Steinesongo
Too many fans seem to be blown away
Stephanie
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Rachel Rose
This movie was OK. I moved rather slowly in pace, but then a lot of movies from the 90's did. The acting was decent, however not perfect. I could tell the actors were trying. The story was pretty good, but the effects were low budget.The ending isn't a very concluding (they're still stuck down in the middle of the earth). I can understand why, because this was supposed to be the pilot for a T.V. series. Sadly it didn't fly beyond that.I actually like the film. It has some of my favorite actors in it and the story/writing was pretty good. Like I said though it's not perfect, it's not even up to par with the other Journey movies, but it's still OK.
oftend
Since the early 80s, it seems the only way to convey a "bad guy" in a sci-fi movie is to use a guttural, speaking-while-burping, type voice most commonly associated with Dr. Claw in the cartoon version of "Inspector Gadget". That voice is SO PLAYED now that I literally have to just stop whatever is using it and walk away because I find it so annoying and irritating. This movie had a chance, albeit a tiny one, for me as I enjoy sci-fi with a good larf to it but that chance evaporated as soon as the "bad guy" made his appearance and sounded like Dr. Claw. It's weak, stupid, trite, LAZY and awful. NO MORE DOCTOR CLAW PLEASE!!!! Please, God, PLEASE!! LOL What a star studded cast too. Justina Evans, who's been associated with all things silly, was a nice add. Poor John Neville, who must have rued the day he signed the contract for this A-Bomb, could have saved this. And my favorite, Tim Russ from "Star Trek: Voyager" - who also could have saved this.Why did this potential serial fail? First, because they went with a script that had no ending! Even if you plan on sequels or an entire TV series, the big "crisis" that draws the audience in has to have some kind of resolution with an obvious hint that more such adventures are to come. This movie just dead-ended with plot holes everywhere you could drive a truck through. Second, the special effects were just god-awful. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" was out at this exact same time and even with a different nose prosthesis for each species separating out the various space characters (Note to Star Trek, be more creative please! Tentacles shouldn't be out of the question), the special effects in DS9 were infinitely better than this piece of dog doo! Honestly - drooling, fanged-manta-ray puppets?! C'MON! Last, BORING! This was so god awful boring and silly and hokey and just inspidly stupid it never should have seen a millisecond on air. Worst movie EVER! (And I sat through all of "Howard the Duck" - IN THE THEATRE!) You know what's really sad? To date, the 1959 version of this title still sets the high bar. Even the most recent production wasn't as interesting to me as the original. Sad.I gladly give this a 1. They got it the old fashioned way, they EARNED it. *grin*
TEXICAN-2
This was a piece, and not a good one. The 'updating' was stupid. The moronic synthesizer was lame, and nothing even close to what was needed. Of course, with what was on the screen, maybe it was the best inspiration that the composer could get, OR, the budget could afford. To have taken what Verne wrote and stayed with that context would have been excellent. This is more like something from Edgar Rice Borroughs, and a really poor attempt at his work. I guess that if you were four years old in 1993 and knew nothing better, this would be a good show. However...... Oh, and the constant narrative by the "hero" was annoying. It would be good to heed the advise of all the others (and me) and pass on this one. You won't regret missing this one.
jameskg
Sucked.Two good looking women are the only reasons to watch this. Well, not really. Don't watch it.Worst special effects EVER! Remember Land of The Lost series with the dinosaurs and all? Worse effects than the sleestacks. Don't bother.No, really - just turn it off! I tried to watch it just because I was interested in the subject, but jeezz! I fell asleep right before the end. I just couldn't make it. I watched the end on TiVo the next day. Not any better!
