Rekrul
oct 1999 se unió
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I've now watched the entire miniseries and I have very mixed feelings about it. It's well made, but it's not Battlestar Galactica.
I would think that the whole reason for making a new Battlestar Galactica project would be because there are still so many fans of the original, but if that's the case, why throw out virtually everything that the fans loved about the show? Why didn't the producers of this miniseries just make a completely new show with a similar theme? Why did they have to take a beloved show (even if it was campy) and thumb their noses at the fans? I find it offensive that for years, Richard Hatch tried to stir up interest in a Battlestar Galactica revival and he was basically told by the copyright holders to get lost. Fans loved what he did with his trailer (I haven't seen it myself) and were eager to see the original story continued. When it was decided that a new miniseries would be made, Hatch and the wishes of the fans were completely ignored so that Moore could make the show the way HE wanted. I expected that the special effects and writing would be updated to please audiences of today, but that didn't require that they completely trash the original's story. This miniseries could still have been a continuation of the original, but with a more serious tone.
As for the miniseries itself, while it was well made, it was much too slow. Almost an hour passes before anything actually happens. Many subplots are thrown in that have no real bearing on the story. I'm not one of those people who has to have an action scene every few minutes, but in a miniseries about a war between humans and cylons, you'd think that there would be some scenes of the war. In the space of the four hours, the colonies are wiped out (mostly offscreen), the Galactica re-supplies at a space station, hooks up with some survivors and jumps out of the war zone to make a run for it. All this should have happened in the first part, leaving time for some truly epic space battles in the conclusion. Instead, individual character plots are dragged out to soap opera length, and long stretches of time pass without anything of note happening. It's as if the writer wrote the script for a two hour movie and when informed that it would be a four hour miniseries, he decided to pad the existing plot rather than add more story.
The special effects are well done, but the shaky camera work never lets you get a good look at most of them. The space battles are mostly shot in closeup and with the scene switching so often that you can't follow what's happening.
As for the characters, they're about average for a TV movie. Almost every one has some secret or character flaw, making this seem even more like a soap opera. Starbuck in particular is a first class jerk. The original Starbuck was a likable character, this one is not. I found myself hating the scenes she was in, not because the character is different from the original, but because I couldn't help wondering what incredibly stupid thing she was going to do next.
I also have to mention the ideas ripped off from other sources. The whole "Who is human and who isn't?" idea has been used numerous times before from Invasion of the Body Snatchers to The Terminator. It's a cliche that has gotten old. Then there's the subplot about Number 6 having put a chip in Baltar's brain so that she can continue to monitor him and appear to him, which was lifted directly out of Farscape. I didn't like it there and I don't like it here. Finally, there's the twist in the last few seconds that reveals that a major character isn't what they appear to be, ending the show on even more of a cliffhanger.
Supposedly, the makers of this miniseries hope it will lead to a new weekly series. I doubt that will happen, or if it does, that the series will last much longer than the original. I predict that this miniseries will go the way of the Lost in Space movie: In a few years, it will be forgotten while the original will still be popular. The truly sad part is that now that we have this version, there is virtually no chance that a real continuation of Battlestar Galactica will be made.
I would think that the whole reason for making a new Battlestar Galactica project would be because there are still so many fans of the original, but if that's the case, why throw out virtually everything that the fans loved about the show? Why didn't the producers of this miniseries just make a completely new show with a similar theme? Why did they have to take a beloved show (even if it was campy) and thumb their noses at the fans? I find it offensive that for years, Richard Hatch tried to stir up interest in a Battlestar Galactica revival and he was basically told by the copyright holders to get lost. Fans loved what he did with his trailer (I haven't seen it myself) and were eager to see the original story continued. When it was decided that a new miniseries would be made, Hatch and the wishes of the fans were completely ignored so that Moore could make the show the way HE wanted. I expected that the special effects and writing would be updated to please audiences of today, but that didn't require that they completely trash the original's story. This miniseries could still have been a continuation of the original, but with a more serious tone.
