Sci Fi Channel The Triangle

[Sir Brennen]

Somehow I have a hard time trusting any movie created by the Sci-fi Channel to be anything above 1 star.

The December Sci-Fi mini-series are usually shooting for higher quality, trying to draw in more viewers while the networks are filling up their holiday prime-time with repeats, sports, 30-year-old christmas specials or yet-another-music-award-show-or-country-singer-special. This is not their typical Saturday night B-movie fair, which I think is just a never-ending homage to Roger Corman.

Past Sci-Fi channel mini-series have produced some quality stuff, like Dune, Taken and even the pilot Battlestar Galactica episodes. Given the producer names attached to the current outing, I think they're at least aiming for the level of quality in those previous telecasts. (Though I have to say, last year's Earthsea did lower the bar, a bit.)

Regarding the Triangle miniseries, does anyone else get the idea that they're suggesting the current events are actually reaching back through time, and are the actual originating cause of the missing craft over hundreds of years? And when will Lou Diamond Phillips character get to do something other than have his head messed with?

And what, just because ST-IV had a "Save The Whales" theme, no sci-fi show ever can make even a passing reference to the scenario? Which is all the Triangle scene was: no preachiness or taking sides on the issue. Just presenting a situation which one of the characters is involved in, and continuing from there.

And, for the record, ST-IV was freakin' hilarious. Hearing Spock experiment with "colorful expressions" was worth any amount of overly-romantic enviromental issue subplots.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, it does seem like it is reaching back in time and causeing the problems or creating some temperal issues. I'm really enjoying this I think its a good 4 star show.

 

[Dagger75]

I like the time traveling, everything is slightly off stuff thats going on. I'm telling you its a Call of Chtulu game.

 

[sydbar]

Its giving me some kick butt ideas for both Rifts and the modern palladium games.

 

[Crothian]

So far its been agood ending...one hour to go

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Hrm. Sweet Dark*Matter adventure.

Even has, well ... DarkMatter in it.

--fje

 

[Viking Bastard]

All in all pretty enjoyable.

You can really feel the Dean Devlin touches on the story. All the little helpful
conincidences and epiphanies.

I really liked how they eventually tied Meeno into the main plot. I was expecting
something much more dramatic, but instead it was such a small, yet important
thing. A nice touch.

And Sam Neill is always a plus.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, it was a good and entertaining series.