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Anderson Not Off Of CASTLEVANIA?? So Says Another Site!!

first by gotdane	Mar 29th, 2007 01:09:45 AM
hot damn.
Now THIS I don't care about by jimmy_009	Mar 29th, 2007 01:10:47 AM
Castle what now?
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! by Delagoya	Mar 29th, 2007 01:10:53 AM
THERE IS NO GOD!!!!
Paul Anderson And Uwe Bowl by SnakesOnABicycle	Mar 29th, 2007 01:12:30 AM
must be the best pitch men/swindelers/liars/bullshitt ers in the history of suckered morons everywhere. Maybe they can both develop a tonic that cures hairloss and soft dick and certain forms of terminal cancer. Of course if it cured cancer then all their films would disappear. Get it!? Cause they stink as filmmakers!
what the computer game? by kingoflight	Mar 29th, 2007 01:13:09 AM
really ?
Paul W. S. Anderson.... by avs28785	Mar 29th, 2007 01:15:38 AM
is dull. I feel the only thing he did right as a director is Event Horizon. Very interested in Castlevania, but honestly it is another game-to-film adaption and the story of Dracula has been done to death. Its going to suck no matter what. And of course a death race whatever is going to blow choad. As does most every remake.
Mr. Anderson! Welcome Back. by Delagoya	Mar 29th, 2007 01:15:39 AM
We missed you....
It ends tonight. by Delagoya	Mar 29th, 2007 01:16:32 AM

Did i spell chode right? by avs28785	Mar 29th, 2007 01:18:50 AM
and SnakesOnABicyle i completely agree with you although your joke was a little lame. However, I do get the picture you are painting...a crock of crap
crap!! by bob oblaw	Mar 29th, 2007 01:31:54 AM
oh well..
I love Castlevania... by Mista Mann	Mar 29th, 2007 01:36:10 AM
...as a fucking GAME. Jesus, not every game should be a movie. avs28785 is right, I am sick to fucking DEATH of Dracula getting drudged up in every fucking movie. How in HELL could this end up anything but like a Van Helsing rip off? (since Van Helsing was a CV rip off)
Make Castlevania off Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. by GibsonUSA Returns	Mar 29th, 2007 01:58:47 AM
Simon Belmont is the most famous Belmont.
Piss on our fireworks why dontcha... by General_Mortimer	Mar 29th, 2007 01:58:55 AM
I love the Castlevania games but I don't think they would work as a movie. I was cheering when I heard he was off (and that the film might not be made) but now I'm down again. Thanks!
Why... by Kurema	Mar 29th, 2007 01:59:07 AM
...does this stuff happen?
DRACULA GOTTA EAT! by Mike_D	Mar 29th, 2007 02:03:38 AM
so there.
Castlevania is a game that DOES work as a movie. by GibsonUSA Returns	Mar 29th, 2007 02:04:14 AM
Unlike Mario Bros. and Double Dragon, Castlevania has a storyline with depth. The movie should not be about Dracula, but the Belmont family's struggle to defeat him and keep him away. Start with Simon Belmont, the most popular one, and move on to different time periods and explore the adventures of the other Belmonts. Could be lots of fun.
Paramount are silly... by Fried Gold	Mar 29th, 2007 02:09:01 AM
for (a)wanting to make Castlevania into a film and (b) having Paul Anderson involved. HOWEVER...at least putting him on another game-movie keeps him occupied from anything else.
anderson gets a real beating at this site... by JimmyJoe RedSky	Mar 29th, 2007 02:10:25 AM
(perhaps deservedly so) but i really like "soldier" - a real guilty pleasure - russell and lee were great in it - what ever happened to jason scott lee - is he still living in hawaii teaching karate - to me, "soldier"s only weakness was it felt too small for the the idea - "shane" in space - i cant help but wonder how it mightve turned out if more money was thrown at it during development - sometimes scale can really benefit a simple idea as for castlevania, i never played the game - and from what ive seen, it doesnt look like a movie material - but then neither did mario bros. - if youre going to make a video game into a movie, why not pick a game that is cinematic to begin with - "splinter cell", "hitman", "far cry", "rainbow six"
LOOM !!! Monkey Island !!! by everstranger	Mar 29th, 2007 02:16:48 AM
Loom and Monkey Island (Lucasart) should be made into movies... Why do they keep adapting crapy video games? I heard Uwe Boll is set to write and direct Pong, the movie. It's gonna be artsy, all in black and green. And when the green bar from the left (the good one) will train to defeat the the one from the right (the bad one!), there's gonna be... a montage !
