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Tom Meyer · 04-28-2003, 01:13 AM

Caine = David Carradine looking like he just stepped off the "Kung Fu" set.

Rather ridiculous episode, if you ask me. They are overusing the teaser 1st scene with the "72 hours earlier" flashback. Also, I'm 99% sure that:

Spoiler:

And what was with the false "doomsday" prophecy ? Seemed like it was just a lame way to set up Dixon's apparent meltdown -- "I guess Rimbaldi was wrong" was all they could say after nothing happened !?! And why the hell would they put the heart in a briefcase and then put it unguarded into a shipping container ? Why not just hand-deliver it to Sark or whomever ? Just another red herring to get Dixon in the right place.

AND, that was pretty lame CGI with Sloan in the Himalayas. You could practically see the bluescreen. AND, having just been in Nepal last month, Sloan's guide was totally the wrong ethnicity -- he should have been a Sherpa, not the dude w/ Indian features (ok, that's a big nit pick but whatever ....)

04-28-2003, 01:13 AM	#3 of 33
Tom Meyer Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Local Time: 11:54 AM Local Date: 12-02-2008 Posts: 1,174	Caine = David Carradine looking like he just stepped off the "Kung Fu" set. Rather ridiculous episode, if you ask me. They are overusing the teaser 1st scene with the "72 hours earlier" flashback. Also, I'm 99% sure that: Spoiler: The question about how Rimbaldi could put together the DNA sequence of a man living 500 yrs (or whatever) later is rather simple to answer: that man was alive 500 yrs earlier and the heart/machine was Rimbaldi's 'immortality' device. Though a question that begs to be answered is why didn't Rimbaldi train someone to install his immortality device in himself !? And what was with the false "doomsday" prophecy ? Seemed like it was just a lame way to set up Dixon's apparent meltdown -- "I guess Rimbaldi was wrong" was all they could say after nothing happened !?! And why the hell would they put the heart in a briefcase and then put it unguarded into a shipping container ? Why not just hand-deliver it to Sark or whomever ? Just another red herring to get Dixon in the right place. AND, that was pretty lame CGI with Sloan in the Himalayas. You could practically see the bluescreen. AND, having just been in Nepal last month, Sloan's guide was totally the wrong ethnicity -- he should have been a Sherpa, not the dude w/ Indian features (ok, that's a big nit pick but whatever ....)