Colony (tv series)

[Professor Bear]

Apologies if there's a thread already, but I just finished watching the first season of USA Network's Colony, which was actually quite good.  Made by Lost alum in front of and behind the camera, it also stars Rick's Wife from Walking Dead and OH HELL YEAH Carl Weathers, and while it won't win any originality awards - it cribs heavily from the original V miniseries - it does manage to take itself just the right amount of seriously without disappearing up its own arsehole.
There's not much in the way of sci-fi in it - [spoiler]the aliens don't actually appear onscreen and humans run the occupation[/spoiler] - so it's more the story of a city under enemy control.  Limiting the sci-fi element also arguably helps smooth over the cracks in the premise so you can concentrate on the backstabbing and espionage rather than wondering why aliens would build a giant wall to contain a colony of humans they don't seem to have much use for.
Confirmed for a second season, so might be worth a watch when it hits terrestrial telly.

[teckno viking]

Thoroughly enjoyed all Ten episodes.

Quite a thought provoking show with it's idea and execution. CGI is great, story was fun and characters overall well played. Plus just the right amount of making the viewers wait with anticipation I thought.

Glad it got picked up for a second season. Here's to that doing very well.