Falling
Skies: The Complete Fourth Season
(2015/Warner Blu-ray Set)
Picture:
B+ Sound: B+ Extras: B Episodes: B
Falling Skies
returns in its exciting Fourth
Season
Blu-ray release! If you haven't had the chance to check out this
epic sci-fi program and are a fan of films like War
of the Worlds,
District
9, or
the like then this is definitely a show that is worth your time.
Produced by Steven Spielberg himself and starring Noah
Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Will Patton, Connor Jessup, and Colin
Cunningham, this big budgeted alien romp definitely feels more like a
long film than a series. Twelve episodes are available here, spanned
over two Blu-ray discs, and offer not only great entertainment
interesting supplements as well paired with a fantastic high def
presentation by Warner Brothers.
Aliens
have attacked the Earth, and they won. Now, a small group of
survivors surrounding major cities around the world must band
together and rebuild some sort of society. Not only must they figure
out how to work together, they must figure how to eliminate the new
alien race who have taken over their planet. Tom Mason (Wyle), a
Boston historian, has his family torn apart. His knowledge of how
civilizations are born makes him an ideal leader for starting over,
but his desire to reunite family lead him down a path more dangerous
than planning a society. Everyday people must become heroes, normal
humans must make priorities between family and civilization. The
idea of what was always known is destroyed, and they must redefine
existence. Above it all are a race of aliens to whom humanity is
nothing. As Season
Four
opens, The Mason clan and the remaining 2nd Mass suddenly find
themselves under brutal attack by a new Espheni war machine.
Episodes
here include Ghost
In The Machine, The Eye, Exodus, Evolve Or Die, Mind Wars, Door
Number Three, Saturday Night Massacre, A Thing With Feathers, Till
Death Do Us Part, Drawing Straws
and Season
Finale Pt. 1 & 2.
The
presentation here is pretty flawless and even better than its
original broadcast with a sharp 1080p high definition transfer, a
1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio, and a lossless, English Dolby TrueHD
5.1 track, there isn't much to complain about here. Also on the disc
are English SDH, French, Spanish, and Dutch Closed Captioning for the
deaf and hard of hearing.
Extras
are bountiful, which is always nice to see on a new release here we
have including:
Character
Interviews with actors Colin Cunningham, Connor Jessup, Drew Roy,
Maxim Knight, Moon Bloodgood, Noah Wyle, Sarah Carter and Scarlett
Byrne
Inside
the Episode: Ghost In The Machine, The Eye, Exodus, Evolve Or Die,
Mind Wars, Door Number Three, Saturday Night Massacre, A Thing With
Feathers, Till Death Do Us Part, Drawing Straws, Season Finale Pt. 1
& 2
If
you are a sci-fi fan like I am, then I would highly suggest giving
this show a watch. I feel like it's going to become a cult classic
soon and find more fame maybe even after its original broadcast much
like shows like Alien
Nation.
-
James Harland Lockhart V
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