Old fashioned and cheesy, but still very entertaining The best way to describe this show is a mix between The Walking Dead, V and the A-team.
I see a lot of negative reviews, and while I agree with most of the critique, the show is better than the sum of its parts.
The show is too friendly to be a convincing survival show. There's not enough (deadly) action to make anything that happens on screen have any weight. The drama is laughable at best as well.
Most elements on the show have been done before, and have been done better. V (1983) was better at the Alien invasion thing, and The Walking Dead does the whole surviving thing better.
I could go on about what's wrong with the show, but when all is said and done, I'm glad it's on the air.
With original shows getting rarer, in favour of all the reality/CSI/Cooking garbage, it's nice to have something with some production values for other tastes.
With no original Sci-Fi for this year, Falling Skies seems to fill a void that makes it stand out positively in my mind.
5 years ago I wouldn't have given Falling Skies much chance, but for a Sci-Fi fan the pickings are slim nowadays, at least (hopefully) for now.
I rate shows against other shows that are on the air. Compared to most of them, Falling Skies is good.