I only needed to watch the trailer to know this film is not worth watching. The book is amazing. Read that instead.

A dreadfull adaptation of a sci fi classic novel plagued with cheap tv melodrama, lobotomized and not even close to the spirit of the original story. If you did not read the novel and want to watch this, be warned that the actual book is noting like this, and if you have read the novel, don't expect this to make justice.

Haven't read this book but anything written by Arthur Clarke is superb. Good idea making for classic sci-fi plot like 2001, Contact, etc. However, this 3 part series simply misses the mark for me. Stretched beyond breaking point by slow moving story and pointless human love dramas, why is it some production companies think every story needs a love interest, it doesn't, especially in Sci-Fi. On top of that casting was pretty poor I thought, with the exception of Charles Dance who was excellent making his character very believable.... everyone else was B movie calibre, sorry but thats the truth of it. Not a patch on 2001, but then what could be!

This movie can be summed up with the following: "I've come to fix all your problems." "Yay" "You actually thought I would save humanity, trolololol. Not our fault though." *Refuses to give any further information.* "Its OK dude. If you need to exterminate humanity I understand."