'Falling Skies' on TNT HD

Not really. I remember TNT aired a Stephen King mini-series a while ago. Better to see this new show here than on the ludicrous SyFy channel. They aren't very big on originality over there.

Since Syfy has pretty much stopped showing sci-fi, maybe sci-fi fans will turn to TNT?

Whew, try typing that three times real fast.

Looks like good summer fun. Here is the trailer:

http://www.tvguide.com/news/spielber...s=breakingnews

... not to mention they "rescued" Babylon5 ... then wrecked the sequel "Crusade." I think that was the last serious TNT SciFi attempt.

Looks like a great show!

Anyone check out the webcomic? I have a hard copy of the first issue that I got from work[I work for a marketing company that is doing some of the campaigning for the comic and TNT's upcoming television series] and I like what I have been seeing.

The pace is frantic, the series storyboards the frantic events of an alien invasion, which places Tom Mason, and his three sons, Hal, Ben and Matt in a struggle to survive as they fight back against the aliens that have invaded the earth.

Here's the trailer over on FanBolt: Fanbolt Fallen Skies Trailer

TNT also has a 2nd mass site chronicling the diary of one of the main characters which provides unique insight: Falling Skies - 2nd Mass

I enjoy the series and I think I will enjoy the television show a lot when it airs this summer, especially as the comic is kinda a prequel to the events of TNT's drama. Also being executive produced by Steven Spielberg will ensure the show's quality.

Checking in.

I think this looks promising.

This may have more potential than upcoming Terra Nova on Fox I hope so, because Terra Nova has kind of a stupid premise.

Will certainly get a check out from me.

Watching the trailer for Battle:LA makes me think it's a prequel to this show. I know it isn't but I wonder if one "borrowed" the idea from the other in the way that Hollywood does.

They both seemed to have been conceived at roughly the same time.

Saw the trailer over the weekend .. looked pretty good (of course most trailers do .. ) .. I'll be watching and keeping my fingers crossed ..

Actually looks pretty good.

Too bad it's on TNT. I'd love to support it as it airs, but I'll have to wait until it hits streaming or disc (can't stand all the screen clutter TNT uses). Even the preview on their website has a huge graphic in the lower-right

One of these days somebodies going to invent a gadget that takes those constant commericials/network logos out .. and make a solid fortune ..

The next big wave is product placement .. not only should we be subjected to logos and graphics while the show is on, but since so many DVR and skip commericials, we'll see more and more prominently placed products

I've thought about just matting my TV so it's in a constant 2.35:1 ratio. Unfortunately the popups and logos have gotten so big, stretching into the entire bottom half of the screen, that I'd only be blocking about 1/2 of them.

My solution is just to quit watching TV. I find myself purposely avoiding stuff like this and just watching it on FiOS's VOD or just waiting for them to hit Netflix streaming or Blu-Ray. If you watch Stargate Universe, it's approximately 500% less annoying to watch it on VOD (No station logo or popups about Ghost Hunters), and it's up the next day anyways, which is when I normally would be watching my DVR recording.

Of course, it's only a matter of time before they start putting this stuff into the VOD feeds as well.

Strayed off topic. Point is, I won't be watching this just because it's on TNT....I'll just catch it on disc or streaming or VOD...

Another clip from the series to tide us over till June:

http://www.tnt.tv/dramavision.jsp?cid=87311&oid=90078

The series looks to be having the drama that I really enjoy in my sci-fi

The trailer is interesting but I hope it will be somewhat believable.

Surprised this isn't getting more conversation considering it's starting in a month from now. Considering FS will be one of the only sci-fi shows on US TV it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

With the loss of "V", "The Event" and others, I'm looking forward to it ..

Looking forward to this series. Hoping it does well.

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me too

stephen king's nightmares and dreamscapes a few years ago was pretty horrible....i'm not holding my breath on this one. Looks like they're trying to capitalize on the "apocalyptic event -> band of survivors" theme like The Walking Dead (which is a helluva show).

Whenever I see the ads all I can think is that it looks like a Syfy Saturday night B-movie. I'll give it a watch with low expectations. Maybe it'll surprise me. O_o

Also looking forward to this one. Battle:LA comes out on disc the Tuesday before this premieres, so TNT has a bit of extra advertising helping them out.

I'm just hoping that with Spielberg involved, it turns out to be good ..

Now that the apocalypse has passed here in the Midwest w/o a murmur, bring on the next great sci-fi series.

Yeah, about that apocalypse -- someone's got some 'splaining to do ...

From the commercials it appears they're trying to push it as a new "War of the Worlds" type series. That's not completely bad...

Howard Stern said on Monday he got an advance copy of the first 2 episodes and he liked it. Said definitely was better then V and The event. He said they start right out with the aliens attacking etc...there's not a lot of build up they get right to the attack and it goes from there.

Thats good, far too many shows start out slow building the background only to lose audience. Then it gets good and gets cancelled.

The impression I got from the promotional stuff (including cast interviews) was the series takes place after the initial invasion and the humans have started fighting back.