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06-17-2012, 08:25 PM
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Falling Skies Two Hour Season 2 Priemere 6/17
Everyone's favorite terrible sci-fi is back this summer!
Come join us as we try to make sense of the ever increasingly illogical decisions of the Second Mass. When we last left them, the human survivors had discovered that the six-legged aliens they had been fighting (Skitters/Cooties) are, in fact, just "harnessed" themselves and are under the control of very tall, grey, lanky aliens. Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) voluntarily went aboard the alien vessel to do...whatever. Talk it out, get mind-controlled himself, we don't know, and presumably we'll find out. 
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#3
06-17-2012, 08:59 PM
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I might go ahead and watch this, more out of curiosity than an expectation of being entertained. I kept waiting during the first season for it to turn out that the mechs were being piloted by mind controlled children. That would explain why they were bipedal, and not more like skitter things. There would have been guilt that every previous victory over a mech meant the death of a child, and the quandry of how to fight them without destroying them.
Was it established that they are entirely remote controlled, or is there still a chance that they have pilots on board?
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06-17-2012, 09:28 PM
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Edit: And why did Ben have to swim? That gap in the bridge was like three feet. Easily jump-able by anyone. Last edited by bouv; 06-17-2012 at 09:29 PM.
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06-17-2012, 10:14 PM
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06-18-2012, 12:17 AM
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Falling Skies isn't the best, but even bad Sci-fi is better than no Sci-fi. I was greatly relieved that Falling Skies made it back for another season, especially after Flash Forward, The Event and Terra Nova all got the axe after one season. Without even any Star Trek shows on anymore, what's a guy supposed to do for Sci-fi on TV these days? Even Sci-fi channel isn't called Sci-fi anymore.
I hope that Season 2 will be good though. It will have to be if they expect to make it to Season 3.
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06-18-2012, 02:21 AM
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 Less than thrilled with the debut 2-parter. I'll keep watching, though. As already pointed out in this thread, what other sci-fi do we have?
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#8
06-18-2012, 08:43 AM
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No love on SDMB for Falling Skies. Haha
I never saw the show until 2 weeks ago when I caught a promo/commercial for the upcoming season. Checked out the 1st season via iTunes and after finishing it I hit the SDMB and read the Cafe Society posts from last year. Also, no love at that time for Falling Skies. It isn't HBO level quality, in either writing or production values. Not even AMC. It is TNT so I wasn't exactly expecting a whole lot out of it. I enjoyed the first season and found it generally entertaining although not great. Since I watched all the episodes back-to-back I didn't get to enjoy the week-to-week speculation between episodes, pretty much got everything in one sitting. I'm glad the 2nd season has started and I didn't mind the premier. The show has me interested enough to keep watching and caring enough to find out where it is going.
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#9
06-18-2012, 08:54 AM
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What happened to all the kids in the summer camp last season?
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06-18-2012, 12:30 PM
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Well, it was a fun episode. There wasn't the dumb-assery of last season - they actually made some logical decisions! The first thing I thought of when the bridge was broken was that a few steel sheets would fix it -- and lo and behold, they brought out steel sheets!
I like the progression from last season. Did they get a new writer or something?
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06-19-2012, 12:18 AM
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Wow. Big improvement over last season. It was... OK. Not good, but OK. And I'll take that for now. There's some interesting interpersonal shit going on. There's some fun battle scenes, and some tense moments. Some double crossing and misdirections. Good job, writers. It's getting there.
But just for the record... never, ever send one guy in alone to do recon. Just don't do that.
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06-19-2012, 01:30 AM
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I thought it was pretty good, if it builds on it. Seems to have a more serious tone so far than the first season, somewhat less personal drama, more focus on action. Could just be this one episode though.
I think the production values are really good - I mean, we've got giant robots and CGI aliens throughout significant portions of the show, and while it's not movie quality stuff, it's definitely not a distraction or bad. For a TNT show, I think they do a remarkable job with what must be a relatively modest budget.
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#14
06-20-2012, 09:35 PM
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Fallen Skies
I just watched the first two episodes of the new season my DVR recorded.
Is there a thread about the new season?
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#15
06-20-2012, 09:40 PM
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Here you go:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=655582 The show's name is Falling Skies, so that may be why a search failed.
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06-21-2012, 06:38 AM
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Thanks!
