Rent Dark Skies: Series (1997)

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14h 52min
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Synopsis:
Dark Skies is one of the most imaginative TV series of the 1990s - an unusual and often scary blend of fact, informed speculation and high drama. It is an alternative, dark look at history as seen through the prism of an insidious and hostile alien invasion. On the one side: the secret and powerful covert government Majestic-12, which has discovered that alien life had indeed visited earth, and is determined to keep the invasion a secret. On the other side is Dark Skies, the resistance movement that is mankind's only hope, and it's heroes John Leongard and Kimberly Sayers, two young people on the run from Majestic-12.
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Directors:
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Studio:
Fremantle
Genres:
TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
BBFC:
Release Date:
18/10/2010
Run Time:
892 minutes
Languages:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Feature length pilot "The awakening"
  • The A-Z of Dark skies
  • Stills gallery
  • Episode synopses
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Moving targets
2. Mercury rising
3. Dark days night
4. Dreamland
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
5. Inhuman nature
6. Ancient future
7. Hostile convergence
8. We shall overcome
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following episodes:
9. The last wave
10. The enemy within
11. The warren omission
12. White rabbit
Disc 4:
This disc includes the following episodes:
13. Shades of gray
14. Burn, baby, burn
15. Both sides now
16. To prey in darkness
Disc 5:
This disc includes the following episodes:
17. Strangers in the night
18. Bloodlines
Bonus features:
- Pilot episode The awakening
- Stills gallery
- A-Z of Dark skies

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Reviews (1) of Dark Skies: Series

The pilot episode is on the last disc - Dark Skies: Series review by RunDeckardRun

Spoiler Alert
02/11/2022

If you liked the X-Files then there's a very strong chance that you'll like Dark Skies. It's clearly highly influenced by the X-Files, and unashamedly so, even down to the similar music. In many ways it feels like it could have been a spin-off prequel with its heavy focus on conspiracies surrounding key moments in American political history - ie the Kennedy assassination. At times it tries a bit too hard to weave in reports, stories and figures from science and UFO lore including, for example, Dr Carl Sagan who appears in a few episodes without really contributing to the development of the drama.

For some reason the 90-minute pilot episode - directed by horror veteran Tobe Hooper - is not on disc 1 but on the final disc. Episode 1 on disc 1 is a sort-of secondary pilot (it is fairly common that TV series are re-tooled after the initial pilot) but does not give sufficient background detail as to what is motivating the lead characters to do what they are doing. Throughout the episodes, references are constantly made to events that are in the 90-minute pilot which, having now watched it after the whole series, suddenly makes alot more sense..!

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