Invasion 10/19 (SPOILERS!)

[Remus Lupin]

Am I the only person still watching this show?

I have to admit, it's getting me hooked. Like lost, it's slow on the exposition (though I suspect it's going to start speeding up).

Not that we know a whole lot yet, but after this episode, at least we know that the Sherrif was "taken" (or whatever) several years before the events of the series. At least, that's strongly implied.

I'm curious about his line that "some will measure up, and others will not." This suggests something that's been creeping me out since the first episode: Whatever happened to these folks, do they have some sort of *will* independently of whatever took them over?

One thing that strikes me as a big hole: if it was the sherriff's remains that they found in the swamp (implied by the picture inscription and the ring), why would it have taken almost a decade to find it, and why find it NOW of all times, when there are all sorts of fresh corpses around to be found?

 

[Crothian]

Ya, its just watching it

I don't know that but it just didn't grab me the first few episodes so I tuned out. Actually, all the alien invasion shows failed to grab me this year. Who knows, if they turn out good I can watch them on DVD.

So, spoil it. It seems there are aliens that take over people bodies. But does this show also have the lights in the water? Or is that Surface? Or maybe both...the shows seemed rather similar at the beginning though now based on previews they look different.

 

[Steverooo]

I'm still watching, although I don't have much to say about it...

Yes, Crothian, this is the one with the lights in the water. No, we still don't know exactly what they are. Looks like we might find out, next week...

 

[Banshee16]

Am I the only person still watching this show?

I have to admit, it's getting me hooked. Like lost, it's slow on the exposition (though I suspect it's going to start speeding up).

Not that we know a whole lot yet, but after this episode, at least we know that the Sherrif was "taken" (or whatever) several years before the events of the series. At least, that's strongly implied.

I'm curious about his line that "some will measure up, and others will not." This suggests something that's been creeping me out since the first episode: Whatever happened to these folks, do they have some sort of *will* independently of whatever took them over?

One thing that strikes me as a big hole: if it was the sherriff's remains that they found in the swamp (implied by the picture inscription and the ring), why would it have taken almost a decade to find it, and why find it NOW of all times, when there are all sorts of fresh corpses around to be found?

Was it the Sheriff's corpse that was found? Or his wife's? She was on that plane too...

To say that it's his corpse would mean that this is not just possession, but some form of shapeshifting or cloning or something.

I find it interesting that Muriel seems to be resisting somewhat, in comparison with some of the other survivors like the priest or what's her name...the reporter....her boss..

Banshee

 

[Banshee16]

Ya, its just watching it

I don't know that but it just didn't grab me the first few episodes so I tuned out. Actually, all the alien invasion shows failed to grab me this year. Who knows, if they turn out good I can watch them on DVD.

So, spoil it. It seems there are aliens that take over people bodies. But does this show also have the lights in the water? Or is that Surface? Or maybe both...the shows seemed rather similar at the beginning though now based on previews they look different.

Isn't the show "Surface" based on the comic Fathom? And wasn't Fathom about deep sea living ocean humanoids? This show seems to be about some form of whale eating reptilian sea behemoth....at least from the two episodes I've seen so far...

Banshee

 

[WayneLigon]

Isn't the show "Surface" based on the comic Fathom?

Not that I know of. It was originally called Fathom, but they changed it at the last minute.

 

[Arnwyn]

I'm still watching, although I don't have much to say about it...

Yeah, same with me. It's not terrible, so I'll keep watching for a while longer.

Yes, Crothian, this is the one with the lights in the water. No, we still don't know exactly what they are.

Almost sounds like an exasperated sigh comes at the end of those sentences.

 

[Remus Lupin]

I'm not so exasperated about the show witholding information. I like the slow build. Unlike Lost though, I suspect they're going to start lifting the veil really rapidly. I foresee an "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" scenario playing out, whereby the residents of the city become more and more replaced by the "aliens" and then branch out beyond the town. I was already rather surprised to see how many people were at the church meeting.

How could so many folks have shown up naked after the storm and folks not noticed? Also, I'm not buying the prettyboy teen guy attracting the cute teenage girl and her extraordinarily hot "possessed" mother.

 

[David Howery]

I mildly like this show, but I was a little puzzled by the sherriff's speech at the end of it... it didn't sound spooky at all (in fact, it was a rather 'we shall survive' uplifting kind of speech), but the soundtrack was playing all this eerie music as if something freeky was going on...

 

[Remus Lupin]

Well, nothing that anyone's done has been overtly suspicious. The Sherriff even helped out Larkin (reporter woman) and led her (perhaps in spite of himself), to some clues. The point is that the music and the mood suggest something ominous, and we're left to infer the rest. That's why it gives me a delightfully creepy tingle down my spine.