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Eoghann Irving
Sci-Fi fan, self professed geek, owner of too many computers and general know it all.
Virtuality. Well acted, well written in parts, but ultimately flat and predictable. Too many cliches and stereotypes.
Jennifer Dittrich liked this
Perhaps it's because this was a pilot for a series, but the plot felt stretched at the two hour mark. And most of the characters seem like one dimensional stereotypes. It doesn't help that most of the key themes have been heavily mined by SF writers for a decade or more so it felt predictable.
- Eoghann Irving
Ultimately it's an unsatisfying thing to watch because it sets up a number of mysteries, none of which it resolves. This is understandable with it being a pilot show, but it's failure to stand alone at all or to build up its characters makes me understand why it didn't get picked up.
- Eoghann Irving
But I should credit some skillful writing. There are a number of charged scenes that do suck you in to the emotions of what this crew are going through. That said I can't see any way this would continue as a series without turning into a Twin Peaks style mess of style over clarity.
- Eoghann Irving
What is this in reference to? Make sure you put this in title so we know what you are referring to. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, maybe he's making us guess. hmmm
- Wang Yip
@Kol: he's referring to Virtuality. (http://www.hulu.com/virtuality) New science-fiction "movie" (aka: backdoor pilot for a TV series) EDIT: for those not in the US (darn you HULU), here's the IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title...
- Jennifer Dittrich
Wang. hehe. :-) Thanks, Jennifer.
- Kol Tregaskes
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