Movie - Riverworld (2010)

@Unknown15916

5 ай бұрын

TIME is a river !

@homesteadgamer1257

5 ай бұрын

@@Unknown15916 That might be the name of the books. Riverworld is the name of the MOVIE.

@taknothing4896

4 ай бұрын

@@homesteadgamer1257The book is "Riverworld" by Philip Jose Farmer. It's a sci-fi classic.

@burtan2000

Ай бұрын

@@taknothing4896well this film is low budget sci-fi channel mediocrity. Probably trying to cash in on the Lost buzz that occurred at that time in history

Im pretty sure this wasn't a movie and the pilot to a SyFy Channel miniseries, that was cancelled after the pilot

@ColinStevens

5 ай бұрын

@@cfltheman But the movie was the 2003 release and the 2009 (this one) and the 2010 reboot, were both miniseries were they not? I seem to remember, when this aired originally, there was supposed to be more, but it was cancelled after the miniseries pilot because it was trashed by critics, viewers and had VERY watchers.

@MrAntoineoliver

5 ай бұрын

I concur there are a lot of SyFy actors here

@joshshields9229

5 ай бұрын

Technically, it's both. This was the second attempt to start a River World tv series.

@ColinStevens

5 ай бұрын

@@MrAntoineoliver Honestly the only reason I gave it a chance, was because of Tahmoh Penikett. I liked his performance in dollhouse.

@jbear3478

5 ай бұрын

​@@ColinStevensyou would like him in bsg

2:48 "Punching Matt in the face..." yes because Richard's head is composed entirely of fists.

in the original version of this that I remember, the blue dude was actually an alien from another planet, and one of the plots of the show/mini series or whatever was trying to find out why he was resurrected there with the humans and why he was the only alien. that whole story was LEFT HANGING just like this one, as far as to WHAT THE HELL ANY OF THE EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE STORY EVEN MEANT.

Watching movies to give us the cliff notes on an otherwise (I’m assuming) a horrible flick and make it sound interesting shows your talent and sacrifice. Love your content, keep up the great work.

@barrywhite8747

4 ай бұрын

It's not that bad, it's a sci-fi channel movie. it's based on a book series, that I haven't read. They did two movies, I like the first one more than the second but they're both good if you watch them for what they are which is a low-budget movie so don't expect Hollywood quality.

The novels are great - read them instead. Remember books? I know they are pre-Internet but you should check them out.

@thefurrybastard1964

5 ай бұрын

The novels were amazing, apart from Farmer's constant self insert (Paul Janus Finnegan in The world of Tiers and Peter Jarius Frigate in Riverworld) and his weak endings. But still very *_very_* enjoyable. Farmer clearly did a lot of research when writing his books.

@niyanlan8928

5 ай бұрын

All very fair points and you are right. Peace to your brother. @@thefurrybastard1964

@i_hate_google_

5 ай бұрын

books what are those ?

@CalBruin

5 ай бұрын

Do the books offer closure?

@thefurrybastard1964

5 ай бұрын

@@CalBruin Yes and no. Farmer is well known for having trouble finishing a story. The story arcs and threads are cleared up, but he leaves it open to revisit.

The books were a lot of fun. People from all times through history. Riverboat helmed by Mark Twain...!

The writing on the air ship in German says "Herumfurzen" - "farting around" - I guess it was not in the Philip José Farmer books, maybe some kind of joke by the film crew?

@josephvader5420

5 ай бұрын

What is it in Dutch?

@SpandauJerry

5 ай бұрын

I came for exact that detail at 11:49 😂😂 kr from Germany 🦅🇩🇪

They couldn't even find a Japanese actress to play Tomo. At least her name wasn't Kieko .

@Dave_of_Mordor

5 ай бұрын

Are there any good Japanese American actress?

@subliteral

5 ай бұрын

Surely you're not serious.@@Dave_of_Mordor

@Dave_of_Mordor

5 ай бұрын

@@subliteral yeah...that's why i asked

@NB_Strikers

2 ай бұрын

@@Dave_of_Mordorhard to have well known Japanese American actresses when the only roles they can get revolve around being an assassin, a ninja, a ninja assassin, a concubine or some variation of an exotic Asian temptress/victim. Samurai swords are optional but encouraged. They couldn’t even give that the role of Major (in Ghost in the Shell) to a Japanese American actress. I’m not saying a white women or a black women can’t play the role but considering very few roles Japanese Americans get, it would have been nice to see someone of that ethics background have a chance. If you have seen the movie, you might agree having a Japanese American as Major couldn’t have made that movie any less faithful to the anime/manga.

So that's what happened in Galactica after they reached earth...

@michalurbanful

5 ай бұрын

Yeah! :)

@jbear3478

5 ай бұрын

Lmao

They couldn't cast a real Japanese girl?

@malahammer

5 ай бұрын

Must have been made by Disney

@silsahchne7236

5 ай бұрын

@@malahammer Ohhhhh, that's cold and funny at the same time but it's also the truth

@Malpriorvids

5 ай бұрын

It’s called ACTING!!!!!!!!

