evolve into skitters? Is that their form of reproducing?
I also liked getting more of Margret's back-story. Moon Bloodgood was terrific as usual. I gave it a four.
I also liked getting more of Margret's back-story. Moon Bloodgood was terrific as usual. I gave it a four.
Wow, that was rock solid, they've definitely hit their stride here. The scene with the skitter evoked a real "oh, shit!" moment from me that I haven't felt in a while and I realized I was really hooked.
Especially compared to that last Skitter a few weeks ago who just casually ordered that mech to open up on it's group of kids...
I REALLY want to know more about this Skitter - Kids relationship! (Was it just this Skitter one Skitter who cared about it's Children...?)
Five skitters, just because the show seems to think that even aliens would have different personalities (even if they think ordinary people, not just cool ones, should be characters on TV shows.)
The bit about not having any pictures was remarkably perceptive for a scifi show. Well, yes, the bar has been set awfully low, but I'm grateful for what we can get.
Can ragtag baby showers give this show enough emotional weight to justify it solemnity? May be, may be.
The bit about not having any pictures was remarkably perceptive for a scifi show. Well, yes, the bar has been set awfully low, but I'm grateful for what we can get.
Can ragtag baby showers give this show enough emotional weight to justify it solemnity? May be, may be.
^^^ That's a very good point. Real physical photos may not be as commonplace as they used to be. Hell, they even have USB-driven digital picture frames now, theoretically alleviating the need for paper prints any more.
So add one more thing to the standard end-of-the-world supplies: hard copy photographs for identification and memorials.
This is a very good point. In our disaster/wildfire preparedness communications with the public, we stress people have a "Go Kit" ready should they have to evacuate. This kid includes the "6 Ps" - People, Prescription meds, important Papers, Personal Computer, Pets and Pictures...
Of course, my interest in this is for wildfire, which can be easily prepared for.. We haven't taken alien invasion into consideration as of yet.. Although the CDC has published their Zombie Apocolypse guide.
Most people think that taking pictures is important for momento's sake, but really we need them for indentification purposes.
Some sites are counting the two hour premier as one episode. However sites like tv.com count it as two. It was produced as two episodes, and each has its own production number and title.
TNT called the two hour premier simply Pilot. Whereas each hour of the premier has its own title. One being "Live and Learn" and the other titled "The Armory."
It will probably take years for the internet to get in sync on this issue.
Okay that ep earned it's 4 star rating this week. Good to see so much genuine emotional drama (kudos to Moon Bloodgood for a very authentic-feeling meltdown scene). The schmaltz came roaring back at the end (now Meg is a cancer survivor? I guess being a rape victim wasn't angsty enough) but it's good to see that the writers can do better at times. It gives me hope for continued improvement. 
There were also signs that the writers aren't always succumbing to the twin dangers of over-explaining things and always running right for the obvious way to take a scene. Stephen Weber's character (oh dear, I guess I never did learn his name) just died out of the blue, and hey, they didn't come up with some BS way to resurrect him! There was no "gotcha" to Ben's recovery from being harnessed - they did all that drama with the other kid, which was surprising in that the other kid also survived (the usual route would be to have him die, to amp up the dramatics when Ben later went through the same thing). What that song means to Weaver wasn't explained - good! I hope they never explain it.
The kids won't necessarily evolve into skitters, with six legs and all, but they might get all scaly like the skitters as the parasites envelop their bodies. They could be two-legged skitters that look basically humanoid - their original form - just like the skitters were some sort of insectoid species back on their homeworld who looked different from the ones we're seeing now.
In the scene w/Stephen Weber and the alien POW, did Weber say something about the skitter having dilated irises or some other odd symptom before they cut away from that scene? I got the impression that Weber might have been on the verge of discovering that the skitter was drug addicted just like the kids. And going through withdrawl would explain why the skitter went berzerk and killed Weber. (In addition to wanting to escape of course...)
There were also signs that the writers aren't always succumbing to the twin dangers of over-explaining things and always running right for the obvious way to take a scene. Stephen Weber's character (oh dear, I guess I never did learn his name) just died out of the blue, and hey, they didn't come up with some BS way to resurrect him! There was no "gotcha" to Ben's recovery from being harnessed - they did all that drama with the other kid, which was surprising in that the other kid also survived (the usual route would be to have him die, to amp up the dramatics when Ben later went through the same thing). What that song means to Weaver wasn't explained - good! I hope they never explain it.
They do seem to be going for the Goa'uld route - the aliens are actually some form of parasite that latches onto whatever species they run across. Their "reproduction" is in creating the harnesses that parasitize various alien species across the galaxy.
The kids won't necessarily evolve into skitters, with six legs and all, but they might get all scaly like the skitters as the parasites envelop their bodies. They could be two-legged skitters that look basically humanoid - their original form - just like the skitters were some sort of insectoid species back on their homeworld who looked different from the ones we're seeing now.
In the scene w/Stephen Weber and the alien POW, did Weber say something about the skitter having dilated irises or some other odd symptom before they cut away from that scene? I got the impression that Weber might have been on the verge of discovering that the skitter was drug addicted just like the kids. And going through withdrawl would explain why the skitter went berzerk and killed Weber. (In addition to wanting to escape of course...)
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Some sites are counting the two hour premier as one episode. However sites like tv.com count it as two. It was produced as two episodes, and each has its own production number and title.
TNT called the two hour premier simply Pilot. Whereas each hour of the premier has its own title. One being "Live and Learn" and the other titled "The Armory."
It will probably take years for the internet to get in sync on this issue.
Yea it was kinda confusing when I did the first episode thread. I chose just to go with the way TNT had it.
Okay that ep earned it's 4 star rating this week. Good to see so much genuine emotional drama (kudos to Moon Bloodgood for a very authentic-feeling meltdown scene). The schmaltz came roaring back at the end (now Meg is a cancer survivor? I guess being a rape victim wasn't angsty enough) but it's good to see that the writers can do better at times. It gives me hope for continued improvement.
There were also signs that the writers aren't always succumbing to the twin dangers of over-explaining things and always running right for the obvious way to take a scene. Stephen Weber's character (oh dear, I guess I never did learn his name) just died out of the blue, and hey, they didn't come up with some BS way to resurrect him! There was no "gotcha" to Ben's recovery from being harnessed - they did all that drama with the other kid, which was surprising in that the other kid also survived (the usual route would be to have him die, to amp up the dramatics when Ben later went through the same thing). What that song means to Weaver wasn't explained - good! I hope they never explain it.
They do seem to be going for the Goa'uld route - the aliens are actually some form of parasite that latches onto whatever species they run across. Their "reproduction" is in creating the harnesses that parasitize various alien species across the galaxy.
The kids won't necessarily evolve into skitters, with six legs and all, but they might get all scaly like the skitters as the parasites envelop their bodies. They could be two-legged skitters that look basically humanoid - their original form - just like the skitters were some sort of insectoid species back on their homeworld who looked different from the ones we're seeing now.
In the scene w/Stephen Weber and the alien POW, did Weber say something about the skitter having dilated irises or some other odd symptom before they cut away from that scene? I got the impression that Weber might have been on the verge of discovering that the skitter was drug addicted just like the kids. And going through withdrawl would explain why the skitter went berzerk and killed Weber. (In addition to wanting to escape of course...)
It wouldn't shock me to still see a gotcha with the kids. Once the parasite is in their body cutting the harness off may not be enough. Especially if you think the skitter's are harnessed. We haven't seen any evidence of a harness on them. Maybe the harness is only needed for incubation.