A Fascinating Journey into a Mysterious World
What is Riverworld? That was one of many questions swirling through the epic, emotive Syfy miniseries "Riverworld," an adaptation of Philip Jose Farmer's epic science fiction masterpiece. "Riverworld" tells the story of Matt Ellerman (Tahmoh Penikett, "Battlestar Galactica", "Dollhouse"), a war zone journalist, as he wakes from death along the banks of a seemingly endless river where everyone who lived and died on the earth has been reborn into their youthful bodies. But what is the purpose of this place? Why has Matt been "chosen" by the blue-skinned alien Caretakers? Is it an afterlife or a purgatory? What *is* Riverworld?
These questions and more fuel this strange journey along the banks of an endless river, populated with a lively cast of characters each with their own agenda. As Matt begins the search for his missing fiance, Jesse (Laura Vandervoort, "V", "Smallville"), he runs afoul of Sir Richard Burton (Peter Wingfield) and Francisco Pizzaro, joins forces with...
Yo People, this is not the Brad Johnson version.
Today the SyFy channel showed this updated 4-hour version of this movie. It is not the one with Brad Johnson. I have seen that one and it is not even close to being as good as this version. I just hope that if I pre-order this one I don't get the older one. Okay, there are some actors/actresses in here whom I don't know by name. I had to go to the SyFy channel web-site to find the names. The main actors are, Alan Cumming, Tahmoh Penikett, Laura Vandervoort, Peter Wingfield and Jeananne Goossen who plays this fine Japanese female Samurai warrior. Also from the SyFy site, the DVD movie is 178 minutes long. From what I remember from the first movie, there are more female lead characters in this one. Old people come back in their prime years, around 25-35 years old and there are no children. Yes, we have Sir Richard Burton, but no Nero, thank god. There is a gay male couple and a male lip-lock is shown on TV. The alien caretakers of this world are shown as well as a conflict between...
If you stand by the river long enough the bodies of your enemies my float by - and get up?
When you die, you don't always go away. You sometimes end up in a place beyond places, where a gargantuan river flows. There, loved ones roam with Roman ans other civilizations of the past, walking along the banks of a place that no one seems to understand. There are secrets here, too, some involving struggles for power and some involving the reason the place is here.
Thank goodness the person we are following is a reporter (sarcasm here)
When Riverworld began, I was really interested in what was going on. You could see the people coming back and you couldn't help but wonder how. Then the movie went into the power struggle part of it, trying to pull out surprises and names, and it seemed like a stretch. The objects they used to get up and down the river, the people they employed to make the show interesting - I don't know if i would call them great in life or death.
And then there were the other pieces - the things that made this place up - and it really seemed to...
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