Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
Haven't seen it.
Haven't seen it.
All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madness
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Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
^Then you really should. Unless of course you're one of those wet girly type people that can't handle non-English speaking films with subtitles.
OK, let's see if I'm reading this right; GMT and Cameron making 'At The Mountains of Madness'? As is Shoggoths? Elder Things? The Star-spawn of Cthulhu? Gramophones!? Giant primordial mutant Penguins?!?! "...and there was much rejoicing."
I suppose it would be too cheeky to ask for a post credit coda set in modern day, where we see Agent Myers and the BPRD arrive in Antarctica?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
P.S. Am I the only one who really wants to know what the bloody hell Danforth saw that freaked him out so much?
^Then you really should. Unless of course you're one of those wet girly type people that can't handle non-English speaking films with subtitles.
OK, let's see if I'm reading this right; GMT and Cameron making 'At The Mountains of Madness'? As is Shoggoths? Elder Things? The Star-spawn of Cthulhu? Gramophones!? Giant primordial mutant Penguins?!?! "...and there was much rejoicing."
I suppose it would be too cheeky to ask for a post credit coda set in modern day, where we see Agent Myers and the BPRD arrive in Antarctica?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
P.S. Am I the only one who really wants to know what the bloody hell Danforth saw that freaked him out so much?
Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
You should. Seriously. It's a very good film.
You should. Seriously. It's a very good film.
Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
Bring on the old ones!!!
Bring on the old ones!!!
Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
I'm a huge Lovecraft fan and I'm really looking forward to this film. This may be the first movie to really do justice to one of Lovecraft's stories. Hopefully it will be successful and will lead to a big budget version of Call of Cthulhu.
I'm a huge Lovecraft fan and I'm really looking forward to this film. This may be the first movie to really do justice to one of Lovecraft's stories. Hopefully it will be successful and will lead to a big budget version of Call of Cthulhu.
Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
I literally only finished reading that story about 4 days ago, and I'm wondering too...though maybe that's my insane sense of curiousity
I'm very glad to hear this too, I reckon Del Toro is a perfect fit, if Pan's Labyrinth is anything to go by, and his ability to imagine the bizarre and wierd in some instances in Hellboy also give me hope.
I literally only finished reading that story about 4 days ago, and I'm wondering too...though maybe that's my insane sense of curiousity
I'm very glad to hear this too, I reckon Del Toro is a perfect fit, if Pan's Labyrinth is anything to go by, and his ability to imagine the bizarre and wierd in some instances in Hellboy also give me hope.
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Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, and Hellboy II are three of my favorite films. I also really enjoyed The Orphanage, which he worked on. He knows how to do horror and not have it involve lots of gore or simply "it was only the cat" jump scares.
Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, and Hellboy II are three of my favorite films. I also really enjoyed The Orphanage, which he worked on. He knows how to do horror and not have it involve lots of gore or simply "it was only the cat" jump scares.
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Maybe I'm in a minority but I thought that Dagon was a fairly good adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. And The Wolfman also shows Del Toro can act in a serious, big budget horror movie that doesn't go the route of Hellboy.
I'm optimistic about this but also wary of studio interference or other unforseen problems adapting the book to a film.
Maybe I'm in a minority but I thought that Dagon was a fairly good adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. And The Wolfman also shows Del Toro can act in a serious, big budget horror movie that doesn't go the route of Hellboy.
I'm optimistic about this but also wary of studio interference or other unforseen problems adapting the book to a film.
Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
Wrong Del Toro. We're talking about Guillermo, not Benicio.
Wrong Del Toro. We're talking about Guillermo, not Benicio.
Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
I'm hoping Cameron will run interference and keep the worst of the studio ideas at bay, i'd imagine most film studios are willing to give him a fair bit of freedom after his recent success.
I'm hoping Cameron will run interference and keep the worst of the studio ideas at bay, i'd imagine most film studios are willing to give him a fair bit of freedom after his recent success.
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Not thrilled. 3D sucks. Hellboy II sucked. Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth was good, though. If it sucks, at least I can feel better knowing some otherworldly horror will drag Cameron and Co. out of space and into mind-shattering nightmare.
Not thrilled. 3D sucks. Hellboy II sucked. Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth was good, though. If it sucks, at least I can feel better knowing some otherworldly horror will drag Cameron and Co. out of space and into mind-shattering nightmare.
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I can envisage a lot of rewriting will be necessary to bring ATMOM to the screen given what audiences expect to see nowadays. I'd much prefer that they combine it with Charles Stross' homage "A Colder War", which was intended as a sequel. The weaponisation of Eldritch technology is a great concept, and the literal mind-frak at the end of the novella is splendid -- it's even more chilling than the USSR using Shoggoths to wipe out the Mujaheddin.
