IT'S HERE!!!
http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com/?gclid=CO3mmMeSsYcCFRSSHgodDWuiPw
Meh. My money says the writer and/or director f--- it up somewhere before the third act.
When's this coming out?
Some time this year.
Notable Fuck-Ups:
1) Global catastrophy.
2) Emo bitch soundtrack (bloody valentine? WTF?).
3) Basing it on Innsmouth.
Ouch, that 3rd one...
Quote from: beejazz2) Emo bitch soundtrack (bloody valentine? WTF?).
*HORK*SPIT* Booooh!
You need somesort of warped opera with a church organ for this kind of thing. Winny Emo music is just going to make the commonoid's ears bleed and leave the area.
Oh, yes... you need...
1) Vinyl recordings...
2) Operatic music...
3) Catholic hymnal...
4) Heavy metal...
5) Trippy electronica (specific: Radiohead)
Wait... you all just found out about it? I've known about it for at least 2 months.
Also, can we wait until after it comes out to criticize it?
1) Why didn't you tell me?! Two months?!
2) I'm just doing my part to generate unneccessary internet hype.
Quote from: beejazzOh, yes... you need...
1) Vinyl recordings...
2) Operatic music...
3) Catholic hymnal...
4) Heavy metal...
5) Trippy electronica (specific: Radiohead)
I've heard 2, 3 and 4 together. It's awesome. Like freefall. Should have gone for the freefall feeling.
You know the PC CoC game? Their site has a pretty appropriate song for download.
It's pretty good, but kinda short. And my brain stayed in my head the whole time.
Probalby good at the end of the credits roll to lighten the mood for the stragler that wanted to read the credits. Or in the background of the first meaningful scene.
Quote from: beejazzNotable Fuck-Ups:
1) Global catastrophy.
2) Emo bitch soundtrack (bloody valentine? WTF?).
3) Basing it on Innsmouth.
4) Tori Spelling. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw Tori Spelling in that trailer.
Quote from: Epic MeepoQuote from: beejazzNotable Fuck-Ups:
1) Global catastrophy.
2) Emo bitch soundtrack (bloody valentine? WTF?).
3) Basing it on Innsmouth.
4) Tori Spelling. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw Tori Spelling in that trailer.
That makes my soul hurt far more than the sight of an elder god ever could.
Seriously, though, I think the movie is a bad idea. A big part of the horror of Lovecraft comes from the indescribible nature of things, and anything Hollywood produces just won't be able to invoke that terror, simply because it is so much horrible in the books because your mind simply cannot (or will not) picture some of the terrors he describes.
I think Lovecraft's stuff would do better as a TV series. A live-action TV series which, rather than CGIing the monsters, didn't actually show them. Just show people shrieking and dying and stuff. Maybe that's just me.
@Xathan: Oddly enough, if you read "Call of Cthulhu," you'll find that Cthulhu is one of the better described monsters out there; in other trivia: Cthulhu is one of the few Lovecraft creatures to actually be physcially attacked by a protagonist.
@beejazz: I agree with your assessment. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that Joss Whedon could have pulled off a Lovercraft TV series in fine fashion. (Well, right up 'til the network cancelled it, the way they cancel everything cool that Joss Whedon does.)