Falling Skies S5 US Pace
koantemplation
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Not too bad a season opener. Some nice action, but didn't really feel it moved the story along much.
Not sure where the season is going, but I hope they do more than just fight aliens and save the earth.
Not sure where the season is going, but I hope they do more than just fight aliens and save the earth.
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what more is there
Well, there are now aliens in existence and super natural powers the humans can have, and be morphed into other beings such as the skitters. Hopefully interstellar flight.
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Which is why I said I hope they do more than just fight the aliens.
Speaking of which, I'm curious about them; they seemingly can communicate telepathically and (to some extent) see the future? They provided Tom with that image, knowing where the Overlord would be. Furthermore, they only seem (presently at least) to be concerned with the Espheni.
I wonder whether they'll try to have Tom turn on the Volm at some point. I refuse to believe the intentions of this third faction are pure.
Are there 3 or 4 alien species?
First it was the Skitters (which we later found out were terraformed humans) another other alien races that have also been turned into Skitters.
Then we found out the Skitter were created by the Espheni.
Then we have the Volm and finally
the Great Enemies, who we have yet to see.
Then there's the Espheni, the Overloards, and then the Volm. We know there's another faction in the works, but we don't know their true intent; we only know that the Espheni have said they're the greater enemy - though I don't recall the Volm ever having mentioned them?
Either way, they can't be good. Our heroes wouldn't be so lucky.
Just so long as Tom gets reunited with his all of his kids then we'll all be happy
Glad to have my summer hate watch back. Can't wait to see how it all wraps up.
Why do you want them to die? I really like Mat and Ben:)
I wouldn't miss Hal and Ann
I do have a soft spot for Prof. Tom
I was surprised at the person who did die in ep1 I liked that character but I guess the cast is getting very big. They will have a mass cull soon.
They're all idiots. Especially Tom.
Quite enjoyable though.
How is it that he allowed their entire food supply to be located in a single place? That's moronic.
You think? We haven't met a Brain Bug yet.
I miss the Mechs - they were always more menacing.
Can't decide whether they already should have got hungry enough to try Skitter meat - bit late to introduce that idea IMO. And "try it on a cat"? Cat-lover or no, their physiology is different, so not a reliable test - was it too much to expect that people would know that?
As has been said though, quite a reaction - 'specially since he was kidding to start with. Better than "tastes like chicken" which I was half-expecting!
Think the skitter-battering scene involving Anthony was a lost opportunity for a clear moral message as well. Appreciate he was grieving and the Colonel did chide him for time-wasting - just think they should have taken the chance to make more of a specific point - "we're supposedly the better species, it's a war not a sport", etc. Guess a lot of viewers would have taken that from it anyway, but still...
The cat experiment might not have proved the food was safe for humans to eat if the cat survived but if the cat didn't survive then you could be pretty sure it wasn't good.
Or they've got a seemingly inexhaustible supply of hair gel and shaving products. Only Tom Mason seems to have a beard and it's not that wild.
At least in 'Lost' we saw Sawyer having a haircut - although that was a one off.