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Guillermo Del Toro to direct at least through 2017 according to Variety!
Hey folks, Harry here... Some of you may have noticed my talkback on Merrick's ME SOMMERS story - where the subject read, "Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck" and the body read, "FUUUUUUUCK". That actually really wasn't about Sommers being involved in TARZAN, so much as it was about Guillermo Del Toro no longer being a part of Tarzan. You see, I'm a Burroughs freak - it's Johnny Weismuller's fault - he babysat me a couple of times back when I was a kid and as a result - I had an early obsession with TARZAN - which of course led me through the TARZAN books - along with the rest of the Burroughs wonders. For about 10 years, Guillermo and I have had conversations about how TARZAN had never really been adapted as he was written. He "got" the version of TARZAN that lovers of those first 3-4 books loved. That doesn't mean Sommers won't make a fun film. But he won't make THAT Tarzan. I imagine his adaptation will probably involve more aspects from the later TARZAN novels with lost civilizations and the fantastical beats. Which is fine, that's just not my fave TARZAN. I just don't want Tarzan swinging and moving like SPIDER-MAN ... they're different.
ANYWAYS... This article is supposed to be about that amazing story that Michael Fleming posted at VARIETY about Guillermo being booked for film projects through 2017. They are apparently set to be the two HOBBIT films, followed by an adaptation of the Dan Simmons novel THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD which will be kknown simply as DROOD, a film version of FRANKENSTEIN, DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE along with SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE - then there's his passion project AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS - which if he can get budgeted and approved at the level he wants - could be made before any of those others... GOD WILLING. And then there's always the possibility of a third HELLBOY.
Fleming also mentions his producing projects based on David Moody's HATER along with a spec written by Guillermo and Matthew Robbins called CRIMSON PEAK.
Seems UNIVERSAL is quite eager to be in the Guillermo Del Toro business, which is a good thing - cuz it means UNIVERSAL wants to build its Horror Brand - something they would be forever loved for if they produced his AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS - as that is the next evolutionary step forward in theatrical Horror.
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Sounds like a good thing in my opinion.
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better be good!
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the chance of even half these movies being made is remote at best. Hellboy 2 didn't do THAT well.
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Now that is a possibilty. Slaughterhouse 5? I'd sell my soul to make that happen.
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Slow ass refresh caused me to be 4th
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sucks for Tarzan...his take on anything is always interesting
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Am I the only one that doesn't want to see del Toro doing all these remakes and adaptations? I love Tolkein, Hellboy, and Universal horror but I want original stuff from Guillermo.
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I can just imagine a Sommers version with a CG Tarzan swinging around a brightly lit jungle
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...but I really don't give a flying fuck as long as he gets to make mountains.
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FREE SONG DOWNLOAD AT www.enochiansun.com Hot girls in graveyards in the video sold me on this, and no...I'm not affiliated with the band but I thought that the dark music fit the subject matter here.
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Do we know more???
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I'd rather not see Sommers direct anything. Also, I agree with sideshow, I'd much rather see del Toro work with his own creations, they've been his best movies so far. Still, having never read the books I'm curious as to what is so great about Tarzan in the first place. I can't really figure that out from Harry's rant.
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if you're curious - read the first TARZAN novel - and you'll get it.
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Frankenstein? Oh yeah.
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If Rinseltown HAS to prevent Del Toro from making his own movies (ashamed, people?) than at least let him do something INTERESTING!!!
Man, do we really need a new FRANKENSTIN pic? Or another JEKYLL/HYDE? No, we don't! I am not so terrible hot about him doing HOBBIT, either, but, well, there is no movie-adaption (live-action, at least) yet, so okay.
I am going to be an asshole and say he has to do one HELLBOY pic, then one of his own, then anothzer HELLBOY, then again his thing and so on and on. THAT is what he should do.
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I know just about everyone loved up on that one, but I just don't think he captured the vibe of the comics at all. The visuals were pretty but the whole thing just felt more like Ghostbusters than Hellboy to me. It wasn't spooky or gothic, and where was the folklore? I still like the guy's style, but in the future I think I'd like to see him stick to his own creations.
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...gets a shrug from me. I can live without another new TARZAN movie for the rest of my life.
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. . . but they've already made some movies about WW II."
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. . . Well, what about Dracula?"
