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TigerClaw
08-05-2019, 06:19 PM
It looks like Amazon is planning a TV Series based on Event Horizon.
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/event-horizon-series-amazon-1203291883/
Andrew NDB
08-05-2019, 06:28 PM
AKA, the only thing Paul "Worthless Sh**" Anderson ever did that was OK.
Voltron
08-06-2019, 01:18 AM
Really? I watched it the other day and it really didn't enthrall me. And that's coming from someone who loves horror movies AND crappy movies. It felt like it didn't know what it wanted to be.
Andrew NDB
08-06-2019, 03:12 AM
Really? I watched it the other day and it really didn't enthrall me. And that's coming from someone who loves horror movies AND crappy movies. It felt like it didn't know what it wanted to be.

It's entirely possible I'm remembering it through 16 year old glasses. But I'm not sure. It left an impression, at least.
Voltron
08-06-2019, 04:10 AM
Rewatching it, there were a few problems I had.

1. The plot was great. It was lifted right from Doom. But that just made me sad that I wasn't watching a good Doom movie.

2. The talent was there. Sam Neil and Laurence Fishburne are good actors. The story, however, was just not that compelling. Everything felt forced, and I couldn't find a reason to care for any of the characters.

3. I don't believe the characters when they make fatal choices. Very little of the things going on seem to make any sense, even with suspension of disbelief.

It starts off with a pretty lousy recon team being flown out to recover a top secret, state-of-the-art warp engine. That wouldn't be cause to mobilize a whole load of researchers? They send one guy to give it a once over? And with a skeleton crew to assist? AND the skeleton crew is completely ignorant of the whole scenario until they arrive? AND the place they're going has a high risk of incident?

Plus, half the crew is psychologically damaged PRIOR to this incredibly important mission to recover beyond cutting edge tech. What the hell were they thinking? It's not like this was George Jetson breaking down out there. This was the first ship capable of interstellar flight. And they send out the equivalent of Triple A to give it a once over?