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Post by jerrysafunnyguy on Feb 15, 2006 2:40:07 GMT -5
I don't know if anyone actually checked Venom out since it's been out, but if anyone did, let me know how it was. I'm still interested in seeing it eventually, I think... I've only heard bad things. I burned it and my roommate got bored of it after 20 minutes so I haven't been in a rush to watch it. The plot sounded cool though.
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Post by slappy on Feb 15, 2006 2:44:13 GMT -5
I can't wait to see the Friday the 13th prequel.
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Post by jerrysafunnyguy on Feb 15, 2006 2:46:13 GMT -5
So who bought Saw 2? Moi. I'm more of a rental to DVD-R kind of guy myself. Considering there is a good chance we might get switched to either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray in the future. Or September. I got a screener of Saw 2 a while ago, I just now sat and watched it. And don't get excited about anything Friday the 13th, they're merely talking about making another one and throwing out ideas. Everyone just keeps taking them literally. Like Ash vs Freddy vs Jason. Yeah, like that was ever going to happen. If anything gets made, it'll be a Friday the 13th sequel.
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Post by jerrysafunnyguy on Feb 15, 2006 2:48:44 GMT -5
90% of the time acting in horror movies is bad. FvJ is no different. I still enjoy watching it though. Bad acting is one thing. Terrible, self-abiding acting where everyone is in on the joke except the audience is not tolerable. And I hated everything else about the movie. I wish I didn't though. I wish they had killed more kids, it was gorier, less CGI blood, and Freddy and Jason actually fought the way they are capable of, not like cartoon characters.
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Post by Deano on Feb 15, 2006 8:00:08 GMT -5
Just received the new issue of Shivers in the mail. This issue looks quite poor. It has: When A Stranger Calls report, Underworld:Evolution report, looks at the upcoming film Slither, has an interiew with Fu Manchu, and talks about the new TV series Supernatural. Meh. However, in the news section, this big announcemount - a classic horror film is getting a 3rd sequel:
Polterguist: HURRAY!!!!!!!
With Hilary Duff: Words cannot describe how letdown I feel.
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 15, 2006 12:00:55 GMT -5
90% of the time acting in horror movies is bad. FvJ is no different. I still enjoy watching it though. Bad acting is one thing. Terrible, self-abiding acting where everyone is in on the joke except the audience is not tolerable. And I hated everything else about the movie. I wish I didn't though. I wish they had killed more kids, it was gorier, less CGI blood, and Freddy and Jason actually fought the way they are capable of, not like cartoon characters. Well I think the director choice was HORRIBLE. Considering when they interviewed Ronny he said "I neva see any freddy jason movies before I make this." Yeah, that's smart. I've never watched a Harry Potter movie, so I'm probably the best choice to direct the next one Yes, CGI blood did piss me off. Friday the 13th is a series that I THOUGHT prided itself on using effects with Savini type guys and not that corny ass CGI. Jason as a human pinball? Yuck.. The acting was indeed horrible. How about the Jay and Silent Bob ripoff character? One of the dumbest things I've ever heard? The "freddy is afraid of fire..jason is afraid of water..how can we use that? OMGZ! Another corny favorite, when the cop just figures out "I think we are dealing with the real Jason Voorhees." During that point in the movie, he's never even seen the er. Too many plot holes really. For the movie taking so long to be made, they really did a ing bang up job on it.
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 15, 2006 18:58:43 GMT -5
Freddy vs. Jason was an awesome movie, but the blood is overused and sometimes looked really fake with the CGI.
Heres an article i found at bloody-disgusting i thought was interesting:
Grind Loses the House and Omen Loses its 666?!
Tonight I was tipped off by B-D reader Michael G. who pointed me over to Comingsoon.net for some interesting news. Although I'm yet to figure out where they got their info, they are claiming that WeinsteinCo.'s Grindhouse will now be referred to as Grind; they also report that 20th Century Fox's remake The Omen 666 has been retitled to just The Omen, which in my opinion drops the cheese. Rodriguez and Tarantino's 'Grind' is aiming at a September 22nd release, while 'The Omen' is coming on 6-6-06 (yes it's that much fun to say). Watch this spot for confirmation as it comes in.
also at bloody-disgusting there are new pictures posted of the new Hills Have Eyes.
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Post by James Hardy on Feb 15, 2006 19:46:15 GMT -5
Yeah, Freddy vs. Jason is my most dissapointing movie ever. The acting was bad, but I was able to look past that.. what pissed me off is all the plot holes and bad dialog.
The kid singing the "One.. two.." song at the school was laughably bad.
Kelly Rowland's "You're not even scary" bit made me want to puke.
The whole "Jason died by water, Freddy by fire, how can we use that" thing .. wow..
And like how they drove to Camp Crystal Lake from Springwood in like 45 minutes.. hmm..
Plus.. the dream world fight was horrible. Jason looked like a joke.
It was just bad. And I wish it wasn't. It seemed like it was a fan film. A really bad fan film.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2006 19:52:16 GMT -5
Grindhouse becoming Grind? Stupid.
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Post by shredderistehgay on Feb 15, 2006 20:04:25 GMT -5
There are tons of films with the same name. Theres like 4 different movies called "Darkness Falls'.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2006 2:51:01 GMT -5
My sig has me puuuuuuuumped.
