The Coolest thing ever from SyFy...(The Mercury Men) At least it's the coolest thing they're responsible for my seeing. While nosing around the on-demand menu of my cable tv box, I stumbled across, The Mercury Men. Very pulpy, very cool, and just plain old fashioned fun. Here's the trailer courtesy of the so-so folks at You Tube: [WYT="The Mercury Men"]2j2z_yz8gNg[/WYT] Discuss!
and on the opposite end of the spectrum ..... Would you believe a retelling of "Moby Dick"? Age Of Dragons was a complete retelling of the story, I kid you not. Not even the names were changed to protect the .... Oh, wait, no need to protect anyone but the viewer.
It's like an old-fashioned movie serial, dealing with an attack on Earth by men from the planet Mercury. I'm not sure why they chose black & white for a story set in '73 or so, it must be purely a style thing.
