That is how mediocrity is created. I think that hollywood goes through fads. CGI right now is a fad, just as car chases was once the big thing.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 7:46 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 > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! 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