I just don't understand.

Have to disagree with you there. I liked that Hiram provided a different spin on a Gummer (and Michael Gross was good) and that this was in a prequel setting so it's something different. I'm not a big fan of the other life cycle stages, so I'm glad they kept it simple. As for the effects, I think in general the puppets work better than CGI (at least for these low-budget Tremors movies), and this was no exception.

How does it rate along side part 1, and 2, I havent seen this, or part 3, as I didnt know it existed.

So Burt Gummer would be reading Hiram Gummer's letter or diary etc, and we would be seeing everything in flashback?

That would be a terrible idea I think.For one thing, the film would only be an hour long - starting when Hiram came to Rejection. At best, you could pad out the film with filler by starting in Hiram's Philidelphia office explaining that his mine manager was running out of miners or something, and he intended to travel to Rejection to find out why, then have half hour of Gummer's travels to get there...not exhilarating viewing.

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personally i like part 4 too. i like western films, and i thought it was a interesting way to go with the series instead of trying to make a true sequal to part 3. learning about the town history, and the history of all the characters from the first film like chang's, burt's and even miguel's great great grandfathers.

i didnt think the special effects were bad, they were ok. much better then anaconda or raptor, or this rip off movie i saw of anaconda called python. now those have crap effects. i don't mind cgi effects as long as they are good, and done because it's the best way to do it, but i do perfer practical effects.

the only thing that bothered me about this film was how at the final battle, the characters were walking on the ground and how the graboids didnt slurp them up. why couldnt they be on the water tower, or attempet to look for higher ground? i also didnt like chang's wife either. she was abit annoying because of her on thought line. "in china...." enough about china. but she def. wasn't as annoying as grady from tremors 2, or mindy/mindy's mom from tremors 1/3, and i didnt appreciate desert jack all that much either.

the best thing about the film was the location, and some of the desert shots taken from this film. very beautiful stuff. i also enjoyed the new character black hand kelly. he was a bad mother. wish i could see him more, but he got slurped. i def. enjoyed seeing how those old guns worked and the creative ways they killed the graboids. like the use of the punt gun and the saw. wish i could of seen that machine gun used on a tremor. that would of been sweet, or a canon to bring the joke of burt having a canon from the first movie full circle.


but the idea of using a punt gun and the saw in the ground were neat ways of kiling graboids. i also loved the new character of black hand kelly. he was a true bad mother. he really brought it to the role.