Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Unfortunately I bought the entire season and I feel forced to watch it because of that. At first I thought this was basically a cop show sent to space. After watching a few episodes I realized that while that was the case it also was not that good. Very humdrum writing, plots, and acting. It seems that almost all the characters are from the UK and while that is not a problem I found it interesting, especially the Irish accented captain, talk stereotyping!! The special effects, such as there were, are usually lame. This is even before the really good CGI of today. Since I assume (I know) the budget was limited - all the aliens, droids, and cyborgs are all bipedal and humanoid in shape and most look like a version of hammerhead sharks on dry land, some with strange hair to say the least. There is some decent humor though along with all the hammy lines. Shackleford is the main character and acts almost as bad as the rest. His family is played poorly, especially the two kids and the oh so obvious pet. I think I will be passing this poor set on to some other unsuspecting person.

I think this show exposes a lot of the flaws of television.The first was they had to make it a "cop show", and then rolled every Cop Show Cliché they could find into it. So they have these aliens, but then proceed to make them just like humans in nearly every way.Let's talk about the aliens. They had two primary races, both portrayed by animatronic masks- The Tarns and the Creons. Except they act kind of like Americans, despite being aliens. They really didn't have anything unique about them. One Creon character even had an Irish borough, for no other reason that cops in NYC have Irish broughs. The Tarns could have been a little more interesting, they had telepathic powers. And did nothing with them.Sorry, compare Tarns to Narns (from Babylon 5). WHich race do you find more interesting? Good actors and interesting stories count for a lot more than cheap gimmicks.Some of the conventions seem truly shoe-horned into the series, like the police station being up in space. And Brogan's family lives in another space station. Because they're in space.Okay, the large part of the problem is Gerry Anderson, who inflicted such sci-fi abortions on us as Space:1999 and Project UFO. He never learned that character is more important than setting.

Officer Jack played by Rob Youngblood, showed the quality of his work, clearly used because of his pin up looks, and sex appeal to the viewers. Dressed in high boots,tight pants, and sky blue shirt, was one of the two actors who made the show. I am sure many who watched it did so, just to see Rob, not to watch the programe as it was neither written for children or adults. Such a waste, with talented cast, and a liitle work this could have been easily made into an adult show. Then it would have been a hit.

Gerry Anderson has created a terrific cop show in space!!!! The first few episodes establish the characters and setting, then the show takes off with great stories and super effects!!!!! The dvds from England are spectacular with outstanding sound and picture quality. Fans of Gerry Anderson, and other science fiction shows will love this one.