Stonehenge Apocalypse- Syfy Movie Jun 12

[cylkoth]

I hadn't planned on watching this-but...damn, I just had to stumble upon this bit of cast info-knew Supernatural's Misha Collins and Hill Harper of CSI NY were starring, but...

Torri Higginson-Stargate: Atlantis, and Peter Wingfield are also in it.
Terrific..now I'm going to have to watch.

Here's one review of the movie, that makes it sounds a bit more encouraging than Syfy's usual Saturday night fare...

Misha Collins plays Jacob, an ex-scientist that hosts a late-night radio station to talk about science and conspiracy theories. He's sort of been exiled from the respected scientific community. Jacob has been tracking some unusual electromagnetic activity around the world when a surge is recorded in Stonehenge. He quickly travels to England to check it out for himself. Meanwhile, his friend and fellow scientist "Leshem" (played by Hill Harper) has discovered an underground Pyramid in Maine that may be tied into the strange electromagnetic anomalies.

http://www.daemonstv.com/2010/06/11/stonehenge-apocalypse-syfy-early-review/

Saturday Jun 12 9pm EST /8pm Central

Curse you Syfy.

 

[wamdue]

sounds awful, cant see why actors with good jobs (looking at you Hill Harper) waste there off time on projects like this.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Maybe because they like to have fun. These Sciffy Saturday night movies remind me of the Creature Double Feature and Drive-In movies back in the day. It beats me why people complain about them.

 

[Skywalker]

I can't begrudge them, even if they aren't exactly high-class cinema. A friend of mine has written several of those movies, including Star Runners with Connor Trinneer.

 

[Greg Cox]

A friend of mine wrote FLU BIRD HORROR. I am so jealous!

 

[Othello]

Actors act cause they like it and they want to get paid money to do so. Really is as simple as that. And i would point out that many actors we hold in high esteem don't necessarily have the same cred in Hollywood and take gigs where they can find them.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I can't begrudge them, even if they aren't exactly high-class cinema. A friend of mine has written several of those movies, including Star Runners with Connor Trinneer.

A friend of mine wrote FLU BIRD HORROR. I am so jealous!

Heyyy, how do I get in on that action? I could write one of these in less time than it takes to watch it.

 

[cylkoth]

Maybe because they like to have fun. These Sciffy Saturday night movies remind me of the Creature Double Feature and Drive-In movies back in the day. It beats me why people complain about them.

The complaints are because most of these are nowhere near as much fun as the old creature feature flicks we grew up on.

 

[sojourner]

I can't begrudge them, even if they aren't exactly high-class cinema. A friend of mine has written several of those movies, including Star Runners with Connor Trinneer.

A friend of mine wrote FLU BIRD HORROR. I am so jealous!

Heyyy, how do I get in on that action? I could write one of these in less time than it takes to watch it.

I've always had the theory that SyFy uses the following schpeil on the writers of these movies:

"OK, we need a 2 hour movie. It must have at least 2 hot girls, 1 hot guy, a goofy sidekick, and an over confident bad ass. For sets we have a clearing in the woods, a submarine control room, and a small town. Bonus points if you can make use of our existing library of cgi spiders, sharks, and snakes. Get to it!"

 

[Greg Cox]

I can't begrudge them, even if they aren't exactly high-class cinema. A friend of mine has written several of those movies, including Star Runners with Connor Trinneer.

A friend of mine wrote FLU BIRD HORROR. I am so jealous!

Heyyy, how do I get in on that action? I could write one of these in less time than it takes to watch it.

I've always had the theory that SyFy uses the following schpeil on the writers of these movies:

"OK, we need a 2 hour movie. It must have at least 2 hot girls, 1 hot guy, a goofy sidekick, and an over confident bad ass. For sets we have a clearing in the woods, a submarine control room, and a small town. Bonus points if you can make use of our existing library of cgi spiders, sharks, and snakes. Get to it!"

"And we're filming in Bulgaria next week . . . ."

 

[Skywalker]

Heyyy, how do I get in on that action? I could write one of these in less time than it takes to watch it.

I've always had the theory that SyFy uses the following schpeil on the writers of these movies:

"OK, we need a 2 hour movie. It must have at least 2 hot girls, 1 hot guy, a goofy sidekick, and an over confident bad ass. For sets we have a clearing in the woods, a submarine control room, and a small town. Bonus points if you can make use of our existing library of cgi spiders, sharks, and snakes. Get to it!"

"And we're filming in Bulgaria next week . . . ."

It wouldn't surprise me.