Where's the F*CKING METROID MOVIE?? by GibsonUSA Returns	Mar 29th, 2007 02:22:52 AM
I nominate Claire Forlani as Samus. Seems random, but ever since I was a kid I imagined her as Samus for some random reason so I am biased.
metroid prime... by JimmyJoe RedSky	Mar 29th, 2007 02:26:32 AM
... would be a very cool "animated" movie - like final fantasy was - but even more fantastic
His WRITING is his weakest trait by George Newman	Mar 29th, 2007 02:28:28 AM
Anderson seriously lacks vision when it comes to fully realizing his stories. No imagination
Get the TMNT team to do Metroid. by GibsonUSA Returns	Mar 29th, 2007 02:32:08 AM
A $30-$35 million Metroid movie sounds like $$$$. But I still would prefer live action, though to do the game justice it would probably have to be $100 million or more.
Castlevania by polyh3dron	Mar 29th, 2007 02:54:08 AM
If made by Paul WS Anderson will not have a Belmont as a main character, although Leon Belmont or one of the lesser known ones will have a little bit part. There will not be one whip in the WHOLE film and Dracula won't even be in it by name. The main character will be some made up person played by Milla Jovovich and the movie will take place in the present day with the obligatory video game movie techno-metal soundtrack. The WS's Castlevania film will make Van Helsing look like Gone With The Wind, Casablanca and Citizen fucking Kane rolled into one. Yes, I called him "The WS". God dammit Michael Bay....
Oh yeah.. by polyh3dron	Mar 29th, 2007 02:55:34 AM
If a Belmont does happen to sneak his way on to this movie, he will be played by Mathew Lillard or Freddie Prinze Jr.
Metroid by Bob of the Shire	Mar 29th, 2007 03:13:24 AM
Was tabled indefinetly, meaning the project is dead. A Metroid movie already exists anyway, it's called Alien. I love the Metroid games to death (even MP2) but I really don't want to see Hollywood butcher it.
Oh yeah and.. by polyh3dron	Mar 29th, 2007 03:14:32 AM
Burt Reynolds will play the evil vampire count whose name is NOT Dracula. And he will do it as Norm McDonald doing an impression of him.
I'll watch Castelvania only if... by everstranger	Mar 29th, 2007 03:15:27 AM
They use a remix of that great techno soundtrack from Mortal Kombat that made German trance sound like a Bach and also made you collapse with a seizure. Still haven't figured out what that guy yelled in this "song"...
There's another site? by BannedOnTheRun	Mar 29th, 2007 03:58:22 AM
I can't sleep until this is resolved.
Castelvania = Van Helsing... by Negative Man	Mar 29th, 2007 05:27:10 AM
...Really, who the fck really cares? You're a sad troll if you are EVER excited with an idea based on a video game. Hell, DOOM was wrote by the ID makers and look what crap that was. MORTAL KOMBAT, RESIDENT EVIL and POKEMON were three of the best BOs of any of the video game movies, and they are just passing. And really, I played Metroid, I like Metroid, but a Metroid movie would suck major ass! Mainly because, like any game based movie, they would try to please the fans...like that amazing 1st person scene from Doom. Ugh! Castelvania is just the insperation behind the craptacular Van Helsing! And y'all are asking for a second chance to have gorilla crap shoved down your neck?!!! But hey, maybe they will shove it down while you're upside down this time...cough*
Anderson makes the studios money... by Talkbacker with no name	Mar 29th, 2007 05:52:35 AM
simple as that. He won't be going anywhere until that changes.
