Noah Wyle

Last Night’s Falling Skies Highlighted The Show’s Most Fundamental Flaw

Last night’s Falling Skies got off to a fantastic start—that opening sequence, showcasing the rubble of our world, dotted with alien corpses full of snakes, was beautiful. And seeing the renegade Pope as the heroic rescuer was fantastic. It was the set-up for a great episode… that didn’t quite materialize. Spoilers ahead… The main flaw…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 27

Falling Skies is turning into a show about the dangers of understanding your enemy

The mysterious aliens on Falling Skies are slowly getting less mysterious as the show goes on. We’ve had more contact with the harnessed kids, including Ben but also the still-harnessed Karen. We’ve learned about a Skitter uprising. And Tom has spent some time aboard an alien ship. But this increasing familiarity with the alien invaders…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20

Who can the 2nd Mass trust, and who’s marked for death, on Falling Skies?

We’re halfway through season two of Falling Skies, TNT’s show about the last remnants of humanity in the wake of an alien invasion. And the cast and crew assembled at Comic Con for a panel moderated by 2nd Watch host Wil Wheaton. The Second Mass is ever vigilant against the threat of aliens — but…

Television Keith Veronese Jul 14

Why does nobody ever obey orders on Falling Skies?

About halfway through last night’s episode of Falling Skies, there’s a super-inspirational moment where the episode’s guest star assures Captain Weaver that all the 176 people following him super-respect him as their leader. Except, of course, the whole rest of the episode consists of nothing but everybody disobeying orders and pissing on the chain of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 25

Falling Skies Season 2: No More Magic Bullets

Falling Skies season one gave us a sometimes-intense look at the world after a devastating alien invasion. But in season two, the stakes get massively raised, and life gets a lot harder for the Second Mass, according to the show’s stars and showrunner. We were lucky enough to speak to stars Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 13

That Falling Skies Cliffhanger: “We wrote ourselves into a little bit of a corner”

Falling Skies threw a huge curveball in the last few minutes of its first season — the sort of weird out-of-nowhere turn of events that makes you wonder if you missed a few episodes. And now that the show is coming back for its second season June 17, the show’s cast and new showrunner admit…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 11

Pick the best Falling Skies photo caption — and send the winner to visit the set!

Here it is — the final contest of wits and heart. Hundreds of you submitted your captions for our exclusive photo of Falling Skies season two. And now we’ve picked the ten best entries. https://gizmodo.com/caption-this-exclusive-falling-skies-picture-and-win-a-5868207 Now it’s your turn to pick a winner — choose from among these ten selections, and the winning entry gets…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 22

Caption This Exclusive Falling Skies Picture, and Win a Visit to the Set!

We’re eagerly awaiting a second season of Falling Skies, TNT’s post-apocalyptic TV show about humans struggling to survive after an alien invasion. The good news is, Falling Skies is filming more episodes right now — and we’ve got your first exclusive photo of season two! The other good news is, you could win a free…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 14

Will George Clooney Play Steve Jobs on the Big Screen?

Hollywood rumor alert, guys: English gossip coal plant The Sun reports George Clooney is slugging it out with former guy-who-played-Steve-Jobs Noah Wyle over the coveted spot. It will definitely be an extremely lucrative movie—so who’s gonna star? http://youtu.be/47ehNQIfHGsOn the one hand, Noah Wyle has experience pretending to be Steve from the sorta-bad-sorta-good Pirates of Silicon…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 18

Why the Haters are Wrong about Falling Skies

Falling Skies started out as an admittedly cheesy show about lovable people surviving the aftermath of an alien invasion. But it’s grown into something a bit more interesting, and last night’s episode showcased a lot of what’s good about it. The Falling Skies-bashers are missing out — this show is actually going interesting places. And…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 1

A single clip shows Falling Skies at its best — and its worst

Last night’s Falling Skies showed just how much potential Steven Spielberg’s post-alien-apocalypse show has. And yet, the major flaw that drags the show down was still much in evidence. Just watch this clip, in which you can see the awesome exploration of alien-fighting, including some intense squickiness and an attempt to make the aliens seem…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 11

What’s the difference between slavery and symbiosis?

