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Caught about 3/4 of the ending last night - in between the bloody commercials.
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12-06-2007, 08:06 AM
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Absolutely kick-ass look too. Missed the ending but will catch it Sunday. I agree that the acting was sporadically weak but overall the storyline was great. There were parts where it looked like everyone in the scene forgot what to do next & then had a collective "Oh yeah I remember now..." Best performance so far is from Raw IMO. Get the writers & budget for Galactica over to this one and make it a regular series, stat!
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I thought that it was clever modernized adaptation of the Wizzard of Oz theme, but not story.
The things that seemed silly though were that they called it the "O" Z", rather than Oz, and that they called the hero DG. I thought that Glitch was a wonderful character. The Tin man was less impressive. The Lion character was a completely 100% stolen from a 1970s Doctor Who episode staring Tom Baker  (the last Ramana Episode, for those who are curious). In that episode a psychic Lion-like species was hooked up to a machine, that used thier psychic abilities to navigateships though time. They had similar wounds to thier heads and everything!  The Bad guys looked like they had re-used the Harkonens uniforms from the movie "Dune" (and they acted similar too). But even with these amusing factors, I still generally enjoyed it, up to just before the end, and which point it felt like they cut-it-off the very instant that the goal had been achieved, and gave no proper wrap-up.  That aspect annoyed me.  Even two more minutes could have wrapped things up nicely, but they didn't bother. How dissapointing... 
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12-07-2007, 07:47 AM
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12-10-2007, 01:21 AM
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A big disappointment. I was eager for it and TiVo'd the whole thing but found it too long, poorly scripted and badly acted. The writers didn't miss a cliche. It's what I imagine Ed Wood would have done with a big budget.
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12-10-2007, 07:50 AM
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Caught it all last night, and liked a goodly portion of it. But it was kind of like a Whitman's sampler... There were bits I thought were really quirky and creative, and bits that were cliche' and lame.
Dialog: On the whole, weak. A lot of lost opportunities to develop character, and deepen the emotional impact, but the writers tended to settle for the gag joke, or worse, the quick emotional fix. Characters: Glitch was marvelous, Raw a decent idea (even if stolen), the Tin Man... What were they thinking? Let's have the "title character", relegated to playing Tom Mix to the rescue, over and over again? DG was a fair character, but my vote for highest score in the twisted and emotionally relevant category? Azkadellia. I got her. Her dialog worked (for the most part), and there were hints at the deeper story throughout her performance. Cinematography: No faults there. Great locations, great sets (Go Steampunk!), and the CGI was seamless enough that it never seemed to distract from the story. The Ending: Oh Geez. "That's all I got, what about you Bob? You got nothing either huh? OK, that's a wrap!" If I were grading on a 1 - 10 scale with one being Manos: Hands of Fate, and 10 being Citizen Kane, this would score a 4.
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12-10-2007, 11:30 AM
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I watched the first part last night and kinda "got it". I DVR'ed all of it but between my daughters chior concert and the horses plowing throught the fences I didn't have time to finish.
Part seems to be inspired by "the Dreamer of Oz". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099464/ If you saw this made for TV flik it would make more sense. As L. Frank Baum tells the storys to the children, so D.G's "parents" told her the "story's". The Tin Man sems to be an nod to the tough guys from films of the same era as the "Wizard of Oz". That ties in with the late 30's cars, gun and so on. I haven't decided if the kid and I will finish it this week and watch it again when my wife gets a night off, of if we just wait. ....and fotno, if Manos: Hands of Fate is a 1, what grade does "Red Zone Cuba" aka "Night Train to Mundo Fine" get. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0060753/
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12-10-2007, 01:09 PM
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See looked kinda Disney and with her ability to suck the life out of men, reminded me of my first wife Sandy.
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Oh gee whiz... I had completely forgotten about that "gem". I guess it does require an adjustment of the scale don't it? Manos: Hands of Fate = 1 Citizen Kane = 10 Night Train to Mundo Fine = Please poke out my eyes with a #2 pencil!
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