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The new and awesome RING TWO trailer is released in quicktime!!!

First? by Garbageman33	Jan 7th, 2005 05:03:05 PM

Damnit... by HeadlessHorseman	Jan 7th, 2005 05:05:05 PM
I forgot my password. Otherwise I would have been first.
Say there.... by UrethraFranklin	Jan 7th, 2005 05:09:02 PM
Now that wasn't that bad!
Mixed reaction by BillEmic	Jan 7th, 2005 05:47:01 PM
Visually the film looks great, and director Gore Verbinski seems to be once again channeling the look and feel of "Silent Hill" at times. And it does seem like there will be some exciting set pieces (deers in the woods looked interesting). However I don't see how this is going to be much different than the first movie...someone watches the tape, it ultimately effects Naomi Watts' son, and then she has to try and find a way to stop the ghost. What's new?
It's not Gore this time, it's actually directed by Hideo Nakata. by Mr. Profit	Jan 7th, 2005 05:48:18 PM
The guy who made the IMO boring original.
I see it now. This shit is going to make a killing at the box of by Mr. Profit	Jan 7th, 2005 05:52:57 PM

Personally, I like to view The Ring as an allegory for.. by JAGUART	Jan 7th, 2005 05:58:00 PM
Blockbuster Video's late fee return policy.
The corpse faces are where the fear is... BOO !! by pencil-man	Jan 7th, 2005 06:25:12 PM
Holy crap! I am TOO SCARED to see this one if the faces of the bodies are going to be all fucked up. They mention it in the trailer. Does anyone know if Rick Baker is doing makeup again? Honestly people, the last time I couldn't watch a movie was Ghostbusters- the taxi driver and the library ghost scared me to shit. But, if it's good, it's good, and I'll but it. i love Japanese cinema, they seem to know the horrors of the world.
The trailer is interesting, but not great by SexyBeast	Jan 7th, 2005 06:55:09 PM
I loved the American version of The Ring, but this sequel, while interesting, doesn't seem to be quite the scare or suspense of the original.
Looks good by harosa	Jan 7th, 2005 07:40:38 PM
I think this looks good and a nice twist on what couldve been an obvious retread of the first film. The Japanese sequel to the original offered some nice ideas also and Im glad the director of the originals is involved.
Ringu sucked by coolhive	Jan 7th, 2005 08:21:17 PM
You know it did. The American remake was a hundred times better. This one looks good, too!
What new ways have they come up with for people to fall down as by FrankDrebin	Jan 7th, 2005 09:05:13 PM
Do they step in bear traps, get stuck in slow elevators, or have to wait in line at the DMV?
Now that's a fucking movie trailer. by Peter Venkman	Jan 7th, 2005 09:35:12 PM
Awesome. I loved the first one and thought a sequel was a bad idea-but this looks great. Wow!
Hideo's ripping himself off... by REMcycle	Jan 7th, 2005 10:52:20 PM
This looks a bit too much like Dark Water for it's own good. All the water/bathtub stuff mixed with the little girl that wants to "be" the heroine's child...it'll be a fun flick, but nothing original here, boys and girls...
lame by Rupee88	Jan 7th, 2005 11:38:14 PM
Looks contrived and they are crow barring this new story onto the first film which had a satisfying resolution. Gotta make that money though and this film will make millions. I won't waste time with it though.
Awesome indeed. by Cash Bailey	Jan 8th, 2005 12:05:56 AM
Nakata has a bit of an advantage in that his Japanese sequel was dogshit. Maybe he sees this one as his chance to get it right.
Doesn't anyone care about WHAT "I" SAID? (typed) by pencil-man	Jan 8th, 2005 12:05:56 AM
Jeesus H. ! It's like this forum is as dead as Rachel's boyfriend in here. I think all you pussies are as afraid as I was when I couldn't sleep with the lights off for 2 months after October 2002. Distorted human faces scare the shit out of moi... discuss. Thank you. TOP 3 SCARIEST: 1. The Ring (USA) 2. The Excorcist 3. The Shining
spfx or spurting efx by nolan bautista	Jan 8th, 2005 01:20:21 AM
rick baker's exellent efx plus the bukake some talk-backer mentioned earlier..a pleasant combination rarely used..although the folks at Anabolic Pictures are talking to ILM about doing something similar but on a bigger scale (think Ten Commandments w/ Moses parting a sea of cum)..
Nothing like a girl who takes vomit in the face for a living... by Anlashok	Jan 8th, 2005 02:04:09 AM
"So babe, what are you into?"
