Bob PeryeaSeaquest - To Be or Not to Be - 1993 - Pilot
February 28th 2009 15:48
Okay, so here it is, the first installation of the TV portion of the
blog.
Seaquest DSV started on TV in 1993. It stars Roy Scheider (Jaws, Jaws 2), starring as Capt. Nathan Bridger. Capt. Bridger is tricked into returning to sea service with the "United Earth Oceans Organization" after retiring. Much is made of the fact that he retired after his wife died.
An old buddy visits him on what appears to a be a private island where Capt. Bridger appears to be spending his time teaching Darwin, a dolphin, to put a tracer on stuff in the water.
When this "friend" gets Capt. Bridger on board to inspect and assist with the ship's challenges, the sub leaves port and Capt. Bridger accepts his situation as a kidnapped, indentured servant quite well.
He needs to find the last Captain of the Seaquest, Capt. Marilyn Stark (played by Shelley Hack (Charlie's Angels). Capt. Stark was busted out of the service because she tried to nuke some under-sea rebels and had to be relieved of her command. Now she has been hired by some guy with a predictably German/Russian/somewhere-wher e-all-the-Bond-bad-guys-come- from accent. He wants the ocean's resources and she wants revenge. Capt. Bridger and the SeaQuest stand in the way of both of them.
Can you guess what happens next? Betcha can! Yep, it's that transparent. She disables the ship, but Capt. Bridger uses Darwin (who was also kidnapped) to fire on her ship.
The acting is frankly not as bad as most of the movies I review on the movie blog, but the plot... the horror, the horror.
This show started a few years after Star Trek: The Next Generation came out and it is nearly a copy cat. There is the young genius who can do things no one else can. There is the second in command who provides passion and emotion. There is the captain who is wise in the ways of the universe. There is the dolphin... well, okay, no dolphin in Next Generation, but he is kind of like Data, in that mechanically voiced sort of way (The dolphin can talk through a clicks and whistles translator that the boy genius designed).
I'm giving this a 7 out of 10 just because the initial premise might have worked if they hadn't chosen such a weak and thread-bare plot. I like the ship and I like Roy Scheider
Stay tuned while I review more episodes of this ground-breaking, innovative, must-see... owww, I bit my tongue while I had it stuck in my cheek. Anyway, stay tuned.
This is the Seaquest herself. Look like giant calamari, somebody pass the bread crumbs!
Seaquest DSV started on TV in 1993. It stars Roy Scheider (Jaws, Jaws 2), starring as Capt. Nathan Bridger. Capt. Bridger is tricked into returning to sea service with the "United Earth Oceans Organization" after retiring. Much is made of the fact that he retired after his wife died.
An old buddy visits him on what appears to a be a private island where Capt. Bridger appears to be spending his time teaching Darwin, a dolphin, to put a tracer on stuff in the water.
When this "friend" gets Capt. Bridger on board to inspect and assist with the ship's challenges, the sub leaves port and Capt. Bridger accepts his situation as a kidnapped, indentured servant quite well.
He needs to find the last Captain of the Seaquest, Capt. Marilyn Stark (played by Shelley Hack (Charlie's Angels). Capt. Stark was busted out of the service because she tried to nuke some under-sea rebels and had to be relieved of her command. Now she has been hired by some guy with a predictably German/Russian/somewhere-wher e-all-the-Bond-bad-guys-come- from accent. He wants the ocean's resources and she wants revenge. Capt. Bridger and the SeaQuest stand in the way of both of them.
Can you guess what happens next? Betcha can! Yep, it's that transparent. She disables the ship, but Capt. Bridger uses Darwin (who was also kidnapped) to fire on her ship.
The acting is frankly not as bad as most of the movies I review on the movie blog, but the plot... the horror, the horror.
This show started a few years after Star Trek: The Next Generation came out and it is nearly a copy cat. There is the young genius who can do things no one else can. There is the second in command who provides passion and emotion. There is the captain who is wise in the ways of the universe. There is the dolphin... well, okay, no dolphin in Next Generation, but he is kind of like Data, in that mechanically voiced sort of way (The dolphin can talk through a clicks and whistles translator that the boy genius designed).
I'm giving this a 7 out of 10 just because the initial premise might have worked if they hadn't chosen such a weak and thread-bare plot. I like the ship and I like Roy Scheider
Stay tuned while I review more episodes of this ground-breaking, innovative, must-see... owww, I bit my tongue while I had it stuck in my cheek. Anyway, stay tuned.
This is the Seaquest herself. Look like giant calamari, somebody pass the bread crumbs!
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