David James Elliott in "Impact"

With all the 'hype' about this new mini-series, I have to put my two-cents in.

Since 'JAG' ended, someone had the nerve to compare David James Elliott to Scott Bakula ('Quntum Leap') "taking roles where he can". Well, ya know - the man has to make a living and please, by all means give the man some credit. In my opinion, David James Elliott doesn't seem to be the type to "just settle" for any role that comes along. Do I sound defensive of the man? Boy, I sure hope so because the man is a hell of an actor and to those who say that DJE is "going to take what he can get", you're intitled to your opinions, but please, by all means, familarize yourselves with the man's acting career before you start throwing tomatoes.

Now that I rambled on about that... onto the good stuff (then again, I don't think I was into anything bad from the begininng). 'Impact'. The first review I read was published by The Hollywood Reporter, though it was a good snyopsis of the mini-series, it only reminded me of Bruce Willis' movie, 'Armageddan'. Hmmm... does anyone even remember that movie? Well, let me see if this old broad can refresh some memories. NASA puts together this team of civilians whose expertise is drilling, they turn them into "astronauts" and send them on a shuttle into space to demolish a very large asteroid headed to Earth. Of course they succeed on destroy the asteroid.

Of course, in 'Impact' we're they're talking about the moon colliding with Earth. I will of course tune in to watch, but I really hope the writers are not replacing the asteroid in 'Armageddan' with the moon in 'Impact'. I,unfortunately will have to be disappointed with the only highlight of the series is that it's starring none other than David James Elliott.

Maria