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GDT has said all alnong that he had a trilogy planned and some of the things I've heard about for part 3 sound awesome. I love everything Hellboy EXCEPT the comics!(weird I know,but I love the X-Men movies and hate those comics as well...)
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I heard he was also involved with the Dr. Strange movie? Anybody have any info.
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But Jobacca, you must be mentally impaired in some way if you love the X-Men movies and hate the comics. I'm assuming you're not including the third movie, because if you prefer that piece of shit to the Dark Phoenix saga on paper, then you should do us all a favor and kill yourself immediately.
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Hang on a sec... hasn't AICN even been online for just maybe 10 years? If I may ask, how the hell did you have THAT kind of access even way back at the start of this to be talking personally with Guillermo Del Toro?
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Cheetah's "autobiography" might not have been released yet, but I reckon his life story would make for a far more interesting movie than a shitty Tarzan rehash.
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don't count on another hellboy with perlman. he'll be pushing 67-68 by 2017-2018.
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It's funny you say you'd sell your soul. You know that David Mamet wrote & directed a J&H adaptation starring Jude Law and Penelopez Cruz, something like at least 3-4 years ago now, and it's never seen the light of day? I can't even conceive how that's possible. Talk about something I'd sell my soul to see. I don't care who says it's been, I really dig Law, but I'm downright IN LOVE with anything that Mamet does.
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I may be crazy but i think he is this/next generations "Spielberg." He creates film worlds that bring imagination to the eyes, and he does it well. Just hope his films are more even when it comes to quality than Stevens.
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I'm going to be busy myself, working until 2017 and beyond, in fact. Only I'll be at a shit job instead of making movies. And hurry up and make them Hobbit's movies, Ian's almost 70! Long range plans with old folks makes me scared.
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was good fun, and definitely better than the first one. Del Toro is hardly the new Spielberg though. Give me a call when he makes anything comparable to Jaws, CE3K or Raiders.
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I'm just sayin'.
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Isn't "the thing" loosely based on ATMoM? And as far as I've heard the current script follows the novellas story pretty closely. Of course they adjusted it for the needs of the big screen, but all the major plot events are still there. And what the hell is this talk about a Mamet written/directed Jekyll and Hyde thing???
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and why is Tarzan always have 0% body fat. If he's raised by apes, all they do is sit around and eat, then lumber on to the next place to sit down and eat. Yes, he probably would be strong like an ape, but he should have a little girth and a beard. He never has a beard. And he should throw his poo. So basically, they need to hire a beefier guy with a beard who throws his poo. That reminds me of someone, but I can't quite place my finger on them.
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kinda worked for me. And is it just me or does anyone else think that Disney's Tarzan remade as a live-action film would be a whole lot of fun?
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Del Toro should just combine the two projects. I mean, the problem with the original story "At the Mountains of Madness" is that the characters suck; they're just flat ciphers. Why not plug the BPRD in there? Who wouldn't like to see Hellboy in Antarctica, fighting a Shoggoth? Most folks don't know the property. I picture some non-Lovecraft fan seeing the poster for AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS: "I dunno, I guess it's a sequel to that John Carpenter MOUTH OF MADNESS thing ... let's see DIE HARD V instead." It would be better to make HELLBOY 3: AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. I'd totally watch that.
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Sep 04, 2008 9:58:14 AM CDT
So Del Toro is going the way of dreaded remake syndrome.
by gravitysrainbow
Look, Harry, I can understand your enthusiasm for some of the great movies being remade by one of your favorite directors of this generation, but would you really want a talent like del Toro revising these movies again? (ahem, Peter Jackson/King Kong?) We don't need another Jekyll & Hyde, nor another Tarzan or Frankenstein. Yes, it'd be cool, but I'd rather have some ORIGINAL stuff being put on the big screen. Whatever happened to guys like Cronenberg, where you get great horror hits consecutively like "Videodrome", "Scanners" and "The Fly"? Although these aren't all horror, in four years Carpenter does "Halloween", "Escape From New York", and "The Thing". Maybe the production cycles have changed, but I just miss excellent directors churning out incredible originals, one after the next. (It's kind of funny that the Carpenter movies I mentioned are either remade or being remade)
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Charles Dickens wrote THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, which was unfinished when he died. Dan Simmons' novel is called DROOD, and is a work of speculative fiction about Dickens' last days and about the unfinished novel.