The most interesting part of Falling Skies, so far, is the relationship between the Skitters and the children they’ve taken captive. And the more we learn about the harnessed children, the more interesting they get. Just check out this utterly creeptastic scene, in which Ricky appears to choose slavery. (Which is several times more creepy…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 4

Just one clip will leave you with no doubt that Noah Wyle is an alien-fighting badass

In case you had any doubts about Noah Wyle’s ability to tackle the ongoing alien invasion and take the world back from the six-legged bastards in Falling Skies, this clip ought to put them to rest. Spoilers ahead… Tom Mason (Wyle) takes down an alien single-handed, using Pope’s secret leg-shooting technique — but he doesn’t…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 27

The Coolest Scene of Alien-Fighting from Last Night’s Falling Skies

Steven Spielberg’s new show Falling Skies launched last night on TNT, and the good news is, it got gangbuster ratings for a basic cable show: 5.9 million viewers, more than The Walking Dead’s first episode on AMC. The bad news is, the opening two parter has a lot of storytelling weaknesses, and it’s hard to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 20

Why Falling Skies breaks the mold of alien invasion shows

We’ve had a lot of unscrupulous aliens coming to our planet on television lately, but Falling Skies isn’t just another mystery-alien show along the lines of V or The Event. Instead, Steven Spielberg’s new show is a whole different phenomenon. We interviewed showrunner Mark Verheiden and actors Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy and Maxim Knight about…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 17

Steven Spielberg’s Falling Skies = Saving Private Ryan with Aliens

Steven Spielberg’s alien invasion show Falling Skies will show off the alien invaders in the opening moments of the first episode, judging from footage we saw at Wondercon. We saw four clips from the first couple episodes of Falling Skies, and they showcased post-apocalyptic drama, huge explosions and stunts, and even some teen romance. It…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 2

Watch the lights go out on Planet Earth, in a chilling new Falling Skies promo

Steven Spielberg’s newest aliens are here… and they don’t just want to phone home. This trailer for Spielberg’s TNT show Falling Skies shows how the invasion begins, and makes it clear just how helpless we are. Plus it gives a way better look at those armored alien marauders on a rampage — and gives a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 29

Watch Noah Wyle battle alien spider-drones, for the future of humanity

We’ve been so excited for Spielberg’s “last survivors of humanity vs. dinosaurs” show Terra Nova that we’ve forgotten about Spielberg’s “last survivors of humanity vs. aliens” show Falling Skies. But this new teaser, which just came out a few minutes ago, makes a bold gambit to put Falling Skies back on the map. And it…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 18

First trailer from Steven Spielberg’s alien invasion series Falling Skies

Round up the local ET-fighting militia — the first ever video footage from alien invasion TV series Falling Skies is out. We like the look of the aliens, and Steven Spielberg’s producer credit. But will the show itself be good? Click to view So far, it looks like a lot of fun, here’s the official…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 27

20 heroic librarians who save the world

If information is power, then there’s no hero mightier than a librarian. Librarians are superheroes, adventurers, explorers and invaluable guides to other heroes. Here are 20 amazing librarians who save the world every day! As Spider Robinson writes in The Callahan Touch, “Mary Kay is one of the hidden masters of the world — a…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 22

Noah Wyle

Last Night’s Falling Skies Highlighted The Show’s Most Fundamental Flaw

Falling Skies is turning into a show about the dangers of understanding your enemy

Who can the 2nd Mass trust, and who’s marked for death, on Falling Skies?

Why does nobody ever obey orders on Falling Skies?

Falling Skies Season 2: No More Magic Bullets

That Falling Skies Cliffhanger: “We wrote ourselves into a little bit of a corner”

Pick the best Falling Skies photo caption — and send the winner to visit the set!

Caption This Exclusive Falling Skies Picture, and Win a Visit to the Set!

Will George Clooney Play Steve Jobs on the Big Screen?

Why the Haters are Wrong about Falling Skies

A single clip shows Falling Skies at its best — and its worst

What’s the difference between slavery and symbiosis?

Just one clip will leave you with no doubt that Noah Wyle is an alien-fighting badass

The Coolest Scene of Alien-Fighting from Last Night’s Falling Skies

Why Falling Skies breaks the mold of alien invasion shows

Steven Spielberg’s Falling Skies = Saving Private Ryan with Aliens

Watch the lights go out on Planet Earth, in a chilling new Falling Skies promo

Watch Noah Wyle battle alien spider-drones, for the future of humanity

First trailer from Steven Spielberg’s alien invasion series Falling Skies

20 heroic librarians who save the world

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