Starhunter with Michael Pare', any love here?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Thursday, July 17, 2008 03:31
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As a fan of quirky sci-fi shows canceled before their time, I find myself curious...
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My local Best Buy had 50% all TV DVDs, so I picked it up (along with Dark Angel) out of curiosity. Watched one episode so far, and.... not impressed. Michale Pare is okay, but the rest of the actors are sooo bad. And the irst episode makes no effort to establish the characters or universe. It just starts with a mediocre episode. Though some of the parrellels to Firefly in the first episode are uncanny.
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And the production values are less-than impressive. The Tulip ends up looking more like a building than a ship.
OTOH, Percy is comparable to Kaylee in cuteness.
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Ok... I give you that the production quality is bad and the acting wooden, but if you can look past that, the premise is good and I like the ship. Had they had a better director and writers and a bit more money, this may have been a quirky little show.
I always try to look past the superficial stuff and find the gem within'. Sound kinda familiar?? hmmm?? Firefly ring a bell? A lot of people didn't initially like Firefly at the beginning...
I've watched the whole first season, and that took some doing as they were out of order, Not bad. Very reminicent of Space 1999, early Dr. Who and Red Dwarf.
Give it a chance. And while you're at it check out Spacehunter 2300 (Season two, two years later) and Space Above and Beyond.
It's not on Par with Firefly, but not as bad as BloodRayne *spits to the side*
Too bad good roles avoid Micheal Pare like the plague.
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Quote:Divinity Cluster is the 'first' episode, though it's # 4 on disk one (yes, I got it on sale for $10, try not to faint).
Originally posted by Storymark:
Watched one episode so far, and.... not impressed. Michale Pare is okay, but the rest of the actors are sooo bad. And the irst episode makes no effort to establish the characters or universe. It just starts with a mediocre episode.
It's good cheese so far, definitely worth the price!
Diving in Chrisisall
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I keep seeing it for $40. If I see it for $20 or less other than at Wallyworld, I'm getting it.
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Just watched the 2nd ep, not bad for a no-budget series.
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I’m not sure I ever saw it. I remember Michael Pare from the Philadelphia Experiment, but that was many a-year ago, back before Madonna became a rich stuck-up British Buddhist.
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I never saw Starhunter, but I always liked Michael Pare.........
First saw him as a kid on Greatest American Hero. He was part of the group of high school kids that befriended William Katt, and he also played in a rock band...L.A. Freeway.
Then saw Pare in his best role ever, in Eddie and the Cruisers...just a great movies..Pare's natural voice was a perfect match for John Cafferty's vocals.
Then came Philadelphia Experiment. I love this movie, with B-movie goddess Nancy Allen....great effects, a great story, and better acting from Pare than normal.
Finally, Streets of Fire...a strange movie highlighted by Diane Lane's performance as a rock singer icon. Not Pare's best work, but some good lines from Rick Moranis.
I know Pare made a sequel to Eddie, but it kind of stunk. After that, never saw him in anything again.
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I knew...I just knew who posted this thread.
I loved Streets of Fire, and have seen The Philadelphia Experiment so many times when I was a kid that I could just puke.
Never saw Starhunter though. Never heard of it before today.
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