Add soccer Moms in various suits, Guys who should work in DIY stores, also in various suits, and shaky camera - (it adds a sense of 'urgency', don't ya know ?) - along with college kid production values.. this is typical daytime TV crud that here, in the UK at least, is screened on the 'Horror channel' and the Horror i assume, is that anyone is expected to enjoy it.
Its a mess, obvious cliché's ... dumb plot, and lines delivered with such feeling and believability that you'd be excused for thinking you're watching, er, daytime TV. Not that evening TV is much better however. but i digress.
Yup, the special effects are 'special' well .. compared to a mid 1990s PC screen saver they are. I think most Movies, either big budget Hollywood ones, or crap like this, are pretty vacuous nowadays, pandering to the lowest common denominator, quick jump scenes, meaningful glances (or face acting) strong Women and stupid Men, a disgraced underdog and their ultimate redemption, a bit of love interest, a wood panelled station wagon, a crazy Guy who was right all the time, some slightly mischievous teenagers, an old bloke who is evil/wrong and later comes 'round, some flashing lights, lots of PC screens, a vital upload/download and some people running across what appears to be an empty car park, and the climax or reveal towards the movie and the inevitable race or tension towards the end.
I might as well copy / paste that above paragraph into 99% of movies on this Horror TV channel.
Things i learnt: Science is still using valve electronics ? (tubes for our North American readers)
in 2011, 1990's modem sounds are still considered fascinating.
FRS (PMR 446) walkie-talkies go for absolutely miles and miles..
The 'actors' have just come from the hairdressers
Its Canadian and they use a garden shed for their spacecraft internal scenes with 1960s 'Star Trek' noises
dry ice is still fun
cut scenes from a old video game also double-up as space action sequences.
having one facial expression is considered acting (the Guy who looks like a insurance salesman)
Movie's inspired by a mid 90s screen saver should have a disclaimer at the start of the film stating such.
i'm getting a bit bored typing this now, but i will just ask, who was this movie made for ? my guess either the tin-foil hat Art Bell brigade who wouldn't know the difference between CGI and reality or someone who just happens to be about 6 years old. That's it. expect more of the same, and expect the actors to be doing a stint on infomercials in the very near future.. unless the 20 year old tech they're using breaks first..
Its a mess, obvious cliché's ... dumb plot, and lines delivered with such feeling and believability that you'd be excused for thinking you're watching, er, daytime TV. Not that evening TV is much better however. but i digress.
Yup, the special effects are 'special' well .. compared to a mid 1990s PC screen saver they are. I think most Movies, either big budget Hollywood ones, or crap like this, are pretty vacuous nowadays, pandering to the lowest common denominator, quick jump scenes, meaningful glances (or face acting) strong Women and stupid Men, a disgraced underdog and their ultimate redemption, a bit of love interest, a wood panelled station wagon, a crazy Guy who was right all the time, some slightly mischievous teenagers, an old bloke who is evil/wrong and later comes 'round, some flashing lights, lots of PC screens, a vital upload/download and some people running across what appears to be an empty car park, and the climax or reveal towards the movie and the inevitable race or tension towards the end.
I might as well copy / paste that above paragraph into 99% of movies on this Horror TV channel.
Things i learnt: Science is still using valve electronics ? (tubes for our North American readers)
in 2011, 1990's modem sounds are still considered fascinating.
FRS (PMR 446) walkie-talkies go for absolutely miles and miles..
The 'actors' have just come from the hairdressers
Its Canadian and they use a garden shed for their spacecraft internal scenes with 1960s 'Star Trek' noises
dry ice is still fun
cut scenes from a old video game also double-up as space action sequences.
having one facial expression is considered acting (the Guy who looks like a insurance salesman)
Movie's inspired by a mid 90s screen saver should have a disclaimer at the start of the film stating such.
i'm getting a bit bored typing this now, but i will just ask, who was this movie made for ? my guess either the tin-foil hat Art Bell brigade who wouldn't know the difference between CGI and reality or someone who just happens to be about 6 years old. That's it. expect more of the same, and expect the actors to be doing a stint on infomercials in the very near future.. unless the 20 year old tech they're using breaks first..