As for the miniseries itself, while it was well made, it was much too slow. Almost an hour passes before anything actually happens. Many subplots are thrown in that have no real bearing on the story. I'm not one of those people who has to have an action scene every few minutes, but in a miniseries about a war between humans and cylons, you'd think that there would be some scenes of the war. In the space of the four hours, the colonies are wiped out (mostly offscreen), the Galactica re-supplies at a space station, hooks up with some survivors and jumps out of the war zone to make a run for it. All this should have happened in the first part, leaving time for some truly epic space battles in the conclusion. Instead, individual character plots are dragged out to soap opera length, and long stretches of time pass without anything of note happening. It's as if the writer wrote the script for a two hour movie and when informed that it would be a four hour miniseries, he decided to pad the existing plot rather than add more story.
The special effects are well done, but the shaky camera work never lets you get a good look at most of them. The space battles are mostly shot in closeup and with the scene switching so often that you can't follow what's happening.
As for the characters, they're about average for a TV movie. Almost every one has some secret or character flaw, making this seem even more like a soap opera. Starbuck in particular is a first class jerk. The original Starbuck was a likable character, this one is not. I found myself hating the scenes she was in, not because the character is different from the original, but because I couldn't help wondering what incredibly stupid thing she was going to do next.
I also have to mention the ideas ripped off from other sources. The whole "Who is human and who isn't?" idea has been used numerous times before from Invasion of the Body Snatchers to The Terminator. It's a cliche that has gotten old. Then there's the subplot about Number 6 having put a chip in Baltar's brain so that she can continue to monitor him and appear to him, which was lifted directly out of Farscape. I didn't like it there and I don't like it here. Finally, there's the twist in the last few seconds that reveals that a major character isn't what they appear to be, ending the show on even more of a cliffhanger.
Supposedly, the makers of this miniseries hope it will lead to a new weekly series. I doubt that will happen, or if it does, that the series will last much longer than the original. I predict that this miniseries will go the way of the Lost in Space movie: In a few years, it will be forgotten while the original will still be popular. The truly sad part is that now that we have this version, there is virtually no chance that a real continuation of Battlestar Galactica will be made.
After reading the one comment for this film, which was a glowing recommendation, I have to wonder which member of the production team posted it, because no normal viewer would have written such a positive review.
Where do I begin? The plot, such as it is, has a group of girls going to New Orleans during Mardi Gras and then being kidnapped one by one by a voodoo cult. There are no special effects to speak of unless you count all the flashes of random scenes done in shaky black & white and repeated endlessly. The 'actors' in this film consist of a bunch of amateurs who deliver their lines as if reading them off cue-cards. I've seen more warmth and feeling in commercials. The only person who displayed any hint of acting ability at all was the black detective (I missed the actor's name). The rest rarely rise above the level you'd expect to find in an X-rated video. In fact, this movie strongly resembles a typical adult film, only without sex or much nudity.
Long sequences of this 'movie' (it was only 70 minutes) are devoted to the girls changing clothes, the girls dancing in their room, the girls walking the streets, the girls going up and down stairs, nature footage that looks like it came from a documentary, and endlessly repeating shots of things that have nothing to do with the current scene, all set to profanity-laden rap music in an obvious attempt to pad the running time out to something approaching movie-length.
Most of the rest of the scenes are ridiculous. Upon hearing a noise at night, one of the girls goes out alone in her underwear to investigate. When setting out to rescue their friends, which is supposed to involve a trek through the swamp, they don't even bother to change out of their high heels. They first have to go to the local cemetery which is apparently located out in the middle of nowhere since there are endless shots of them walking through the country. When they finally encounter the voodoo cult, it consists of three guys wearing robes who perform their rituals in a run-down shack. Said rituals involve taking off some of the girls' clothes and randomly smearing them with blood.
