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Falling Skies (Anyone watching it?)
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on July 05, 2011, 11:34:01 am ---I streamed the pilot yesterday from their webpage. I liked it.
The "if the aliens have 6 legs why do their robots have only two?" question irritated me a little. We have 2 legs and our robots on Mars have 6 wheels, so it should have been a non issue. Since the show brought it up in an obvious, trying to be subtle, manner there is going to be some deep (and stupid) social commentary behind it. I have a feeling the reason for the two legged robots will disgust me enough to stop me from watching it, but for now I'll enjoy the show.
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I think you are a little confused, or you missed a bit of the plot. Those aren't robots, they are exo-suits. You can tell they are exo-suits not only from the plot explaination, but because they have legs. Wheels/jets/whatever are infinately more cost-effective, energy-effective and easier to engineer than robot legs. The only reason you would make a robot with legs, aside from asthetics, would be because it's a suit and there are real legs to contend with inside.
A robot, a car (lunar lander) and a exo suit are totally different things.
It seems to me that the dialog in that scene was poorly written though. You look at the crab aliens and it's obvious that they are too big to fit inside those walker shells.
And yes what you are thinking is probably the case. Either that or it's a master/slave class of two seperate aliens.
I've got to say, the show is getting more interesting as it goes on. Still not great, but at least it's original.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 06, 2011, 02:51:47 am ---I think you are a little confused, or you missed a bit of the plot. Those aren't robots, they are exo-suits.
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Exo-suits? This isn't a show from the 80s.
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 06, 2011, 02:51:47 am ---A robot, a car (lunar lander) and a exo suit are totally different things.
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In the second episode a girl mentioned to her teacher that when humans build robots we give them 2 legs then she asked why these 6 legged aliens give their robots (her word for these mechanical beings, not mine) 2 legs.
The point I was making is that we are currently using 6 wheeled robots on Mars, so the aliens using 2 legged robots to on Earth shouldn't even be an issue. Since they brought it up in the show (and since it was brought up by a child) there's going to be some significant reason behind. Which is going to make me hate the show.
Until then I'll enjoy watching the show.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on July 06, 2011, 11:29:39 am ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 06, 2011, 02:51:47 am ---I think you are a little confused, or you missed a bit of the plot. Those aren't robots, they are exo-suits.
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Exo-suits? This isn't a show from the 80s.
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 06, 2011, 02:51:47 am ---A robot, a car (lunar lander) and a exo suit are totally different things.
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In the second episode a girl mentioned to her teacher that when humans build robots we give them 2 legs then she asked why these 6 legged aliens give their robots (her word for these mechanical beings, not mine) 2 legs.
The point I was making is that we are currently using 6 wheeled robots on Mars, so the aliens using 2 legged robots to on Earth shouldn't even be an issue. Since they brought it up in the show (and since it was brought up by a child) there's going to be some significant reason behind. Which is going to make me hate the show.
Until then I'll enjoy watching the show.
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Turn on the news sometime. Exo Suits, just as we imagined by our scifi series are currenty under testing by the US Military.
Second point, a 6 year old girl is going to call anything they see moving and made of metal a "robot".
I think you are missing the point. I don't get into the physics of it, but making something stand on two legs is infinately more complicated than making it stand on eight or better yet using wheels. So while the little girl might have been misguided about the reasoning, it still made the teacher think and thus it was noteworthy.
While I agree that it's some pretty blatent foreshadowing, they shouldn't have to hit you over the head with a hammer in terms of plot to get you to understand that conversation. ;)
To go ahead and say it, I don't see where having the kids pilot the suits is going to ruin the show, they are already slave labor, which is bad enough.
TOK:
I just caught up on this... Had it in DVR since the start and just watched the last episode last night. I think its OK. Not loving it, but I'll continue watching.
There is stuff that frustrates the hell out of me, like them trusting the Pope dude. That whole character is kind of lame... 140 pound renegade chef dude. They need to beat whoever is writing his dialog. They try to make him sound edgy, racist and dangerous, but it has to be so tame for TV that he says stuff like "This gas tank is dryer than a Texas nun". Have you EVER heard a tough guy utter a ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- line like that? :lol
I like the alien design. Kind of different looking, but they didn't try to give them over-the-top mean looking faces. They move cool too, just creepy enough. I agree about the kid stuff being overdone. I have an issue with the way kidnapping subplots drag a story down to begin with, and they are a major plot point in this show. I could wind up hating it if they keep dragging that out.
boykster:
To me, feels like a Battle for LA mashup with The Walking Dead....but not as good as either of them. I want to like it, but so far its 'meh, ok' rather than 'OMG can't wait till next week!!!'
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