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I didn't have high expectations for this. It's clearly low budget, but it's just poor. It looks like it had the budget of a TV advert for washing powder. Even overlooking the historical and geographical inaccuracies, it's just cheap. The CGI looks like it was lifted straight from MS Flight Simulator 2000, the script looks like it took less time to write than the film actually runs for. Rather than just use a scrap aircraft for a set they built a cheap looking one instead. Even the poster art bears no resemblance to the actual film. For example it shows a 4 engine 747, but the film cgi uses a more modern 2 engine Boeing.

I couldn't even finish the first episode. It's just so slow and boring. I thought perhaps I should stick it out. But even more positive reviews say things like "the first 5 episodes are bad, then episode 6 onwards it's great". So you have to wade through the first "5 hours" of boredom that makes watching paint dry seem exciting, before it becomes worth watching?! I mean "5 hours!" Seriously they filled the first 5 hours with padding and if you hadn't killed yourself before that, the programme becomes watchable?! I'm thinking those who liked it and think 5 hours of rubbish before you get to the good bit is acceptable, just have too much time on their hands.

I think it was worth the 4 year wait. It's just a shame we'll probably have to wait another 4 years for the next instalment. Let's face it given the massive money spinner this is, a second movie is inevitable. The storyline is already setting the plot for the next film, while Mr Fellows clearly doesn't like to be predictable, you can see there are several avenues for him to follow in the next instalment. And there is enough scope for it to be bitter sweet in equal measure. I suspect we'll see a death and a marriage in the next film. I think films are definitely the way to go though, if it were to continue as a series it would have to burn through a lot of storylines to keep up the momentum. And that would result in it becoming far fetched - you can only kill off so many key characters or have them do moonlight flits before it ceases to be shocking.