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06-21-2012, 01:48 PM
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06-21-2012, 02:17 PM
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Foiled again!
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#21
06-21-2012, 02:39 PM
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I'm enjoying the show, but trying to suppress my annoyance with the casting and character typing.
-- Every woman in the show is a pristine cover girl hottie, with an obligatory grease smudge to feebly attempt to convince the viewer they're also tough. Joss Whedon probably watches this show and thinks "maybe Sarah Gellar was just too butch for the Buffy role..." -- Kids are incapable of any thought beyond their crushing self-angst. Every time one comes on the screen I start humming "Mad World" to myself. -- Yeah, Noah Wylie's a family guy, we get it already. I give it one more episode before he's reduced to stumbling around the woods shouting "Waaaaalllltttt!" -- The only good officer is an unshaven alcoholic one. Don't get me wrong, I'm a sucker for cheesey sci-fi, but I hope they go somewhere with the characters beyond blind stumbling cliches.
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06-24-2012, 04:21 PM
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The first two hours were nothing special, but some of the stuff from the preview at the end for the upcoming season looked more interesting.
I agree with the comment above, about how it's not great sci-fi, but at least it's sci-fi. Last edited by TBG; 06-24-2012 at 04:21 PM.
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#25
06-30-2012, 09:05 PM
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I don't believe Airplane Girl is on the up and up.
I'd like her to take off her flight jacket and let the Lady Doctor take a look at her back. 
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07-01-2012, 05:12 PM
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07-01-2012, 05:43 PM
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And I suspect the aliens are able to track them as they move. I think the implant was a ruse, and they are tracking the kid.
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#28
07-15-2012, 08:02 PM
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Caught up last night.
The good: They move around more. Being stuck in that school for what seemed like ever was getting old. They have opened up the show considerably. The bad: Extremely gross and gratuitous gore. Too damn many characters. The stupid: Bad guys motivation. "Well, you guys did some bad stuff too!"
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07-15-2012, 08:34 PM
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07-15-2012, 09:22 PM
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07-15-2012, 10:08 PM
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07-18-2012, 02:04 PM
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07-18-2012, 02:26 PM
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At least one of the more irritating characters got whacked.
Last edited by carnivorousplant; 07-18-2012 at 02:26 PM. Reason: alien induced typo.
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07-18-2012, 07:58 PM
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07-19-2012, 06:33 PM
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Crap.
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#39
07-20-2012, 09:26 AM
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I just watched the latest episode last night and it was the worst so far this season. WTF with Ben? Probably one of the dumbest TV characters ever.
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07-20-2012, 10:13 AM
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I'll watch it tomorrow while Mrs. Plant v.3.0 is at work.
She has taken a liking to it. Watching episodes I recorded, we discovered that I'm missing 3 and 4. She doesn't want to watch anymore until the DVDs arrive.
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#41
07-21-2012, 03:52 PM
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I saw it this morning.
A good episode, although Two Gun Maggie was a little overboard.
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07-21-2012, 04:03 PM
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I thought Hal took the cake for the Idiot Ball that episode. So him and Maggie split up to find Ben... and Ben manages to reach Karen first, and escape, during which time Hal is apparently looking somewhere else, telling no one else anything, and then returns in time to confront Ben and Karen alone on top of the roof. Moron. The only thing that really bugs me with Ben is that he's a constant walking "I need you to understand me, but I won't tell you why!" trope.
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07-21-2012, 04:27 PM
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I dislike children in science fiction, especially the "half human half alien" ones who are able to bring peace between their peoples  I hope that is not where we are going with the de-harnessed kids.
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07-21-2012, 06:25 PM
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07-21-2012, 06:27 PM
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I speak from life long experience.
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#47
07-21-2012, 06:32 PM
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BTW, was Ben lying to Karen when he told her he didn't know where the 2nd Massachusetts was going to travel to?
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#48
07-27-2012, 08:49 AM
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Upon watching again with Mrs. Plant v.3.0, I have some questions.
What are the rings that Captain Weaver wears? Do they still have the .50 caliber machine gun? It was on the wrong side of the bridge in Shall We Gather at the River, and I thought the GTO was destroyed in the attack to blow up the alien structure. Did Uncle whats-his-name meet his demise off screen? Was Ben lying to Karen about not being told the 2nd Mass. destination? Thanks!
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