Supernova (2005)

Purchased as a present

I purchased this for as a Christmas present, and so really can't say if it's good or bad.

Supernova January 1, 2008

Awww, man .....

Well, another natural disaster movie begins so very promisingly and ends so disappointingly. Peter Fonda's role was the best part of the movie ... you can have the rest.

I saw it coming about halfway through the film when Luke Perry's character commented that his own equations were the basis of Peter Fonda's EOTW conclusion. My heart sank as the rest of the film was dedicated to the search for where he went wrong, turning out to be a plus sign where a minus sign should have been in his original calculations.

The sun stopped spitting fireballs at the Earth, no more cities or forests were laid waste, the bad guy was shot by the woman he'd terrorized, and the rains came and made everything better. Like, bummer!

I'm still searching for that EOTW via natural disaster movie that really *does* conclude with the end of the world. Does it exist out there somewhere? It must. I'll continue to look ... and no doubt encounter many more disappointments along the way.

This film was, bottom line, a let-down to the genre of natural disaster films. I could have done without it.
June 28, 2007

Supernova

I really enjoyed the movie and it was received in great condition as promised and quickly and I will order from this compnay again. May 7, 2007

When Suns Explode

Peter Fonda is a wacky but brilliant astrophysicist. He has discovered that our sun is much older than previously believed and that it will go supernova in about a week. Fonda heads out to enjoy his final days without telling anyone. He did pass his findings to several other scientists around the world and that brings the US Government into play. Luke Perry worked with Fonda and everyone thinks he has the answers and knows where Fonda is. Meanwhile Fonda's predictions start to come true as the sun's behavior starts to cause havoc with magnetic fields and electronic communications.

Perry discovers that there are government plans to preserve humanity they just didn't expect such a complete disaster. But they start making their moves anyway. Perry's wife is terrified of a killer she survived and how is about to be executed. He escapes (no surprise there). Global conditions continue to worsen and the death toll begins to skyrocket. A supernova would destroy the entire solar system. The only hope is that Fonda made a mistake in his calculations. Will the world survive? Watch and find out.

I guess they didn't want to call this Nova (our sun isn't big enough to go supernova) but they did a good job of treating the story with a proper 'There will be no survivors' attitude an exploding sun would cause. The acting is pretty good while the effects are pretty lame considering what else Hallmark has created. Was the escaped killer sub-plot necessary? Probably not as such but it created more tension and stress for Perry. Other than calling the event a supernova there was a commitment to avoid science and scientific terminology for most of the story (makes it hard to pick holes in). For a disaster film this is better than the recent made-for-TV earthquake and storm films but not as well done as say The Day After Tomorrow. Check it out. January 20, 2007

Hallmark does it again....drag out drama

The standard Hallmark background music plays for hours on end. The world seems to be coming to an end due to a super nova. This mini-series will never come to an end.

Do we tell?
Who do we tell?
Is there an evil plot to the end?
Will Dr. Austin Sheppard (Peter Fonda) find time enough for love?
Will an evil being abduct Brooke and Haley?
Do we really care?

We get to watch some great acting by Tia Carrere, born on 1967 as Althea Janairo, 11 years after she gained acknowledgement in the blockbuster film "True Lies" (1994). And let's not forget Peter Fonda who played Frank in "The Passion of Ayn Rand" (1999).
October 15, 2006

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