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Dec 15, 2015 · The first episode shows a peaceful alien race invading Earth with the promise of making it better, but at the cost of human innovation and culture. Fairly standard setup, right?
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Nov 19, 2020 · The first episode sees the Overlords subvert most sci-fi tropes about alien invaders by quickly eliminating war, pollution and other concerns for humanity, and while there are plenty of humans distrustful of the aliens and their "benign" rule, many take to the era of peace they help usher in.
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Dec 14, 2015 · The first segment of Syfy’s three-part adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s 1953 novel ended on a major cliffhanger, as the alien Karellen (Charles Dance) exposes his true visage to mankind after...
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion [1] of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.
In 1991, Clarke substantially rewrote the prologue. In the original, it established the arrival of the Overlords by presenting two characters on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, who simultaneously come to realize the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviets is well and truly over.
Dec 15, 2015 · Syfy’s Arthur C. Clarke adaptation premiered last night with its first installment, “The Overlords.” The episode begins ominously, as a fleet of alien ships suddenly appear over Earth—and...
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Dec 16, 2015 · The new cable TV miniseries "Childhood's End" is a modern take on Arthur C. Clarke's classic 1953 novel. Here's what the show's creator and some of the actors had to say about updating the story...
