Falling Skies: Mmm, Frothy Invasions

[PyrosNine]

I kinda watched it as if it were a series about X-Com or UFO, just like I watch Burn Notice as if it's GTA in TV format, and that lets me roll my eyes when something ridiculous happens.

Of course, I get upset sometimes when characters on TV don't behave like you'd expect after playing so many darn video games (the evil aliens with death rays aren't that scary, you could totally take 'em!) but fortunately the X-Com mindset allows me to accept the Human's inadequacies in the alien killing department.

With that in mind, I am also expecting them to fire a rocket launcher at an Alien, miss, and then blow up another squad that happened to have been trying to flank it. We've already had aliens shooting insta-death rays from just slightly out of sight with unfailing accuracy already, so why not?

AS for kids whining about birthdays, when you might die any time soon, a birthday becomes a mother's chestbursting big deal, as in you survived long enough to last another year. And it's worth celebrating.

He's only a little brat if he then whines about how they didn't get him an Xbox or even give him that one can of tuna.

[Lumenskir]

Ok, Falling Skies.

I'm with you on Skitters and Mechs. And that the droneships (or whatever they're called) can't detect an amount of people below X, even if that amount is camp-sized.

But cmon. Honestly?

The oldest son is not 16. He doesn't even look like a Hollywood 16.

I get what you're going for. It really would suck to be 16 and then have to become a soldier. I agree.

BUT. You know what else sucks? Being 18 and then having to become a soldier. Or being 23 (what I'm guessing the actor actually is) and then having to become a solider. Hell, unless you're actively pursuing the military, I'm guessing any age would be a sucky time to have to become a soldier.

Get your ages in line, is basically what I'm saying, Falling Skies.

ANYWAYS

I'm thinking my "Skitters are also slaves" theory got a little bit more juice tonight. (1) Why would the POW Skitter be so adamant about being killed rather than found if it didn't have to report to capricious overlords* (2) The fact that Skitters can control through the harness means they could also be under control (like a double fake out from the things inside the mechs) (2a) I just realized that last week they said the harnesses were infiltrating/altering the host's DNA, so the Skitters might be a bugpod/another race all conquered and harnessfied/morphed previously by the true overlord aliens.

*Although I guess it could be a "Failure = Death Culture" thing going on, but that doesn't fit my theory nearly as well.

[Magus]

Your latter theory would make it even more like Half-Life. Thus I agree since things could do to be more like Half-Life.