(I'm not sure anything I've written could be considered a "spoiler", but just in case I marked that)
I'm absolutely amazed by the support on here for this. Of the three "alien invasion" shows this season, the only good one was Threshold, and that got canned first. Figures.
For all the incredible hype behind Invasion, and the great lead-in from Lost, it just wasn't a very good show. Virtually nothing happened for 3/4 of the show's run. The entire season wouldn't have enough material for a single episode of Buffy or Lost. It isn't a "mind game". It isn't a matter of "not being able to follow along". It just isn't very well written, and there isn't much content. They're trying to string a single concept out into an entire season-think about it; this could have been done (better) as a single episode of the X-Files.
Also, the characters don't work. Most of them are still one dimensional. Sheriff Underlay has been a huge problem from the start. He's been one of the "good guys" here at the end of the season, and they've been playing him that way most of the time yet from the very start he's clearly a TERRIBLE person. We're supposed to relate to a monster? We're supposed to forget everything he's done all season long? They keep brining up threads, entire characters, only to dump them without going anywhere with them. They arbitrarily turn Tom from monster to "good guy" and back again, etc. and we're supposed to shut off our brains and pretend it's okay? It just doesn't work.
While I agree that there's a LOT of potential to deal with hybrids, their dealing with what they are, etc., we're not seeing it (outside of some occasional stuff with Mariel).
I for one would MUCH rather take a chance on a new sci-fiy show than support one we already know isn't very good.
EDIT: Just watched the season/series finale, and it was really quite good. Glad it got to go out on a high note. They cheated with Underlay's character-completely changed him, but he was pretty interesting in the last few episodes.
I'm absolutely amazed by the support on here for this. Of the three "alien invasion" shows this season, the only good one was Threshold, and that got canned first. Figures.
For all the incredible hype behind Invasion, and the great lead-in from Lost, it just wasn't a very good show. Virtually nothing happened for 3/4 of the show's run. The entire season wouldn't have enough material for a single episode of Buffy or Lost. It isn't a "mind game". It isn't a matter of "not being able to follow along". It just isn't very well written, and there isn't much content. They're trying to string a single concept out into an entire season-think about it; this could have been done (better) as a single episode of the X-Files.
Also, the characters don't work. Most of them are still one dimensional. Sheriff Underlay has been a huge problem from the start. He's been one of the "good guys" here at the end of the season, and they've been playing him that way most of the time yet from the very start he's clearly a TERRIBLE person. We're supposed to relate to a monster? We're supposed to forget everything he's done all season long? They keep brining up threads, entire characters, only to dump them without going anywhere with them. They arbitrarily turn Tom from monster to "good guy" and back again, etc. and we're supposed to shut off our brains and pretend it's okay? It just doesn't work.
While I agree that there's a LOT of potential to deal with hybrids, their dealing with what they are, etc., we're not seeing it (outside of some occasional stuff with Mariel).
I for one would MUCH rather take a chance on a new sci-fiy show than support one we already know isn't very good.
EDIT: Just watched the season/series finale, and it was really quite good. Glad it got to go out on a high note. They cheated with Underlay's character-completely changed him, but he was pretty interesting in the last few episodes.