Steven Spielberg's Falling Skies - Part 1

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[Sawyer]

With the show having a panel at SDCC next month, now seemed as good a place to start a new thread as any...

The resistance is coming to Comic-Con. TNT is going to give fans the very first look at the eagerly anticipated new series FALLING SKIES, from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg, starring Noah Wyle. The gripping drama series, slated to premiere in summer 2011, envisions a world where aliens have invaded, and the fate of humanity lies in the hands of a few survivors. Series stars Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies) and Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) will join co-executive producer and writer Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica) at Comic-Con for a Q&A panel session scheduled to take place Friday, July 23, from 4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. (PT) in Room 6A. They will also be available for an autograph signing, time and location to be announced.

In FALLING SKIES, Wyle stars as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force. Bloodgood co-stars as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy (Lincoln Heights) as Hal and Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom’s two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary. Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT’s Into the West) plays a fierce leader of the resistance.

FALLING SKIES is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, along with DreamWorks Television heads Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank and screenwriter Robert Rodat. Rodat, who earned an Oscar® nomination for his screenplay for Saving Private Ryan, wrote the pilot from an idea he co-conceived with Spielberg. Verheiden and Greg Beeman (Heroes, Smallville) are co-executive producers. The pilot was directed by Carl Franklin (One False Move, Out of Time).

 

[iamlegend]

Someone remind me; didn't Pope and co, use Maggie as a sex slave initially..?

Correct. Though I don't know that it's been mentioned since season 1.

 

[smallville fan]

Figured I'd talk since the finale happened. So the finale definitely left us on an interesting note. Like:

Spoiler

Tom being lost in space and encountering a new alien
The Espheni War Machine taken down

So now we have one more season left. Thoughts everyone?

 

[Matt]

I don't think it is a [blackout]new alien per se. Tom's words were, "I had no idea, you're beautiful." And the alien (which we could see the reflection of) seemed to be walked on multiple legs and have the same body type as a skitter. My guess is that the new alien is the original skitter race, before the Aspheni mutated them.[/blackout]

 

[X Knight]

I don't think it is a [blackout]new alien per se. Tom's words were, "I had no idea, you're beautiful." And the alien (which we could see the reflection of) seemed to be walked on multiple legs and have the same body type as a skitter. My guess is that the new alien is the original skitter race, before the Aspheni mutated them.[/blackout]

Spoiler

that's what I'm thinking, too.

now, the question is.......are they friend or foe? are they the "larger threat" the Espheni alluded to earlier?

and overall, I'd say this was the least interesting season. you've hard of "filler" episodes. well, this whole season felt like a "filler."

it had a hard time finding its direction and the most interesting character with the most potential, Lexi, was largely wasted.

it wasn't until the final 3 eps that it started to get interesting.

I'm glad next season will be the last. that means they can finally wrap the story up with a satisfying (hopefully) conclusion.

 

[X-Ray]

Spoiler

I think the new alien we see at the end may be the ones the Overlords were prepping to use Lexi against. Not sure if Tom is seeing it's true form. He may be seeing something else from what we saw was being reflected off of the mirror.

I hope Lexi is gone for good. But they left room for a return. The thing she was doing with her hands at the end. If she's quick enough. She could probably concoct a strong enough cocoon to survive that blast. Which would be ridiculous considering that blast left a Texas size crater in the moon. But you never know.

 

[X Knight]

Spoiler

I think the new alien we see at the end may be the ones the Overlords were prepping to use Lexi against. Not sure if Tom is seeing it's true form. He may be seeing something else from what we saw was being reflected off of the mirror.

I hope Lexi is gone for good. But they left room for a return. The thing she was doing with her hands at the end. If she's quick enough. She could probably concoct a strong enough cocoon to survive that blast. Which would be ridiculous considering that blast left a Texas size crater in the moon. But you never know.

Spoiler

yeah.......Tom could have been seeing an illusion of some sort and not what the audience caught a glimpse of.

and I wouldn't be surprised if Lexi did survive.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

This is what happen when Audrey II mates with The Prometheus worm.

