The Official Invasion Thread (by request)
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Ispep
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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 13:03    Post subject:
You're telling me. That's crushing.


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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 13:33    Post subject:
I'm almost certain it's because theres not enough action and exposition for the american audience.

I have a friend who's watching the series with me and he always complains that theres not enough action, and the 'aliens' arn't scary enough etc. He thinks Surface is better because of the giant monsters every episode.

Personally I prefer mystery and suspense, and for once a series about alien invasion focusing on the human dynamic, what it means to be human and the innate xenophobia present in society. Rather then big bad aliens in spaceships blowing shit up and stalking people. I'm sure that would have been more successful, which is sad really. Sad


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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 14:11    Post subject:
Haha, fuck! they are gonna cancel it... oh noes, I dwnloaded the whole 21 episodes and watched them 3 days In a row.. and now Its gonna be canceled. oh my. What a waste of my time . Very Happy

Well.. what can you say.


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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 18:20    Post subject:
AnimalMother wrote:
I'm almost certain it's because theres not enough action and exposition for the american audience.

I have a friend who's watching the series with me and he always complains that theres not enough action, and the 'aliens' arn't scary enough etc. He thinks Surface is better because of the giant monsters every episode.

Personally I prefer mystery and suspense, and for once a series about alien invasion focusing on the human dynamic, what it means to be human and the innate xenophobia present in society. Rather then big bad aliens in spaceships blowing shit up and stalking people. I'm sure that would have been more successful, which is sad really. Sad


So true... The series is fantastic the way it is, and it's one of the most appealing alien/s series i've ever seen. I sure as hell hope that SCIFI or some other networks will buy the rights for this one...
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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 19:43    Post subject:
I personally think the X-Files was far superior but that's not a slur on Invasion.


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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 19:55    Post subject:
Ispep wrote:
I personally think the X-Files was far superior but that's not a slur on Invasion.


xfiles was great in the begining then it became shit. Sad Sorry. The last 3 seasons of x-files were rubbish. Others were great.


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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 20:00    Post subject:
Ispep wrote:
I personally think the X-Files was far superior but that's not a slur on Invasion.


Which season and in what way?

Because many episodes of the X-files were individual paranormal stories, some of which were good, some not so good. Then we had all that supersoldier crap, and the black goo etc.


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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 21:54    Post subject:
The storyline about Mulder's sister and the dark history of he's family was great in my opinion, not to mention the cancerman Razz. Sure it was good but i personally Think it's better than X-Files. Atleast for now but you never know. Season Endings / Series Endings have some sort of way to destroy a series. But i guess it'll just leave us with a big cliffhanger instead.

Hmm now when i think about it, it's hard to beat the really good Alien epiosdes in X-Files... But the series kinda gets out of line as previously said.
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PostPosted: Tue, 16th May 2006 22:31    Post subject:
X-Files was far batter than Invasion, though the last seasons were only avarage. Personally i prefer shows with individual stories in each episode. But i don't think anyone will pick up Invasion, ratings have been very low for a long time now, Fox would have trashed it a long time a go, probably for some reruns of some crappy reality show.
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th May 2006 01:33    Post subject:
I mean superior in general. Like in the way I would say the Godfather is superior to the Goodfellas.

The X-Files had its share of bad episodes and certainly the last two seasons were awful (relatively speaking) but seasons 1 through to 7 contains some of my favourite television. A lot of people disliked the later seasons (ignoring 8 and 9 which I consider spin offs) but I thought they had some really original and fun episodes thrown in there to keep people interested. The problem with the show as a whole was that it had run its course and the writers were going nowhere.

I personally don't think it is up for debate, the X-Files set standards so high and I don't think Invasion has touched them consistently enough to be even be considered a challenger.


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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 04:07    Post subject:
Well, I heard today that Invasion isnt coming back next season.
Hope the series finale (tonite) answer's all the questions...or we're gunna be fucked and never get a final episode Neutral


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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 05:22    Post subject:
SycoShaman wrote:
Well, I heard today that Invasion isnt coming back next season.
Hope the series finale (tonite) answer's all the questions...or we're gunna be fucked and never get a final episode Neutral


Fuck I sat down to watch it and missed the hockey game. Then half way through the ep i fell asleep Hahahahhahahha Sad

DL! Very Happy


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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 10:51    Post subject:
Invasion - 1x22 - The Last Wave Goodbye

Usual sources Very Happy


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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 12:24    Post subject:
hmmm so is there another series???
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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 12:24    Post subject:
Just watched it and lemme tell you this. IT SUCKS. I was expecting alot more things to come clean in this episode. In general the episode were great, but not the way i expected it to be since it was the last one. Sad
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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 14:38    Post subject:
Would have been a great season final, but for a series final they revealed actually nothing Sad
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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 15:57    Post subject:
sletje wrote:
Just watched it and lemme tell you this. IT SUCKS. I was expecting alot more things to come clean in this episode. In general the episode were great, but not the way i expected it to be since it was the last one. Sad


the episode was recorded weeks in advance. They didn't know ABC will cancel them. If they did they would've explained everything in one episode. Well not everything. They would've let the things that would develop in three + four next episodes develop right now Very Happy Or at least make it a 2 hour special Very Happy


So it's not the episodes fault it left some unanswered questions. It's abc's for not letting them know asap so they could at least answer three.


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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 16:14    Post subject:
Injurious wrote:
the episode was recorded weeks in advance. They didn't know ABC will cancel them. If they did they would've explained everything in one episode. Well not everything. They would've let the things that would develop in three + four next episodes develop right now Very Happy Or at least make it a 2 hour special Very Happy


So it's not the episodes fault it left some unanswered questions. It's abc's for not letting them know asap so they could at least answer three.


True, maybe ABC will reveal the whole story in a side note at a press conference, just like FOX did with Reunion Wink
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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 17:41    Post subject:
Well it's not official yet what i understand. And chances are that some other netwrok will buy them isn't that bad. Atleast that's what i think.

Yeah it's not the episodes fault as Injurious just said. I loved the episode and i loved the series and i really hope that it will continue in some form... Cause this series is proboarly one of the best series out there... It's a shame people doesn't give it a chance really.
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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 18:30    Post subject:
Benoyd wrote:
Well it's not official yet what i understand. And chances are that some other netwrok will buy them isn't that bad. Atleast that's what i think.

Yeah it's not the episodes fault as Injurious just said. I loved the episode and i loved the series and i really hope that it will continue in some form... Cause this series is proboarly one of the best series out there... It's a shame people doesn't give it a chance really.


Agree. I didnt fall for it until like after the 4-5 first episodes.
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PostPosted: Thu, 18th May 2006 20:05    Post subject:
Benoyd wrote:
Well it's not official yet what i understand. And chances are that some other netwrok will buy them isn't that bad. Atleast that's what i think..


I think it's official, read it on numerous sources, and i can't find it on ABC's fall 2006 schedule.
But maybe we are liucky and some other network will pick it up.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-abc-upfront-grid,0,7505738.story
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PostPosted: Fri, 19th May 2006 03:34    Post subject:
Ahh you gotta be frickin kidding me! That was the season finale?! I just really wanted Tom to say something! Dammit! Good episode and its a goddamn shame if this gets canned Sad


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PostPosted: Sat, 20th May 2006 04:44    Post subject:
What are the reasons for cancelling? Budget, ratings etc

Seems to be popular amoung the ppl I know and on here. Confused


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PostPosted: Sat, 20th May 2006 09:07    Post subject:
It's the average joe though isn't it and over here in the UK most are only mildly titilated. Dunno about Americans.


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