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I liked it more than I should have

posted 12 years ago by NolanSorrento
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I've had this sitting on my shelf for a while now and finally and the time to give the movie a proper watch.

If I wasn't such a childhood fan of the series and this movie wasn't as true to the series as it was I probably wouldn't have liked it as much as I did but I am and it was so regardless of it's overacting, sometimes bad pacing, and awkward introduction of characters I still was able to look past all that and enjoy the movie as an excellent tribute to fond memory of my childhood.

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[–] dont_b_so_BBC 11 years ago

Part of the charm is the way it does not take itself too seriously-- like the way the old captain rolled his eyes after the new captain gave his mtv style "pep talk"...

So anyone who enjoys old-school space-opera will probably be able to enjoy it for what it is-- the science is unrealistic but largely self-consistent, the story and characters are broad and melo-drammatic, but they never went for gritty realism to begin with...

If only the Star Wars prequels had stayed true to its genre like this film did-- but that requires a kind of balance or nuance in script-writing and directing... you know, more Babylon 5 (self-referential/deprecating) than Battlestar Galactica (too grimy) or Star Trek (too clean).

If you care enough to go around telling people you don't care... you obviously care.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

In its somewhat cheesy, derivative way, it certainly possesses a fair degree of undeniable charm.🐭