Reviews

Firstly i would like to point out that i will comment on the series as a stand-alone series and not a remake. Partly because, from what I've read, it has little in common with the original but mostly because it encompasses more aspects than any other show to date.

I choose to not call this show Sci-Fi, i choose to call it a Drama with Sci-Fi influences. A not so ordinary and hard to follow Drama but an immersing one that has this uncanny ability to compel the viewer to ask 'Would i do the same?' rather than 'Is this right or wrong?'. You get involved with the crew, feel anger, sadness, joy and relief (although rarely so because the pressure almost never ceases) and viewers would be hard pressed to find something in an episode that does not link with the rest of the series or that does not add to the intended atmosphere.

Another important upside is the lack of technological explanations (or the need for them) and of glittery and futuristic weapons and technologies. All you have are normal display devices, bullets, explosives, batteries and nukes.

The story is indeed slow paced but any other pace would take away from the other main attractions of the show which are composed of social, political, religious and philosophical issues. Don't get me wrong, though, the story is brilliant and also stirs curiosity and keeps you wondering for days.

It has its faults, of course, but they have little significance to the show.

All in all this is one of the best shows I've ever seen and can hardly wait for the fifth (and apparently final) season.

The first thing i have to say is that it's way too long and you can barely get through it, part of this is because there are too many extended scenes in it. Granted it's a good movie, but not by any chance the best movie ever made and not better than The Shawshank Redemption (i'm comparing it to Shawshank because they are the 2 leading movies in the IMDb top). The acting is great, the script is good and the directing is OK, but that doesn't make it the best movie ever made. There's almost no foreshadowing in it, there are no major twists in the plot thus making the storyline actually a straight line and there's nothing in the movie that surprises you. When i watched it i was at the edge of boredom and was hoping something would show up in that movie that would pull me back. It's true that it was a very daring movie at the time, but still that alone doesn't make a movie great.