Madeleine L'Engle's classic children's book A Wrinkle In Time comes to ABC TV on Monday, May 10th. This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly says it starts out good, then "spirals into cheesy sci-fi absurdity". Their final grade: C-.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Saturday May 08, 2004 at 8:52 PM
© 2008 SF Signal
As if Entertainment Weekly is a bastion of all things SF. I'll probably watch this as the book is one of my all time favorites, even if it is aimed at kids.
Posted by jp on Saturday May 08, 2004 at 9:22 PM at 9:22 PM
Bastion...I'll add that to my Beavis List.
Posted by John on Saturday May 08, 2004 at 9:49 PM at 9:49 PM
I'm curious to see how it turns out, especially if they've (urgh) "updated" it. Will they remove the 1950's anti-communist stuff? Or leave it as it was?
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Saturday May 08, 2004 at 9:54 PM at 9:54 PM
I was at the firehouse last night, so I turned it on at 9:00 PM when I got home. I watched about 10 minutes, did not see much similarity with the wonderful book, and turned to "SkiFi" channel to catch some Stargate SG1.
Disney blows it again.
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Tuesday May 11, 2004 at 7:58 AM at 7:58 AM
Is that a surprise?
i forgot it was on.
Must
get
Tivo....
Posted by jp on Tuesday May 11, 2004 at 10:14 AM at 10:14 AM
I Tivo-ed it. Just gotta find time to watch.
Posted by John on Tuesday May 11, 2004 at 11:10 AM at 11:10 AM
Well, I watched it. Didn't think it was too bad. I actually thought the child actors were pretty good. There were some parts that felt "magical" and others that seemed contrived. The special effects, while not state-of-the-art, were more than passable. Some of the middle parts were slower, but overall it was worth the watch. Especially being able to zip through the commercials Tivo-shortcut style.
Posted by John on Saturday May 15, 2004 at 11:08 PM at 11:08 PM