Customer Rating: Summary: A Sci-Fi Pleasure Comment: I'm a sci-fi fan so my comments are biased but I thoroughly enjoyed this mini-series. I would recommend it to viewers who like films of a weird/otherworldy/supernatural quality. Definitely not down-to-earth stuff but then the characters are quite real and believable. Customer Rating: Summary: long & drawn out Comment: i am sorry but i must disagree with the majority of reviewers,this had potential burmuda triangle? sam neil as an actor is amazing so on that basis & the triangles i bought it. the start menu is a fantastic array of
colour & sound effects . a billionare assembled a group to investigate the disappearance of his ships, it started off good but then as the mystery
unfolded it seems at the bottom of the ocean the government built a giant
laboratory when the group were nosing around were warned off ,guns ablazing ,all this cloak & dagger x-files stuff bored me it ruined the mystery of the triangle ! Customer Rating: Summary: Well acted high concept mini-series, mediocre execution. Comment: Hyped as the first co-production of Bryan Singer (Director of X-Men) and Dean Devlin (producer and writer of Independence Day) this should be a sci-fi spectacular. Alas, while a satisfying enough diversion for a while, it does not tread any new ground, ideas, or benchmarks in sci-fi.
The story revolves more around technobabble than character development, despite some fine acting from almost all involved. Sam Neill is a multi-millionaire shipping magnate who offers a huge sum to a disparate group of experts to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. As time goes by, it becomes clearer that his motivation is more personal than he at first admits, and that there is a time constraint, as things head from mystery to countdown to disaster.
An interesting subplot revolves around the excellent Lou Diamond Phillips, who is one of the victims, experiencing alternate realities as a result of his encounter with the Triangle. Did I say alternate realities..? Yes, you'll have to get used to listening to theories on `exotic matter', `parallel universes', `ripples in space time', `government conspiracies' and `electromagnetic disturbances'.. however the end does tie things together - with the help of a substantial dose of belief suspension. In fact, the ending is just a little too neat and ideal to be truly satisfying. That said, there are plenty of interesting ideas here to keep this fresh enough to be worth viewing.
The effects are just up to small screen standard, but never believable enough to make you forget they are special effects. However the acting is, for the most part, excellent, and it is this, particularly from Phillips and from Eric Stolz, that help us suspend belief to make this mini series work.
Over the disc we get the three episodes, each just under 1 ½ hours, plus some interview snippets with the principals and a making of documentary.
Overall, at the price offered by Amazon, well worth a buy, as long as you do not keep too high expectations. Fine acting, good pitch of an idea, but not so impressive in execution of story.
Customer Rating: Summary: Triangle Story Goes Round In Circles Comment: "The Triangle" is the story of a team of researchers, paid to investigate the truth behind the legends of the Bermuda Triangle. In doing so they become wrapped up in a time-continuum and get glimpses of what caused the triangle and its future - but can they escape to get the word out before disaster strikes on a much larger scale?
The story begins in a format similar to "Species" where a varied multi-disciplined team are brought together to trace the missing craft that have vanished over the triangle. It even features a psychic, a-la 'Species', with almost exactly the same role; i.e. witnessing the scene of a bloodbath and muttering "I sense that something happened here" and other pointless contributions.
Despite this opening, I became more and more gripped with "The Triangle". It's a fast moving story, perhaps a little too over-loaded in places, however it contains so many interesting events and encounters that it's a very motivating piece.
These elements include what happens to a triangle survivor when he arrives home after his stay in hospital. His wife picks him up and he comments casually that he thought he remembered the car being blue. That's just the tiny beginning of the powerful anaomalies he experiences, and I won't spoil it by saying any more here.
Similar things happen to the research team, and the plot twists and turns, paradoxes are created, and as the watcher one begins to feel their panic and frustration as events unfold.
Needless to say there are lots of references to the associated "Philadelphia Experiment" and one minor irritation was the word "electro-magnetic" being bandied around vaguely and constantly throughout the film in a pseudo-scientific kind of way.
Overall, though, a great story of the paranormal, over three parts on two disks. Customer Rating: Summary: Calling all sci-fi buffs...... Comment: The Triangle is a three-part mini-series from the Sci-fi channel. For centuries the Bermuda Triangle has been the scene of disappearances of ships and planes. After the loss of yet another ship shipping billionaire Eric Benirall, hires psychic Stan Lathem, journalist Howard Thomas, meteorologist Bruce Geller and underwater scientist Emily Patterson to find out the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle and the reason why his ships are disappearing.
While the avid explorers use all their honed skills to find out what's happening at `The Triangle' a lone survivor of a wrecked freighter returns to a world and a life that he doesn't recognize and which seems to be changing before his very eyes. When he hooks up with Eric Beniralls group they uncover the extent of the problem with `The Triangle' and the US Navy's plan to `fix' the triangle once and for all.
If you like sci-fi mysteries and theories about the Bermuda Triangle then this is the mini-series for you. It's a brilliant miniseries but can feel somewhat long-winded at times. The special effects are however amazing and the performances of Sam Neill and Catherine Bell are especially noteworthy. All in all a really good mini-series.
