Spielberg's alien tale is 'Taken' to cable

cleveland.com ^ | 12/02/02 | Clint O'Connor

[vikingchick]

Any comments? I'm finding it crushingly boring myself. But I'll tune in tomorrow for the next episode, just in case this first episode's snoozefest is a fluke.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Lame. Boring. Goofy. Pointless.

I turned it off.

Would have preferred if they'd just ran with a Monday night Stargate-a-thon.

I was just mentioning, in another forum, that SciFi is pulling a 'MTV':  it was cool when it started, then it peaked, and now it just sucks.

[Swordmaker]

He pays homage to the grays but changes the Boy Scouts into a generic "pioneer scouts" - That is grating.

[Reagan Man]

Enough about the fictitious aliens of Steven Speilberg's imagination. Speilberg needs to do a miniseries on aliens crossing the bordering and illegally entering the US. Now that would be an important endeavor.

[vikingchick]

Lame. Boring. Goofy. Pointless.

Ha ha ha! That just about sums it up so far. Also misguided, done-to-death, slow, and I've already seen this on Unsolved Mysteries, thank you very much.

[vikingchick]

He pays homage to the grays but changes the Boy Scouts into a generic "pioneer scouts" I missed that! Good catch.

[ECM]

"I was just mentioning, in another forum, that SciFi is pulling a 'MTV': it was cool when it started, then it peaked, and now it just sucks."

That's what happens when your audience outgrows its niche

:(

[fieldmarshaldj]

Being on the Sci-Fi Channel email list, I have been inundated by emails urging me to watch "Taken", so I had to take a gander. I ordinarily like science-fiction, but this was just plain confusing. I found it hard to distinguish between the different families and some of the male leads (aside from Michael Moriarty). I tried my best to pay attention, but I just don't know where they're attempting to go. It looks good from a visual standpoint, but it's too bad they didn't bother to make it better story-wise (and clearer) and more compelling acting. *Sigh* Give me any episode of the original 'Twilight Zone' any day for top-notch writing and production (with the added bonus of grainy black and white helping a creepy atmosphere).

[sonofatpatcher2]

Tobe Hooper may have directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but it is evident he never has been in Lubbuck, Texas. I've lived in Lubbuck several times and I never saw any part of it, or the Panhandle, that looked like the ranch/farm shown in the series.

Otherwise the production was high standard, but I was somewhat disappointed in the initial episode's plot. Still I will give it a chance to do better.

[judgeandjury]

"It's the coolest thing that I've ever seen," says Tobe Hooper of the series.

I think Tobe Hooper is cool for saying that he thought that the series was cool, and it was cool of him to share his cool opinion with the cool reporter, who included Tobe's cool statement in the cool article so that all of us cool FReepers could read it and share it with our cool families, cool neighbors, and cool co-workers. Cool, I think. Or maybe not. Who cares?

[Caipirabob]

This may sound wierd, but I tossed this around in my mind... Do I want to waste my time in front of the ube subsidizing someone I find detestable, or spend time focusing on my family instead? It was a no brainer. I'm glad I didn't miss anything.

[KeyWest]

SiFi cancelled Farscape but put this on? Their programmers have a problem.

[avg_freeper]

The only entertaining program I've ever seen on the Sci Fi Channel was MST3K. And they dumped that a long time ago.

[Paul C. Jesup]

I loved Farscape and they replaced it with what looks to be a X-Files rehash. Somebody has lost their mind.

By the way, some Farscape fans are trying to bring it back on the air: http://www.watchfarscape.com/

Also, it gets worse, Sci-fi is making a Tremors TV Series that takes place after the third Tremors movie.

Here is the link: http://www.scifi.com/tremors/welcome/

The only good news about that is that both the original creators of the Tremors movies are making it. And that the actors from the third movie, including Michael Gross (actor who plays Burt Gummer) are returning to be in it.

Now, even though the Tremors movies were B movies, I still liked them and even the third movie had it's moments: namely the first five minutes when Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is grinning ear-to-ear while manning that dual-50mm gun-turret.

That one scene alone makes the entire third movie worth renting.

Who knows, maybe that show (Tremors, not Taken) will turn out to be a classic.

[Movemout]

I'm sure that I am not a fanatical sci-fi fan but I enjoy a good sci-fi show. This hasn't been one so far. I fell asleep after the first hour. Maybe it gets better.

[freedumb2003]

The only entertaining program I've ever seen on the Sci Fi Channel was MST3K. And they dumped that a long time ago.

Still on Saturday 5 am eastern.

[ASA Vet]

There actually was a church group called pioneer scouts
It was formed because the BSA wasn't "christian enough."

[Fresh Wind]

E.T.=Extremely Tedious

[7thson]

I was thinking about watching this and then I started reading the reviews. All the reviews gave it a thumbs up but pointed that the main villian is a military man. I thought - typical. So, I am not going to watch it. Like someone stated in another post - why subsidize someone whom I find detestable.

[kidd]

I watched it. Not bad. Might be tough to make it through 20 hours though. Sheesh.