Dark Skies - Deadly Menace
| 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 |
| occupation | |
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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
- Dark Skies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dark Skies - Deadly Menace: Episode Guide. Retrieved January 17, 2013 .