Its unfortunate that this series was canceled after its second year. The story was portrayed by some talented actors (Jason Ritter did a phenomenal job) and the story line had much potential to become as big a hit as "Lost", in my opinion. However, I think the story line fell short due to the underdevelopment of sub story lines and important characters.
The viewer craved to know what was it exactly that set Sleepers apart from their human counterparts. Other than advanced knowledge in the physical sciences and immunity to certain diseases, we never really learned of their true alien nature. Aside from a few more decades of accumulated knowledge, and slower aging (not that big deal a deal to me), what were their 'special' abilities? What could they do that humans could never do? To me, the Sleepers as a whole were actually quite a boring lot. The back history surrounding the discovery of the ancient scroll as it related to the planetary exodus of the ancient Sleeper earth civilization was explained away too quickly, simply and lacked important detail. It could have been revealed (even to the main character himself) that the Sean character was from a long ancestral line of guardian angels or the James Dempsey character was some long lost Uncle.
With respect to character development, the Sophia character lacked depth and 'flipped sides' too easily and me as a viewer, couldn't buy it - not enough dramatic acting here. One who is a life long peace activist doesn't become a warmonger overnight; the death of her son (too easily manipulated by his evil girlfriend - too cliché). Also to me, it makes no sense that an intelligent and 'advanced' race would follow a flip flop leader so blindly (too hive like, too cliché). Wouldn't they instead consist of independent thinkers and doers? Also, an 'advanced' humanoid species would never relocate their entire planet into another solar system - doing so would threaten the stability of the system itself causing planets, including Earth, to spin out of orbit and become uninhabitable, thereby disturbing the stability of the entire Universe. More research into astrophysics, etc., needed to have been done by the producers and story writers in order to build the series upon a framework of a level of believable fact. Lastly, I would have loved to see the Leila character develop into an independent, intelligent and strong young woman - she never really came into 'her own'. Just as the toughened Vicki character softened over time, the Leila character could have developed into an empowered young woman in her own right instead of remaining boyfriend dependent and immature for her age (too cliché).
With respect to the presidential characters, I thought that they were well casted. To me, they were well developed and believable.
Bottom line, a series worth watching, but if a motion picture of The Event is to be made, the producers and writers need to thoroughly do their homework in order for the story to be a super smart one and with characters who grow and develop into those an audience can believe.
The viewer craved to know what was it exactly that set Sleepers apart from their human counterparts. Other than advanced knowledge in the physical sciences and immunity to certain diseases, we never really learned of their true alien nature. Aside from a few more decades of accumulated knowledge, and slower aging (not that big deal a deal to me), what were their 'special' abilities? What could they do that humans could never do? To me, the Sleepers as a whole were actually quite a boring lot. The back history surrounding the discovery of the ancient scroll as it related to the planetary exodus of the ancient Sleeper earth civilization was explained away too quickly, simply and lacked important detail. It could have been revealed (even to the main character himself) that the Sean character was from a long ancestral line of guardian angels or the James Dempsey character was some long lost Uncle.
With respect to character development, the Sophia character lacked depth and 'flipped sides' too easily and me as a viewer, couldn't buy it - not enough dramatic acting here. One who is a life long peace activist doesn't become a warmonger overnight; the death of her son (too easily manipulated by his evil girlfriend - too cliché). Also to me, it makes no sense that an intelligent and 'advanced' race would follow a flip flop leader so blindly (too hive like, too cliché). Wouldn't they instead consist of independent thinkers and doers? Also, an 'advanced' humanoid species would never relocate their entire planet into another solar system - doing so would threaten the stability of the system itself causing planets, including Earth, to spin out of orbit and become uninhabitable, thereby disturbing the stability of the entire Universe. More research into astrophysics, etc., needed to have been done by the producers and story writers in order to build the series upon a framework of a level of believable fact. Lastly, I would have loved to see the Leila character develop into an independent, intelligent and strong young woman - she never really came into 'her own'. Just as the toughened Vicki character softened over time, the Leila character could have developed into an empowered young woman in her own right instead of remaining boyfriend dependent and immature for her age (too cliché).
With respect to the presidential characters, I thought that they were well casted. To me, they were well developed and believable.
Bottom line, a series worth watching, but if a motion picture of The Event is to be made, the producers and writers need to thoroughly do their homework in order for the story to be a super smart one and with characters who grow and develop into those an audience can believe.