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Doubt it, even though the musical is pretty damn good.
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Another FRANKENSTEIN and JECKYL AND HYDE film? Are you fucking kidding me?Oh, Guillermo...say it ain't so!
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I'm putting my formal request in for a Guillermo Del Toro interview. 20 questions would be cool too. Put those HEADGEEK connections to work for us. I know you can do it.
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Sep 04, 2008 10:33:47 AM CDT
As said before Drood is speculative fiction by Dan Simmons
by lovecraftfan
It is not The Mystery of Edwin Drood that Dickens wrote.
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...the story he wrote where a kid was running errands for his mom during the apocalypse?
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a Del Toro Tarzan film because it would probably require shooting outside, and doesn't have much call for studio bound gloomy tunnels.
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Even though I wouldn't necessarily call him one of the "best," Guillermo del Toro is one of my favorite directors working today. Something about his movies really clicks with me. So this is definitely good news.
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Sep 04, 2008 11:22:55 AM CDT
Vonnegut Deserves an Auteur like Del Toro, but he'll never get h
by adrian marcato
I love Vonnegut, but his books are always taken in by people who think they know how to make them, but who often fail to understand the complexities of his narratives and the need for an omniscient narrator. This is a point looked over in George Roy Hill's adaptation of Slaughter House 5, a film while flawed and deviated from the source, was still pretty damn close, and a certainly worthy 'taste' of the book's genius. Alan Rudolph's adaptation of Breakfast of Champions was a trainwreck, one of the worst films I have ever seen, because it trivialized Vonnegut as a splish splash of crazy characters and weird imagery, oh how one dimensional...the source novel is certainly Vonnegut's most read novel next to SL5, but is certainly far from his best, Vonneugt has said as much himself. The only other adaptation worth mentioning is perhaps the best adaptation of Vonnegut's work...Mother Night. The story is one of Vonegut's most straight forward and minimally deviating narrative, and Keith Gordon and Nick Nolte really hit this one out of the park. Alan Arkin is wonderful too...Watching that film made me realize that I wished people who undertook the task of adapting Vonnegut's work, truly understod the author, and had read more than the book they were trying to bring to the screen. Gordon got it just right, Mother Night is a very subtle but extremely powerful story about personal identity and national identity. The film understood that and drove it home.
Del Toro is wonderful. As a fan of all things 'geek' he is a great voice for those who are rabid obsessive fanboys, a man who seems to be a representative of a niche of well, crazy people, who love stories and fantasy and sci-fi with all their hearts...I would be ecstatic if whoever owns the rights to the work would allow Del Toro to do the film, the story needs a mind who would not dismiss either the prologue or the rhythm of the novel...'So it goes,' becomes a key component in the pacing of the novel, as do the tangential writings, extrapolating characters biographies before we here a single word from them, reaffirming the books singlar message that time is not linear, and niehter is life, it is all happening simultaneously. This is a point the original adaptation seemed to gloss over, and which is why the film is flawed. Del Toro understands characters...But, my guess is it will never happen. Vonnegut works have floundered in development often, his novels are not easily adaptable, and many investors and writers have difficulty finding a shootable, marketable product. And many film adaptations have come and gone, even in just the last five years: DiCaprio's Cat's Cradle never got off the ground, he still has the rights, but it doesn't seem to be something he's too concerned with right now anymore... Sirens of Titan, easily the most sci-fi and excitingly visual novel of Vonnegut's also ran into the ground during development...My guess is SL5 is a wishlist project, Del Toro will never get to for some reason or another...Which is fine by me, because Vonnegut's novels are much better suited as personal journeys: One man talking to one person through literary prose. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPeuojNahGM
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oh my god to see a del toro directed lovecraft flick would be mind blowing... i mean yes i enjoy all of the stuart gordon/ brian yunza... but i LOVE lovecraft's writing and the true essence of his horror has never (at least from what i've seen) been truly captured on film... and just by knowing how deep del toro's love and passion runs, i know that he could make a movie that would make an entire theater audience shit it's pants in terror.. and as a horror freak, i would hope that his making this would morph and revitalize a stagnant genre
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Sep 04, 2008 11:43:03 AM CDT
You know, why is it any property for the last 50 years or so
by lemming
is always something Harry is massivley fond of and protective over?