 

[Elevator Man]

I almost started laughing when Weaver and Matt kept repeatedly shouting "It's not over until it's over!", when that eshphani fog trapped them.

It was good that Tom and Lexi got to bond on their mission b/c their relationship was very underdeveloped this and last season, which had me believing Tom never really cared for Lexi and vice versa.

And I was mostly scratching my head on that twilight zone-esque ending. Another dream maybe?

 

[ravn0s]

that voice at the end sounded a lot like lexi's.

 

[X-Ray]

I almost started laughing when Weaver and Matt kept repeatedly shouting "It's not over until it's over!", when that eshphani fog trapped them.

It was good that Tom and Lexi got to bond on their mission b/c their relationship was very underdeveloped this and last season, which had me believing Tom never really cared for Lexi and vice versa.

And I was mostly scratching my head on that twilight zone-esque ending. Another dream maybe?

that scene was corny as hell.

 

[Golgo-13]

Good ep. Although i was scratching my head at the scene where Weaver was trapped against the wall, with the creature on his chest, and Matt and Anne calmly sit there and make no attempt to help him…

I also found Hal's banter with Ben and Maggie, during the scene with the fog really weird; it seemed out of place.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I thought the 2 part season finale was excellent, it put all the main characters in various states of jeopardy and had me wondering who was going to survive, and used these situations to mend issues bring the whole group together as we head into the final season.

Ity looks like the Ishfini threat is done and the last season will feature whatever it is that they warned was coming as the main threat.

that voice at the end sounded a lot like lexi's.

I hadn't thought of that but given Tom seemed pleased to see who/whatever it was makes me think you could be right.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Mmh why the new alien would have any connexion to Lexi ?
Like a previous poster said, the silhouette looks like a skitter, probably the true form of the specie and Tom is amazed for the being is beautiful ( I imagine something like the Aqua Alien in Abyss but purple ).

 

[C. Lee]

Just finished watching seasons 1 to 4.......I thought seasons 1 and 2 were great....season 3 was fair....and season 4 was terrible. Trying to decide if I should bother with season 5 when it airs now.

 

[X-Ray]

Might as well to see how it all ends. Starts up this Sunday.

 

[X Knight]

Just finished watching seasons 1 to 4.......I thought seasons 1 and 2 were great....season 3 was fair....and season 4 was terrible. Trying to decide if I should bother with season 5 when it airs now.

Might as well to see how it all ends. Starts up this Sunday.

I felt the same way about last season. it really did feel like a "filler season."

I'm glad it is wrapping up this season, and I'm going to watch it for the conclusion.

It better have a satisfying conclusion!!

 

[Morg]

showtime t:

 

[X-Ray]

I like this new Tom. He a little crazy but you know, **** it. It's the last season. The twist at the end, an alien clone? The real Tom died?

I guess this silly love triangle isn't going to end til someone dies. Hal had a good run.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Weird start, Anne and Weaver shooting the new warrior Tom side glances and not a lot of Pope even though he had his hair done all nice for the season premiere.

 

[Golgo-13]

Didn't like how fast Tom arrived back at the camp. It kinda took away from the whole speech Ann gave in the beginning, because he was back in the very next scene. They could have at least gone a few eps with Tom on his own.

And how convenient that his ship crash close enough where he could simply walk back to camp. They should have had him crash on another continent, hook up with that countries' resistance, then that would have been a great way to have his old team and his new team link together….

 

[X-Ray]

Didn't like how fast Tom arrived back at the camp. It kinda took away from the whole speech Ann gave in the beginning, because he was back in the very next scene. They could have at least gone a few eps with Tom on his own.

And how convenient that his ship crash close enough where he could simply walk back to camp. They should have had him crash on another continent, hook up with that countries' resistance, then that would have been a great way to have his old team and his new team link together….

That would have been better. We see 2nd Mass without Tom doing their thing. Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet Tom is leading another group. His give no **** approach earns him a reputation that reaches back to 2nd Mass.

Aw, what could've been...

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Btw, is this the last season ?

 

[SuperBatman]

Btw, is this the last season ?

Yes it is the Final Season.