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Better Late Then Never

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The problem with this mini series was that it was so FAR from the original book! Changing WHO took the trip and why. Making it all about environmental issues when that was not even close to what the original intent was made me upset. I am a big fan of the book and hate what the re-writer did to it. Also the sister wasn't even old enough to go to the school in the the book. In the book they were attempting to change the environment of Mars to make it like Earth. There weren't miners. The Father worked for the company not the Mother. Jim's best friend,Frank, skated home with him.The sister was home with mamma. The Red Planet was a charming book that dealt with nothing more than two boys letting their town know it was being left out in the cold for the entire winter. Just an attempt to turn out a PC story which ruined one that was already excellent.

I'm looking for a copy of this series. I loved it as a kid and have been having thoughts of nostalgia on Saturday morning cartoons and this animation still stayed with me as an adult. It is probably the best animation series that Fox ever put out (other than X-men), even though it was 3 episodes. I was never much of a sci-fi fan even as a kid but something about the story caught my attention enough to the point where I tuned in the following Saturday to see what happened next. I've been searching hi and lo to find any references to this awesome animation but the closet I got was this website. If any one knows where to find a copy of Red Planet the mini-series please, please, please contact me!

I have very fond memories of the Red Planet mini series and have been struggling for years to find a little something of it. I have only managed to find a short summary clip on some nostalgia website, and I've even written to FOX to obtain a copy of it...we'll see if that actually works. Although it diverges from the book somewhat, I felt that as a miniseries it did the book justice and I certainly owe the creators a debt of thanks for introducing me to the works of Heinlein after watching that show! Even years later I can still hear the voice of Willis saying "Jim boy!" How I wish I could watch it again. The brilliant last scene where Willis grows up and explains it all to Jim is classic too; truly a perfect story for youths to understand bonds of friendship, truth, the struggle of growing up. Maybe if FOX can't help, I'll write to Mark Hamill (the voice of James Marlowe, Sr) himself to see if he's got a copy! LOL I'm sure he's got one tucked away amid all his Luke Skywalker memorabilia.

Red Planet the animated miniseries based upon the novel by RAH is a mixed bag. I'd have liked it to have been more faithful to the book but it is pretty good for what it is. There is a lot to like and a lot to hate. The villans and action sequences are disapointing but the feel that New Ares (Mars?) has is quite nice. The alien "locals" are also well done. I wish they'd do more animated miniseries based upon novels, it would much improve the quality of animation on television.