"Harsh Realm" Pilot (1999)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)

TV Series:

"Harsh Realm" (1999)

Original Air Date:

8 October 1999 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Lt. Hobbes, a young Marine, volunteers to test the military's newest tool, a virtual reality training...

Plot Keywords:

Virtual Reality | Short Lived | Cyberpunk | Television Flop | Based On Comic

Cast

Scott Bairstow	...	Lt. Thomas Hobbes
D.B. Sweeney	...	Mike Pinnochio
Terry O'Quinn	...	General Omar Santiago
Samantha Mathis	...	Sophie Green
Rachel Hayward	...	Florence
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Inga Fossa
Max Martini	...	Waters (as Maximilian Martini)
Michael David Simms	...	Lt. Colonel Gilovich
Mark Houghton	...	3rd Officer
Ron Selmour	...	Bartender (as Ronald Selmour)
Kurt Max Runte	...	Unit Commander Forsch
Sylvesta Stuart	...	Sergeant Peter McGonagle
Russell Porter	...	Republican Guard Soldier
D. Neil Mark	...	Sentry
José Vargas	...	Latino Man (as Jose Vargas)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby (presented in Dolby Surround)

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Trivia:

The final shot of a room filled with dreaming game-players actually only used 12 people. The rest were filled in with CGI.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Inside 'Harsh Realm' (2004) (V)

Great.

I loved this show, personally. However, it never caught on. And now, I'll never know what happens next. The tv show rocked. I thought it was one of the better shows FOX decided to give a whirl. In fact, I'd say its much better then the garbage they try to unload now (A show called 24 comes to mind). The premise was pretty cool. If i remember correctly, Hobbes is put into a computer/alternate reality (to test out a new training simulation) and is stuck in. The real reason he was put in is to get rid of this guy, Santiago, who is controlling the sim. Note: The song Climbatize by Prodigy is played numerous times.