Enough reviews here have covered the good and the bad of this show, so I don't feel compelled to throw in my 2 cents worth. However, from memory the Alien in the original Tevis novel was here to save both worlds. The premise was that the patents would produce enough cash to build a spaceship to save the rest of the alien's on his home world who would then come to live here under guise of being human. They would then gain positions of influence within governments around the world and steer humans toward a safer future. There was no talk of exporting water from Earth to just save his home planet. As other reviews have pointed out, it seems an impossible solution anyway. Why did Kurtzman change this premise (pretty sure the movie followed the novel in this)? Given that a lot of his other shows have wonky ideas permeated throughout, was it just an excuse to make points about environmental degradation (again)? That doesn't seem to make sense either, since the original premise could have been a much better vehicle for making all those points. I don't have an answer and I'm not sure I care enough to hang around to find out.
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth
