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Star Quest: The Odyssey (2009)
The Food Was Terrible - and the Portions Were Too Small!
How can a movie that clocks in at about 70 minutes without the closing credits seem so long? I literally fell asleep halfway through it, so envy me. The special effects would have been adequate if the software had been running on a modern computer, but the one they used clearly couldn't handle even the 1980's era graphics (think Babylon 5) without making the frames jerky and the images thin. As for the acting: one of the female leads (the Doctor) is good enough to play an extra in a serious movie. So is the secondary male lead, but unfortunately he is playing a Cyborg, with a costume apparently assembled from an electronics recycling facility in the former USSR, and sporting a Fabio hair "style," so it's very difficult to take him seriously. The other actors are, well, there, mostly, on the set, saying their lines. I slept through the main plot, but please, don't fill me in.
I want my $1.07 back from Redbox.
Journeyman (2007)
This Is Really Good Work...for a Ripoff
OK, maybe "ripoff" is too harsh, but the people who write this show seem to be banking on no one having read "The Time Traveller's Wife." Judging from the single reference to that book I've seen here, they were right. The book is much better, albeit on a much smaller, more human scale. The series has taken that small scale and expanded it to a "mission", and in the process has traded some of the book's best features for MORE, BIGGER, LOUDER! That being said, the cast is very good and the show is more watchable for my household than most of the other dramas on TV. I hope it survives. I just wish they'd give credit where credit is due, instead of carefully changing enough details to avoid a lawsuit...