[USA] Falling Skies #1: Spielbergs alienserie 19 juni 2011 van start

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Reception

Falling Skies has received positive reviews. Review aggregate Metacritic awarded the series a score of 70%, based on 22 reviews, indicating Generally favorable reviews.[14]

Tim Goodman of the Hollywood Reporter gave the series a positive review, stating "...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."[15] Thomas Conner of the Chicago Sun-Times called it "...a trustworthy family drama but with aliens." He went on to say "It's "Jericho" meets "V," with the good from both and the bad discarded. It'll raise the summer-TV bar significantly."[16] Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly gave the series a B+ and said of the show "A similar, gradually developed, but decisive conviction makes Falling Skies an engaging, if derivative, chunk of dystopian sci-fi." He continued by saying "...Falling Skies rises above any one performance; it's the spectacle of humans versus aliens that draws you in."[17] In a review in the Boston Herald, Mark A. Perigard gave the series a B grade, saying "Don't look now, but Falling Skies could be a summer obsession."[18]

However, not all critical reviews were favorable. In a review in Variety, Brian Lowry states that he enjoyed the action sequences but that "the soapier elements mostly fall flat", while also calling the series "painfully old-fashioned".[19] Mike Hale, from The New York Times, calls the series "average" and "good on the action, a little muddled on the ideas". He adds that "the tone is placid and slightly monotonous, as if we were watching the Walton family at the end of the world".[20] The Washington Post reviewer Hank Steuver criticized the actor portrayals, writing that "the show is slowed by so many wooden performances, Wyle’s included". He also states he found himself "root[ing] for the aliens, which cannot have been the writers' intent".[21] In a review in the The Miami Herald, Glenn Garvin also criticized the poor acting, stating that the "'Falling Skies' cast appears unconvinced and unconvincing."[22] Garvin singles out the performance of Sarah Sanguin Carter as the only exception. He adds that Spielberg has "bottomed out" with this family drama series.

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Op maandag 20 juni 2011 17:11 schreef Mirel het volgende:

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Hmm andere hantering van ep nummers weer? Die van mij is 1 uur 22 min, en die van jou? (ik zie hem niet op sceneaccess en dat is kut want die zijn zo keiscene jweet

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Op maandag 20 juni 2011 20:44 schreef Demure het volgende:
Aflevering 1 was echt tergend slecht, de 2de was beter.

Het is een bijeenraping van van alle Amerikaanse filmclichés, zonder enige originaliteit. Het is voorspelbaar en er worden geen risico's genomen.

Ik vond V (2009) een stuk beter, en dat zegt veel.

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Op maandag 20 juni 2011 22:26 schreef Mirel het volgende:
Op het Something Awful forum zijn ze stukken kritischer.

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Ratings

The two-hour premiere of Falling Skies was watched by 5.9 million viewers, making it cable television's #1 series launch of the year. It also delivered more than 2.6 million adults 18–49 and 3.2 million adults 25–54.[23]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Skies#Ratings