 

[JonathonWally]

I can't begrudge them, even if they aren't exactly high-class cinema. A friend of mine has written several of those movies, including Star Runners with Connor Trinneer.

A friend of mine wrote FLU BIRD HORROR. I am so jealous!

Heyyy, how do I get in on that action? I could write one of these in less time than it takes to watch it.

I've always had the theory that SyFy uses the following schpeil on the writers of these movies:

"OK, we need a 2 hour movie. It must have at least 2 hot girls, 1 hot guy, a goofy sidekick, and an over confident bad ass. For sets we have a clearing in the woods, a submarine control room, and a small town. Bonus points if you can make use of our existing library of cgi spiders, sharks, and snakes. Get to it!"

I always imagine it like a dartboard, similar to those in the offices of tabloid magazines editors.

 

[Aragorn]

I'm pretty sure SyFy doesn't actually make these movies. They're just straight-to-DVD cheapos that SyFy gets the rights to air first, probably because they're not exactly fighting anyone else off with a stick for them. Hell, don't they air every single movie that comes out of The Asylum?

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ It seems that way. I always assumed they had a contract with them.

Maybe because they like to have fun. These Sciffy Saturday night movies remind me of the Creature Double Feature and Drive-In movies back in the day. It beats me why people complain about them.

The complaints are because most of these are nowhere near as much fun as the old creature feature flicks we grew up on.

Some are, some aren't. There's been a few goodies.

I can't begrudge them, even if they aren't exactly high-class cinema. A friend of mine has written several of those movies, including Star Runners with Connor Trinneer.

A friend of mine wrote FLU BIRD HORROR. I am so jealous!

Heyyy, how do I get in on that action? I could write one of these in less time than it takes to watch it.

I've always had the theory that SyFy uses the following schpeil on the writers of these movies:

"OK, we need a 2 hour movie. It must have at least 2 hot girls, 1 hot guy, a goofy sidekick, and an over confident bad ass. For sets we have a clearing in the woods, a submarine control room, and a small town. Bonus points if you can make use of our existing library of cgi spiders, sharks, and snakes. Get to it!"

That would actually be kind of fun. Like the writing contests we used to have at Kellyz where you would get a specific theme or phrase and have to build a story around it.

 

[OmahaStar]

I'm halfway through this, and it's hilariously bad. It's set in the UK, yet there's only one person who has a consistent accent - Peter. Everyone else keeps going in and out of accents at random. And the writers, OMG, they're hilarious too! It's like every stereotypical line of Brit dialog they could find, they threw in ... "We're in a spot of bother." "Pip pip cheereo" and the like. Both of which were used within the last 10 minutes.

Got another hour to go. Let's see if we can last.

Oh, and the CGI ... man, it's terrible. I've seen better CGI in free video games on nickelodeon.com.

 

[Aragorn]

^ Does this mean my Stonehenge Apocalypse 2 project with Brian Bosworth, Garrett Wang, Richard Greico, Terry Farrell and Joan Severance might not get off the ground?

 

[cylkoth]

^ I'm afraid with your budget, you won't be able to afford Brian Bosworth...

 

[Greg Cox]

That would actually be kind of fun. Like the writing contests we used to have at Kellyz where you would get a specific theme or phrase and have to build a story around it.

SyFy actually had a "Name the Movie" contest a few months ago.

Tragically, none of my brilliant suggestions won . . .

 

[propita]

^ Does this mean my Stonehenge Apocalypse 2 project with Brian Bosworth, Garrett Wang, Richard Greico, Terry Farrell and Joan Severance might not get off the ground?

RICHARD GREICO!!!!!

Sorry, flashback to a funny movie.

 

[Greg Cox]

I can't begrudge them, even if they aren't exactly high-class cinema. A friend of mine has written several of those movies, including Star Runners with Connor Trinneer.

A friend of mine wrote FLU BIRD HORROR. I am so jealous!

Heyyy, how do I get in on that action? I could write one of these in less time than it takes to watch it.

I've always had the theory that SyFy uses the following schpeil on the writers of these movies:

"OK, we need a 2 hour movie. It must have at least 2 hot girls, 1 hot guy, a goofy sidekick, and an over confident bad ass. For sets we have a clearing in the woods, a submarine control room, and a small town. Bonus points if you can make use of our existing library of cgi spiders, sharks, and snakes. Get to it!"

Sounds like the old Roger Corman approach. A friend wrote a movie for Corman once. He was given a title and a list of sets left over from another movie, then told to produce a script in a week or so. And, oh, there had to be plenty of nudity . . . .