I'd rather be watching TV![IMDB link]

RATINGS:
Claire: Netflix: 5/5 stars. IMDB: 9/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 5/5 stars. IMDB: 9/10.
The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: 3.2/5 stars, IMDB: 7.0/10.

CLAIRE’S THOUGHTS: OMFG I was so ecstatic to hear about this coming out. I don’t read much, but when I did, Arthur C. Clarke was my favorite sci-fi author. And Childhood’s End was my 3rd favorite Clarke booke, after The City And The Stars and Rendezvous With Rama. So I was SUPER EXCITED for this.

Then I was kinda sad that it was only a mini-series and not a full-on, 13-episode-season-type series. I thought that would make it super-rushed, but it wasn’t really *that* rushed. My memory sucks, but I think they touched on just about everything the book had to offer. And tying it up in something you can digest in 4 hrs really helped me REMEMBER the story. There were very few spoilers when I watched it, because I remembered the gist already… But to be able to refresh the book in my mind by sharing a movie with Carolyn? That was totally awesome. When the hell will someone do Rendezvous With Rama? That seems like such an easy choice!

But yea. This was good. Polished. Slick. Modern production values. Good special effects. Quick, but not rushed, pace. Thumbs up and stuff.

CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: This was a 3-ep miniseries based on the book by Arthur C. Clarke. It was pretty good. Claire had recommended the book to me after we met in high school, and I had reread it in the early 2000s. I still didn’t remember much of the details. It’s an interesting story.

PEOPLE:

Based on the novel by Arthur C Clarke.

Starring:
Mike Vogel (‘Hud’ from Cloverfield, She’s Out Of My League, What’s Your Number?, Grounded For Life) as Ricky Stormgren.
Osy Ikhile as Milo Rodricks, the last human.
Daisy Betts as Ellie Stormgren, Ricky’s new wife.
Georgina Haig as Annabel Stormgren, Ricky’s dead wife.
Charles Dance (Alien 3, Underworld 3, Game Of Thrones) as Karellen, the alien.
Ashley Zukerman as Jake Greggson, Amy’s husband.
Hayley Magnus as Amy Morrel, the pregnant wife.
Charlotte Nicdao as Rachel, Milo’s friend.
Yael Stone as Peretta Jones, the counselor. (more…)