Falling skies being in the second season now.... I am really enjoying the show, far more than The Walking Dead....

 

so what is your favorite and why?

falling skies is good but just the whole feel of the show, the whole concepts behind them. i like the zombie apocalypse better than the alien invasion. so my votes for walking dead.

Beinng that I work for AMC, Walking Dead.

 

 

But i DVR Falling Skies.

I have to say Falling Skies. Walking Dead is a bit too predictable, and there isn't too much to the story. Falling Skies currently has SEVERAL pieces in the plot that they can pull cards from and surprise viewers. Hal and Maggie's prospective relationship, the spikes on Ben's back, Weaver knowing his daughter is still out there, I think Weaver's leg getting hit by that harness could turn into something, Tom and the doctor's potential relationship, Tom not knowing if something was done to him on the ship, and Pope being out in the wild with nobody knowing where he is. That's a hefty list to me, and there's probably others that I'm either not remembering, or have not seen yet because I didn't watch tonight's episode. The only thing predictable in Falling Skies is Matt running off and causing trouble, I swear that kid is just like Carl.

Both shows are great however the second season of falling skies is shaping up better then walking dead's did. I believe both shows are similar in the sense that its showing the side of survival of people and does it well and they are just in different scenarios.

Well here at our place it is Falling Skies, but if the wife had started to watch Walking Dead. She would watch both. Not a huge zombie fan.

Walking Dead lost me when they had 6 episodes of standing around in the woods looking for that girl. Oh, and:

 

• Carl, stay in the house.
  
• Seriously, Carl. Stay in the house
  
• Carl, I don’t want to yell but it’s the middle of the zombie apocalypse and we’re going to need you to stay close by.
  
• Okay, buddy. Can you be a good little sheriff and stay put? I don’t know, guard the living room. Yes, okay here’s a special hat and you are officially on duty to protect the couch cushions. Just stay in the house.
  
• Carl, I’d ground you but it seems a bit trite what with the hordes of Zombies outside trying to eat our faces.
  
• Remember what happened when another little kid wandered off alone? You were here for that.
  
• It’s great you’re keeping your childish rebellion alive but if one of the bad guys gets you, Daddy is going to have to shoot you in the head.
  
• Please, Carl. Just stay here. I’ll be right back. Protect the couch cushions. Make some lunch. Get back to doing that math homework we inexplicably cared about 4 episodes ago.
  
• Carl, I’m not friggin around. Please, Carl. Just stay in the house. Do this one friggin thing. Just stay in the house for the next 5 minutes.
  
• HAS ANYONE SEEN CARL?? HE’S NOT IN THE HOUSE.
  

Oh, one more thing. Walking Dead seems to have more realistic firearms than Falling Skies. On Walking Dead, you tend to see guns that I think you would see owner by civilians in Georgia: Shotguns, revolvers the occasional semi-auto, Dale's hunting rifle. They all seem like the guns people would have handy in an emergency.

 

Falling Skies has a weird mishmash of guns. From automatic AK's to Sig556's to G36's... I think it would have been more realistic to start with a base of guns that would have been common under the Massachusetts AWB (no 30 round magazines) with a smattering of liberated National Guard weapons. As time went by, they 2nd Mass would find more and more used National Guard rifles.

 

But's it's a TV show. The main character probably has an AK because it is widely seen as a weapon of resistance even though I doubt there is a single full-auto AK in Massachusetts.

Walking Dead lost me when they had 6 episodes of standing around in the woods looking for that girl. Oh, and:

 

• Carl, stay in the house.
  
• Seriously, Carl. Stay in the house
  
• Carl, I don’t want to yell but it’s the middle of the zombie apocalypse and we’re going to need you to stay close by.
  
• Okay, buddy. Can you be a good little sheriff and stay put? I don’t know, guard the living room. Yes, okay here’s a special hat and you are officially on duty to protect the couch cushions. Just stay in the house.
  
• Carl, I’d ground you but it seems a bit trite what with the hordes of Zombies outside trying to eat our faces.
  
• Remember what happened when another little kid wandered off alone? You were here for that.
  
