Rent Falling Skies: Series 1 (2011)

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6h 53min
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Synopsis:
'Falling Skies' chronicles the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that leaves most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, survivors band together to begin the difficult task of fighting back against the aggressive aliens. Outside of Boston, history professor Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) helps lead a small army named 2nd Massachusetts in the battle of their lives to preserve their families and what's left of mankind.
Actors:
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Directors:
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Producers:
Steven Spielberg, Greg Beeman, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank
Voiced By:
China Anderson, Emily Hahn
Creators:
Robert Rodat
Writers:
Robert Rodat, Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Joseph Weisberg, Joel Anderson Thompson, Mark Verheiden
Studio:
Warner
Genres:
TV Action & Adventure, TV Dramas, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
BBFC:
Release Date:
02/07/2012
Run Time:
474 minutes
Languages:
Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Animating a Skitter
  • Falling Skies Panel: San Diego Comic-Con 2011
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Featurettes Audio Commentaries
  • Unanswered Questions: Season 2 Sneak Peek
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Live And Learn
2. The Armoury
3. Prisoner Of War
4. Grace
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
5. Silent Kill
6. Sanctuary, Part 1
7. Sanctuary, Part 2
8. What Hides Beneath
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following episodes:
9. Mutiny
10. Eight Hours
BBFC:
Release Date:
13/08/2012
Run Time:
413 minutes
Languages:
Brazilian Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Subtitles:
Brazilian, English, French, Spanish
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Animating a Skitter
  • Falling Skies Panel: San Diego Comic-Con 2011
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Featurettes Audio Commentaries
  • Unanswered Questions: Season 2 Sneak Peek
  • Falling Skies from Pencils to Print: The Dark Horse Comic Book Revealed
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Live and Learn
2. The Armoury
3. Prisoner of War
4. Grace
5. Silent Kill
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
6. Sanctuary: Part 1
7. Sanctuary: Part 2
8. What Hides Beneath
9. Mutiny
10. Eight Hours

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Reviews (1) of Falling Skies: Series 1

Spielberg airs his father-son relationship problems, again. - Falling Skies: Series 1 review by RunDeckardRun

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11/09/2021

Falling Skies is fine in terms of acting, script, production etc (although I thought that the CGI versions of the aliens looked unconvincing, but that's a fault shared by many series from this period). It's just that the programme offers nothing new: it looks too much like a re-hash of the post-apocalyptic scenes from the Terminator films, combined with some un-used footage from Spielberg's (dreadful) War of the Worlds movie. Which brings up what, for me, is the biggest negative aspect: executive producer Spielberg has seemingly used Falling Skies as yet another opportunity to play out scenes of father-son relationship issues. I thought that he had moved on from doing that but evidently not: in this series the lead character, played well by Noah Wyle, has been given three male children in order to get the point across - one of whom looks too old to convincingly be the son of Wyle's character. As in Spielberg's WOTW movie, there's too much of an obvious attempt to glue a family drama onto a sci-fi backdrop and we've simply seen it all before by now.

I'm a lifelong sci-fi fan, and will usually give a series a good chance before giving up on it, but in this case I won't be staying to the end as I feel like I've seen it done all before, only better.

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