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UNDERWORLD - It's like ROMEO & JULIET, but with Werewolves and Vampires... I don't know, reminds me of WEST SIDE STORY
Hey folks, Harry here... A friend at MTV got to interview Kate Beckinsale (lucky guy eh?) and she spilled tons info about this odd project. Here's some samples...
"Underworld" is being headed up by Len Wiseman, the music video director responsible for Megadeth's "Crush 'Em" and Quarashi's "Stick 'Em Up." It's his first feature film, a long-developed labor of love that Beckinsale describes as "fun and exciting and cool."
"It's a very cool 'Romeo and Juliet' set against the backdrop of vampires and werewolves," she explained. "I didn't want to read it when I was told about it. I really don't go for vampire movies. But it's more kind of like 'Interview With the Vampire' meets 'The Matrix.' Lots of leather pants in it."
Like "The Matrix," "Underworld" will incorporate elaborate stunts using wires.Ok, this sounds pretty bizarre... Though you FELECITY fans will be happy to know that Scott Speedman is in this sucker (har har), except... apparently this is a Suck Free Vampire story! So I guess Kate doesn't suck! Poor Scott... Here's that bit...
One thing Kate won't be seen doing in "Underworld" is turning into a bat.
"We're not doing any of that stuff," she said. "That's old-school! There's no biting, even. We have cloned blood for that. It's very slick."Apparently this is going to be an action film, not a horror film. I kinda have to wonder what all they plan on trying here to establish this world... Is it Earth In the far flung future? Or just some fantasy world where this stuff happens?
"She's part of a group of vampires who are called the Death Dealers, who are basically extremely well trained in killing werewolves," Beckinsale explained. "And that's pretty much what they do. They don't really have any interaction with humans at all. There's been this centuries-old feud between the Lycans [werewolves] and the vampires. And she's got sort of a personal vendetta, because they butchered her whole family. So she's a tough cookie."All I know, is I think it'll have to go a long ways to beat a flick like DOGSOLDIERS.... and the best Werewolf romance flick ever is AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON... Genius. Well, we'll keep an eye on this one.
Click Here to read the entire MTV Interview!!!
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lame
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They are vampires that clone blood so they dont have to suck it. Didnt you read the article?
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and can turn into bats and suck blood! Okay, lose the bat thing, but that blood substitute stuff, that's sooo Vampirella. Here's my plug: Ultraviolet, the best vampire story since I don't know when.
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Yeah, I read the article. I get it but it's still lame. That's like saying that mmm.... jerking off is just as good as sex. There is an element of human contact that is missing when you just suck blood out of a bag. The thrill of the chase... It would be better if they couldn't fight their animal urges and ended up with HIV. Then you have the logical vampires trying to say, hey, blood bags are good and the dangerous, deadly obsessive vampires who can't stop even though they know their victims can kill them. Aw, fuck it.
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I just reread that.. Vampire werewolf hunters? This is more of that Masquerade bollocks isn't it? Time for all right-minded individuals to gather for the ANNUAL SAD GOTH CULL. Bring your own chainsaw.
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as for vampire/werewolf romance.. that could be cool
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yo' my bitch. ;)
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the script for this movie is one of the most well-developed, thorough and fresh tellings of a mythos that also delivers a good story. i love this new action/horror genre resurgence (although will anything ever match Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires? heh heh). and i do love me that Kate Beckinsale. i just hope they manage to get the good stuff in the script on the screen...
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Is what this is. But fuck it, I'll see it. Why? A)Haven't seen a good werewolf flick in forever. Hell, I haven't seen a BAD werewol flick in a while. B) Vampires are, as geeky as I may sound, fuckin' cool as hell. C) Kate Beckinsale makes me feel funny down where I pee. And as for the whole masturbation/sex thing, maybe I'll have to check this sex thing out. Looks good on film, I guess... Anyway, I guess we can thank Blade for a potential resurgence of vampire movies, though do we REALLY need more wire-fu vampires? You know what? Maybe we do. God I'm fuckin' tired. It's 9AM and I've been at work for 3 hours. Shoot me.