• It’s great you’re keeping your childish rebellion alive but if one of the bad guys gets you, Daddy is going to have to shoot you in the head.
  
• Please, Carl. Just stay here. I’ll be right back. Protect the couch cushions. Make some lunch. Get back to doing that math homework we inexplicably cared about 4 episodes ago.
  
• Carl, I’m not friggin around. Please, Carl. Just stay in the house. Do this one friggin thing. Just stay in the house for the next 5 minutes.
  
• HAS ANYONE SEEN CARL?? HE’S NOT IN THE HOUSE.
  

 

 

. As I was watching the catch-up over the weekend, I continued to find myself yelling at the TV over this exact issue with Carl wondering off ALL THE TIME. I know they hold him he had nothing to do with Dale being killed, but he most certainly did. I'm one of the few who actually like Dale and his character. I think it was need to show that "humanity" still existed.

I have to say Falling Skies. Walking Dead is a bit too predictable, and there isn't too much to the story. Falling Skies currently has SEVERAL pieces in the plot that they can pull cards from and surprise viewers. Hal and Maggie's prospective relationship, the spikes on Ben's back, Weaver knowing his daughter is still out there, I think Weaver's leg getting hit by that harness could turn into something, Tom and the doctor's potential relationship, Tom not knowing if something was done to him on the ship, and Pope being out in the wild with nobody knowing where he is. That's a hefty list to me, and there's probably others that I'm either not remembering, or have not seen yet because I didn't watch tonight's episode. The only thing predictable in Falling Skies is Matt running off and causing trouble, I swear that kid is just like Carl.

 

Don't forget the whole Charleston thread... I'm curious to see if Charleston is a trap or the real deal. That was a huge plot drop when the messenger came in the little airplane.

Walking Dead lost me when they had 6 episodes of standing around in the woods looking for that girl. Oh, and:

• Carl, stay in the house.
  
• Seriously, Carl. Stay in the house
  
• Carl, I don’t want to yell but it’s the middle of the zombie apocalypse and we’re going to need you to stay close by.
  
• Okay, buddy. Can you be a good little sheriff and stay put? I don’t know, guard the living room. Yes, okay here’s a special hat and you are officially on duty to protect the couch cushions. Just stay in the house.
  
• Carl, I’d ground you but it seems a bit trite what with the hordes of Zombies outside trying to eat our faces.
  
• Remember what happened when another little kid wandered off alone? You were here for that.
  
• It’s great you’re keeping your childish rebellion alive but if one of the bad guys gets you, Daddy is going to have to shoot you in the head.
  
• Please, Carl. Just stay here. I’ll be right back. Protect the couch cushions. Make some lunch. Get back to doing that math homework we inexplicably cared about 4 episodes ago.
  
• Carl, I’m not friggin around. Please, Carl. Just stay in the house. Do this one friggin thing. Just stay in the house for the next 5 minutes.
  
• HAS ANYONE SEEN CARL?? HE’S NOT IN THE HOUSE.
  

 

Carl is a kid, and kids get bored.

 

Don't forget the whole Charleston thread... I'm curious to see if Charleston is a trap or the real deal. That was a huge plot drop when the messenger came in the little airplane.

 

I was focusing on character development, and somehow managed to forget the largest plot mystery

See, that is actually what I really love about falling skies... lots of gun porn, and we are not trapped just on a farm. While the Walking Dead is almost entirely about the characters, and not really about the zombies..... Falling Skies is 70% Aliens/Plot line and 30% character development. Furthermore, finally an Alien movie done right... not that stupid skyline/whatever else like it.

 

Anyone have access to the ratings of both shows?

Yeah, the fact there is an abundance of AK's in falling skies really makes no sense to me and I dont remember them ever touching on where the guns came from. Even if they found a cache of weapons in one of the military armories in Massachusetts, It would not be loaded with AK's/ Commie Weapons. It would be AR's, M16's,maybe some sub machine guns and so forth.

