Ciudad del futuro

After all these years, I still remember this pilot as having a HUGE amount of potential. The characters were pretty solid and the premise was really interesting. I could totally see this becoming a series on the Sci Fi Channel. Granted, it had some minor problems. And I'm sure it didn't test well back in the mid 90's (back when the Sci Fi world had to rely on regular network TV executives, which have proved time and time again that they have absolutely no concept of what makes good science fiction).

If any of you Sci Fi Channel execs are browsing IMDb, why don't you buy the rights to this one and make a series out of it? I'd sure watch it.

The turning point in my "enjoyment" of this obvious TV-series pilot came when the heroine announced that no one in this future post-apocalyptic world is allowed to have sexual relations with anyone not of a "compatible" genome type, for fear that they will have killer mutant babies. It's the 21st century, and no one's heard of contraceptives?

I turned off the TV at that point.

I have seen the movie and did like several of its characters and the movie had very good potential. I think that if they had had a bigger budget it would have made a very good Sci-fi series. The story line and characters were there, I just think they didn't go into it with a real push for the series it was meant for. Greg 23 and Lt. Mindy are just a couple of our favorite characters, would have love to see how they evolved during the series.

All in all though it was a good movie with great characters. My family did enjoy watching and have watched a few time, it is a good comfort movie and one you can watch with pretty much the whole family. We would also be interested in buying it on DVD if it was ever to be released.

I saw this movie and saved it to VHS as part of my SCI FI collection and found it to be quite entertaining and fun just as a pure escapism movie. Sure the special effects were not of Star War's quality or the caliber of a WAR OF THE WORLD'S but it told a story and kept my interest the whole way thru. This one is not shown on TV as far as I know but I think it they were to show it again people would watch it and people Would like it -

I rate it a C+ and hope someday I can get a better copy of it for my collection...

Nicholas

I really wanted to see this thin become a series when I saw the pilot. A lot of people tanked it, as you can see, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have been great. I've seen many a bad pilot that spawned long lived and enjoyable shows. The plot was great. Attempts to produce a "fountain of youth" medication succeed, but trigger a recessive gene present in a large amount of the population which causes them to sort of devolve to the stage of Cro-Magnon man. I really enjoyed the premise and some of the characters. Some of the details were hard to swallow, like the level of tech available to folks in the cities, but none of that is too terrible. I really enjoyed it. I'm a sci-fi fanatic and there are some things that just appeal to me as far as story elements and plots go. I'm willing to overlook some of the less than mediocre acting on the part of certain characters and lower production values if it has a story line that I can really get into.

If you keep in mind that it's meant to be a series for a pilot and not expect feature film quality acting and cinematography, and are a fan of real sci-fi, you will definitely get into this.