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 16, 2006 13:41:56 GMT -5
New article straight from Variety! Check it out dudes.
Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes shingle is coming aboard to produce the 11th outing in the sturdy "Friday the 13th" franchise for New Line.
Studio's hoping to fast-track the project -- centered on the origins of the Jason Voorhees character -- so that the pic can be released three weeks before Halloween on Friday, Oct. 13. Bay will produce with Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form.
New Line's hired Mark Wheaton ("Son of the Morning Star") to pen the script. Studio prexy Toby Emmerich is overseeing along with execs Cale Boyter and Jeff Katz.
The original "Friday the 13th" -- set at a reopened camp that had closed 20 years earlier -- took nearly $40 million in domestic grosses in 1980. That's still the best domestic performance in the series, although New Line's spinoff pic "Freddy vs. Jason" was a solid success in 2003, with $82 million domestic.
Platinum Dunes, which Bay launched in 2001 as a low-budget horror specialist, produced New Line's 2003 remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre""The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and its upcoming "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning." ====================================
Please be true. If there is a new Friday the 13th this October I'll die of happiness.
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 16, 2006 14:23:32 GMT -5
My sig has me puuuuuuuumped. Dude, your sig is awesome! Where did you find that Hills Have Eyes pic?
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 16, 2006 14:33:47 GMT -5
I found another article regarding towards the new Friday The 13th: February 16: Producer talks new FRIDAY THE 13THVarious sources across the web are rumbling (and grumbling) about the latest news on New Line’s next Jason Voorhees outing, as the Hollywood trades officially confirmed that Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production shingle are assisting the studio in bringing a new FRIDAY THE 13TH to the big screen.
One certainly had reason to presume that FRIDAY would get a straight redux, given Platinum’s track record with the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and AMITYVILLE HORROR remakes—but that doesn’t appear to be the case at all. It’s still unclear what this FRIDAY, penned by former Fango scribe Mark Wheaton (who did the final script work on THE MESSENGERS for Ghost House Pictures and the Pang Bros.), will deliver to the legions of Voorhees fans who continue to nourish themselves on 10 straight-up Jason splatter-sodes and one VS. entry. Suffice to say, rumors have run rampant; for some answers, Fango turned to Plantinum Dunes’ Brad Fuller, who’s co-producing the film with partners Andrew Form and Michael Bay.
“We don’t know exactly what it’s going to be yet; it’s definitely not going to be set after FREDDY VS. JASON or JASON X,” Fuller tells Fango, addressing their film’s place in the FRIDAY universe. “This was such a juicy title, we couldn’t pass it up. So we’ve been talking to Wheaton, and we’re figuring it out. Jason didn’t really start killing until FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2, so this isn’t a remake of the first one—Jason’s definitely going to be killing people in our movie. He didn’t wear the hockey mask until the third film [pictured], and our Jason is definitely going to wear the mask—so this is how we’re going about it right now.
“It feels to me like it’s going to be a re-imagining of…” Fuller pauses, trying to find the right word. “I don’t know if there is a term for it…it’s going to be like what we did with THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, that’s the best analogy I have. There are going to be things you recognize, but we will make it a distinctively different story. We’re going to keep all of the things that are expected [of a FRIDAY THE 13TH film] in there.”
Early reports stated that New Line was eyeing a release date of Friday, October 13th of this year. As far as this is concerned, Fuller is remaining realistic. Sticking to that deadline would involve nothing less than meticulous yet swift preparation. “We’re not planning on meeting that October date,” he reveals. “It was something that was originally discussed, but we don’t think we should write a script, find a director, cast a movie, and then make a film [that fast]. It deserves time, and we don’t want to rush this. The October date doesn’t feel like something we will be doing; plus we have a movie [TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE ORIGIN] coming out a week before. We’re not going let a release date dictate the film’s quality.”
And who will play the man behind the mask? It’s still too early to tell, but contrary to the recent gossip, it’s not going to be CHAINSAW’s hulking Andrew Bryniarski. “In our mind, he is Leatherface,” says Fuller. “With those two icons, you can’t mix them. I don’t see Andrew Bryniarski playing Jason.” —Ryan RottenNow i guess we wont probably see the new Friday The 13th this october...
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 16, 2006 15:15:24 GMT -5
JASON KILLING PEOPLE + JASON WEARING MASK = BADASS
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Post by Deano on Feb 16, 2006 15:34:41 GMT -5
Cool news, glad it isn't a direct remake of one of the other Friday's.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2006 16:51:37 GMT -5
My sig has me puuuuuuuumped. Dude, your sig is awesome! Where did you find that Hills Have Eyes pic? www.ropeofsilicon.com has a lot of great pics. Hehehe.
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 16, 2006 17:30:38 GMT -5
That DVD cover rules.
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Post by Deano on Feb 16, 2006 18:08:37 GMT -5
Yeah, great DVD cover, cool work.
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Post by Suckasays on Feb 16, 2006 18:19:17 GMT -5
I can't wait for the Friday the 13th flick. I hope it doesn't try too hard to have a deep storyline. I just want Jason, Mask, Killing. Could be great.
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