Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

[JACKER]

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[Tabitha]

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[Dave]

Wow, people who actually like this film! Up to now I’ve only heard bad things about it, so I just had to watch it myself. I’m afraid I’m with Rde on this one, though it did have some good ideas.

I was trying to work out what actually makes it was so bad. To begin with it started okay, or at least it was comparable to those post-apocalyptic sci-fi films of the early 70’s such as ‘Logan’s Run’, ‘Zardoz’ or ‘Battle for the Planet of the Apes’. That is one of the problems; it is too out of date, if it couldn’t be made in the 1970’s it shouldn’t have been made in 2000.

Secondly, John Travolta is one the main characters, but he is also the villain. As such we feel no sympathy for his situation. And is he really relishing the role, and not just hamming it up?

I guess he did it to promote Scientology. Travolta is a follower of L Ron Hubbard. But if you want to promote something, you need to make it better than this.

The story is very slow to develop, almost 45 minutes before Terl’s plan is revealed. Into the second hour before Johnnie’s plan is broken. The jokes are weak; the state lines on the map, for instance. And it is much too long at two hours.

Cavemen flying 1000 year old jets? Maybe, they did had a flight simulator and lots of time. No problems of electricity supply though? And aviation fuel?

The radiation plot device was a problem, also the exposed seam of gold on the rock face, yet no similar weathering having taken place to city buildings and cars in the streets. In fact, books are in good condition despite being in the open air, cars have still-pressurized tires and wrecked buildings have completely intact plate glass windows.

There are many other goofs in this film all detailed here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185183/goofs

Having said that, it is no worse than ‘Independence Day’!

 

[BAYLOR]

The book is gully Pleasure .

The film is not.

 

[Rodders]

I tried to read the book a long time ago. I had heard a lot about it and most of it was good at the time. I got about half way through and couldn't pick it back up again. I also bought and read most of his ten novel "Mission Earth" series. (Don't judge me, they were cheap at Forbidden Planet.) It was mildly entertaining, but not good Sci Fi. I wouldn't recommend it.

I still haven't seen the Battlefield Earth movie, but there is a perverse part of me that wants to.

 

[BAYLOR]

I thought at one point ,t here was supposed to be anime adaptation of this one , but it never came to pass.

 

[BAYLOR]

I would like to see them do a reboot of this film.