Billed as a TNT original story, Falling Skies borrows heavily from the old 80s series V, remade in 2009 by Warner Brothers Television and The Scott Peters Company, sold to ABC-TV.

FORBES: Spielberg's Falling Skies Not So Original

Helicopters and rescue vehicles gave chase while millions held their breath because they thought a 6-year-old boy might be sailing through the skies, cold, frightened and just a gust of wind from falling.

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