Kids these days can’t fathom what life was like pre-‘net, when your choice (and taste) in music was limited to college radio and sparse import sections of dank record stores, movies and television from overseas likewise made it only if you showed your support during PBS fund drives—which seemed to keep Tom Baker around forever; alas, a good thing—I might otherwise have read about the original ’85 BBC serial on a blog, tried to sit through 10-minute installments on YouTube then had 老婆 torrent me a Chinese fansub. The Mel Gibson remake stands as a perfectly serviceable thriller, but even with eco-terrorism and corporate conspiracy practically being Netflix categories now, was it ever gutted! And by the same director? Makes me fear for his Green Lantern. The whole Gaia angle and the unrealized new age-y direction leave little doubt that this was way ahead of its Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go time, yet still too out there for audiences today.
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