BeastMaster

1999

Seasons & Episodes

  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
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6.2| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM film The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons. It is produced by Coote/Hayes Productions. The series was nominated for the Open Craft Award in the category of cinematography by the Australian Film Institute in 2000, and for the Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, USA, in 2001. BeastMaster is currently running in syndication on Sci-Fi Channel in the USA, but not in any prime-time slots.

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Also starring Jackson Raine

Reviews

Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System
ShangLuda Admirable film.
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
mosenk779 Excellent shows. Great acting and plot lines. Dar has a great attitude to help animals, talk to them, and fight for justice. Daniel Goddard is a perfect actor for the show. Very strong personality and perfectly built for the role, especially to wear a loincloth. All the characters played a great role. Tao who was calm but faced adventure with Dar. As I watched the shows, they gave the impression that you don't need material things for integrity, it's how you react to your environment. It was great seeing Marc Singer in an episode who also was a great actor in the original Beastmaster. Keep up the good work Daniel, you made a great role. No killing, stealing, swearing, or indecent sex scenes.
RogerBorg I've been dipping in and out of this as a guilty pleasure. It's more guilt than pleasure though, especially the later series.The pleasures mostly come from ogling the collection of beach bunnies (both genders) jiggling around in various states of undress. As far as I can determine, this world operates an exclusive access policy: no fuglies, no kids, no geezers. Fine with me.Series one makes a very brave attempt to stick to the stone age - or rather, bone age - idiom, with a few fairly understandable lapses in costume and set dressing (say: what are they shaving with?). It's a fresh and interesting divergence from the usual generic "Early Olden Days" Swords and Sandals setting, which makes the later seasons all the more disappointing when they apparently just forget what sort of milieu they're supposed to be portraying, and loot the Xena props department.There's an attempt to weave some backstory exposition into the weekly "Run, jump, rescue boy/girl hostage from the Growling Menace" plots, but the uniformly bland and un-nuanced delivery of all of the actors - including and especially the leads - robs it of any lasting appeal. Season 3 plots devolve into a tiresome grind of "Seek this / fetch that" - perhaps the writers had been playing a lot of Ultima? Whether Beastmaster holds any deep appeal for you probably largely depends on whether you buy into the hippy premise that animals are, like our friends, and so, like, totally full of ancient wisdom and stuff. Hmm. No. Nature is struggle, not co-operation. I'm not sure why being able to talk to a carnivore would make any difference to it devouring you or not. Presumably Dar sells them on the health benefits of eating leaves and bark.
nkatngt It's hard to find good shows on regular TV that deal with the supernatural. I am so glad I discovered this show even if it is no longer being made. The only other good supernatural TV show I could find before was Buffy The Vampire Slayer which I love and it's spinoff Angel is OK, but lately both shows have been dissapointing me and I started looking for others.Coming across Beastmaster has been good for me and I am sure it has been/will be for others. The actors are great and play their characters perfect. The direction is good as well and hardly misses a beat. Also there is beautiful scenery and great dialoge and storyline. It has everything people look for in a good show. I hope others will discover it an enjoy it as much as I have.
Haflinger I watch this show most of the time. It's erratic, but I like it a lot anyway. The producers seem to have relatively little idea of what kind of show they want to do. It's now in its third season, and it appears to have gone to heroic fantasy. (Any episodes you see Dar having a sword, they're all third season. And he puts up quite a protest around it, but you'd have to actually watch the show to see it.) Last season would be better characterized as a sort of low-level high fantasy, where most of the emphasis was on complex relationships between all the different characters. And a lot of the first season was a (tragic) love story. The acting is great, but it's very much in a particular style. It's an understated style that shows up a lot in Canadian productions (it's a Canada-Australia joint production). But the best part is: They kill characters. Major characters. Not many of them, but people actually die. The storyline moves on. I get really tired of watching adventure shows with no threat of death. It's pretty much a given that Dar won't die (or they'd have to rename the show) but everybody else, except for gods (none of which have made appearances, unlike in a show like Xena) and some of the demigod-level characters (I'm thinking of The Ancient One) has been fair game. It helps make the show exciting, which is the whole point of adventure, right?The acting style's not for everyone, but if you like it, watch the show. The stories are generally pretty well-written, and the show's got guts.