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Supernova
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List Price: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
Starring: Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Peter Fonda, Clemency Burton-Hill, Emma Samms
Directed By: John Harrison
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0096009436094
Format: Color
Label: Platinum Disc
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Platinum Disc
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-01-17
Running Time: 172
Studio: Platinum Disc
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-09-05
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An astrophysicist has made a cataclysmic discovery: the sun is set to explode bringing about the end of civilization. As a team of fellow scientists race against time to stop his predictions from coming true the world is already becoming a whirling inferno out of control. Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 08/29/2006 Starring: Luke Perry Emma Samms Run time: 175 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Summary: Much Better Than Expected!
Comment: The acting in this film was very good. The story line was also believable (sort of). Stars DO go supernova. The graphics and special effects were above average. The only weak link was (SPOILER!! BEWARE!!) when they discovered a mistake in the mathmatical formula, the sun problems stopped! That's a little odd.
I also liked the subplot. Very unusual for this type of film. And the actor playing the bad guy was very creepy!
So...all in all a very underrated flick. Butter the popcorn!
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Summary: Purchased as a present
Comment: I purchased this for as a Christmas present, and so really can't say if it's good or bad.
Supernova
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Summary: Awww, man .....
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Supernova
Comment: I really enjoyed the movie and it was received in great condition as promised and quickly and I will order from this compnay again.
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Summary: When Suns Explode
Comment: 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.
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