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as a kid. Every article written by Harry about any old franchise on this site talks about how he was obsessed with these franchises when he was a kid. I'm not accusing him of lying, I genuinely believe he was crazy about all of these, but at this point, honestly, just tell us when you *weren't* obsessed with a classical story/famous franchise as a kid, and otherwise we can pretty much assume you were. I'm not saying don't be passionate about these things, but the "I loved these stories/movies when I was a kid and ate them all up and came all over them" statements just feel so redundant and predictable now. I saw the news about Sommers directing Tarzan on tv, and one of my first thoughts was I bet Harry will be pissed, he was probably a huge fan of that in his childhood, rofl.
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that sounds more harsh than I meant it to, rofl. Tone obviously doesn't come across well on the internet. I don't actually care that much whether he does it or not. I'm just saying at this point I tend to roll my eyes everytime I see it.
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Viggo Mortensen would be a good choice.
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why do you think he's so big? He never left the house.
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That's a bit harsh, but I'm on the same side of the fence. As a big fan of the Hellboy/BPRD comics, Del Toro's past movies, and the first Hellboy, Hellboy 2 was very "meh". It's great to look at and I love the artistry involved, but the plot is recycled from BLADE 2, with a couple of eco-Miyazaki touchs thrown in. I don't know anyboy that likes the whole Liz is pregnant sub-plot. Just, dumb. I'll probably still pick it up on DVD though, especially for all the behind-the-scenes stuff. I love the monsters.
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Sep 04, 2008 11:55:23 AM CDT
Sure are a lot of remakes and adaptations on that list...
by pumpymcass
Hardly see how we should be all that excited about Del Toro being tied up with damn near a decade of stuff we could either read or watch already...
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Sep 04, 2008 12:00:21 PM CDT
Del Toro's major flaw:writing in the English language...
by sherlock holmes ii
...mine too, of course! They're not going to let him anywhere near writing implements while making Hobbit, trust me, or it'll end in tears. Yes, I actually think there's a chance Guillermo might get kicked off this one; or leave. HB II was another poorly scripted/over made-up farce.
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I don't think there's any way to translate Lovecraft to the big screen well. I like Lovecraft, but his Horror basically comes from a sense of mystery about what is NOT revealed, which can be achieved, but all of the horrible things he does revealed, besides having tentacles, are horrible because He Capitalizes Their Names. The Thing That Should Not BeThat Which Is Really BadThose Things In The Night Which Are TerribleHe Who Shall Not Be Shogthoth, Keeper Of The Nine BeastiesThat Which Time Forgot To Tell To Go AwayShothGothmcGothYogthoth, The Seaweed-covered Thing From BeyondThings like that. Anyone can make a Lovecraftian creature Horrible and Terrible! Now you try! Comeon, whatdya got?
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Nun..Nun...Nuuuuun!
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Sep 04, 2008 12:29:50 PM CDT
The reason why Hellboy 2 is better than Hellboy is becuase of tw
by lovecraftfan
One for everyone saying one is better are you really including Myers. He was the main character and he was dull and static. Hellboy 2 wrote that waste of space out. Second the ending and villian made sense. If you have not read Lovecraft or the original comics the last 20 minutes of Hellboy MAKE NO SENSE. Two major flaws that supporters of Hellboy 1 never bring up.
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See how easy it is?
Yoggosh, He Who Is Extremely UnfriendlyThe Unnamed Horror That Shall Remain Unnamed Even If You Give It a NameThe Unnamed Abomination Who Is Abominable Even Amongst His Abominable Abomination Friends -
My buddy and I were talking the other night about Vincent D'Onofrio and how he'd be great in that role. He can do the switch between quiet, timid and insane, evil really well. I guess Ill just have to settle for Criminal Intent, in the meantime...
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I agree 100% on Mother Night. It's one of the few Vonnegut books I haven't read but the film captures his tone so well It feels like I have read it. I'd be interested to see Del Toro's take on SL5 but is anyone really excited about yet more versions of Frankenstein or Jekyll & Hyde?
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Is a masterpiece.
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help me out here? come on! you know who you are, "wishes cloverfield was Chtulhu guy"
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Sep 04, 2008 12:55:27 PM CDT
I wish Jackson would write or polish AtMoM before GDT hits it
by darth_inedible
Ideally Jackson would direct with GDT lending design support...
