This one seems to sound like the worst so far- and I can't say I was blown away by the first, either. It's attempts at relevance today are laughable, even ridiculous. Four a--holes with handguns taking over a rather large cruise ship with 3,700 passengers- not even counting crew- to place bombs and the like onboard is ridiculous. Come on, especially in that scene in the trailer with the crowd- a group of people could have easily lunged at him and knocked the gun away and beat the pulp out of him- but nope, too intelligent. Even more absurd is that a bomb could be powerful enough to capsize a ship without leaving it in pieces. If the bomb were merely blew a hole in the ship, it's unlikely she'd do much else than simply sink. Even a 90 degree list is exceptional, and that's only halfway to capsized. Clearly the most likely way a ship like that could be capsized (other than a huge rogue wave) is by emptying the ballast tanks rapidly and opening the sea chests. Even a botched bombing intended to sink the ship quickly wouldn't be at all likely accomplish this. And the cliche 'S/S' prefix only adds to the fact that they have no idea what they're talking about. The ship is state of the art and is steam powered? I don't think so. And for what it's worth- 136,000 gross tons is amazing, but not record breaking in this day and age- if that's what they were going for- like the original. To think, even watching it maybe 10 or 11 years ago, I thought ships wouldn't approach 150,000 gross tons. Sorry for my nerdy rant, but if they made so many mindless mistakes, both technical or just common sense, and judging from the trailer and the fact that this is soo overdone- this can't possibly be worth anyone's time. That goes for the screenwriter as well, I sort of feel sorry that this will be his first mini-series. All well, maybe better look next time. Always look on the bright side of life, eh? Now I actually feeling like watching this miniseries for laughes...maybe even for all around entertainment! My God...Monty Python songs put you in a forgiving mood- well, at least one of them does...come to think of it.
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20 years ago
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RichN36
20 years ago
I still think the Title wave Striking the side of a Ship and Rolling it over Or Dim Ass Wipe Terrorist; Half Wits Planting Bombs on a Ship
Sorry but the Wave Scares me more.
Did you get a Good look at this Moron Ass Wipe they Caught in the UK he looks like a Guy the Computer/Chess Nerds picked on. If this is the Face of who we are fighting this war will be over by the next remake Poseidon Adventure.
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michaelgambaccini
20 years ago
I was very disturbed to find out they were using a terrorist attack to flip the boat. Isn't there enough terrorism for real. Why incorporate that non-sense into the movie. I like the title wave thought myself. The waves coming and there's not a damn thing you can do about. Terrorists, well, ... you can try and shoot them or what ever. The remake movie didn't say anything about terrorist thats going to the theater so i will go see that.
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craigrboyer
19 years ago
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Ok, this one is just dumb. I don't care even if Michael Caine was in it. (He was in Jaws: The Revenge too. What was he thinking?)
Not only that, but he didn't think of taking time off from that film to get his first oscar. Oh well.
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Adec
19 years ago
Actually there's five Poseidon Adventures, the seventies film that everyone knows so well was itself a remake of an old D.W. Griffith silent film from the early days of hollywood, then of course there's the sequel to the seventies flick, the upcoming big budget hollywood blockbuster that's due next year, and this, which is being advertised in Australia as The New Poseidon Adventure (it airs in some parts of the country this Sunday night).
Adec.
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craigrboyer
19 years ago
... but the D.W. Griffith version of The Poseidon Adventure doesn't exist. It was a joke made up by silly people. The book itself was written in 1969. Look up the author Paul Gallico.
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