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« Reply #75 on: November 05, 2010, 01:01:42 PM » |
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I have to say that Dagon was a great Lovecraft film. The fact that the protagonist is an internet tycoon who is a loser is perfect for the story. The dude looked like he would of fainted at any moment. Lovecraft is all about the fainting.
The mist's ending was great. I would of hated the movie if they just kept driving along. I felt that the overwhelming feeling they had was perfect. I think they should of had the father kill himself before the army came though. That would of been the cherry on top. But mind you, for it to be lovecraft, you need at least one survivor of the tragedy, that way you can share in the emotion.
Into the mouth of madness and The Thing are great lovecraft stories. Impending doom, nothing can be done to stop it.
This month's Rue Morgue has a small blurb on a remake of the Thing coming out in 2011. I figure it will do well like Halloween, or miss completely like Nightmare.
Event Horizon is amazingly Lovecraftian. I've also noticed that Sam Neil seems to appear in a few of these. I find him to be a great actor for the horror genre.
Now not so much tentacles and maybe I'm stretching a bit, but 1408 seemed cool for the impending horror of it all. "Its just an evil Fing room."
You don't know why, it just is there. I like it for that.
I have Cthulhu with (ugh) Tori Spelling in it. Is that the same movie that people are talking about?
Just curious, mainly because I haven't sat down to watch it.
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« Reply #76 on: November 05, 2010, 01:32:23 PM » |
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The mist's ending was great. I would of hated the movie if they just kept driving along. I felt that the overwhelming feeling they had was perfect. I think they should of had the father kill himself before the army came though. That would of been the cherry on top. But mind you, for it to be lovecraft, you need at least one survivor of the tragedy, that way you can share in the emotion. Yeah, I loved the ending to that movie especially as the movie was presented as one of those films that was "Stephen Kings" first and the story second. I find those films usually aren't up to much. The films advertised with the title of the movie being the main banner and then Stephen King's writing credits are lost amongst the normal credits are mostly great: Green Mile, Shawshank etc. So 'The Mist' could have just rolled off into a bog standard Stephen King movie ending but it just went to a whole other level and the contrast was great. The huge creature was so Lovecraft. I loved how the Dad didn't kill himself...the horror of having to live on knowing what he'd done so close to being saved...man that's a heavy trip!!!   |
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Parallaxicality
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« Reply #77 on: November 05, 2010, 04:28:04 PM » |
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This month's Rue Morgue has a small blurb on a remake of the Thing coming out in 2011. I figure it will do well like Halloween, or miss completely like Nightmare.
It's not a remake; it's a prequel set at the Norwegian station. But for some reason, it's called "The Thing" instead of "The Thing [colon] Something Or Other". |
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« Reply #79 on: November 05, 2010, 04:39:00 PM » |
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Really? Lamer than a remake?
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« Reply #80 on: November 05, 2010, 04:45:02 PM » |
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Not lamer than a remake, but still lame. We don't need to know what happened at the Norwegian station. The hints we got the first time around are more than enough.
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« Reply #82 on: November 07, 2010, 07:00:16 PM » |
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The Thing is my all-time favourite film, so for that reason alone, I'm glad they're not doing a remake. I'll go and watch the sequel, but they have VERY big shoes to fill 
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« Reply #83 on: November 07, 2010, 08:19:26 PM » |
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Say, is that a brief shot of a Mi-Go I see? And more Charles Fort? Damn it Leman, why you gotta rule so hard all the time. You're f*ckin' up the bell curve, man. |
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« Reply #84 on: November 08, 2010, 10:21:21 AM » |
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Not lamer than a remake, but still lame. We don't need to know what happened at the Norwegian station. The hints we got the first time around are more than enough.
Plus, we already know that everyone at the Norwegian station dies, which makes it hard for me to watch a prequel...already knowing that none of the characters even survive. I think I'll wait until its on cable... |
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Robert R.
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« Reply #85 on: November 08, 2010, 11:12:43 AM » |
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Plus, we already know that everyone at the Norwegian station dies, which makes it hard for me to watch a prequel...already knowing that none of the characters even survive. I think I'll wait until its on cable... Actually, we don't "know" that. We suspect that. It seems like a reasonable conclusion. But there's nowhere in Carpenter's original that states that all of the Norwegian crew is accounted for. Heck, judging from the burned remains, who could tell how many bodies there were at the Norwegian base? That's a loophole that a creative writer could exploit. It's not a foregone conclusion that there aren't survivors making for the coast in a Snowcat, hiding out in the Thing's saucer, or just over the hill from the American base waiting to storm in and burn anything that looks at them funny. Mind you, I'm not suggesting that just because there are loopholes, that will make the new film good. But, I'm just pointing out that there's room for a third act that goes in an unexpected direction. |
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« Reply #86 on: November 08, 2010, 11:45:46 AM » |
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Not lamer than a remake, but still lame. We don't need to know what happened at the Norwegian station. The hints we got the first time around are more than enough.
Agreed. I'm also concerned with the fact that the lead in the film is a female American paleontologist. From the original film, I don't recall any women on the Norwegian team, either in the station, video, or photo that were found. Also, the guys in the helicopter didn't seem to know any English, so I hope her Norwegian is quite good. Does anyone know if they are going with practical effects, or turning to CG? |
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« Reply #87 on: November 08, 2010, 01:05:57 PM » |
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I hope her Norwegian is quite bad in order to up the sense of isolation and paranoia. Are those two characters speaking Norwegian or Thing-ese? Those Norwegians are yelling something important, do we trust the translator to accurately and completely communicate the information? Are those Norwegians talking about something important or banal? Being an outsider in a community that's being consumed by something evil has its own potential. How do they work together when the translator is taken out?
Heck, having a female main character has its own potential as well. What's the motive of that male character that wants to get me alone?
The movie could very well become a mess of bad CGI and jump scares. But, I doubt it's going to fail because of what we know about the Norwegian base. We basically know nothing for sure about the Norwegian base, who was there, their relationships, what happened, how they reacted, did anyone manage to make it out, etc. Yeah, the assumption is that the Thing killed all but the two guys in the chopper, but I think it's important to recognize that it's an assumption. A perfectly reasonable and logical one, especially for Carpenter's story, but not necessarily an accurate one.
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« Reply #88 on: November 08, 2010, 02:56:23 PM » |
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From what I've heard (ie, what they've allowed out) the crew asked the fans what they would most loathe in a Thing prequel and they said, "CGI". So they're sticking to practical. How closely they're sticking to it I don't know.
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« Reply #89 on: November 08, 2010, 02:57:51 PM » |
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Right now i got some horrible flashbacks from the "X-files" episode that took place in Norway (mostly) on a boat. I dont know what they were speaking in that sailor bar..but it certainly was NOT Norwegian (and i have heard my fair share of Norwegian dialects). And all Norwegians still laughs at the "Johansen, hvorfor er du ikke blivet gammel?" line. Hahaha!!!!!!!!!!!. How hard can it be to find actual Norwegians?
Sorry if i got a bit off-topic here, just got to have it off my chest.
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