flashforward wasn't nearly as bad as this show.

They should have stuck with Kings and let it be.

9/20/2012 11:36:06 AM

Kings was too smart for its own good.

9/20/2012 12:17:08 PM

So was Sports Night

9/20/2012 1:14:04 PM

I felt mediocre about this show... my first though was "oh, another journeyman-terranova-firefly that gets canceled after one season"

9/20/2012 2:13:09 PM

RIP Journeyman

At least it had a decent end.

9/20/2012 2:21:52 PM

^^ did you really think journeyman and firefly were "meh"? because if so, your opinion means nothing in the context of this thread

9/20/2012 2:34:25 PM

journeyman was great

9/20/2012 2:39:49 PM

^^no... that's not how I intended that statement to come across. I own the firefly series and really enjoyed Journeyman. (terra nova was alright)...

I just meant shows that were canceled after one season, and those were the first three that came to mind.

9/20/2012 3:44:47 PM

firefly was bad

9/20/2012 3:57:18 PM

you can just STFU now

9/20/2012 4:06:21 PM

the intro (well, title flash screen) is exactly like falling skies' intro

9/21/2012 10:05:38 AM

Ah, Journeyman, that was a great show. I guess for every 3-4 crappy sci fi shows like Revolution you get the occasional good one. Regardless of quality it seems like Falling Skies and Lost are the only ones that made it past one season.

9/21/2012 1:39:59 PM

just finished the episode...i didn't hate it

i mean, it was bad...i just didn't hate it

9/21/2012 1:51:48 PM

i guess i didnt give falling skies enough of a chance? turn out good?

9/21/2012 7:51:32 PM

falling skies is pretty good for summer tv. good enough for me to dvr it.

i like post-apocalyptic stuff.

9/23/2012 8:22:19 PM

couple wolf webbers are on this show since its filmed in te dub. support em!

9/24/2012 1:46:05 AM

This show is no different that most other shitty TV. The fundamental problem with most bad TV shows is they treat their viewers like idiots.

That's why HBO and the cable networks are cleaning up at the emmys and the networks are getting destroyed.

The attitude that some scifi (no matter how bad) is better than no scifi will continually lead to trash like Revolution.

9/24/2012 2:11:40 AM

Ponyboy is guest starring in the next episode

9/24/2012 4:34:45 AM

you can't really compare the success of Falling Skies to anything on network TV. the amount of viewership needed for a cable series, let alone a summer cable series, is a fraction of what's needed for the major networks to justify keeping a new series on the air.

and i'll add a +1 to the Journeyman ruled vote

9/24/2012 8:16:38 AM

Show should have been focused more on near term events.

9/25/2012 1:12:17 AM

second ep couldn't keep my attention

9/25/2012 2:32:32 AM

i barely recognized C. Thomas Howell



also, how long before the british chick turns on the medallion and powers up her iPhone to see pictures of her kids? because that's happening.

9/25/2012 7:58:00 AM

the show is losing me fast. after 2 episodes i'm real hesitant to even bother tuning in to the next episode. this whole "teen girl hero that we can relate to" trend in movies and tv is nauseating anymore. i really don't even find any of the characters all that interesting. i mean, maybe Miles but that's really it. and woo-hoo the mother is alive; who didn't see that shit coming. ugh.

9/25/2012 8:08:38 AM

i fell asleep a few times during this episode and don't remember it very well.

9/25/2012 9:08:45 AM

Why are these people so good at sword fighting and shit?

9/25/2012 12:56:43 PM

deleted it from my scheduled recordings list, show sucks

9/25/2012 1:01:13 PM

i wish it was good. it sucks that it isn't.

9/25/2012 1:53:58 PM

I don't think I'm hanging in much longer myself. Too much other stuff is coming back on now and going to eat into my show watching time.

9/25/2012 2:21:11 PM

my buddy was on it, and two seconds later head was cut off and off it. LOL

9/25/2012 10:37:36 PM

From Greg Easterbrook, ESPN.com:

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"Suppose you were a father and mother who knew all technology was about to stop working -- you'd buy more than one bag of groceries! You wouldn't wait until the last conceivable instant to draw water or copy the magic software. You'd stockpile inhalers for your asthmatic child, rather than do nothing, as is depicted. If the first two characters shown knew the blackout apocalypse was coming, why didn't they prepare? Fifteen years later, just before expiring, the man hands the power-restoration amulet to a stranger, not explaining its purpose. Lying mortally wounded, he tells his daughter to be strong but does not reveal his knowledge of how the blackout began. Since the amulet and the knowledge were the items of value he possessed at death, why didn't he give either to his daughter? The daughter walks to Chicago to find her uncle; what seemed like a rural village was the ruins of a suburb. The uncle declares he has not spoken to his brother since receiving the warning a moment before the blackout. At this point we must accept that the uncle, a highly trained commando, knew that his brother had vital information about whatever stopped all power on Earth from functioning -- yet over 15 years, never simply walked to his brother's nearby house to ask him what the heck was going on. Canceled by Christmas; lucky to make it to Thanksgiving."