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Vampires, werewolves, wire-fu Matrix f/x, leather pants? Whatever. And Harry, "Dog Soldiers" was NOT that impressive. Why are people so crazy about this flick? It was well acted and directed for the most part, but story-wise it was EXTREMELY derivative. It had bits from "Night of the Living Dead", "Aliens", "Evil Dead", "Southern Comfort", and the werewolves were like a lower budget version of the werewolves in "The Howling". No thanks, I'll just watch the other flicks I've listed.
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...vampires and werewolves! ...cowboys and indians! ...Russians and Americans! ...ghosts and zombies! ...the Beatles and the Rat Pack! ...squids and flounder! ...Jedi and Sith! ...apples and oranges! ...Capulets and Montagues! sk
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Man that movie was total shit, but this sounds pretty cool. Anyone see Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust? Holy shit that was an incredible movie. Most creative vampire movie I have ever seen. This movie kind of sounds like some wacked out anime idea, so I am going to give it a chance.
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Ginger Snaps gets my vote for the best Werewolf movie since American Werewolf in London.
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... featured Venkman and co trapped in a town plagued by vampires and werewolves. At the end, the two teams of monsters had a rumble that lead to the creation of were-vampires. Luckily these beasts couldn't cross moving water and so our boys escaped. Phew! Maybe we'll see something like that in this Underworld project.------ Also, to replicate the thrill-of-the-hunt, the vamps should inject the cloned blood into RealDolls.
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Lots of leather pants. Sweet mother McCreedy, what the fuck is going on? This must be the law of Universal Balance; for everyone one good horror movie ("Blade II") we get seven shitty ones ("Resident Evil," etc.). Why not a movie adaptation of "The Groovie Ghoulies?"
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I thought Resident Evil was way better than Blade II, but I realise that's just not the party line around here. Anyway they're both incoherent popcorn compared to The Fog, Dawn of the Dead, Suspiria or a zillion other classics.
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For the life of me I can't imagine Kate Beckinsale saying "It's old school..." The upper/middle class British accent dpesn't lend itself to certain American slang terms, like "it's all good", or "fashizzle my nizzle".
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...I got most of your joke, but who were those last two dudes you were comparing, Caplet and Montag? Is that like Kate Caplet and Susan Montag? I didn't know they were dating.
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Aug 13, 2002 12:53:09 PM CDT
I think it should be called Romeo & Ghouliet with Hulk Hogan as
by chaffro
"Sheesh, your old lady looks worse than me, brother."
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What is it with writers giving these organizations such stupid names. The Blood Pack, Anarchy 99, The Death Dealers... These sound like names for youth hockey teams, not something professional writers are getting paid way too much to come up with.
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This crap will be on HBO a month after it comes out. I can wait.
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Aug 13, 2002 1:25:53 PM CDT
I know this is off topic but- EONLINE REPORTS THAT WOLFGANG PETE
by blue devil
It lists that he is focusing on "Troy" a story based on Homer's "The Iliad"
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Yum. Oh, and wasn't this a Mario Van Peebles HBO original? 'Sounds very familiar. And how does one get a director's gig from doing Megadeth videos? Yikes!
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And this is helmed by a music video director. The one who did that wretched Megadeth video, no less. Typically pathetic.
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Well someone had to say it first :)
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Ginger Snaps was good for the type of movie (intimate/horror) it was. Dog Soldiers was justas good if not better for the type it was (action/horror). It does suffer from the commercial breaks Scifi forced on us but it still kicked total ass. Oh and before you call it 'derivative' in the pejorative, please present ONE movie of the last 20 years that wasn't derivative?