I can honestly say that the most entertaining portion of this film was the short behind the scenes section during the end credits. At least they looked like they were having fun. While I'm sure everyone involved probably thought they were doing a good job, they should have watched some real horror movies as research, rather than just copying the style of movies you might see on the Playboy channel.
Where do I begin? The plot, such as it is, has a group of girls going to New Orleans during Mardi Gras and then being kidnapped one by one by a voodoo cult. There are no special effects to speak of unless you count all the flashes of random scenes done in shaky black & white and repeated endlessly. The 'actors' in this film consist of a bunch of amateurs who deliver their lines as if reading them off cue-cards. I've seen more warmth and feeling in commercials. The only person who displayed any hint of acting ability at all was the black detective (I missed the actor's name). The rest rarely rise above the level you'd expect to find in an X-rated video. In fact, this movie strongly resembles a typical adult film, only without sex or much nudity.
Long sequences of this 'movie' (it was only 70 minutes) are devoted to the girls changing clothes, the girls dancing in their room, the girls walking the streets, the girls going up and down stairs, nature footage that looks like it came from a documentary, and endlessly repeating shots of things that have nothing to do with the current scene, all set to profanity-laden rap music in an obvious attempt to pad the running time out to something approaching movie-length.
Most of the rest of the scenes are ridiculous. Upon hearing a noise at night, one of the girls goes out alone in her underwear to investigate. When setting out to rescue their friends, which is supposed to involve a trek through the swamp, they don't even bother to change out of their high heels. They first have to go to the local cemetery which is apparently located out in the middle of nowhere since there are endless shots of them walking through the country. When they finally encounter the voodoo cult, it consists of three guys wearing robes who perform their rituals in a run-down shack. Said rituals involve taking off some of the girls' clothes and randomly smearing them with blood.
I can honestly say that the most entertaining portion of this film was the short behind the scenes section during the end credits. At least they looked like they were having fun. While I'm sure everyone involved probably thought they were doing a good job, they should have watched some real horror movies as research, rather than just copying the style of movies you might see on the Playboy channel.
The Sci-Fi Channel promoted this as an original movie, however, except for the titles and end credits, they had absolutely nothing to do with its creation. All they did was take two unaired episodes of the short-lived Fox anthology series Night Visions, remove the intro's and commentary by Henry Rollins and put their name on it.
As for the content of this 'movie', it contains 4 separate stories (each Night Visions episode contained 2 stories), the first 3 of which I thought were quite good, while the last was merely ok. They are;
Patterns - Stars Malcolm McDowell as a patient who is obsessed with performing various gestures and patterns which he believes will cause something terrible to happen if he stops.
The Maze - Thora Birch finds her way through a hedge maze on a college campus only to discover the world changed when she emerges from the other side.
Harmony - A stranger arrives in a small town that seems to fear music.
Voices - A woman who works in a court gains the ability to hear the thoughts of one of the men involved in a trial.
Not a bad selection of stories, but I would have preferred them to just air Night Visions rather than trying to pretend they created this movie, which didn't fool anyone. If you get the chance, watch the Night Visions episodes instead.
As for the content of this 'movie', it contains 4 separate stories (each Night Visions episode contained 2 stories), the first 3 of which I thought were quite good, while the last was merely ok. They are;
Patterns - Stars Malcolm McDowell as a patient who is obsessed with performing various gestures and patterns which he believes will cause something terrible to happen if he stops.
The Maze - Thora Birch finds her way through a hedge maze on a college campus only to discover the world changed when she emerges from the other side.
Harmony - A stranger arrives in a small town that seems to fear music.
Voices - A woman who works in a court gains the ability to hear the thoughts of one of the men involved in a trial.
Not a bad selection of stories, but I would have preferred them to just air Night Visions rather than trying to pretend they created this movie, which didn't fool anyone. If you get the chance, watch the Night Visions episodes instead.