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It's not great but its not terrible either. It is watchable especially if you have had a few beers and dummed yourself down a bit. I actually thought the effects were very impressive for such a low budget movie. However the script needed to be tighter and the acting a bit better for some of the actors. Generally I enjoyed it I have to say. Always feels like they are close to making a much better movie if it was edited a bit better and the script was proof-read a bit more. It just has a feeling like they were quite close to making a competent movie but just failed short in a few places but for me the effects were fit for purpose.

I realise there are many reviews for the whole series but I really wanted to focus on the first episode of the 3rd season. Just because its done in such an unprofessional way. Clearly there has been cast updates etc but the first 15 minutes of the episode is a complete amateur mess, poorly done and just throws the new cast at you it just motivates you to switch off. The feel of the episode is nothing like the first 2 seasons and just came across as complete rubbish. It's like lots of things have changed during the gap between the two seasons but surely the 3rd season should be a continuation of the last season. It's almost like there was a season 2.5 that was never aired where lots of other stuff and adventures happened. Falling Skies is a very hit and miss show in my opinion. Sometimes it works quite well and other times gaping holes in the script just throw you out of believing it. It can be very silly at times. I've rated the series overall as 5, right in the middle which I think is fair.

If your a scifi fan its worth watching but you feel like it could have achieved far more as a series.

However still good fun but a beer might help to drop your IQ a bit to cope with the very silly scenes or the scenes that were poorly edited and amateur.

Surprised by the high review scores however I'll admit I'm only 3 episodes in but so far it has seemed quite weak whereas other's have rated these early episodes quite highly. While the actors do a solid job I find the issue is there is little imagination in these characters, no one is particularly interesting. The ship and the universe itself is very dull with absolutely no feeling that you are visiting alien worlds or seeing anything new. When they went down to the mining colony I couldn't have been less impressed to be honest. There has been a few plot twists of worth but generally find it a by the numbers production. The music and title sequence is rubbish too. I'm definitely out of sync with the general reviews here but if you watch it and 'meh' comes to mind you are not alone. It reminded me of Stargate Universe except I actually thought that was better despite those rubbish body swap sequences. Hopefully my opinion will change as I watch more episodes.