Am I the only one being very unhappy with "Falling Skies"? It's the new TV series which takes place six months after an alien invasion the earth and follows the adventures of a rebellion group of humans. A former history professor and his sons are the main characters. The general setting is a great idea, yet the realisation horrible. It's like we're back in the eighties. Flannel-shirted children with blond locks spend a lot of time being unhappy and disillusioned, until daddy comes home with a dead alien and a skateboard in tow. Then we get to see five minutes of children skateboarding in the setting sun. All the while the characters are not developed at all, for example, after three series, all we know of the main character is that he wants to free his other son from the aliens. Or, the teenage girlfriend of his older som, all we know of her is that she wears flannel shirts, too. It's probably supposed to be exotic that she can handle guns and rides a motorbike, but hey, again, didn't we have that with Flashdance in the eighties?
I am really, really unhappy how they murk up all these promising new scifi series, first, Jericho. The setting was wonderful, but it all melted down to a handful of praying farmers. Now Falling Skies, worse than Jericho ever was.
On the other hand, V was great, and I don't know why it got cancelled, really. Same with Stargate Universe, I really enjoyed watching that series. Or, best of all, BG. I wish there would be something as good as BG.
So I have to comfort my soul with Eric Northman over the summer. Well, there is worse.
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