I only watched the first 5 minutes of this, but it was enough to determine that despite the number of stars they had managed to sign up for this fetid adaptation, the director was there to make sure it was going to be a shipwreck.
I can only imagine what brief he was given by the producers during the first production meeting - "Look, if there's a choice to be made between subtlety and over the top excess ...go for the latter. Every time!"
This 'show' makes Roland Emmerich look like a genius. At least his film don't feature cardboard villains rolling their eyes as they speak and twirling their moustache to ram home their evil intent....oh wait, yes they do. Maybe Roland IS the director of this fiasco after all?
Plus, who casts Dougray Scott in the lead unless they are trying to pull our chain?
My thanks to all the reviewers here that gave an honest appraisal of this version, thus allowing me to stop before I injured myself. For those that thought it warranted anything more than a 5, check out the 1981 BBC adaptation to see how it can be done.
I can only imagine what brief he was given by the producers during the first production meeting - "Look, if there's a choice to be made between subtlety and over the top excess ...go for the latter. Every time!"
This 'show' makes Roland Emmerich look like a genius. At least his film don't feature cardboard villains rolling their eyes as they speak and twirling their moustache to ram home their evil intent....oh wait, yes they do. Maybe Roland IS the director of this fiasco after all?
Plus, who casts Dougray Scott in the lead unless they are trying to pull our chain?
My thanks to all the reviewers here that gave an honest appraisal of this version, thus allowing me to stop before I injured myself. For those that thought it warranted anything more than a 5, check out the 1981 BBC adaptation to see how it can be done.