Falling skies

I have finally managed to see the first episode of the new SF series "Falling Skies", which I recorded when it first screened. It's very good, but the best part of it is the opening minutes. For a master class in how to set up a SF/fantasy world in just a few screen shots - watch the first minutes of Ep 1 of "Falling Skies" . Using a child's pictures, the voice over of a teacher, and a few outside action shots of other characters, the entire scenario of this dystopian earth soon after conquest by aliens is set out, with the resultant deaths of most humans and the desperate battle to survive of those left behind.  All this through a traumatised child's pictures and a brief action sequence of resistance fighters. So not only do you get the scenario set out, you are grabbed by the emotional heart of the story right from the beginning.  And that's before they even start rolling the opening credits. Absolutely brilliant.