Alien Siege (2004 Telefilm/Image)
Picture: C+ Sound: C+ Extras: C- Telefilm: C-
How low
has Science Fiction TV fallen? See Alien Siege from a few years ago and
see for yourself. Co-produced by The
Sci-Fi Channel, a once great cable network now making the genre into underlet
digital outer space sagas where in space, no one can hear you yawn are
releasing more of the silliness on DVD.
At first, the telefilm seems like it might try to be about something in
an early analog with Iraq, but quickly degenerates into a shallow invasion
piece.
Will the
aliens get the 8 million humans whose blood (!?!) can revive their planet? Could they settle for manufactured
plasma? If they are advanced enough to
travel light years here, could they figure this out themselves without us? Guess those cable TV aliens are just mean
killer with limited genius brains.
Forget this one.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is soft, badly shot and unmemorable
throughout, while the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is a really bad upgrade via the Logic
7 system that is usually a bad sign that the upgrade will fall very short. Sole exception to date? Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter. The
combination is so inept, you are better off watching it on cable. Extras (this actually has some) include
stills and a ludicrous audio commentary by cast and crew that drags on worse
than the main mess.
- Nicholas Sheffo
