The first game show to be directly adapted into a movie, I suppose it's good that its run time is just over an hour, because anything more would have just been padding it to fill 90 minutes.
The "legend" in this case is of Olmec and his two sons, each represented by half of the Pendant of Life. This, coupled with a few more references to the original series, makes it worth watching if you're a fan of the original series. Otherwise, you have to wonder what a purple parrot would be doing outside at the Temple Moat. Yes, references that would be best left innocuous are shoe-horned into the script. A few "I see what you did there" moments: - The Shrine of the Silver Monkey scene and the kids taking damn near forever to put the thing together. - The Temple Run scene. Classic case of Chekhov's Gun, if you ask me. Will probably be on demand by the time you read this at its original 1:20 length. But hey, you've spent more time on less. :) ~D -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
