Title: Tripping The
Rift: Series Premiere “God Is Our Pilot”
Starring The Voices
Of: Stephen Root, Maurice Lamarche, Gina Gershon, and “Stuttering” John
Melendez
Writers: William
Rosenthal and Andrew Borakove
Director: Bernie Denk
Created By: Chuck
Austen and Chris Moeller
Creative Consultants:
Terry Sweeney and Lanier Laney:
Executive Producers:
John W. Hyde and Peter J. Schankowitz
Running Time: 30
minutes with commercials
Media: Sci-Fi Channel
Original Series Premiere (NTSC VHS Screener)
World Premiere
Thursday, March 4, 2004, at 10:30pm (ET/PT)
Network: Sci-Fi
Channel (Check your local cable/satellite listings for channel)
TV Rating: Not
Available At The Time Of Review
Reviewer: Mark A.
Rivera
In Sci-Fi Channel’s first original animated series “Tripping The Rift”, viewers will follow the twisted exploits of the smuggling vessel Free Enterprise commanded by the three-eyed purple stumpy alien Chode, who along with his crew of intergalactic misfits, encounter some of the strangest adventures seen on TV since the Sci-Fi channel series “LEXX.” In the series premiere, Chode and his wining android Gus take a trip back to the beginning of time where they accidentally kill God. When they return to their proper time and space, they realize their tampering with the past has created a “Perfect” world that quickly becomes corrupted and unlivable due to Chode’s tampering with the past. Now Chode and Gus must return back to the beginning of time and space and stop themselves from killing God.
“Tripping The Rift” is a bit dark and definitely a CGI animated series that is meant for adults. The characters behave badly, but they are quite amusing and there are plenty of background jokes throughout each episode so definitely set your video recording devices up and don’t miss a single episode since the episodes absolutely get funnier with repeated viewings.
The animation is top
quality. The characters look like toys, but that adds to both the charm and the
demented fun of the series. “Tripping The Rift” will begin airing on the
Sci-Fi Channel at 10:30pm (ET/PT) as a part of the network’s new night or
original programming – “Sci-Fi Thursday” preceded by the series premiere
of “Mad Mad House” and new episodes of “Scare Tactics” at 9pm (ET/PT)
and 10pm (ET/PT) respectively.
© Copyright 2004 By
Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.