Joe Von Zombie
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=17tj18qpJf0 documentary on Lovecraft featuring Del Toro, Carpenter , Gordon and more.
Can he lose the ridiculous swagger when he walks?
The irony here is that "Who Goes There" is a knock off of "At the Mountains of Madness"
While it's obvious that "Who Goes There" was written in response to "At the Mountains of Madness", there's enough spin on it that it stands on its own. And, John Campbell and Lovecraft couldn't be farther apart in philosophy or style. I'm sure Campbell believed that his version was the story "done right".
It's as much a knockoff as Lovecraft was knocking off Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.
I only really noticed it in Green Street and at the start of Pacific Rim. It kinda fit the characters he was playing.
Ah, you still need a decent budget, 100 million should do it, it's not even about the action, it's about probably tons of CG even if they shot in Antarctica, there would be the wholetons of make-up & CG augments for the you know what.city
This is such a highly visual movie. And don't use the novella story to state that the movie doesn't need a big budget, read the actual script.
I read the script, He's going to have to go back to the drawing board with it.The more I think about it, he needs [BLACKOUT]to cut back on the action and violence remove the connections to the Call of Cthulhu[/BLACKOUT]
Hum, really? So, basically, remove a lot of the good stuff is what you're suggesting. Cut back on the violence & action? There's not even that much action in it anyway.
The only action I didn't like wasThen again, it's been quite some time since I last read At the Mountains of Madness. Maybe that was in the story but I don't think it was. To be honest I also didn't care for theall the stuff on the boat after they leave the city. Just felt forced for the audience members who haven't read any Lovecraft stories. I'm not just talking about Cthulu either.Cthulhu connection. I definitely remember something large coming over the mountains at them at the end of the story but it wasn't Cthulhu.
I like the story The Call of Cthulhu but I find Cthulhu to be a bit overrated. It seems like casual Lovecraft fans are the ones who latch onto him. He's a pretty cool monster/deity but there is so much more to Lovecraft than one really short story.
The script was written for those "casual" fans. [BLACKOUT]There isn't even a proper setup for Cthulhu to even be involved in the script. It an issue with Lovecraft adaptations. I just watched the 2007 film " Cthulhu" which is adaptation of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" with Cthulhu. The Dark Corners of the Earth video game is basically the same thing.[/BLACKOUT]
I enjoyed the script for the most part, it just needs to be reworked.
I realize it's written for the casual fans, that's why that character is in it of course. How was theI've played The Dark Corners of the Earth and aside from some bugs here and there I really enjoyed it."Cthulhu" game?
If you've played Dark Corners, there's no reason to watch it essentially