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With a capital A. Yes, he is a good director, but I really could care less about how busy he is going to be. Man, I have been in a shitty mood lately.
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I want a good "Van Helsing" sequel. Not the cheapquel that Universal was planning along with a "JAWS" one that the writer's strike thankfully killed. Besides, if we don't have Sommers directing that one, at least have him co-write the script. I don't want my favorite series left in the hands of idiots that don't do their research.
BTW, anyone notice that the character names in Christian Slater's new show "My Own Worst Enemy" are named Henry and Edward? Hee hee. -
He Who Does Not Pay His Taxes
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...make Hellboy 3 and have it be a trilogy. Awesome movies. Let's wrap it up nicely. Are you listening big hollywood studio that's only interested in money?
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The interesting thing about the Tarzan books was the contrast of civilization and barbarity. What so many movies got wrong, was that Tarzan was the civilized one. He had an upbringing that left him completely physically and psychologically healthy, and he learned from his father's books all the BEST, idealized, parts of western culture. This is continuously contrasted with the cowardice and hypocrisy of most actual 'civilized' men.
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If another infamously batshit movie geek like Kim Jong Il would post on this site.
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This mean that GDT is going to direct Wolfman?
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Written by Neil Gaiman. Make it happen!
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Well said, you got it!
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GDT directing an adaptation of Slaughterhouse Five is possibly the best news I have ever read on this site. I just hope he doesnt let this project fall to the wayside in favor of all those Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde films. And please dont make me wait until 2017 to see the film.
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Btw, I really enjoyed Hellboy 2.
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Smoking weed. I enjoy smoking weed.
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Sep 04, 2008 3:06:08 PM CDT
Lovecraftian horror can't really translate well to screen, IMO.
by jackie boy
The majority of the text is Lovecraft finding new ways of describing something that can't be described. It's a very "I guess you had to be there, bud, but I'm telling you it was fucked up!" style, and it gets quite annoying sometimes.
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Awww yeah! Clear the floor because the classic is back! This one goes out to GavinVanDraven who is definitely keeping it real, yo!!!C, c, c, cT, t, t, tH, h, h, hU, u, u, uL, l, l, lH, h, h, hU, u, u, uCTHULHU!!!We can dance like CthulhuWe can answer to his callWatch him kick Lady Liberty’s headdown the road like a soccer ballSay, we can dance like CthulhuLive it up while the livin’s goodCause once he awakens, the world starts shakin’and there goes the neighborhoodSay, we can dance, we can danceGreat Old Ones are in controlWe can dance, we can danceHear them callin’ the callWe can dance, we can danceTerror makes you go in a tranceWe can dance, we can danceEverybody’s shitting their p-a-a-ntsThe Cthulhu DanceThe Cthulhu DanceThe Cthulhu DanceYEAH!It’s the CTHULHU DANCE!!!
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yeah that is pretty much spot on. I didn't hate it, but I couldn't get excited by it either. The script was just weak and somewhat unoriginal...but I'd rather see it than another "Epic Movie" type at the theater so at least GDT tried.
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It's about time for someone to remake those. Van Helsing does NOT count.
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Joe Johnston is still making "Wolfman". And Irina, I don't consider "Van Helsing" to be direct remakes of the original Universal movies. But I want to see more.
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Its funny I just reread the first book right before this news broke, and it blew me away how good it is. Really not much needs to be changed about it its just straight forward pulpy adventure. Why tinker with it when the source material is so great and so easy to adapt? Plus I had forgotten how brutal the action in it is! Def worth a quick read -- only takes a couple of days.
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Unless this Dan Simmons character just completely lifted the title from Dickens.
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except for Pan's, Del Toro's only weakness is his awful taste in music...ever since i heard him dissing all that 'techno' in Blade2, I realised his taste in contemporary music is ass..Hellboy falling to that fey indie folk rock shit is just too corny for me thanks.
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... that he watched a lot of Tarzan as a kid, or that Johnny Weismuller literally babysat him?
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DelToro is very overrated and seems to verbally commit to projects on a regular basis only to have them drop off the interest zone down the road. Hellboy 2 was sad to watch, just a mess... His smaller projects are always the best--'The Devil's Backbone'..why announce envolvement in future films with such a big, multi-year project with the hobbit films..he's just gonna change his mind or things will fall apart...
