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Andreas Borcholte: “Besonders originell wirkt das alles auf den ersten Blick nicht. Dennoch gelingt es “Falling Skies” gleich in den ersten beiden Folgen, die den Pilotfilm bilden, größtmögliche Spannung und Identifikation mit den Schicksalen der Hauptcharaktere aufzubauen – auf eine so unaufdringliche, gleichzeitig aber extrem effiziente Art, Details und Hintergrundinformationen zu installieren, wie es nur in den dichten Narrativen neuerer amerikanischer TV-Serien möglich ist.” [SPON]

Arno Arndt: “TNT liefert mit „Falling Skies“ eine Alien-Invasion-Serie auf hohem Niveau ab. Die Serie startet durchaus packend und vielversprechend. Der Cast ist überzeugend und die Effekte können sich sehen lassen. Der Serienpilot erreicht mit einem Cliffhanger, dass man als Zuschauer erfahren möchte, wie es weitergeht.” [Serienjunkies]

Falling Skies – US BUZZ

Michael Crider: “Falling Skies has more going for it than against it, and is worth a watch for science fiction fans looking for something new. A visceral, dilapidated landscape and survivalist mentality help gloss over the bad computer effects and mediocre acting.” [Screenrant]

Tim Goodman: “The entertainment value and suspense of Falling Skies is paced just right. You get the sense that we’ll get those answers eventually. And yet, you want to devour the next episode immediately.” [Hollywood Reporter]

Thomas Conner: “It’s “Jericho” meets “V,” with the good from both and the bad discarded. It’ll raise the summer-TV bar significantly.” [Chicago Sun Times]

Linda Stasi: “If Walking Dead weren’t alive, up and taking a vacation to generate new blood, Steven Spielberg’s Falling Skies would be the best current sci-fi series on TV.” [NY Post]

Mary McNamara: “Serious without being grim, uplifting without being saccharine, Falling Skies dares to image what feature films will not–a world in which Will Smith or Aaron Eckhart did not bring down the mother ship in time.” [Los Angeles Times]

Matt Roush: “When resting between thrilling action scenes, it’s all very earnest, never campy or cheesy–but not particularly sophisticated or deep, either. It doesn’t really have to be as long as it’s entertaining. By those standards, Falling Skies succeeds.” [TV Guide]

Nancy DeWolf Smith: “Hey, it works. Probably because Falling Skies tells a gripping story, full of people whose fate we cannot guess on a playing field whose contours are not yet clear.” [Wall Street Journal]

Matthew Gilbert: “Too often, TV’s sci-fi creators fail to give us characters to identify with, focusing instead on special effects and plot manipulations. But the father-son-bond material in Falling Skies brings humanity to the story and grounds it in emotion rather than spectacle.” [Boston]

David Wiegand: “Skies has enough going for it to appeal even to those who don’t think they like sci-fi.” [SFGate]

Ed Barky: “The special effects are better than decent and the ensemble cast wears pretty well as Falling Skies begins to hit its stride.” [Uncle Barky]

Verne Gay: “Skies needs more horror. Less talk. More dramatic tension. Less (ummm) talk. More crazy, wild shootouts with the despicable aliens, who don’t seem particularly bright, by the way. Less (all together now) talk.” [Newsday]

Brian Lowry: “Taken on its own terms, this eight-part series–which begins in the middle, months after aliens have invaded Earth, thus turning a ragtag New England band into modern colonial resistance–has its moments action-wise, but the soapier elements mostly fall flat.” [Variety]

Mike Hale: “Despite the high stakes of the story and the frequent violence, the tone is placid and slightly monotonous, as if we were watching the Walton family at the end of the world.” [NY Times]

Maureen Ryan: “There are some promising ideas and story lines here, but the pilot far outshone subsequent episodes in terms of quality and efficiency.” [AOLTV]

Hank Stuever: “Yet another dystopian vision with Steven Spielberg’s brand name affixed to it (as executive producer), this time as a cheap-looking but occasionally intriguing sci-fi social study called Falling Skies.” [Washington Post]

Daniel Fienberg: “Falling Skies holds together and despite the myriad pieces you’ll recognize from or associate with its predecessors, it stands on its own as a fun and, yes, solid summer action drama.” [Hitfix]

Devin D. O’Leary: “Mostly—like AMC’s “The Walking Dead”—this is a tale of basic human survival. With its diverse cast, wide-open storyline and rally-round-the-flag-boys tone, “Falling Skies” could be an addictive summer series.” [Alibi]

Marc Eastman: “On the other hand, the show is very slick, and a lot of fun.” [Are you Screening]

Metacritics listet Falling Skies mit 70 von 100 möglichen Punkten, basierend auf 22 Kritiken.

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Falling Skies katapultiert uns in eine Welt, wie Sie (um es aus “Menschen”-Sicht mal auf den Punkt zu bringen) beschissener nicht sein kann. Eine riesige Horde Aliens bricht über die Erde hinein. Brutal. Mit eiseskälte und alienhärte, und mordlustig obendrein. Mit riesigen Raumschiffen, einer Technologie, die der humanen weit überlegen ist und vor allen Dingen ausgerüstet mit vielen Schnickschnack-Talenten, die sie bestmöglich auskosten, um sich uns Erdlinge Untertan zu machen. Apokalyptisch, eben.