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Aug 13, 2002 3:56:22 PM CDT
Wha... heres a little info pertaining to REAL LIFE vampires...
by john_howlett_jr
Vampires in real life are supposed to be either; Daywalker Purebreeds, the children of Lucifer (evil personified) and Lilith (night personified); Simple Purebreeds, the children of Daywalker Purebreeds; or Simple Vampires, human beings who were transformed into vampires after having drunk the blood of another vampire (thats right, if they drink YOUR blood, you're dead, but if they let you drink THEIR blood, you become one of them). A werewolf is nothing more than a human being who has been posessed by a wolf spirit, and who transforms into a wolf once in a while at night. A vampire, of ANY breed, could kick a werewolf's puny ass.
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Aug 13, 2002 3:56:34 PM CDT
Wha... heres a little info pertaining to REAL LIFE vampires...
by john_howlett_jr
Vampires in real life are supposed to be either; Daywalker Purebreeds, the children of Lucifer (evil personified) and Lilith (night personified); Simple Purebreeds, the children of Daywalker Purebreeds; or Simple Vampires, human beings who were transformed into vampires after having drunk the blood of another vampire (thats right, if they drink YOUR blood, you're dead, but if they let you drink THEIR blood, you become one of them). A werewolf is nothing more than a human being who has been posessed by a wolf spirit, and who transforms into a wolf once in a while at night. A vampire, of ANY breed, could kick a werewolf's puny ass.
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Video directors should learn how to write before they're allowed to make movies. This sounds likes shit. Yet another tired "slick" vampire movie. Leather pants? Christ. Throw in a few dance numbers and maybe it'll become a cult classic. Guess Kate is tired of her good girl image. I thought she looked hotter before she graduated from the Jennifer Connelly school of dieting. I think it's all too obvious she's suffering from malnutrition. Poor girl isn't thinking clearly. Stuff a few bacon cheeseburgers down her gullet and she'll be flushing this script like yesterdays dinner.
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Printed in the UK Comic 2000AD, written by John Smith, illustrated by Frazer Irving.
http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=lovelike
Described as Romeo and Juliet with Vampires and Werewolves. -
Of course most movies nowadays are derivitive of something else or based on another medium or a sequel, prequel, remake or reimagining. The point then is to entertain me or enlighten me and have at least two or three original ideas so that your film doesn't remind me of a half dozen other movies right off the bat. Dog Soldiers would be alot cooler and more entertaining if I had never seen any other werewolf movies, not to mention all the other flicks I mentioned in my earlier post. Soldiers and werewolves mixing it up isn't enough to get me excited. If it's enough for you then more power to you.
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This is sad. I am waiting for Romeo and Juliet with friggin Robots and Sharks. I guess if you want to make a cool movie anymore, you just have to have "leather pants". I can see the pitch now "It has wife-fu, vampires, werewolves, leather pants, nightclubs, leather pants and is like that Romeo & Juliet story we keep remaking. Actually, it is really just crap we have copied over and over again. Gimme money." I like Werewolves, I am sick of Vampires, I am sick of Vampires winning over Werewolves. I also found Resident Evil to be a much more Solid and Complete movie then Blade II. Wild, huh?
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I'll just skip through all the vampire-versus-werewolve crap and watch all the scenes she's in. Of course, I'll wait for the DVD.
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REAL vampires?! What the heck is this guy talking about?! Sons of Lucifer? Lilith? Geez dude! I'm not one to knock another person's opinions, but, man alive, read a REAL book or watch the Discovery Channel or SOMETHING! I'm with one of the other posters: "real" vampires are psychos who drink human blood because there is something WRONG IN THEIR BRAIN. Yikes...
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...but you know when this comes out on video you'll get pissed and watch it. Think positive! >:) Oh, and it sounds shite. P$
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Aug 14, 2002 5:32:17 AM CDT
It's pretty bloody funny when someone makes fun of someone e
by joe mammary
I read these talkbacks quite often, and man, it is goddamn hilarious when one of you semi professional comediennes make a crack about some guy living in his parents basement. I mean, like'wassup' and 'cheets on wife' line variations, this shit just never gets old! I can just imagine those cool ass motherfuckers sitting at their computers, laughing their heads off at all the geeks in here. Keep representin for the cool folk, bros. You rock! That's what I like about cool people, they're so hip and trendy and living life to the max, they can dish out subtly barbed witticisms such as these, and make all us society outcasts feel belittled.