@homesteadgamer1257

5 ай бұрын

She's Chinese--American with citizenship in Canada and Japan, and her father while American is by profession a Japanese translator and professor,. Genetic heritage aside, as a Japanese citizen, she IS Japanese. Because Japan, after all, is a COUNTRY and NOT a race. That said, if one is a good enough actor, with the right make up, you will never know their origins. Just like YOU assumes she had nothing to do with Japan because she doesn't look the traditional and stereotypical part of a Japan resident. How very racist of you to assume she can't be a resident of some country because she doesn't look like the stereotypical resident.

You can tell this was made in Canada because everyone seems to be very nice. Almost too nice.

@TwoStacks217

5 ай бұрын

No it wasn't made in Canada if it was Justin Trudeau would have made a cameo in Black Face

Has two characters from the books, the riverboat and the river. Other than that, there is nothing of the books in this movie. Read the books, they are much better than either of the movies.

And of course, because the woman is 'Japanese', she is an expert with Katanas.

@i_hate_google_

5 ай бұрын

it's genetic !

@ColinStevens

5 ай бұрын

Aren't they born with this knowledge?

@tablescissors67

3 ай бұрын

Warrior Nuns, dude

@NB_Strikers

2 ай бұрын

Also, a biracial Japanese Buddhist nun from back then? Might as well made her a cyborg.

That was an interesting looking "Japanese" woman.

Poor Felix, always drawing the short straw ...

I remember a pilot movie called Riverworld. Glad to see a reboot...

So many of the cast of Battlestar Galactica!

9:23….that was a holy moly scene right there

I had to order this movie on a CD!!!

2:04 A woman who's meant to have been from Japan 800 years ago? They could have at least gotten a japanese woman to play the part...

I loved reading this book many years ago.

Is this another Mystery Recapped channel? Or someone making money off MR and Adam's hard work? Adam's voice isn't exactly easy to mistake.

This movie was a complete bastardization of the original novels.

The book is so much better than this. "To your scattered bodies go" by Philip José Farmer is one of the most original sci-fi stories written. And one of my favourites. The other 2 novels are not so good. I think they are making another movie about it but again have butchered the story and characters. It's a bit like Dune where they made some not so good version before they finally made a proper version. We are still waiting on someone to come a make a decent movie for this novel.

@KevinWarburton-tv2iy

5 ай бұрын

It could be such a brilliant film too.

@taknothing4896

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, they really did a bad hatchet job of Farmer's book.

I had an aneurysm trying to read the title properly

I also once thought about same thing

This actually looks worse than the 2003 adaption of Farmer's Riverworld Novel series.

i have seen a river world before, did they remake it?

River World just didn't make enough sense to catch on. As an aside, Richard might have been a dick, but he wasn't the villain. He was trying to stop the torturous cycle of reincarnating and was probably pushed into doing whatever he had to do to achieve that noble goal.

The film bears a distant, very vague resemblance to Philip Jose Farmer's river world novels.

Interesting

Can a plot get any more ridiculous? It's like the writers were throwing darts on a sticker board full of bizarre plot ideas.

Looks like a rich mans daughter school project and she got an A

Omg and Gaeta!

Zero stakes as anyone who dies is instantly resurrected. Way to build tension there. Stupid af

14:15 Ronin????

Mystery recap guy moonlighting 🤣

@jupiterapollo4985

Ай бұрын

He's getting that bag 😂

@kristingallo2158

Ай бұрын

@@jupiterapollo4985 what if the AI just copied his voice and he's unemployed now

@jupiterapollo4985

Ай бұрын

@@kristingallo2158 lol

If anyone doesn't understand they are dead in the spirit world this is their afterlife. It's kind of like the matrix the two blue beings. Are really working together just like the Oracle and the engineer. And yes in The matrix they are in the spirit world too.

@rtruth7002

Ай бұрын

in the matrix they are literally in a computer system bro not the spirit realm.

@benjaminhite5199

Ай бұрын

@@rtruth7002 in the animatrix the second Renaissance the robot war when that robot blew up the Earth that killed everyone which means we went to the spirit world but we went to their universe that they created and now we're inside their reality manifested from the spirit world back into their physical world. Their world made for us. We are no longer in the regular world where the Creator created. So now we're in their physical world but it all comes from the spirit world. This is real stuff and if you can't see that we are about to be sleeping with robots. And all the stuff in the movies is actually manifesting right in our face. I've been going to the spirit world since I was a kid I've been studying this stuff way before this movie was even thought of. In The matrix there in the spirit world that's why they can jack in and out. Through the different realms.. they are not in the physical world like we are in now. That's why they keep reliving it over like the new movie they actually tricked them to reset the matrix. They tricked them into believing in the one and he blindly resets the whole game so they can keep playing.The architect and the Oracle are on teams. You have human eyes. You got to look with your spirit eyes.