When a sports network has to chime in on how bad a show is...

[Edited on September 26, 2012 at 1:55 AM. Reason : /]

9/26/2012 1:55:00 AM

i watched the most recent episode last night. or as much of it that i could stand. i'm really sad this show is so crappy. i'd much rather watch terra nova

9/26/2012 8:54:25 AM

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"also, how long before the british chick turns on the medallion and powers up her iPhone to see pictures of her kids? because that's happening."

Yep, definitely gonna happen. Even though after 15 years of inactivity the battery wouldn't work.


Also, on the sword fighting, I can see how that is feasible. Current police/military rely on firearms but obviously guns and bullets are a lot harder to make when you don't have electricity. I'd think the militia guys would all be armed and trained with at least a bow and arrow too though.

[Edited on September 26, 2012 at 9:26 AM. Reason : ]

9/26/2012 9:25:45 AM

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"“Smash” premiered with a 3.8 in the post-“Voice” timeslot earlier this year. Bad Robot’s “Revolution” did better. 4.1"

they posted the third highest rated show last week. will be surprised to see what they did monday with all the new shit coming back.

9/26/2012 9:41:44 AM

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"the show is losing me fast. after 2 episodes i'm real hesitant to even bother tuning in to the next episode. this whole "teen girl hero that we can relate to" trend in movies and tv is nauseating anymore. i really don't even find any of the characters all that interesting. i mean, maybe Miles but that's really it. and woo-hoo the mother is alive; who didn't see that shit coming. ugh."

totally agree.

9/26/2012 10:57:57 AM

that makes it worse... i can't stand that actress

9/26/2012 12:27:46 PM

She can stare at us all she wants with those big blue eyes, it won't make us like her

9/26/2012 5:30:21 PM

I'm glad to see that this show is as bad as I expected it would be. They've already done the "power goes out" shit several times. Get some new material, folks.

I agree, it could be intriguing to have it be that "the power never comes back on", but I'd like to think that we would be smart enough to work around it. At least have steam-powered shit, like others have said

9/26/2012 6:01:10 PM

what other "power goes out" shows have there been?

or did you mean shows with a similar premise?


This show reminds me of "The Postman... the Series"

[Edited on September 26, 2012 at 6:11 PM. Reason : ]

9/26/2012 6:10:19 PM

I miss Jericho.

Maybe skeet ulrich can guest star!

9/26/2012 6:56:51 PM

Please bring back Jericho, I want to know what happens

9/26/2012 7:32:14 PM

Jericho was the shit!

9/26/2012 7:47:59 PM

Quote :

"Please bring back Jericho, I want to know what happens"

signed.

9/26/2012 7:59:14 PM

read the six issue season 3 comics. a five issue season 4 started releasing in august.

9/27/2012 7:38:19 AM

I liked the second episode better than the first. I'm going to keep watching, if only to hear the ridiculous reasoning behind how all this shit works.

9/27/2012 7:56:03 AM

Comics? No thanks, ill wait for Netflix to buy the rights

9/27/2012 7:56:57 AM

i can't stop thinking why people don't use old diesel tractors as transport.

if explosions still work (guns fire etc) but electricity doesn't.... then old ass diesels still work.

please utilize this.

9/27/2012 11:28:07 AM

^that's what I thought too. At least in One Second After they could use pre-1950ish trucks.

9/27/2012 11:42:09 AM

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"Please bring back Jericho, I want to know what happens"

It could be a possibility you know. Netflix has inquired about the rights to Jericho earlier in the year and if netflix can pull off the production of a new season of Arrested Development, I'm sure they'd pursue in bringing back other cult hits.

There was a rumor that Netflix also inquired about Firefly as well... but that just seems so far fetch to even be true. If netflix somehow got Firefly back together, I would go to their HQ and kiss the management team for doing a job that should have been done 10 years ago.

9/27/2012 1:30:09 PM

While acquiring the rights to Firefly would be difficult, I would think getting the cast back together would be even tougher. At least two/three of the former cast members have large parts on other shows.

9/27/2012 2:12:03 PM

I, too, fell asleep about 3 times during this episode... I don't know how much more I can watch.

9/27/2012 4:32:39 PM