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Christopher Lee would kick their puny leather panted asses then have a beer and cheet on Bela Lugosi.
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Actually, when was the last time we got a lesbian vampire movie? Now there's a neglected sub-genre, unless you count the ketchup scene in Razor Blade Smile...
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she didn
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Aug 14, 2002 9:43:52 AM CDT
I'm pitching a new show to Fox - "When Vampire Fleas Attack!
by priestyoungblood
That's some funny shit. I guess I should grab a cross to see if my dog has them. Seriously though, if the descriptions of this movies just said "Vampires and Werewolves square off", I'd be enthusiastic. But once we throw in the R+J remake shit, it starts to smell a little. Goddamn werewolves are pissing all over the house. Somebody fetch me some newspapers! Oh what the hell, the Kate Beckinsale part makes me happy anyway. Little British tart that she is.
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Where can I get a copy of Spermula? It sounds like my kind of entertainment.
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Hah! ehhh.
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You wouldn't be the same guy who thought Reign of Fire would be crap because in real life dragons wouldn't do that shit. I suppose in reference to your vampire analysis, I'll have to ask my postman who likes to think of himself as a half-breed with a werewolf twist.
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Yeah, but vampire fleas don't live forever, and I'm pretty sure they don't have a problem with sunlight. You'd need a damn small stake, too. God this is retarded. Anyone else feel like there hasn't been any seriously cool news here for a while? Aside from reviews and 10-day-old scoops, not much. I guess coax has been ok, but... Instead here I am talking about fleas. Yikes.
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My quote from the article. Can blood be cloned? I thought you needed a nucleus for this trick, which red blood cells lack (though white blood cells do have nuclei ... it's been so long since biology). I suppose the vampires could be maintaining a vast ward (like "Coma") of sedated clones, all being harvested for their blood. If not, then either the vamps are drinking a thin repast of plasma (doubtless unfulfilling compared to the real thing), or have figured a biotech way to stamp out red corpuscles by the zillion ... something that would make you a billionaire if actually perfected, eliminating blood banks and the fear of transfusion AIDS in one stroke. The fact that they're cloning blood implies a fairly large amount of vampires ... more than the natural environment could feed or, maybe more pertinent, conceal without the mass outbreak of anemia being noticeable. (I liked the World of Darkness take that there were rather few vampires per major metropolitan area, perhaps not counting the Sabbat.) Another thing: Compared to fresh, real blood, that cloned shit has gotta taste to a vampire like generic ramen noodles. No personality, vintage, what have you. You've got a whole city of variety to feed upon, all manner of throats to select; instead, the ultimate predator is reduced to picking up white cans that say "BLOOD" like fucking "Repo Man."
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Aug 15, 2002 12:42:24 AM CDT
JACKIE CHAN AND JET LI ARE DOING A MOVIE TOGETHER SCHEDULED FOR
by jp3183
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I was playing the fool to doubt this movie... the cloned blood simply represents the vampire's desire to repress their animal nature. The love affair between the vampire (art) and the werewolf (instinct) is simply the exploration of the duality of human nature which can only be reconciled in love. Film's strength has always been visual. Instead of Shakespeare's poetry, which was for a different medium anyway, we will get visual poetry that can bring this sublime story to life. The glowing yellow eyes of the werewolf reflected in the vampire's world of stained glass murals and ancient art.... yessssssss.... Terrence Malick is directing this, right?
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Aug 15, 2002 8:44:42 AM CDT
Sounds a bit too much like the 2000AD " A love like blood".
by lazyboy_ie
The whole premise of the story sound exactly like this series.
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check it, at least it's not uninspired hip-hop...
1. Awakening - The Damning Well featuring Wes Borland, Richard Patrick, Josh Freese, and Danny Lohner.
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