Tin Man – WHAT Were They Thinking?
By stephanie - Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
I watched the beginning of SciFi’s much vaunted mini-series Tin Man this evening. Twenty minutes into it I had to turn it off. It was so bad it was painful. Right off the bat, we have:
1. Horrible special effects that makes you wish computers no longer existed and we had cheesy effects like those from Lost in Space again.
2. Bizarre dreams by a motorcycle-riding “DG” (aka Dorothy) that involve twirling ballerina figures.
3. A cyclone (poorly rendered) that is actually a method of transportation between worlds.
4. Bad henchman dressed up in plastic black armor and who look like they stepped out of the 1980s Flash Gordon movie.
5. A wicked queen who eats souls, wears cheap gold lame, and is searching for an emerald for no good reason.
6. Munchkins who are a cross between the Ewoks and the warriors from Braveheart; they live in trees, wear blue and red face paint, and also speak in rhyme.
I can’t take it anymore. Someone PLEASE kill the SciFi channel now and put it out of its misery.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm
I TOTALLY agree. It was TERRIBLE!
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:44 pm
I think it could have been much better if it weren’t for the “actress”, I use that word VERY loosely, who plays DG. OMG, she is horrible. She ruined the entire story for me. I don’t usually write about performances, but hers was so “eye-popping” and uh, let’s say “halting” that I couldn’t stand it. Who cast her? They need to be fired because DG ruined the entire movie. Horrible!
December 5th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I tuned in for a few minutes myself sporadically and couldn’t agree more. I also was thinking about the 80′s Flash Gordon flick!
This had to be one of the most ill-advised remakes/reimagings ever undertaken. Once again, it only reinforces the quality of the original. It’s one thing to remake a B-Movie (the new Will Smith movie that remakes “the Last Man on Earth), but a classic beloved by generations…I can only imagine just how bad Star Trek will be.
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February 26th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Well I braved the whole show, and it was hard listening to “DG” but over all it wasn’t bad, but I will probably never watch it again. I want to see more of the Lost Room.