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Falling Skies (2011)
Failed Skies
I tried to like this show because I love sci-fi but Falling Skies has so many flaws:
1 - Bad CGI. The Mechs look like enemies from a video game.
2 - Skitter's design is also bad. I know not every creature can be so amazing as the Predator or the Alien, but I really hate the Skitters. The tall aliens are better.
3 - Pope is the only charismatic character... and he has little screen time.
4 - Lourdes is a very bad written character. Her only contribution to the show is to praise the Lord. Oh, how I miss Firefly! Shepherd Book was an interesting Christian character. Lourdes is not.
5 - The plot is poorly written. If the plot fails, everything else fails. There is too much "we must save the children". The only plot twist comes too late, at episode 8. The finale was boring. I liked the idea of aliens communicating using radio waves, but It's stupid that they were surprised by jamming. Don't they know how radio waves work?? How is it that their only countermeasure was to change frequency from time to time??
This is not a terrible show but it's also not a good show. And while Falling Skies is renewed, others like Firefly or Stargate Universe were cancelled. That maddens me >:(