Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by NuWave (A) on April 26, 2005 at 14:23:44

In Reply to: Michael Ironside is great; Marc Singer, less so, but that wasn't my point. posted by Audiophilander on April 26, 2005 at 13:29:30:

Buck Rogers is the one show that had aged badly when it was still NEW! I didn't care for that one. If you can get past the costumes, which is usually the leading culprit in dated material, Space:1999 is still pretty cool, although some episodes roll a bit slow. Earth-based sci fi is the most susceptible to being attached to the genre it came out of, specially tv productions. Like you said though, budget plays a big part. Enough cash, and you can remove all visual references to the current culture. Tried to watch a couple tv movies lately, and the common theme in all of them was what seemed to be a camera mounted on a rubber pogo-stick. Zooming in AND out each time someone talks near the lens, over-editing, and general shotty panning seems to be the new norm. I think they are trying to give the 'amateur home-video' feel by not having refined and level camera shots, but in the end it looks sloppy. You see that a lot in commercials, and now in television movies.