More like The Walking Dead and The Terminator than V - much closer to the ground - Falling Skies is probably most like H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Steven Spielberg had a hand in both the 2005 movie version of War of the Worlds and the new Falling Skies, which so far looks considerably better than the movie.
It's good to see Noah Wyle back on television, best known for his great work in ER. Moon Bloodgood, in such shortlived science fiction gems as Daybreak and Journeyman - seriously - and on the cover of Maxim, too, plays a pediatrician with the freedom fighters. The rest of the cast is also good and believable.
The most-of-humanity-wiped-out motif is not an easy one to bring to a television series, despite the success of The Walking Dead, at least so far. Come to think of it, Battlestar Galactica succeeded with this, too - except out in space not with alien invaders down on Earth - though its success, unfortunately, was more with critics than big numbers of viewers. If television's prime advantage is to provide a little relief and release from the hard day, you can see why apocalyptic stories have such a tough time of it. On the other hand, it's not as if Criminal Minds is such a joy ride, and it's generally a winner in the ratings.
Well, I'll be watching Falling Skies even its ratings fall, which, with any luck, will move in the opposite direction.
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