every time i think about this film i feel physically ill. to read such a great book and later discover there a film of it be a great feeling . year later and imagine my joy at switch on the sci fi channel and find it start in just 5mins . up go the title and then uggg . if just a couple of thing have change ok. everything be change . numerous character be remove entirely new rubbish one be add . the main hero be shrunk and de age by about 30 year and and hilariously his girlfriend or wife be now his mother . even the dog be reduce to sub lassie capability . this be truly appalling cinema at it absolute bad . i would quite happily remove my own toenail with plier rather than sit through another horrific viewing and and i urge anyone thinking of watch this please do not . if you own a copy burn it now and right now and think how much good your life would have be have this celluloid insult never occur .