stegokitty

Virtually all of the highly-critical reviews of this movie are actually overly-generous in their applauding even what they consider the best part of this production, which is the visual effects. Some have said they're "superior", and others have made similar remarks. Truth be told, they're only pretty good for a Scyfy TV series. All a bunch of "particle" tricks that anyone with After Effects and Red Giant software can whip up in fairly short time.

What's not good at all are: the dialogue, the acting, the direction, the editing (just plain horrible), and the story itself.

I thought that it at least had potential ... at first ... but then, once I got to the end, it was just sappy Hallmark sentimentality and utter nonsense.

Not even close to what good science fiction is.

I love science fiction. I like to read it, and I love it when a decent adaptation is made for motion picture. I've read a few PKD stories and enjoyed them, and have immensely enjoyed cinematic adaptations based upon PKD stories.

So far the stories in this series have been pretty good -- not great, but not bad either. I've only finished watching episode 4 "Crazy Diamond" which is the first (so far) episode that didn't have a gratuitous graphic sex scene, the likes of which does nothing whatsoever to move the story forward, but is there only to arouse the libidos of the audience. To what end?

Conventions have been used since the beginning of cinema to let the audience know that hanky panky was afoot in yon bedroom, or that it had already taken place. Utterly no GOOD reason to show that stuff in the story.

And so I'm happy that my Amazon Fire remote control has that little button that I can press a few times and move forward, past the filth, 10 seconds at a time. Usually 3-4 presses and I'm out of the thick of it fairly well, without having stuff that I can't un-see stuck in my mind. I've seen enough pornography in my life, I'd like to remain faithful to my wife in thought, word, and deed, and not have visions of other women's bodies in my mind during intimacy.

So basically I'm glad the series was a flop, and that perhaps, perhaps, the next group of producers who wish to create a Sci-Fi series will forgo the mid-story hump and get on with character and plot development.

I had to constantly push the (what I call the) "bump-forward" button over and over, in order to get past the ridiculously slow-paced yammering that went on, with the repetitive plinky-plink piano music constantly going on (except for when something from an antagonist is going on, and then there's dead silence music-wise).

Like others have said, it's pretty much a K-Pax rip off. I'm thinking some stoned Mormon college students saw K-Pax and said, "Ooh, hey, what if K-Pax is really like Jesus or something?"

Utterly predictable in plot, but the fact that it's got a cohesive story is the ONLY reason I gave it a 2/10 rather than 1/10. If it had no cohesive storyline then it'd be in the realm of "Plan 9 From Outer Space". But really P9FOS is better than this movie because it's so silly. This film is as stiff as a board, as dull as arithmetic, as cloyingly sappy as drinking fake maple syrup straight up, without even a hint of a pancake.

Thankfully the "bump-forward" button exists or I wouldn't've made it to the end of this film. It's an utter waste of time. There are WAAAAY better films that the folks on MST3K make fun of. This one is pure crappolla. Don't waste your time.