Directed by the Japanese Creator by theoneofblood	Jan 8th, 2005 02:50:09 AM
Let's hope he's going to improve on the original sequel. It was ok, but nothing compared to the first film. Every time I saw that kid, i kept having "Akira" flashbacks, particularly that hallway scene.
... by Gluecifer	Jan 8th, 2005 02:54:24 AM
The best until now: Ring (not Ringu, for fuck's sake!!!!!), the original Japanese version. The second best: The "real" Ring 2: The spiral (Rasen), on DVD (UK), not horror or terror at all, but SF! Harry, have you seen this one????? I'm sure you haven't! Then on the same level: Ring 2 (Japanese one), Ring (US remake) and Ring 0 (very different from the first two Japanese ones but not that bad). The worst: the Korean remake, Ring virus. Let's wait for the sequel to the American remake!
Won't be srring this one by BitchNig	Jan 8th, 2005 03:21:06 AM
I loved the first movie (the USA version), it was just about the scariest movie I've ever seen - right up there with The Others, Six Sense, An American Werewolf in London, and Pet Sematary. And the trailor looks really good! So why won't I see it you ask... 'cause I'm a big pussy... it took me months before I could walk in front of a 'turned off' tv at night without feeling utter terror. Yes I think I'll put on dress and sit this one out.
Ring vs. Ringu by topaz4206	Jan 8th, 2005 04:58:27 AM
Liked em both but I felt Ring was more of a "Thriller", while Ringu had me frowning (in a good way) the whole time, more of a "Dread" movie, which is a GOOD THING. The score, FORGETABOUTIT, Ringu has one of the best horror scores EVER! I call it "ambient anxiety". Watch it again and LISTEN. It's amazing. And the "crawling out of the TV" scene? NO COMPETITION, wayyyyy scarier in RINGU. Watch Ring again, when "Samara" crawls out of the tube, she starts 'flickering' like TV static, which really takes away from the effect. In Ringu, it's so DISTURBING, plus the creepy disjointed walk! And the MONEY SHOT, the Sadako/Samara money shot. Again, NO CONTEST. In Ringu you get the infamous "HORSE EYE" shock-zoom close-up! If you were to think of the most memorable/creepy SINGLE IMAGES from horror films OF ALL TIME the 'Horse Eye Sadako Close-Up' would easily be in the top 5 EVER. The U.S. version copped out, and only offered a 'tribute' shot extreme-close-up of HORSE EYE, with pull back to reveal.... Sigh, a horse. And THE VIDEO TAPE, a key element. Ringu's video actually looks like a production of Hell, Inc., while Ring's video looks like USC Film School "Avant-Garde" silent film showcase, way too overproduced. Anyway I own them both and paid actual $$$ for each of them, snootch.
BUKKAKE by topaz4206	Jan 8th, 2005 05:03:13 AM
What in the world are you talking about?!?!? You musn't tease, us bukkake-heads are very sensitive. Please enlighten me. I'd even enjoy some "pseudo-bukkake", like someone throwing a bucket of water at Naomi's face, then I could freeze frame it at the precise moment of bukkake-esque-ness (come on, that's a word), and get myself off that way. Sigh, humiliation-porn enthusiast is a full-time job.
wow, another sequel of a remake! by CuervoJones	Jan 8th, 2005 07:16:59 AM
God saves American Cinema!
Ringu was Better?! by IOIIOOO	Jan 8th, 2005 09:54:47 AM
Is it some sort of geek street cred thing to automatically have to like the Japanese version better? I loved the US version of the Ring, so when Ringu was released on DVD, I was excited to see it...but what a disappointment. Unscary editing, the non-death due to "magic" or whatever, it was just so much more lame. The Ring is one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen, while Ringu kept us laughing the whole way through. The Ring Two trailer looks very creepy as well.
To answer your question, IOIIOOO by Ribbons	Jan 8th, 2005 11:52:07 AM
Yes. The answer is yes. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that a few people who say they like 'Ringu' better haven't even seen both.
I hated Ringu. I actually saw it before I saw the remake. by Mr. Profit	Jan 8th, 2005 01:10:43 PM
Whats so fucking scary about a little punk ass girl who before she kills the cheesy effects look as if she took a polaroid in black and white of you. I only thought one scene was good, the black and white scene where Sadako killed I believe a reporter. But the original was boring. The remake was cooler. It wasn't scary, but it was creepy. And if The Grudge can make money being a wack movie, then Ring Two will make money.
