I saw a trailer for season two before Prometheus. The footage looked pretty cool on the big screen 
Falling Skies - Season 2- discussion/Spoilers
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Maureen Ryan and Charlie Jane Anders both view season two as much improved over season one.
Maureen Ryan said:
Charlie Jane Anders said:
Sentiment present but unexpressed. Hmm.
Well, I'll be checking out the premiere, in any case, and we'll see what happens.
Well, I'll be checking out the premiere, in any case, and we'll see what happens.
Got the finale ep from S1 in the DVR to watch before tonight. I hope to be around for commentary, depending on when our guests depart.
Temis, thanks for bumping the thread for us and as always, your avatar is turning me on!
There's nothing innocent about war, but stuff like "innocence is a luxury no one can truly afford..." sounds rather stupid. Imitatiting trash like the new BattleStar Galactica is definitely a giant step backward. The comparison of the aliens' schemes in Falling Skies with the Cylons' plan should sound the alarm loudly enough!
The idea that what Falling Skies needed was to create more tension by "tighter" writing is a little off. What Falling Skies really needs is more plausibility. Space war is ludicrous. Taking Nonsense Seriously is a specialized skill but, as the man said, doing well what shouldn't be done at all is the sure sign of a hack. If the writers can rationalize the manifest nonsense, the seeming reality of war, natural human sympathy for other people (admitted, this seems to be in short supply some days) and the simple fact that people tune in to see a story will do the rest. I don't know how anybody feels tension over mere physical jeopardy through a commercial break anyhow.
The idea that what Falling Skies needed was to create more tension by "tighter" writing is a little off. What Falling Skies really needs is more plausibility. Space war is ludicrous. Taking Nonsense Seriously is a specialized skill but, as the man said, doing well what shouldn't be done at all is the sure sign of a hack. If the writers can rationalize the manifest nonsense, the seeming reality of war, natural human sympathy for other people (admitted, this seems to be in short supply some days) and the simple fact that people tune in to see a story will do the rest. I don't know how anybody feels tension over mere physical jeopardy through a commercial break anyhow.
Btw, for other UK viewers it airs on FX 3rd July.
I watched the two hour premiere to see if maybe I gave up on it too soon but I frankly don't see it as being any different or any better. The characters are still bland, the themes are tired, the aliens are pretty generic still lacking any real interesting motivation that I can glean. I think I'll be passing on this,
And I thought Touch was hokey!
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There's not much on TV these days that passes as science fiction, so, as they say, beggars can't be choosers, and I've continued watching this show, warts and all.
BTW stw, are you the poster who likes Vampire Diaries?
BANZAI!!!!!!!!!!
So, like, why do the aliens need infrared to track the cars, since the humans drive around with their headlights, taillights, and spinning yellow lights on at night.
The bar seems set pretty low where it was last season. But for now, this is still in my watch-once-and-delete category.
The bar seems set pretty low where it was last season. But for now, this is still in my watch-once-and-delete category.
So low a snake could trip over his penis.
Better than the end of last season before I became disillusioned, probably the same as the the first quarter.
Corporal Captain.
Machines don't think.
Skitters don't scheme.
There's no one with boots on the ground who is allowed to make plans.
Those tall bastards, and we don't know how many of them there or how busy they at doing actually important things, are off with their heads in the clouds literally.
I mean the first 6 billion was piss easy.
Now, they have to redesign their mousetrap every five minutes.
It's not supposed to be that difficult.
There entire war machine is practically the same size and I'm guessing that the entire thing is slaved together that if you want to change the behaviour of the machine you have to wait for the orders to cascade through out the field organically...
They don't or can't trust radio waves all the time, especially if their real enemies also communicate naturally with radio waves.
Changing the entire war machine via messenger bug would be a tall order, and not something they would want to do over and over again every day.
it's why the human generals have been able to set their clocks to the aliens tactics until they couldn't.
First they only attacked cities, then progressively smaller bodied groups of refugees, and the number kept getting smaller and the humans had to keep dividing until...
We got to where the story started.
Now with this episode, they had 8 minutes before air support showed up, until they didn't.
I'm pretty sure that we saw two of them tall aliens together last season, but what if theirs only a few dozen, or less, of them overseeing their plans for the earth?
It could explain why they are fighting this war with macros.
Better than the end of last season before I became disillusioned, probably the same as the the first quarter.
Corporal Captain.
Machines don't think.
Skitters don't scheme.
There's no one with boots on the ground who is allowed to make plans.
Those tall bastards, and we don't know how many of them there or how busy they at doing actually important things, are off with their heads in the clouds literally.
I mean the first 6 billion was piss easy.
Now, they have to redesign their mousetrap every five minutes.
It's not supposed to be that difficult.
There entire war machine is practically the same size and I'm guessing that the entire thing is slaved together that if you want to change the behaviour of the machine you have to wait for the orders to cascade through out the field organically...
They don't or can't trust radio waves all the time, especially if their real enemies also communicate naturally with radio waves.
Changing the entire war machine via messenger bug would be a tall order, and not something they would want to do over and over again every day.
it's why the human generals have been able to set their clocks to the aliens tactics until they couldn't.
First they only attacked cities, then progressively smaller bodied groups of refugees, and the number kept getting smaller and the humans had to keep dividing until...
We got to where the story started.
Now with this episode, they had 8 minutes before air support showed up, until they didn't.
I'm pretty sure that we saw two of them tall aliens together last season, but what if theirs only a few dozen, or less, of them overseeing their plans for the earth?
It could explain why they are fighting this war with macros.
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Why the aliens would use different mind control tech now is pretty hard to figure. I know there'd be a certain paranoia, but the whole can we trust Tom? angle is a dead loser.
Mildl amused by the way the unconscious Tom seemed to be remembering events in chronological order. I wish my dreams were so logical.
Too much physical jeopardy. We knew Tom wasn't going to get blown up, for instance. The new team hasn't made a good start.
Mildl amused by the way the unconscious Tom seemed to be remembering events in chronological order. I wish my dreams were so logical.
Too much physical jeopardy. We knew Tom wasn't going to get blown up, for instance. The new team hasn't made a good start.
Executive Producer and Director Greg Beeman blogs about shooting the episodes of "Falling Skies" again, like he did for Season 1 and the seasons of "Heroes" he worked on.
There are lot's of Behind-The-Scences Pictures there as well:
http://gregbeeman.blogspot.de/
There are lot's of Behind-The-Scences Pictures there as well:
http://gregbeeman.blogspot.de/
I liked it; I thought it moved along fairly well. I like that Pope is still a dick and they didn't make him more palatable for the audience.
That thing in his eye---YUCK. That made me cringe.
I look forward to seeing more.
That thing in his eye---YUCK. That made me cringe.
I look forward to seeing more.
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