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Title: "Boring"
Review: Actually, that was Ray Bradbury's verdict on this miniseries; you can see the quote yourself on pages 301-302 of "The Bradbury Chronicles," the magisterial new biography by Sam Weller. My opinion is actually less kind: this is just another in an endless series of predictably P.C. left-wing TV and movie fables mocking America in general and America's concern with the Soviet menace in particular, that filled the airwaves and the print media with little relief from the 1960s onward. My favorite series leitmotif: the grotesquely colossal American flag shoulder patches worn by all members of the (mainly boorish yahoo) Mars expedition crews...subtle as a flying mallet, and, yes; boring. A childish, embarrassing waste of great material, a great cast, and a whole lot of time and money.
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