lancer525

It's a MOVIE, people...

It isn't a documentary.

Try thinking "escapism" and "entertainment" before you start bashing the people who made it. This was an effort to create a movie that was BASED on a period of time, namely WW II, and beyond that, it is a tale, a yarn, and fictional. For people to get so badly bent out of shape over something like this, is beyond comprehension.

It really makes us feel good when we catch things that other people do wrong, doesn't it?

I happen to be an Historian by profession. It really doesn't bother me very much to know that Hollywood, who makes their money by filming fictional things, took so much liberty with history. They never billed it as a documentary, so why castigate them so much? I don't see these kinds of comments about Star Trek movies, or about Chainsaw Massacre movies, so why go to this extreme to be so vehement? For a movie, I'd rate it 9 of 10. For a documentary I wouldn't even bother, because it isn't. And never was supposed to be.

Don't be so critical of something, unless you personally could do better. Which you can't.

Geez...

It is patently obvious to me that 90% of the people who reviewed this film have absolutely NO clue who Remo and Chiun are! If they had read ANY of the Murphy/Sapir "Destroyer" novelettes, they would realize that this was MEANT to be cheesy, lightweight, and simple fare. The "Destroyer" paperbacks came out in the 1960s, so there's no connection to "The Matrix", or James Bond, or "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", or "The Karate Kid" or any of the other modern films that followed. As for those reviewers who do know who The Destroyer is, they were all correct in saying that the film was fairly true to the books, and it was. I am continually amazed that people review films about which they know nothing. This is not, was never meant to be, and could not be mistaken for Oscar-quality film-making, or anything other than a light, easy to watch, and fun flick based on a series of pulp novels.

By proving that the average TV viewer isn't smart enough to get a show like this. This, and other shows like it that depend on sheer intellectual ability, sharp thinking, and complexity never survive on American television. This series proves that. Asimov was an absolute Genius, and almost all of his products were light-years above the quality necessary for commercial success. No flash, no high-tech machine or vehicle, no stupid gimmicks, no buffoonery, no T & A, and nothing but sheer brain candy. You have to be smart to get a show like this.

What a shame that programs which require audiences to be intelligent never make it. Asimov created a series that had nothing more than a smart main character, who used his wits and abilities to move through the world. The series itself only lasted for seven episodes.