I think the giant penguins are best left to the Monty Python sketch -- Scott of the Sahara.
I can envisage a lot of rewriting will be necessary to bring ATMOM to the screen given what audiences expect to see nowadays. I'd much prefer that they combine it with Charles Stross' homage "A Colder War", which was intended as a sequel. The weaponisation of Eldritch technology is a great concept, and the literal mind-frak at the end of the novella is splendid -- it's even more chilling than the USSR using Shoggoths to wipe out the Mujaheddin.
I think the giant penguins are best left to the Monty Python sketch -- Scott of the Sahara.
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3D poorly done sucks. Whatever you think of the story for Avatar (which I think is underrated), it's hard to say that the 3D sucked on that. It's the 3D post-conversion fad that's pissing me off.
3D poorly done sucks. Whatever you think of the story for Avatar (which I think is underrated), it's hard to say that the 3D sucked on that. It's the 3D post-conversion fad that's pissing me off.
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^Also, Hellboy II didn't suck, it was an enormous improvement over the first (which was just OK.)
If this move is commercially successful (I doubt it, if I'm being honest) then with a bit of luck we might see further faithful Lovecraft adaptations. Personally I'd like to see a film version that takes a similar tack to the Cthulu game "Dark Corners of the Earth" which is essentially a melding of 'Shadow Over Innsmouth' and 'Shadow Out of Time'. There's real potential for a psychological horror with that one I think. If they can capture even half the soul shredding terror I felt while playing the bit where you have to escape the hotel, then they'll have half the job right there.
^Also, Hellboy II didn't suck, it was an enormous improvement over the first (which was just OK.)
If this move is commercially successful (I doubt it, if I'm being honest) then with a bit of luck we might see further faithful Lovecraft adaptations. Personally I'd like to see a film version that takes a similar tack to the Cthulu game "Dark Corners of the Earth" which is essentially a melding of 'Shadow Over Innsmouth' and 'Shadow Out of Time'. There's real potential for a psychological horror with that one I think. If they can capture even half the soul shredding terror I felt while playing the bit where you have to escape the hotel, then they'll have half the job right there.
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Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
You know--I always liked Re-Animator.
Though that hardly qualifies as a "faithful adaptation."
Maybe faithfulness isn't necessarily the way to go. So long as it's a good movie, Del Toro is free to take whatever liberties he likes, as far as I'm concerned.
You know--I always liked Re-Animator.
Though that hardly qualifies as a "faithful adaptation."
Maybe faithfulness isn't necessarily the way to go. So long as it's a good movie, Del Toro is free to take whatever liberties he likes, as far as I'm concerned.
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I have no idea how Del Toro is going to get a movie out of this story. The first half is the detailed account of an expedition in the Antarctic, and the second half is a history lesson on the Old Ones. You can't film that thing without tearing it apart and reassembling it into something completely different. I'd be more excited if we were talking about The Dunwich Horror.
I have no idea how Del Toro is going to get a movie out of this story. The first half is the detailed account of an expedition in the Antarctic, and the second half is a history lesson on the Old Ones. You can't film that thing without tearing it apart and reassembling it into something completely different. I'd be more excited if we were talking about The Dunwich Horror.
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No. Hellboy II did indeed suck. Felt like a direct to DVD with spiffy effects.
And 3D for longer than about 15-20 minutes sucks, done well or not. That shit gives me crazy-ass migraines.
I'm then left to watch the 2D version of a film the creator blew his wad on building everything around 3D shots.
So, for instance, without 3D to distract me, Avatar just had decent CGI and a lousy story to try and hold my interest for more than two hours. Something it failed miserably to do.
I'd rather they save the 3D-effects for a film I could give a shit about, like Spy Kids 6 or Avatar 2
No. Hellboy II did indeed suck. Felt like a direct to DVD with spiffy effects.
And 3D for longer than about 15-20 minutes sucks, done well or not. That shit gives me crazy-ass migraines.
I'm then left to watch the 2D version of a film the creator blew his wad on building everything around 3D shots.
So, for instance, without 3D to distract me, Avatar just had decent CGI and a lousy story to try and hold my interest for more than two hours. Something it failed miserably to do.
I'd rather they save the 3D-effects for a film I could give a shit about, like Spy Kids 6 or Avatar 2
Re: All hail Cthulhu! Del Toro & Cameron to make the Mountains of Madn
Well you can always go to the theater. It's always been in 3D, and it won't give you migraines.