Looks OK . . . by Nice Marmot	Jan 8th, 2005 03:54:04 PM
. . . I loved the American version. Haven't seen anything else. This new one looks ok but seems to be lacking in atmosphere. It's too colorful if that makes any sense. And the bunch of deer attacking the car scene seems like a desperate rehash of the horse on the ferry scene (combined w/ the baboon car attack from the Omen. Warped me as a kid!)
I gotta admit, I thought this would suck ass, but it looks prett by Big Bad Clone	Jan 8th, 2005 05:38:58 PM
I like the fact that they actually have to deal with the shit they set in motion in the first one. I wonder if they will reveal that her mom and dad made a deal with the devil to have a baby...
I hate it when film snobs declare the original to be SO much bet by cherrycola	Jan 8th, 2005 09:01:07 PM
Yeah, I'm talking to YOU, harry knowles. The original "ringu" was too loud and grating. For once the remake improves upon the original. now that's not necessarily the same for "pink panter", "the vanishing", "assault on prec. 13", "willy wonka", "planet of the apes" or countless other films...but I digress. To say "oh the original is STILL better" is pure austin snobbishness. Blah.
YO! TOPAZ! by nolan bautista	Jan 8th, 2005 10:27:48 PM
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To quote J. Jonah Jameson: by Red Raider	Jan 8th, 2005 10:28:52 PM
"Crap, crap, crap, mega-crap!" PJ should sacrfice Watts at the alter to Kong butt naked. C'mon, lets go for an R-rated King Kong! Namoi Watts needs more on-screen nudie time!
AGAIN,TOPAZ! by nolan bautista	Jan 8th, 2005 10:33:04 PM
messed up the first time..anyway its good to know that there is a fellow bukkakese out there..(now thats another word but bukkake-eseque-ness..wow! thanks! another addition for the bukkabilary!)
NOLAN BAUTISTA by topaz4206	Jan 8th, 2005 10:33:26 PM
What? You rang?
Ah O.K. Nolan by topaz4206	Jan 8th, 2005 10:40:33 PM
I see. Yes it is one of my favorite genres. I especially love the ones where they start as regular porn, then slowly step-by-step, convince the girl to do more and more things, until she "graduates" into the BUKKAKE-DUNGEON. These are great because sometimes they perform like champions ("The heart of a champion" - Homestar), and other times they just CAN'T CUT IT. Sometimes she begs them to stop in the middle of it, and even runs away crying. Now THAT is cinema! Although I must admit, even I get a little queasy when they chug down the "cum bong" and it's got yellow clumpy-lumps in it. Blech!
"First you see the ring again, then you die again." by FrankDrebin	Jan 8th, 2005 11:32:03 PM
They're gonna need a new tagline.
parallel by necrothorn	Jan 8th, 2005 11:33:49 PM
Looks like it will follow the plot of the 2nd novel in the Ring series (Spiral) where Sadako seeks to be reborn through some unlucky chump.
TOPAZ! by nolan bautista	Jan 9th, 2005 05:55:10 AM
cum-bong!..yes!..and your mentioning of the use of the freeze-frame (i abuse the slo-mo button myself; esp. on a DVD!)..it's too much of a coincidence!!..Uri Geller is in the premises! David Blaine is around! Kamar the Magician is throwing spells!..Houdini would be proud!..it's Bukkake-Bonding!..
damn... by Darlef	Jan 9th, 2005 06:31:43 AM
This one might scare the shit outta me. I hate scary kids...
topaz4206 & nolan bautista I share your enthusiasm. by Regicidal_Maniac	Jan 9th, 2005 09:07:19 AM
Long time connoisseur
Evangeline Lilly BUKKAKE by topaz4206	Jan 9th, 2005 03:03:09 PM
I guess as long as we're on the subject, I might as well mention that there's some good PSEUDO-Bukkake of the gorgeous EVANGELINE LILLY to be had in the HDTV rip of the show "Lost" Episode 12, at the 05:29 mark. Enjoy! P.S. Back to the original subject, has NAOMI WATTS ever gotten a good dollop of water thrown on her face?
Pretty well executed trailer that sets up this one by Lost Skeleton	Jan 10th, 2005 11:30:14 AM
I'm game...especially since I loved the first one.
Watts ruined The Ring for me. by Oompa_Radar	Jan 11th, 2005 12:25:26 PM
I enjoyed Ringu, and I enjoyed the Ring, sans Naomi Watts, who is usually quite good. Even if her character was supposed to be that shallow and bitchy(which according to Ringu, it wasn't)...Watts' performance was just so flat, lame and uninspired. I am afraid that this sequel will have some kind of equivelent factor. I'll see it anyway, but likely I'll order the DVD free from my public library system...........

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