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Originally Posted by Boob-Ray
Wow! I'm surprised to find so much dislike for this film. I enjoyed it the few times I saw it, and will definitely be picking this up, since it's been years since I've seen it. Every time I looked for it on DVD I couldn't find it.
I knew nothing about it the first time I saw it...it surely wasn't what I thought it was going to be. I did not expect it to have such a sci-fi/fantasy bent...and full of unexpected ridiculousness, crazy mad-scientists with steam-powered inventions!
But that's what I loved about it. It was so off-the-wall and original. I truly think it's one of those rare movies that people don't get and therefore trash, but history and pop culture never forget. I've seen shows and/or films reference it's Victorian-era sci-fi aspects...which I found fascinating. I have no idea if that aspect is unique to this film or not (but for me, that's when I first saw it) but it was fascinatingly rendered. Really captured the imagination.
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Have you ever seen the original TV show on which this movie is loosely based?
The TV show was really good... and also was a western that featured advanced-for-the-time science-fiction gadgetry.
Nothing about the movie was original... it was poorly/loosely based upon the TV show.
I suppose if you never saw the TV show... you might find things to like about the movie. But most fans of the TV show thought the movie was a horrible thing to carry the same name.
That's where most of the disdain comes from.