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I am stunned reading all the positive reviews of this movie. In fact they are long reviews for this forum, But, thus far, no one has comprehensively answered this one question; why in the name of heaven are they on a train??? The world as we know it has come to an end. 99.9% of the population is (apparently) dead and gone. They have an inexhaustible energy supply or so it would seem. So why spend all their time circling the globe on a train? There may actually have been some good acting here I don't know. I couldn't get past the fact that they were on a train that never stopped. Don't they have to stop once in awhile to grease the bearings or something? I don't mind taking a stretch to achieve a setting that is ideal for telling the story the filmmaker wants to tell. But that stretch cant consist of a complete separation from reality. Whatever truth was being presented here, I couldn't get past the ridiculous premise.

Everything that has been written about this movie here is essentially correct and largely inarguable. Having said that I enjoyed this horror for the appearance of Harry Lauter in the role of the evil Dr Stewart Victor. Harry Lauter may be one of the greatest actors that no one has ever heard of in cinema history. He appeared in more than 156 movies and countless TV shows. He never once flirted with a main billing except for a co-starring role in 'Tales of the Texas Rangers' in 1955-58. He appeared in movies with James Cagney, Gene Autrey, Lee Van Cleef, James Arness and on and on. He was a perennial 'B' movie co-star with my personal favorite being 'Rocky Jones and the Clash of the Moons' in 1954. Superbeast was his last film appearance. He was also a gifted artist and ran an art gallery for many years. Just thought folks might like to know about a great actor that never really attained fame but who was a Hollywood regular for 41 years!

I make it a practice never to engage in 'hating' on the Web so I wont 'go off' on all the people weighing in with extremely negative comments about this show. So suffice it to say that this is a Kid's show as in for kids. It is of course way corny for adults and, unlike Spongebob or Fairly Odd Parents, this show does not engage in a lot of double entendre humour for the parents who have gotten roped into watching it by their pre-ten set. But having said that, I find the show amusing and delightful in many respects. I especially enjoy watching Jace Norman. Call this a spoiler if you want but I will look forward to seeing where his career goes over the next 10 to 15 years. He is a really good young comic actor and I see great things in store for him. Cooper Barnes has been the target of a lot of invective here and other places but, again, this is a kid's show and one can't forget that. I've seen him ridiculed for playing a corny dumb superhero when he is approaching 40 but that's what makes him great in this. He is 37 or so and I would have sworn he was 25 when I first watched the show. He is supposed to be immature, that is one of the main premises of the show. Otherwise his having a 14 year old sidekick would just be...creepy. He plays the role really well when placed in that context. Two other characters to note are Sean Ryan Fox and Ella Anderson. I don't know if the producers place them in situations together all the time for this reason but they have a really fascinating chemistry together. It is really quite amazing given that Ella Anderson is all of 10. Comparing them to Tracy and Hepburn is a stretch I'll admit but they really do play off of each other in a way that is funny--even adult funny--sometimes. All in all this is a terrific little show and the focus on an average Caucasian male as the primary hero is refreshing in a PC climate that has relegated boys to backup players most of the time.