Truly great SF series, and a precursor to much that was to come. Straight good guys, who work for the least possible shadowy org, with straightforward goals and working for good, then have to deal with bad guys with unknown goals, motivations, and weaknesses (we find them out vs being spoon fed it all). Well plotted, well acted, and delightful amount of goo and gunfire for an alien invasion. Sometimes, often in fact, the good guys do not get to high-five at the end of an episode, but only sorta win (e.g. Stop the aliens but... what were they doing, or the important device/data is destroyed so back to square 1).
Also nicely not a reboot, but literally a sequel of the George Pal 1953 movie. Gives a lot of nice background, no need to go into it all again. Retconn that aliens aren't from Mars, otherwise fine.
The second season is also an interesting precursor, to things like Sharknado. It is a sick joke, destroying the series for... no obvious reason. Maybe the cast got expensive, maybe it's cheaper to film post-apocalypic? Dunno. But do not say it's my tastes: series cancelled before they aired the whole second season it was so bad. So, so bad. Let us never talk of the second season, ever again.
Also nicely not a reboot, but literally a sequel of the George Pal 1953 movie. Gives a lot of nice background, no need to go into it all again. Retconn that aliens aren't from Mars, otherwise fine.
The second season is also an interesting precursor, to things like Sharknado. It is a sick joke, destroying the series for... no obvious reason. Maybe the cast got expensive, maybe it's cheaper to film post-apocalypic? Dunno. But do not say it's my tastes: series cancelled before they aired the whole second season it was so bad. So, so bad. Let us never talk of the second season, ever again.