Rewind (2013) Reviews

• Good Show. Good Science. Good Action

  drbits2013-08-29

  This is a pilot for a series, not a TV Movie (as categorized by IMDb). Although the plot drags in places, about half of the show is an "edge of your seat" experience. This pilot contains the most ambitious time travel explanations I have seen in movies or TV. The science works (with General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics of massive particles). The explanation of how changes to the past ripple to the future and the simulations are realistic. Whoever researched the science behind the show did an excellent job, but the science concepts are above the heads of most viewers and may cause dissatisfaction for some reviewers. Many of us are used to lots of jargon, but that is deliberately skipped here. I think the general public would accept this show as an action-drama.

• Not bad at all.

  thejman19162013-08-28

  I do hope that this will be a pilot for a full series as I thought it was pretty good and there has certainly been a lot worse (not naming names). Sure time travel is nothing new, but we live in an age where it's increasingly difficult to come up with something new as pretty much everything has been done before in some form or other. There were hints of Continuum and Quantum Leap thrown in there and this initial pilot did show promise and potential for more. The acting was O.K. it was nice to see Jeff Fahey,(I was a little upset when his character was killed off after the first few minutes of Under the Dome) and the storyline/plot/writing/script was O.K. too. Overall this was a decent production that deserves a chance for more to follow. 7/10.

• Great prospect for a new series

  fkm19642013-09-30

  I had set my DVR to record the series not knowing it was a one shot deal. If they knew this up front, it was one lousy and confusing ending. A madman had killed over nine million people with a nuclear bomb in New York and using an untested top secret project three people go back some 54 years to set the man on the right path thus saving New York. They make it back with seconds to spare and everything seems okay until a military officer overseeing the project steps thru the time stream to an unknown time or location. THE END. COME ON. Where did he go and what did he do? The ending sucked. This show had a new concept of time travel at most, a little of Continuum in it but it has promise. I guess fictitious wrestling, game shows and chasing ghosts are more cost effective. Welcome to brain dead, cheap, mindless and modern TV. Our Syfy (Sci-Fi) channel has lost it's way with less than half a dozen true science fiction shows on now and not a single new space series on. Please give us something worth watching.

• Sucker for Time Travel stories

  Flytdeck2013-08-29

  *** POSSIBLE spoiler concerning events at end of first show. *** The Time Machine, Time Tunnel, Quantum Leap, 7 Days, Enterprise, just to name a few. I am a sucker for time travel stories and thoroughly enjoyed REWIND. The premise may not be the most logical, but I would hope most viewers would understand that this is about people and events, NOT about the method. There is no such technology (so we are to believe) so does it really matter how time travel is initiated? The characters (especially NASA) are solid and a good mix (though the General needs a little more military "polish" to be believable.) There are enough elements in REWIND to make an excellent series though I would have thought that almost all viewers would twig to the fact that the military gentleman preparing for the cold environment window MUST have come from some future time specifically for this event. Really looking forward to the next installment and hopefully, a long running series.

• Decent pilot. Wish we could see more.

  jwsmythe-925-8235422013-09-05

  In my opinion, it was a good pilot. I'll avoid giving any spoilers, being overly vague if you haven't watched it. I'd expect it they spent a lot on the costumes, sets, etc. They did a nice job where they went. This would be very interesting to see where they took it. It has a lot of potential. How good it ends up being would be totally up to how creative the writing staff was. The first adventure wasn't as exciting as it should have been, but it didn't need to be. It was to showcase what could have been done, and how they were going to behave with their new toy. If you go back and watch the pilots of a lot of shows you love, they were rough, and you wouldn't expect them to make it. It takes time to form a bond with the characters. I could see strong influences from shows such as Quantum Leap (what), Sliders (why), Stargate (where), and Primeval (same magic, different cause). The "who" was outlined in the pilot, but not really built upon. Nice, but why will there be future episodes? There's a hint for a second episode at the end of the pilot, and another commenter gave the same assumption that I had based on the very limited information given. It *could* be a great show. It could be horrible. Again, it would be up to the writers to help us form a bond with the characters, and a drive to *want* to see the next episode. Syfy, give it a chance. What's the worst that could happen. It won't be as bad as Sharktopus, Sharknado, or ... well honestly, you have a huge catalog of horrible shows and movies, with a few good ones mixed in. At least this one doesn't appear to be recycling sets, horrible acting, or even recycled scenes. Yes, the viewers do notice, and we're wary of watching a Syfy productions.