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<blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 867660" data-attributes="member: 8704">$70 million is not a huge budget for a Sci Fi movie these days. Other movies from last year, Die Another Day had a $142 budget; Spiderman was $139 million; Harry Potter was $100 million; Men in Black 2 $140 million; Attack of the Clones $120 million; Collateral Damage $85 million; Scooby Doo $84 million; Scorpion King $60 million; Red Dragon $90 million; Reign of Fire $95 million; I could go on and on but it seems being between Scorpion King and Scooby Doo budget wise doesn't make for a huge budget and it being a Sci Fi movie makes that even worse. Of course that's no excuse for a poor movie but it doesn't help. That's probably why some of the sets of the series look as good as the sets in the movies. I agree the last episode of Next Generation was as good if not better than any of the next generation movies (and it only had a budget of a little over $6 million). It's not all about the budget but the budget is a symptom of the problem here, they just aren't wowing the audience anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdavis, post: 867660, member: 8704"] $70 million is not a huge budget for a Sci Fi movie these days. Other movies from last year, Die Another Day had a $142 budget; Spiderman was $139 million; Harry Potter was $100 million; Men in Black 2 $140 million; Attack of the Clones $120 million; Collateral Damage $85 million; Scooby Doo $84 million; Scorpion King $60 million; Red Dragon $90 million; Reign of Fire $95 million; I could go on and on but it seems being between Scorpion King and Scooby Doo budget wise doesn't make for a huge budget and it being a Sci Fi movie makes that even worse. Of course that's no excuse for a poor movie but it doesn't help. That's probably why some of the sets of the series look as good as the sets in the movies. I agree the last episode of Next Generation was as good if not better than any of the next generation movies (and it only had a budget of a little over $6 million). It's not all about the budget but the budget is a symptom of the problem here, they just aren't wowing the audience anymore. [/QUOTE]

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