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Scout, have you ever watched the Falling Skies series (about earth after an alien invasion). I only ask because the main character is a (former) professor of military history.
I watched the first few episodes, thought it was stupid, and quit watching. I mainly thought it was stupid because of the idiotic tactical methods they used when in contact with the aliens.
I've been watching the first several episodes of the season and am getting more into it (I like apocalyptic-scenario shows). One of my first impressions was that it was dumb to have the aliens as green slithering spider-like creatures rather than something more anthropomorphic but it's gotten a little better. I also thought that the show might showcase the main character's military history knowledge a bit more as an essential part of the program, but after the first episode he's only used it on occasion to make superficial remarks.
I have just completed the first full season of this show and it's gotten pretty good, actually. The main character (Noah Wylie) still does not get into much military history, aside from occasionally providing some high-school-level insights about how the colonists outfought a superior force, or things like that. I bought a student subscription to Amazon Prime ($39 for a year) which gives me access to these shows, so I don't have network TV anymore and my choices are somewhat limited now…
