Comment on Passing the Giant by steve-burg
In a word, "Coooooooool!" So was there more than one ark in the show?
No. But the show was awful. I actually watched some of it on DVD about a year ago. I thought "this is crap - but there's a very grand and epic idea lost in there somewhere".
I think Doug Trumbull (my hero, BTW) was going to do the effects, but they jerked him around so he left. There's still a lot of compositing in the show. But all the shots of the Ark look like someone walked around the miniature with a hand-held camera.
It's diabolical
I think Doug Trumbull (my hero, BTW) was going to do the effects, but they jerked him around so he left. There's still a lot of compositing in the show. But all the shots of the Ark look like someone walked around the miniature with a hand-held camera.
It's diabolical
Yeah, I was psyched when it finally made it to DVD, but we couldn't get through the whole thing. We got about 5-6 eps in and said, "OK. That's enough. We remember now." It only took one or two real stinkbomb episodes 
BTW, seems like Doug is still in my area. He was organizing a casting call for something recently.
BTW, seems like Doug is still in my area. He was organizing a casting call for something recently.
The show is so profoundly non-dramatic. Considering the drama inherent in the premise, one really wonders what everyone was thinking.
An interesting movie (well, by today's standards
) that touched on a similar theme was last year's "Pandorum". While it's not great, it is in a way more what I would expect the situation to devolve into on such a ship, in the event there is a catastrophe during the flight.
It's worth a look, if you haven't seen it.
An interesting movie (well, by today's standards
) that touched on a similar theme was last year's "Pandorum". While it's not great, it is in a way more what I would expect the situation to devolve into on such a ship, in the event there is a catastrophe during the flight.It's worth a look, if you haven't seen it.
"Profoundly non-dramtic". LOL!!!!
I'll look into Pandorum. BTW, I got Pushing Ice the other day, but haven't had time to dig in yet.
I'll look into Pandorum. BTW, I got Pushing Ice the other day, but haven't had time to dig in yet.
"Pandorum" has a lot of horror aspects to it. I'm not sure I completely understood what the situation was on that spaceship. But if you watch it, check out the "deleted scenes" - there is some interesting "mythology of the voyage" stuff as I recall.
"The Starlost" was just really horrid! The premise is the only thing good about it - and it seems like those making the show all but rejected the idea, rather than embracing it. It flaunts a cavalier disregard for even the fundamental building blocks of drama - the characters just stand in the corner and practically don't move
"The Starlost" was just really horrid! The premise is the only thing good about it - and it seems like those making the show all but rejected the idea, rather than embracing it. It flaunts a cavalier disregard for even the fundamental building blocks of drama - the characters just stand in the corner and practically don't move