Stephen King had a great series with Golden Years, the characters were interesting and interacted well together. A story about an aging janitor (Keith Szarabajka) being exposed to a regenerating agent in a lab explosion on the day he's told he's going to lose his job because he didn't pass an eye examine. You have your basic mad scientist willing to do anything to make his work become a reality, and a government agency willing to do anything for those results.
What really made the series interesting was the fact that the head of security (Felicity Huffman), (who used to work for said government agency) wants to keep the janitor from becoming a lab experiment and his wife (Frances Sternhagen) from becoming a victim. It's a race against time and the authorities to find answers and freedom.
The disappointment between the series and the DVD release came with how the DVD ended the story. I remember where the series ended with the death of his wife and his capture. The DVD ending wasn't bad, but it gave is sort of a fairy tale type ending and left you hanging wondering what happens next.
I do however recommend the DVD for those who have never seen the series, and even for those who have. The story is good, and even if the ending has changed it still ties in with what's happened in the story. Also, for anyone who likes trivia you'll find a lot of references to names and places from other movies and stories by Stephen King.
What really made the series interesting was the fact that the head of security (Felicity Huffman), (who used to work for said government agency) wants to keep the janitor from becoming a lab experiment and his wife (Frances Sternhagen) from becoming a victim. It's a race against time and the authorities to find answers and freedom.
The disappointment between the series and the DVD release came with how the DVD ended the story. I remember where the series ended with the death of his wife and his capture. The DVD ending wasn't bad, but it gave is sort of a fairy tale type ending and left you hanging wondering what happens next.
I do however recommend the DVD for those who have never seen the series, and even for those who have. The story is good, and even if the ending has changed it still ties in with what's happened in the story. Also, for anyone who likes trivia you'll find a lot of references to names and places from other movies and stories by Stephen King.