Hollywood's creativity problem and a (ranty) stroll through endless remakes...

[payn]

Remember what? The giant mechanical steampunk spider that was a huge part of the plot of the movie?

It was freaking fantastic. What wasn't to like?

Oh, I'm not saying I disliked it. I'm just surprised anyone can recall details of that movie.

 

[JEB]

Oh, I'm not saying I disliked it. I'm just surprised anyone can recall details of that movie.

I enjoyed the movie back in the 1990s, but the Honest Trailer pointed out some, er, issues the film had that I missed as a teenager...

(The giant mechanical spider wasn't one of them, though.)

 

[Hussar]

Again, I really enjoyed the movie. Granted, I'm too young to have seen the original shows - or, if I did I certainly wasn't old enough to remember them. I do vaguely remember catching one or two on some channel or other - the joke was, "He's a hulk" "Yeah, it's incredible" or something like that. But, yeah, totally not part of my viewing growing up.

I liked Wild Wild West. Really fun.

 

[trappedslider]

It was a high point for steampunk entertainment in the mainstream before Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

 

[billd91]

It was a high point for steampunk entertainment in the mainstream before Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

But with a 16% on the Tomatometer and 28% from the viewers, it wasn’t a very high point.

 

[trappedslider]

But with a 16% on the Tomatometer and 28% from the viewers, it wasn’t a very high point.

Would it have been better to say it put steampunk in the mind of the main stream which is what I was aiming for lol

 

[payn]

 

[Ryujin]

It was a high point for steampunk entertainment in the mainstream before Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

I really enjoyed "Sky Captain", but frequently wonder if the constant sepia gave anyone else a headache like it did me, when i saw it in a theatre?

 

[MGibster]

Again, I really enjoyed the movie. Granted, I'm too young to have seen the original shows - or, if I did I certainly wasn't old enough to remember them. I do vaguely remember catching one or two on some channel or other - the joke was, "He's a hulk" "Yeah, it's incredible" or something like that. But, yeah, totally not part of my viewing growing up.

I wasn't even born when it originally aired, but it was frequently on reruns during the mid 1980s. It was a series I loved quite a bit and I'm pretty sure it influenced Deadlands. Dr. Miguelito Loveless was the only reoccuring villain I can remember from the show and he was played by Michael Dunn. Dunn was a little person, and you might remember him from the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren," the famous episode where Kirk kisses Uhura. Anyway, the movie was disappointing on so many levels, Will Smith wasn't right for the part (he just couldn't compare to Robert Conrad), the mechanical spider was a bit much, and Loveless was probably the biggest disappointment of them all.

 

[Ryujin]

I wasn't even born when it originally aired, but it was frequently on reruns during the mid 1980s. It was a series I loved quite a bit and I'm pretty sure it influenced Deadlands. Dr. Miguelito Loveless was the only reoccuring villain I can remember from the show and he was played by Michael Dunn. Dunn was a little person, and you might remember him from the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren," the famous episode where Kirk kisses Uhura. Anyway, the movie was disappointing on so many levels, Will Smith wasn't right for the part (he just couldn't compare to Robert Conrad), the mechanical spider was a bit much, and Loveless was probably the biggest disappointment of them all.

The TV show was one of the few things that my parents would allow me to stay up late to watch, during its original run. That, and later Star Trek. I don't think that I've seen it anywhere in reruns for 40+ years now, but looks like full episodes are on Youtube.