HollywoodGolightly Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Anyone here who watched the recent miniseries based on the Michael Crichton novel, and knows how it compares to Robert Wise's film adaptation from the 70s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garand Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Apparently did not review to well on imdb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424600/usercomments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 For the most part, I try not to pay attention to the user comments section at imdb.com, at least until after I've watched the movie myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 The Wise movie version is superior in every way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Well, maybe I should be glad I've only seen the Wise version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Its one of my favorite sci-fi books but the tv version dilutes the suspense by adding a lot of unnecessary improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 One of the things I liked about the movie is that by choosing relatively unknown actors, it heightened the sense that this could be a somewhat realistic scenario (at least more realistic than if it had starred well known actors). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 > {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote} > One of the things I liked about the movie is that by choosing relatively unknown actors, it heightened the sense that this could be a somewhat realistic scenario (at least more realistic than if it had starred well known actors). Good point. The producers could have cast Raquel Welch in the part played by Kate Reid, and made the film ridiculous (not that I would have minded seeing Raquel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 You know, I actually fell in love with Kate Reid, watching this movie. She reminds me of a slightly cranky aunt that you love to pieces but sometimes drives you nuts with her eccentricities. Or that you have to keep away from red flashing lights. I really recommend this movie very highly to anyone who enjoys sophisticated sci-fi, I can't believe I'd been meaning to watch it since college and I only got around to it last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I saw it in the 1970s when it premiered on NBC, and I thought it was quite good. It's also very faithful to the novel, which I recommend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 I'd love to read the original Crichton novel at some point. I believe it was the first he wrote under his real name - everything he'd done before had been with a pseudonym because he was still in med school and he didn't want people to look down on him (at least that is the explanation he gave in a brief featurette that's included in the Andromeda DVD from Universal Home Video) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Crichton was a good writer. "Jurassic Park" is a clever novel (with it's exploration of chaos theory), but the film turned into a kiddie movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 Yes, I always thought it was a mistake to let Spielberg direct the movie version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptAmerica Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 OMG! The latest TV miniseries was TERRIBLE! It was just too long. The main thing that ruined it was Benjamin Bratt as Dr. Jeremy Stone. He's normally a very solid actor, but he played Stone as a lifeless, emotionless automaton. Like so many remakes, you just can't recapture the thrill of the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvblair Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I saw the new mini series. It was terrible. It was a typical Sci-Fi channel movie: cliche characters, cliche filming, cliche suspense, cliche big guns, cliche sets, cliche lines, cliche everything. It lacked imagination and heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Well, I think the consensus around the mini-series is very clear. Glad I didn't start watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 i could care less what IMDB says about the movie. It's quite simply one of the most powerful SF movies of all time, right up there with "Metropolis," "Forbidden Planet," "2001", "Alien" and "Blade Runner." A whole lot could be said about just how signally influential SF movies were affected by it. and oh yeah, the miniseries stank horribly. BUT there was one image that stood out .. the scene of the female fighter pilot as her plane disintegrated. Most haunting. 561's transmission in the movie was no where near as gripping as that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Hi Reverend, welcome to the forums > BUT there was one image that stood out .. the scene of the female fighter pilot as her plane disintegrated. Most haunting. 561's transmission in the movie was no where near as gripping as that one. Did it have anything to do with, I assume, CGI being used to render the effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvblair Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 HGL, yes, it was CGI and that scene did look interesting, but like Reverend was implying, it couldn't save the movie. Some of the other CGI effects were pathetic, though (like the hills turning red). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Well it still doesn't sound like it was worth the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 The two part tv film diluted the suspense and added a lot of unnecessary conspiracy sub plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Yeah, I would imagine the story can be better told in a shorter format, than in a mini-series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaatukat Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Another worthy sci-fi film is COMA (1978), written by Robin Cook and acquired by Michael Crichton. The cast includes Genevi?ve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Meshach Taylor, Richard Widmark, and Rip Torn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 I saw Coma a long time ago, back when most movies were only available on VHS. But I should really like to watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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