I have to agree with Talkbacker with no name by Franklin T Marmoset	Mar 29th, 2007 07:06:31 AM
He may an insipid and uninspired copycat film maker, but as long he continues to work well with relatively limited budgets and gives the investors a decent return, he will work and work and work. No disrespect meant to gamers, but I'll be happy if he makes nothing but PlayStation adaptations for the rest of his career. At least that keeps him away from films that have a chance of working (Soldier, for example, was a horrible waste of potential - not to mention Sir Kurt of Russell).
P.S. by Franklin T Marmoset	Mar 29th, 2007 07:08:11 AM
I don't know why I'm bothering to post here when I know full well all you bastards are in the Lost talkback. I swear there is an echo as I type, and I saw a few tumbleweeds rolling past just now. Hello?
I agree with you too Franklin T Marmoset by Talkbacker with no name	Mar 29th, 2007 07:11:20 AM
awwww how sweet. Shall we settle down and have kids? Yeah, it keeps him away from projects i'd rather see someone else direct. Let him have the videogame rubbish! Very sad he fucked up Solider and (in my eyes) AvsP. Why they felt the need to not even ask the winston guys to do the creature fx is beyond me. And what was making all the heads and weapons bigger? just plain dumb. If it aint broke, don't fix it!
Yeah and where is the Teen Wolf story? by Frijole	Mar 29th, 2007 07:30:41 AM
Every other site has it. Pfft.
We don't need "Castlevania"... by Anna Valerious	Mar 29th, 2007 09:06:44 AM
We need to finish off the "Van Helsing" trilogy first. Morons.
Frijole, if every other site has it... by Talkbacker with no name	Mar 29th, 2007 09:39:56 AM
why does it have to be here as well? You would only moan "Old news!" if it was.
At least he won't be raping a beloved franchise... by JackPumpkinhead	Mar 29th, 2007 09:47:33 AM
Such as Alien. Or Predator. Although I hear there is a following of this game... but come on, it'll be a video game movie, so its quality is already defined. They might as well all be shot by Anderson & Boll. In fact, the two should form a partnership. Maybe something like Paul Boll or Anderboll. And then they could invite that Pitof guy...
Alucard should be in it also! by DarfurOnTheRocks	Mar 29th, 2007 10:20:45 AM
That would be cool. The problem which Castlevania is the actual name...Castlevania!
or Resident Evil, by Lost Prophet	Mar 29th, 2007 10:28:22 AM
Anderson's best film was shopping. And that is Despite having Jude Law, Sadie Frost and Sean "Son of Wurzel" Pertwee in it. Actually, I quite like Sean Pertwee I just wanted to crack the Son of Wurzel joke.
He'll set it in modern times for sure... by Neo Zeed	Mar 29th, 2007 01:33:20 PM
...with a decendant of the Belmont clan as a chick with shotguns and shit. And she'll have a five man team. All of Anderson's movies have a team. If he made Superman, Superman would have a team. Anyway, Dracula's castle will have laser sensors and a CPU run by artifical intellligence. Insert "Living Dead Girl" on the end credits. The End.
Silent Hill was a good adaptation by polyh3dron	Mar 29th, 2007 04:01:48 PM
Even if it didn't follow the story faithfully, it captured the feel of the games to a T.
while i liked "silent hill"s production values... by JimmyJoe RedSky	Mar 29th, 2007 06:16:45 PM
... the movie kinda fell apart for me - at about the halfway mark - it looked awesome - the fx, art direction and creature design was great - but the movie felt unfinished - to me anyway - andersons "event horizon" wasnt too bad - for what it was
Shopping is his only good effort by Lost Prophet	Mar 30th, 2007 08:12:05 AM
everything else blew. Regarding Silent Hill. It was Ok- streets ahead of almost every other effort, but ruined by the last third. I bet there is a 3 hour directors cut out there somewhere that kicks botty

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