Dark Skies - Deadly Menace

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Television series
German title Dark Skies - Deadly Menace
Original title Dark Skies
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1996-1997
length 44 minutes
Episodes 19th
genre Drama , sci-fi , adventure , mystery
idea Bryce Zabel
music Michael Hoenig
First broadcast September 21, 1996 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast
April 3, 1997 on ProSieben
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Dark Skies - Deadly Menace (Original Title: Dark Skies ) is an American mystery television series with only one season. Dark Skies is about the direct alien threat and how it has been dealt with since the early 1950s. Of course the population knows nothing of the danger and without the knowledge of humanity a struggle begins, the victorious party of which is still uncertain.

The plot of the series should take place from 1960 to the turn of the millennium 2000. In the end, only the first season (from 1960 to 1970) was shot. Steven Spielberg took up this idea again in Taken from 2002.

The series was broadcast in Germany from April to August 1997 by ProSieben .

The history

The secret society Majestic 12 , which is led by Captain Frank Bach, is at the center of the series and the viewer learns - through the 19 episodes of the season - what impact the Roswell incident had on history. In Dark Skies, important historical events such as the death of John F. Kennedy are reinterpreted and are directly related to the threat from space, the Hive .

The series is portrayed as the story of the protagonist John Loengard , as the original intro sequence to the series says:

“I'm recording this, because we may not make it through the night. They're here, they're hostile and powerful people don't want you to know. History as we know it, is a lie! "

“I'm recording this because we may not make it through the night. They are here, they are hostile, and powerful people want you not to know about this. The story as we know it is a lie! "

Kimberly Sayers supports Loengard in the fight against "the Grays" and Majestic-12, but changes fronts shortly before the end of the series and is from that moment on an ally of the aliens and leads together with Jim Steele , (the villain of the series) take the orders of the aliens to prepare the world for a hostile takeover.

With the words "Be brave" John Loengard said goodbye to the last episode.

The real threat in Dark Skies comes from the so-called ganglions , which attach to the brain in order to control the host according to their will. A person affected by a ganglion shows extreme changes in behavior. In this case ganglions are about the size of a fist, armed with tentacles, extraterrestrial life forms, which have made it their task to subjugate foreign cultures and to exhaust their resources . The actual host bodies ("the grays" and next, the humans) only serve as a means to an end.

Episodes

No. German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D)
1 The terrible secret The Awakening 21 Sep 1996 Apr 3, 1997
2 Eyewitnesses to the landing Moving Targets 28 Sep 1996 Apr 10, 1997
3 The unknown astronaut Mercury Rising Oct 19, 1996 Apr 17, 1997
4th The Beatles Experiment Dark Days Night Oct 26, 1996 Apr 24, 1997
5 The riddle of Dreamland Dreamland Nov 2, 1996 May 15, 1997
6th The abnormal being Inhuman Nature Nov 9, 1996 May 22, 1997
7th The flying rocks Ancient Future Nov 16, 1996 May 29, 1997
8th The events of Socorro Hostile Convergence Dec 7, 1996 June 5, 1997
9 The year of the riots We Shall Overcome Dec 14, 1996 June 12, 1997
10 In devilish waves The Last Wave Jan. 4, 1997 June 19, 1997
11 The enemy is everywhere The Enemy Within Jan. 11, 1997 June 26, 1997
12 Abysses open up The Warren Omission Nov 18, 1997 3rd July 1997
13 Aura Z turns on White rabbit Feb. 1, 1997 July 10, 1997
14th The contact of a different kind Shades of Gray Feb 8, 1997 July 17, 1997
15th Flames over LA Burn, baby, burn 1st Mar 1997 July 24, 1997
16 Which war do you want? Both sides now March 8 1997 July 31, 1997
17th The day when it got dark To Prey in Darkness 15th Mar 1997 Aug 7, 1997
18th The end before your eyes Strangers in the Night May 24, 1997 Aug 14, 1997
19th The escape to the front Bloodlines May 31, 1997 Aug 21, 1997

DVD

  • Dark Skies - the complete series. English / German, Ascot Elite Home Entertainment 2011, 6 DVD

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Dark Skies - Deadly Menace: Episode Guide. Retrieved January 17, 2013 .