Rent Dark Skies: Series (1997)
3.5 of 5 from 11 ratings
14h 52min
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- Synopsis:
- Dark Skies is one of the most imaginative TV series of the 1990s - an unusual and often scary blend of fact, informed speculation and high drama. It is an alternative, dark look at history as seen through the prism of an insidious and hostile alien invasion. On the one side: the secret and powerful covert government Majestic-12, which has discovered that alien life had indeed visited earth, and is determined to keep the invasion a secret. On the other side is Dark Skies, the resistance movement that is mankind's only hope, and it's heroes John Leongard and Kimberly Sayers, two young people on the run from Majestic-12.
- Actors:
- Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh, Conor O'Farrell, Tim Kelleher, Charley Lang, Jeri Ryan, Mike Kennedy, James F. Kelly, Grant Mathis, Jack Lindine, Arell Blanton, Don Moss, Robin Gammell, Richard Gilliland, Jeff Juday, Wayne Tippit
- Directors:
- Rodman Flender, Tobe Hooper, Winrich Kolbe, Steve Beers, Michael Levine
- Studio:
- Fremantle
- Genres:
- TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Reviews (1) of Dark Skies: Series
The pilot episode is on the last disc - Dark Skies: Series review by RunDeckardRun
If you liked the X-Files then there's a very strong chance that you'll like Dark Skies. It's clearly highly influenced by the X-Files, and unashamedly so, even down to the similar music. In many ways it feels like it could have been a spin-off prequel with its heavy focus on conspiracies surrounding key moments in American political history - ie the Kennedy assassination. At times it tries a bit too hard to weave in reports, stories and figures from science and UFO lore including, for example, Dr Carl Sagan who appears in a few episodes without really contributing to the development of the drama.
For some reason the 90-minute pilot episode - directed by horror veteran Tobe Hooper - is not on disc 1 but on the final disc. Episode 1 on disc 1 is a sort-of secondary pilot (it is fairly common that TV series are re-tooled after the initial pilot) but does not give sufficient background detail as to what is motivating the lead characters to do what they are doing. Throughout the episodes, references are constantly made to events that are in the 90-minute pilot which, having now watched it after the whole series, suddenly makes alot more sense..!
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