So the only inaccuracy people can find with Falling Skies is the geographic location of the guns they have? Pretty good to me. They addressed the "clip" issue. They may not carry extra mags, but they ran out of ammo in a couple instances, and also addressed where the ammo was coming from. Falling Skies may have too much of a weapon selection, but Walking Dead is on the other end of the extreme. You're trying to tell me that they can't find even ONE rifle that could be used for offensive purposes? In season one they walked by countless M4's at the CDC, and didn't pick up a single one? They should have loaded up right there. They somehow have a limitless supply of ammo hidden in that small black duffel bag. Herschel with the pump shotgun that contained unlimited ammo. Every single shot that's ever fired in the Walking Dead is miraculously a head shot...even if it's with a handgun, at a moving target that's 25 yards away, and the shooter is shooting one handed and bouncing around in a pick-up truck. Everyone's entitled to like whichever show they like...but liking the Walking Dead over Falling Skies simply because Falling Skies is "inaccurate" is just naive.

Yeah, the fact there is an abundance of AK's in falling skies really makes no sense to me and I dont remember them ever touching on where the guns came from. Even if they found a cache of weapons in one of the military armories in Massachusetts, It would not be loaded with AK's/ Commie Weapons. It would be AR's, M16's,maybe some sub machine guns and so forth.

 

Go to a gun show... you will see just as many AK's as AR's. It should not be a surprise, but there are a ton of AKs out there. When I went to a gun store in FL, there were more AK's than AR's.

 

Ok... time for really bad joke...

 

The reason there are so many AK's in Falling Skies is because all the AR's already crapped out. =P As Glenn says, you can take an AK, set it on fire, piss on it, and it will shoot just fine.

 

Lastly keep in mind... what is just an hour north of Boston? New Hampshire and Vermont... guns gallore. One stop at Cabella's and you got a lifetime supply of guns. Then you have stores like Kittery Trading Post up in Maine which has even more. Furthermore, in Falling Skies they did address one issue... reloading.

I prefer the Walking Dead because of the character development. Neither show does the gun porn good enough for that to be a factor for me.

 

Regarding the guns in Falling Skies... I don't find the AK's that strange... The short barrel Sig 552, the HK G36, and to a lesser degree, the Galil, are all much stranger as random pick ups in my opinion.

I prefer the Walking Dead because of the character development. Neither show does the gun porn good enough for that to be a factor for me.

 

Regarding the guns in Falling Skies... I don't find the AK's that strange... The short barrel Sig 552, the HK G36, and to a lesser to degree, the Galil, are all much stranger as random pick ups in my opinion.

 

What that man said. And since when did the above mentioned rifles flourish in New England?

With the Walking Dead, With them being in Georgia, You would think there would be a large amount of bubba'd up SKS's laying around. I'm starting to notice a lot of M14s on Falling Skies. Both shows are fun to watch, But I would say I am more of a Walking Dead Fan.

Falling Skies, by a longshot.

Lots of action, intelligent aliens more interesting than zombies, better equipment.

 

Walking Dead is basically Jersey Shore, with zombies.

Lots, and Lots of piss-poor writing, and bad acting.

Long, endless episodes full of dull drama, with a glimmer of action at the very end to "hook" the typical TV sheep, and keep them coming back for more.

 

Walking Dead Season 2 summary:

Episode 1 - stupid girl gets lost

Episode 2-7 - Hanging out at a Farm, Lots of Idiot-drama, girl still lost.

Episode 8-9 - Dale Dies (thank god), Bar Scene, more farm drama... found girl.

Episode 10-13 - Farm drama, farm drama, farm drama.... zombie invasion.

 

Walking Dead the comic? Awesome.

The TV show? A case study in how NOT to translate a comic/novel into a TV series.

I prefer the Walking Dead because of the character development. Neither show does the gun porn good enough for that to be a factor for me.

 

Regarding the guns in Falling Skies... I don't find the AK's that strange... The short barrel Sig 552, the HK G36, and to a lesser degree, the Galil, are all much stranger as random pick ups in my opinion.

 

The G36 is what really throws me everytime I see it.

Regardless, it's some nice gun porn.