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A must for the SciFi Collector!! Overall quality excellent!! If you are a Ray Bradbury fan you won't be disappointed!!
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I love this mini series! It is science fiction at its best.It makes you ask yourself "What If ?"
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I have never read ray bradbury's book but I have watched the miniseries and enjoyed it. To me it was Sciences Fiction of the times. A bit awkward but for the time it was an up to date movie. There has been advances in movies. Take the andromeda strain, a movie and a mini-series. the mini-series is newer and more up to date but I still like the older one for some of its ideas. Like the farm and the building on the farm. The building hides an underground lab, to get into the lab you have to enter a tool closet and punch a button for the floor as an elevator to star moving. I loved the style of it. The corridors where one big circle in both walking around in the hall and from floor to ceiling circles. Anyway, back to martian Chronicles. There ar no fancy movie effects such as lasers guns or warp engines or any thing that would be considered from the future. But still going to mars and living. a novel Idea.
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Even the illustrious writer himself (whom I consider one of the greatest short story writers of the 20th century) would have to wince seeing this production. Poor Rock Hudson seems to be trying as hard as he can to lend what credibility he can to the terrible script. This is an excellent demonstration of how far the quality of television productions have come since 1980.
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The story is more of a series of progressive short stories of the attempts to colonize Mars. Each landing encounters a different situation. Aside form the technical aspects of the story and the cheep effects of the film the real purpose of the movie is the message. I will not repeat the message here, as this is why you need to watch the series.
I found the ending satisfying but wondering if there should not be more.
Ray Bradbury is not as thrilled with the mini-series, calling it booooring. Nevertheless, you have to expect a few adaptations if you are going to have a relevant mini-series.
This may seem like a vehicle for out of work actors. Yet I can assure you that each actor plaid his/her part well enough that you are looking at the character not the actor.
Be aware that the version I watched was complete but the first two parts were on side A and B of the same DVD. Part 3 was on a separate DVD. The good thing was there were no coming attractions to work around with some fancy button pushing. The only thing missing was a voice over commentary that we have come to expect.
Gargoyles ~ Bernie Casey
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