fredbaer-61793
What a fabulous show. It's genius is that it doesn't depend on sophisticated computer graphics. You get the real feeling of how it is to live under occupation e.g. in the very first episode he accidentally dropped an egg, and got visibly upset and tried to gather it up from the floor, showing the scarcity in an otherwise seemingly normal community.
otaviofm
It's a rare event for me to write reviews, but this show really made my mind to do so. The storyline background it's a very explored theme: alien invasion; but the approach given by this series is really something new. Usually, alien invasion stories takes one of two opposed sides: total anihillation, with humans going near to extinction, or a disguised invasion with aliens infiltrating themselves into human society without getting noticed. Colony takes to a midway between the two, wich I found very interesting. Though with a lot of restrictions and military oppression, the "hosts" or "RAP's", as they aliens are called, allows humans to have some kind of "normal life" to some point. That makes most of population to accept and even collaborate with occupation, based on privileges given by the situation and the belief that it's only a temporary situation, while another part decides to resist and fight. Combined with the rich characters and their complex own motivations, Colony build a story that really hooks the audience, making you keep thinking on it after watching - which is a feature of every great show. Colony is surprisingly underrated and I really don't know why it's not a huge success yet. Well.. Review given, my last advice is GIVE IT A CHANCE! When thoughts like "What would I do in his/her situation? What decision would I take? Which side I would stand for?" start passing through your mind while or after watching, then it's too late - you are hooked!
Lcarroll42
Colony was one of the top 2-3 shows on USA, and not only did they cancel this great show, but they allowed the show to end without ANY storyline completion. USA Network is a bunch of morons for canceling Colony.I hope that Netflix or any other network picks up this show...