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HB 2 was a letdown. As much as I thought the first one was good, part 2 was nowhere near the level of quality. A was noted earlier, that scene where they were drunk and singing, oh man, that was bad. Real bad. Talk about bringing a movie to a screeching hault. It reminded me of that scene in Spiderman 3 where Toby starts dancing in the club. That's where a someone needs to step in and tell the director, "Maybe that's not such a good idea."
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I really like the George Roy Hill version and don't see that it needs to be remade at all. Also, I didn't see The Devil's Backbone but I really liked Pan's Labryinth (and Cronos!). Also I really liked Mignolia's comics but the Hellboy movies are "off" to me. Guillermo does not seem to be the best at adapting other people's stuff, especially when he has such great ideas on his own. These remakes weary me, I say!
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I may take some heat for saying so but I really enjoyed that Greystoke movie from the 80s (at least the jungle parts)
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As mentioned, effectively translating Lovecraftian horror to film is, by its very nature, a difficult prospect.
Lovecraft's themes often address Man's insignificance in the face of cosmic horror - often represented by things that are so beyond our comprehension that they drive us insane. How do you effectively film something beyond the comprehension of man?
I dunno... but I suppose if anyone has the plums to give it a red hot go, it's Mr del Toro.
BTW... I thought HB2 was one of the most purely entertaining films of the year (surprisingly funny). To those who say it didn't capture the real Hellboy, I say check out the co-writing credits. -
There is a fuckin book, kids. Bail on the hairy feet and make something great, Del Toro. And then Hellboy 3. Then I can get Hobbit and Hobbit 2: Die Hobbiter.
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you Chtuhlu loving fool you.
speaking of things Metallica.... (from that beatallica post) i'm really looking forward to the new album. they intentionally spelled Chtuhlu as Ktulu on thier 2nd album, probably because they were afraid they would actually call him by spelling it correctly. or they were afraid of copyright infringment. Call Of KTULU, good stuff.
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...movie is exactly playing int Hollywood's hand and is exactly wath 90% of us hate about today's movie making, so go jump off a cliff! Mountains is probably the best Lovecraftian prospect for a movies, and it would be a damn good one in my opinion. Suspense, horror, and the chance to use some CGI majic. Hollywood, do NOt...I repeat...DO NOT screw this up. Here's to MOUNTAINS on thr big screen fucking us up all up. Cheers!
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Damn this dude's a work horse.good for him these all sound like good projects.where can i lear more about AT THE MOUTH OF MADNESS?
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please please pleeeeeeeeeeeease make this happen please
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peace out.
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We already had one shit adaptation. Its material thats way out of Del Toro's leauge. Stick to fantasy flicks, you barely have a handle on them yet.
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Alright, MOM, I share your opinions about the difference between Del Toro's Spanish language films and his American ones. Yet, I thought Helboy 2 was an absolute winner, in fact the finest summer "blockbuster" movie from 2008. It was very funny, truly fantastical, and had a lot of heart. Loved the addition of the Johann Krauss character, I mean how funny (and cool looking) was he ? And how about that huge and wonderful tree monster scene ? I could go on, because I loved every scene from the film. Great movie. Man, Del Toro sure knows how to spend his money well on his movies. I think to really appreciate Del Toros's films you have to a bit of a romantic as well because he surely is. No American filmmaker working with Hollywood money comes close quality-wise to Del Toro, if they leave him alone. Thank you Universal for coughing up the cash for Hellboy 2.
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I agree with someone who wrote earlier. I love GDT's the original stuff. Cronos, Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth are incredible. You can see him growing as a director if you watch those three in that order. But I really think he misses the mark with Hellboy. The Hellboy movies don't feel like comic at all. They lack the creepy atmosphere and the suspense that the comic has. If he could have employed the same sensibility of his original works, he could have had something there. But to me they come across like a Mad Magazine parody of a Hellboy comic. I hope he nails The Hobbit, though. I want him to do well.
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Another Frankenstein or Jekyll and Hyde? Francis Ford prodcued Frankenstein a few years ago and that didn't do that well.
I am suprised such a visionary is going that path.
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I would rather see G.Del Toro make Tarzan. Would love to see his badass jungle, killer apes and fights with lions.
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