bmcmuff Reviews

Starhunter (2000–2004)

Best Sci-Fi Show of the New Millenium

[30 June 2002]

Starhunter has got it all. Exciting plot lines, excellent production, a lovely score, and much, much more.

Tanya Allen is an amazing actress, and she really shows off her skills in this one.

Some say that Starhunter is our real future in space. I hope it isn't, but I do hope our future is as well-executed as this TV series.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Lord of the Strings

[4/10 · 27 December 2001]

Bear in mind this factor as you read this review: I haven't read the books, so you know I'm judging this purely as a movie, unbiased by the book.

The Good: set design; costume design; computer graphics; some acting - Viggo Mortensen.

The Average: most of the acting; direction - nothing fresh.

The Bad: musical scoring - generic in one word, not a single memorable piece; some acting - Sean Bean (his whimpering scene when Frodo runs away from him was truly a pathetic attempt, and not the kind of pathetic it should have been); plot holes - like how did Gandalf get his staff back?; cheesy Tucan Sam impersonation by Gandalf - "just follow your nose!"; some underused effects - wizardry should have packed much more of a punch with this movie's blockbuster budget, but instead it was mostly something I could have done by having my actors fall down; the scene with the slow-motion effect of pouring water into the mirror didn't have that magical feeling to it that I felt it was trying to accomplish, for instance, it wasn't as good as Anij's time-slowing effect in Star Trek: Insurrection; the movie is not very accessible to people who've not read the books - no closure.

This movie was a great exercise in corporate marionette operations, hence my summary: Lord of the Strings. All I can give this movie is 4/10.

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

What Star Trek *Should* Be

[9/10 · 21 October 2001]

This is my second favourite Star Trek film, only second by a small margin to Star Trek IV. It's everything that I enjoy about Star Trek, and that's an overall optimistic outlook on our lives and futures. The little seal-squirrel, computer-generated creature, known to some as "Mel", was a great addition to this flick in that it accentuated the emotive effects already constructed in wide-spread fashion throughout its course.