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« on: August 30, 2011, 04:17:42 PM »
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghouls-of-the-miskatonic-graham-mcneill/1100404960

A new novel based on the Arkham Horror board game, apparently. Part one of a trilogy, too. I'm tempted to check it out, but I'm assuming a great deal of disappointment.
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2011, 09:09:27 AM »
Quote from: Yojimbo on August 30, 2011, 04:17:42 PM
I'm tempted to check it out, but I'm assuming a great deal of disappointment.

Probably a safe bet, Yojimbo.

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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2011, 02:05:26 PM »
Yeah - if you must have a board game adaptation just watch "Clue."
At least IT has Tim Curry.
oh, wait... "IT" has Tim Curry, too!
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2011, 10:27:58 PM »
I'd consider picking this one up.  It seems very pulpy - it is, after all, based on a board game.
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 08:25:34 AM »
So is the movie "Battleship", but that doesn't mean I am going to waste money seeing it. Wink

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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2011, 06:15:21 PM »
Really? Nobody else wants to take the bullet on this one?

[sigh] I guess I'll do it. I am the one who brought it up, after all.
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 12:33:06 PM »
Don't forget to report back to the class...

Thanks for taking one for the team Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2011, 04:09:21 AM »
I bought this one a couple of days ago. Haven't cracked it yet, but maybe tomorrow is a good day to do such things...
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« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2011, 05:28:14 AM »
Movies based on board games.... I smell a an original Siffy (syfy) movie.

In a nondescript town...

Four young people...

The rumors were absurd...

They thought it was safe to swim...

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They thought wrong!

Hungry Hungry Hippos Saturday @ 9/8 Central. Only on Siffy!
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« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2011, 08:15:35 AM »
Hungry Hippo versus Mega shark versus Rockem Sockum Robot!!!

NOW it's a syfy movie.
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« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2011, 08:19:22 AM »
Quote from: JulieH on September 29, 2011, 08:15:35 AM
Hungry Hippo versus Mega shark versus Rockem Sockum Robot!!!

NOW it's a syfy movie.

Well you have to get a cast that is 20% washed-up 1980's entertainers (not necessarily actors, mind you), 15% known character actors from Full Moon Productions, and 65% young, hot actors/actresses who got no higher than D+ in high school drama class. THEN you have a syfy movie.

Bob

PS - Oh, and CGI rendered on a Commodore 64.
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