tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134363245574237994.post6849698785931307437..comments2023-06-21T04:09:04.047-07:00Comments on Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys: FALLING SKIES - Aliens invade Sunday, June 19thAnn Wilkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16829332828813130016noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134363245574237994.post-17005151976702865022011-05-19T15:26:06.801-07:002011-05-19T15:26:06.801-07:00@ Conor - Glad you enjoyed the review. And you'...@ Conor - Glad you enjoyed the review. And you're welcome. <br />@COF - Yeah. I hear yeah. This is really about people trying to survive an apocalypse I think. It should be interesting to see what the aliens' reason for it all is. But, yes. Must be easier ways. Still, it's an entertaining show if you can forgive the premise.Ann Wilkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829332828813130016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134363245574237994.post-14819870140711524192011-05-19T13:29:19.846-07:002011-05-19T13:29:19.846-07:00Ann,
thanks for the link in the blog roll, I just...Ann,<br /><br />thanks for the link in the blog roll, I just noticed it!<br /><br />Read your report on Falling Skies. It looks good and it was great to hear from someone "in the biz" give their take.<br />Here's my problem: I've read so much science fiction in the past (almost) fifty years, and am so conversant with current technological advances, I can no longer buy the concept of a need for advanced aliens to 'invade', put their troops at risk and 'harvest' people for any purpose. Maybe, just maybe, Knight's To Serve Man is the only rationale that works (pulling a fast one on us so they can eat us). Any of the rest? Invasion does not make economic sense, landing does not make strategic sense, trying to take over a planet that's inhabited already makes no sense at all. If they've got the ability to get HERE, they've got the ability to find undeveloped, Earth like worlds.<br />Aliens that just like to stomp on others? OK - but they'd be doing things a whole lot differently - something along 'Predator' lines. Sell vacation packages to Earth where they get to crush puny humans and take home a solidograph. Invade? Risk their own lives? No. Totally not plausible any more - and isn't that what SF is all about?Crotchety Old Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092745636011711266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134363245574237994.post-75256619743668439752011-05-16T07:55:20.402-07:002011-05-16T07:55:20.402-07:00Sounds interesting. I've had this series on my...Sounds interesting. I've had this series on my radar for quite some time. I will have to check it out when it finally airs. Thanks for the early review/profile.Conorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979311170025372535noreply@blogger.com