Wednesday, September 5, 2012

'Coma' Put Me To Sleep

For anyone who was interested in watching the mini-series remake of Robin Cook's 'Coma', and hasn't seen it yet, you might consider skipping it.  Great cast and production values.  Geena Davis, James Woods and Richard Dreyfus starred with Ridley and his late brother, Tony Scott producing.  The first night was a good set-up.  Second and  final night was a complete waste of time.  It, unfortunately, deteriorated into 2 annoying cat-and-mouse chase scenes with the protagonist running through the darkened corridors of, first, a university lab building and then the darkened corridors of a research facility as the villain(s) pursued.  It became comical as we watched her pass every (unlocked) exit in each building and opt to hide under furniture instead.

Oh, and at what point did 2 nights (4 hours with commercials) become a mini-series?  Anyone remember 'Roots',  'The Thornbirds', 'Shogun', 'Marco Polo', Winds of War' and a half dozen other epic television events from the late 70's, early 80's.  Now those were mini-series! (or is it serieses? - spell checker says no).