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Andromeda (2000)
Sci-fi series worth watching!
When the series originally hit the airways in 2000 I never watched it. The main reason was because of the star Kevin Sorbo who happened to be the star of the defunct "Hercules" series. I thought (incorrectly) that this would simply be "Hercules in Space". How wrong I was, but it took me 5 years before I began to watch it in reruns to find out what I had missed.
Although this is Gene Roddenberry's creation, it is NOT another Star Trek derivative, nor is it "Hercules in Space". It is an amazingly original series, with fresh ideas, an original approach to sci-fi, and purposely made different from Roddenberry's other series. It is much more action based, more violent, but also more thoughtful. There are many episodes where you have to watch several times to understand them.
It is as if the writers for this series were completely new. Not the same crew from Star Trek.
So anyone interested in sci-fi should definitely catch this series in reruns or on DVD! I really regret my "prejudice" against the series and the star when it first aired, but am thoroughly enjoying the series now!
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
What's the point?
I'm not sure I understand the point of this movie "sequel". Despite its "Direct to DVD" release, it's still one of the worst sequels I've ever seen, and an obvious attempt to do a quick cash-in on the original classic sci-fi theatrical release.
This movie adds absolutely NOTHING to the Starship Troopers universe. There are no new plots, no new ideas, no worthy new characters, nothing which gives us any further insight into the war between the humans and the "Bugs". The only newer and obviously clichéd and derivative concept here is that the bugs can now somehow take over a human, turning that human into a (sex) puppet.
The only special effects are those of the "soldier" bugs, looking essentially the same as they did in the 1st movie, only this time everything is so dark that you can barely make them out. Perhaps this is done on purpose to hide the much cheaper special effects budget in this horrible sequel.
Unless the 3rd sequel is directed by Paul Verhoeven, I hope they don't even bother to make another one.