SCFI themed dramas is rarely a good idea,Taken proves the point. It's just not interesting..The bottom line is you follow a few family's trough generations.Which you can divide into two camps.One side, has one or two in each generation abducted,the other side is the government, investigation into UFO's and alien abductions etc. and doing everything in their power to keep it secret,so they can learn the secret behind their tech.The problem with the entire series is,nothing really happens. It's all very stereotypical.Alien abducted me ,they did weird experiments on me yada yada. No cliff hangers, no nothing.There's really nothing much to be excited about.All just a lot of talk and family dramas.The entire show is basically built on Steven Spielbergs hard-on for aliens.I bet,that if Spielberg wasn't behind this.It would never been green lighted

"Taken" is by far, the best piece of science fiction dealing with the subjects of U.F.O.'s & alien abduction, ever made. Not only does it incorporate many of the events & personalities of real U.F.O. folklore. It also brings up, for the viewer's consideration, all the other possible "logical" reasons why some people believe they have been abducted by aliens & it does so without just going down through them like a laundry list. I also thought the reason given for the abductions was very original & interesting. The story seems very realistic to me because I was unfamiliar with most of the cast. I think that makes a big difference sometimes. Particularly when the cast is such a talented one as this one. The story also wasn't rushed like happens a lot of times. Besides all of this, the special effects were great! and the music, the songs used in the background & the original symphonic compositions, were perfect. You really feel like you're in the year you're suppose to be in. For any fan of this genre, "Taken" is a MUST SEE!!

Despite itss slow parts, We all loved Close Encounters of The Third Kind...right? well imagine Taking Close Encounters and stretching it out into twelve episodes. Just imagine how slow it would be then. Well if done correctly, such an idea could work exceptionally well. hence, we have Taken, Spielberg's and Dreamworks' return to the sky and who or what is beyond. An outstanding mini-series, which when it wants to be can evoke every emotion. sometimes it's grim sometimes it's utterly heart-warming, though the series as a whole is dark, it has incredible mystique. My advice is that you dedicate one week of your life to watching taken, one episode a night, although it's good enough that you may go through it in only two or three nights.Starting with the Roswell incident of 1947, Taken chronicles three generations of Three different families leading up to the present day. they all have a part in this incredible story of a visit from other beings, who want something from us which they have waited a long time for.There are not many names in the cast, I'll say that. The only ones people may recognize are Datoka Fanning and Heather Donahue (Blair Witch). which I wouldn't say there are any award worthy performances, everybody is invested enough to be convincing, especially Fanning.I guarantee that unless you have a tree second attention span, You will come away from Taken with an amazing Television experience.

Taken is good example of American television challenge cinema for quality. This mini-series is brilliantly written and has a lot of depth to it. They must have been a lot of research done and the writer must have had one hell of an imagination.The show is set from the 1940s to the modern day (which was 2002/2003) and set across America. From the 40s aliens started to abduct humans and generations of the same families suffer from it. In 1947 an alien spacecraft crashes at Roswell and the American government get interested in these events. The programmes focus on three families: the Clarkes, the Keys and the Crawfords. The Keys men had suffered from being abducted and try and find ways to stop it and test themselves to their limits. The Clarkes get mixed when a mysterious stranger arrives at their farm in Texas and impregnates Sally, the mother and the son from the affairs has special powers. The Crawfords where the family who get involved and become very influential in the government programme in investigating the abductions.This programme was well plotted, with some good actors and excellent production values. This was the programme who discovered Dakota Fanning and helped made her a star.The programme also tackles ideas about conspiracies, the role of the military and freedom of the press. There are scientific theory being looked at and concepts of time and space. There is a little issue about the use of Nazi Scientists by the Americans. Finally there are historical events being looked at such as the Cuban Military Crisis, the Iranian Hostage Crisis, the End of the Cold, the Afghanistan invasion, Cold War paranoia and psychological warfare.