The “air floating plane-like vehicle” is called a zeppelin. What are they teaching in schools now? Not history obviously. “Air floating plane like vehicle” 🤦

@7:26 the girl he had killed in a previous traffic accident? Dude, that's the same girl that killed everyone with the bomb at the bar.... what am I missing?

I remember watching this on Scifi channel back in the day. I remember having a hard time following it and finding it interesting beyond the premise. I always wondered if I just gave up on it and wrote it off too quickly. NOPE! Even a recap cant make this live up to the potential of the concept or make it easy to follow/care about. As I recall, its based of a mildly popular book or movie before it. But where I think it failed is... it feels like its trying too hard to be unique. It throws the concept at you, but does not explore it in any interesting way or provide answers. Thats fine to a limited extent with a mystery, but this was not. It's a drama. It's treated more as "Lets have a bunch of random people spawn in a new world, and make the story about some cliche drama no one cares about, that is barely if at all science fiction". I bet Scifi was hoping this to be their own Lost. But COMPLETELY failed at it. If it continued as a series, maybe it would be interesting as to why the aliens brought them there, why out of all people them, and randomly some people they know, etc. But it failed to be remotely interesting before that in order for viewers to get to that point. This was just before the SciFi channel became SyFy. When it was starting to go down hill, thanks to producing BS that just did not feel like Science Fiction. The fact that the Scifi in this takes such a backseat... makes this a prime example of why the channel went to sh!t.

This would of been a decent ARPG!😊

@NeilGaede1

4 ай бұрын

Would have? There was a 1998 game of that name.

The first STRAND type movie

This was a horrible mess. There's 10 minutes I'll never get back.

"Read the books read the books" If only you would say the title of the books... Yeah thanks :)

@homesteadgamer1257

5 ай бұрын

It says the title of it in the pinned post.

@DoNotPushHere

5 ай бұрын

@@homesteadgamer1257 afaik it is the name of the movie that is pinned

@homesteadgamer1257

5 ай бұрын

@@DoNotPushHere Well, most movies made based on books have the same or very similar names. If you looked up the movie name, you'd find the book name

@DoNotPushHere

5 ай бұрын

@@homesteadgamer1257 true, we nowadays can google up almost everything. I recognize it was simpler for me to ask here, plus the human contact can provide extra information, like related books or authors, not simply a bot answer. Anyway thanks man

The Book series is right there with Dune & MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLED "Requim~Chevalier Vampire" coimic/story from Heavy Metal Magazine. There everyone respawns in Hell ruled by Dracula & all famous villains and famous Nazi are there..Similar to the way they show up in Riverworld. ~1~ the good guys alien faction reincarnate Humanities greatest ~while the villain faction reincarnate Nero,Goering etc. i suggest watching the SciFy mini series over this movie version...

What!??! 🤔

Is this real? At 11:49 they called their airship "Herumfurzen" (German for "farting around")?

really dislike the word "decimate" because it's always used wrong, it means to reduce by 1/10th

Wait......is this Battlestar Galactica?

@michalurbanful

5 ай бұрын

Yeah! :)

The Illuminati has their own trademark lunch boxes now WTF 🤣🤣😂

Great Isekai!

I wonder how much this movie lost financialy

Helo!!!!

This story makes zero sense.

River world older science fiction.

Cant be cancelled l have it

Wow, can I have my 15 minutes back?

the word on the 'plane like vehicle' in old letters "herumfurzen" is german for "farting around" - wtf?! why? how? wtf?!

Riverworld...the idea was brilliant, however the original pilot was canceled, the series was then rebooted, but then canceled again ..... I have to say tho, the originL pilot was way better ..

The book was so much better.

Didn’t know you can die after you die 🤡🤡🤡🤡

@jupiterapollo4985

Ай бұрын

Ever seen Bleach 😂

air floating plane like vehicle.. is this ai or blind narration

this was the remake mini series from 2010, the movie is from 2003, the movie was better

Nothing about this makes sense.

it take a special kind of something to screw up one of sci-fi's greatest series of books. every attempt has failed. all they had to do was stick to the books.

I died shortly it was Nice and i was here i did not go anywhere ok. No Hollywood storkes. Ok. We are here ok

Adam

Sad to see the brilliance of the original story contorted in a such a schlocky and crappy movie.

guy simped for jess

gave up at the 5min mark.... completely nonsensical

My rating for this movie is negetive 100....

Even Adam’s voice is not enough to save the plot of this show. It was confusing, poorly written, sub par acting and an even more ridiculous plot that just didn’t make sense. Yeah… I had forgotten about this movie … and will probably forget it again because it was that un-memorable. Lol

Sounds like this movie tried to be profound (like Matrix) but ended up stupid.

What? Stolen from lost, stolen from xmen ( with no effort to even make the mouth not two tone) and profoundly dumb😂

@kingdon7795

5 ай бұрын

From x men? How? 🤨

@sharonlavery7656

5 ай бұрын

​@@kingdon7795there was a blue woman.....😂

This movie sounds awful, good video though

This movie looks like a hard pass.

Tbh, looks rubbish..

seen this before, its called the matrix. They are on the tables the entire time.

Adam

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