Why pay for a great story when CGI is less expensive? (why is Uwe Boll still working)
Short term....flash bulbs and scarlet liquid is the thing.. Long term....content is king.. You make your reputation in the long term but you make the money in the short term. For every Merchant Ivory film...you have to make a Blair Witch... c w m On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > I agree about Van Helsing. But I always find myself wondering: do we *have* > to produce CGI/FX/action heavy films over sturdy writing and acting to get > younger people to watch? I guess that tail-wagging-dog question is brought > up with every new generation, but I often feel that if we give people good > quality, they'll appreciate it and learn to like it. > The method of just giving up is like saying there's no use to cook a good > hamburger or steak anymore, because everyone's palette is ruined by > McDonalds and places like that. Can't people still appreciate a superior > burger when one's given to them? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Omari Confer" <clockwork...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:26:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons > > > > Van Helsing, along with all genre work these days is designed for teens > that have never seen a classic horror movie. Never seen Lon chaney or > Frankenstein fight Dracula... > > In this post Matrix age, things have to be visually appealing before > anything else......forget that we just watched Dances with Wolves.....in > Blue D. > > Van Helsing is just carmel popcorn made of a corn substitute.... > > The movie was born for cable. > > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> I had to chuckle when reading about "Van Helsing". I despise the movie. I >> was critiquing it the whole time phyllis and I watched it in the theatre: >> the anachronistic rock soundtrack, the bad dialogue, Kate Beckinsdales (who >> I think is hot as hell) with that horrible on-again-off-again accent, the >> bad CGI, the stupid characters, the horrible camera work. It's the movie >> that to me showcases the rather empty talent the director is, as he'd put >> out barely passable fare with the Mummy movies >> Funny thing is, my older brother--a big scifi fan himself--loves Van >> Helsing. He is always trying to convince me that I'm too hard on it, and >> make me change my opinion. He thinks I'm a bit of a hard ass in the way I >> review and critique movies, saying I miss the fact that every movie has >> things in it to like. We have different tastes. He tends to like things that >> are a bit more fluff, fun, and visually striking. While I like those things, >> i tend to focus more on good acting and realistic plots. For example, he >> doesn't like the darker themes in the comic and animation worlds, while I >> love them. At any rate, he's on me all the time about "Van Helsing", even >> getting irritated when I repeat for the eleventy millionth time that I hate >> it. >> And don't get me started on his feelings about my indifference towards >> "The Fifth Element"! >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 4:41:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons >> >> >> >> Though I still haven't forgiven the great Dr. Abraham Van Helsing for >> allowing that awful movie with Hugh Jackman to be made about him -- or for >> not showing up and killing the entire cast of the *Twilight* -- I'm >> excited to catch his descendants on the new British import, *Demons*. >> >> A new horror series from the writers of past British hits *Hex* and * >> Merlin*, >> *Demons*<http://www.bbcamerica.com/video/index.jsp?bclid=27610373001&bctid=55969482001>features >> Philip Glenister ( >> *Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes*) as cold, stern American Rupert Galvin. >> The yank must recruit the last descendant of Van Helsing to join forces with >> him commit to life battling monsters -- before those monsters kill him. >> >> *Demons* unveils a world just out of humans' sight -- full of vampires >> and other inhumans. (Insert joke about politicians here.) Luke Rutherford >> (Christian Cooke) is the "everykid" teenager forced to come to terms with >> the harsh reality that he's the direct descendant of the vampire-hunting Van >> Helsing. >> >> To train Luke, Galvin calls on the beautiful, haunted Mina Harker (Zoe >> Tapper), a blind concert pianist and authority on the beasts preying on >> humanity. The creepy Father Simeon (Richard Wilson) is Luke's other teacher >> on the lore behind his enemies. >> >> Looking at the pilot, I do wish the hero was a little older as I don't >> want to see "Jim Henson's Van Helsing Babies." But, I'll give it a shot. >> >> *Demons* premieres Saturday, January 2, 10:00 p.m. on BBC America. >> >> >> http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/12/20/bbc-america-brings-back-van-helsing-in-demons/ >> >> > > > -- > READ MY BLOG > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com > STRING THEORY > http://stringtheory.podbean.com > > > -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
