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Might even be better than the comic... by The Shyster	Oct 2nd, 2007 04:58:53 PM
and I used to hate Josh Harnett too.
cool by maluquiro	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:00:40 PM
those vampires are cold mofos.
Still want sam to make a bloddy-ass slapstick flick... by The Shyster	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:01:06 PM
with or without Bruce, with a bdget of like $12.00.
Night does not exist in this dojo by Cobra--Kai	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:02:39 PM
I liked the original, '30 DAYS OF DAY'. Although I gotta admit, in terms of Vampires it was a bit of a non-event.
It would be nice to have a good vampire flick by samsquanch	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:03:10 PM
you know, where the vampires are evil undead assholes and not just another "species".
balmy alaskan winters by rhinobox	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:04:27 PM
Alaska. Winter. Nighttime. Yet you still can't see the clouds of breath. A pet peeve of mine. Seriously, how hard is it to turn the heat off on the set?
looks great. I'll be sure to see it by Datascream	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:04:34 PM
I was expecting most of the vampires to look more gruesome like that first one. But the atmosphere still works.
Um...ok by Garbageman33	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:06:55 PM
Thanks for that.
Can't Wait by konkrete590	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:07:37 PM
Every secret screening at Fantastic Fest was rumoured to be this movie. I will definately see it when it comes out.
rhinobox by Datascream	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:07:47 PM
I agree actually. It would have been a great effect in the movie to see the humans breath, but you couldn't see the vampires.
Blue by SkiBum	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:08:46 PM
When did tinting everything blue become the standard for night?
they ripped off the Red Monkey's idea... by lynxpro	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:09:14 PM
I swear, this will teach ya'll not to loudly mention any great ideas in a public setting where they can be swiped from you. Back in summer 2001, the Red Monkey (Google him), Cousin Mike and I were sitting inside the Starbucks in Natomas Plaza. We were sitting in our usual chairs and discussing the best way to adapt "I Am Legend" to the screen...and on the subject of "how not to adapt 'I Am Legend', note the upcoming Will Smith disaster of a film"...The Red Monkey then goes off on his idea for a kick ass vampire flick which would be to set it in an Inuit Village near the North Pole where there's a month of darkness and the vampires descend upon the town and lay siege on the residents. The Red Monkey was rather loud with this idea since some of the cute female baristas were also involved in the conversation. Well, flash forward another year and then not only do we all learn of the comic "30 Days of Night" but also word that it was being optioned for a film adaptation. Moral of the story...keep any ideas to yourself until you've actually committed them to paper and copyrighted them so you can go all Harlan Ellison on whomever's ass swipes your idea and passes it off as their own original work.
the scene on the restricted content trailer... by blckmgk13	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:09:50 PM
... is WAY better than that NON scene. Seriously check it out. For non-u.s. types (like myself) it isn't hard to crack the "restricted" security check.
Yo, it's supposed to suck! by Luke_Cage	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:10:30 PM
Fo' real, we had some previews ovah here and the word is not good. Obviously, the beginning is ok and dynamic, but the rest is abysmal. I Liked the concept, but the comic itself was not as good as Harry's trying to convince us. The writing was groan inducing but Templesmith'pencils/paintings looked fookin' great and moody. Word
oh and lynxpro.... by blckmgk13	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:12:23 PM
...not to discredit your conversation, but almost every young horror geek or hell geeks in general have all idly wondered aloud probably at some point in their lives "why vamps don't just go north where the nights last forever..." I would hardly consider your friend to be the first brainchild of this epiphany. The maker of the comic "30 days of night" just happened to pen it first.
Is this a sequel to 40 days and 40 nights? by Bobo_Vision	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:12:26 PM
Hyuk hyuk hyuk. Reminds me of Blade 2. I'll wait to hear the reviews on this.
I don't know... by wampa 1	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:17:16 PM
...but it sure smells good!
"My Father claims to have invented the question mark" by Bobo_Vision	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:17:53 PM
bwahahaha...I was reminded of that quote by this talkback. I once told a waitress back in the early nineties that they should make a movie about the Titanic sinking. Where the hell are my royalties, James Cameron?!! I kid....I didn't actually tell a waitress that.
cue the 30 Days of Night banner ads by Rupee88	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:35:29 PM
I detect an overabundance of positivity with nothing valid to base it on.
Is that Josh Fucking Hartnet? by MetiphisLabs	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:37:26 PM
When will we be rid of this shitty actor?
Speed Fricassee, sometimes it is funny... by The Dum Guy	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:43:36 PM
I remember an old Superman comic that had a bad guy in the back of a car getting chased by Supes and he exclaimed "Oh my God!" when he noticed he was being chased, to which Supes replied "No, just me."
all the advertising by PotSmokinAlien	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:44:12 PM
is making me think this movie is going to suck. i was excited when i thought it was some indie thing, when you cram it down our throats in a misguided effort to get us excited it has the opposite effect. in this day and age people want to feel like they are discovering something for themselves, not that they are going and doing what they were told they are gonna enjoy.
lynxpro by ELGordo	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:44:23 PM
I had the same idea a couple of years before the comic came out, I live in Iceland and we have winters like that. Then the comic came out and then later the Swedish film Frostbitten came out which has very similar idea. I never heard of Red Monkey and I'm sure the Sweeds haven't either. Don't know about the comic people though. Hmmm.
James Wong is directing "DragonBall Z" by Mike_D	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:54:56 PM
wheres the AICN article for that?!
I was at the same screening... by Kasch	Oct 2nd, 2007 05:58:35 PM
...and yes, Ghosthouse finally made a good movie. The film is a fucking masterpiece, even better than the graphic novel. Makes up for all the shitty movies we've suffered through this year.
At least this movie version... by ebonic_plague	Oct 2nd, 2007 06:00:10 PM
...won't be drawn by Ben Templesmith. I may be in the minority but I absolutely hated the artwork he did for 30DoN, to the point where I didn't even want to finish the book. Just looked like someone added a bunch of photoshop effects over a jr. high school student's half finished notebook margin sketches. The story didn't exactly knock me out, either. Buncha vampires in the arctic attack a village... I liked the Tales from the Crypt version of that story better than this padded out, overhyped, underdrawn comic book. I say thee MEH.
& I invented zero percent interest automotive financing by lynxpro	Oct 2nd, 2007 06:25:57 PM
I even beat Cosmo Kramer and Kraymerica to that idea. Beat that, Neuman!
.... by lynxpro	Oct 2nd, 2007 06:27:10 PM
...not to mention that bastardo Alan Greenspan. What a wanker. I bet he backs HD DVD.
could The Borg assimilate the vampires from 30 Days? by Boomers_Lips	Oct 2nd, 2007 06:30:19 PM
well could they?
Boomers_Lips, The Borg can assimilate anything! by The Dum Guy	Oct 2nd, 2007 06:55:29 PM
A toaster oven, an oven mit, my uncle Mitt. I'm telling you anything. Didn't you understand from First Contact how they tried to assimilate Data, they can do it simply by trying to mind-fuck someone, although with varying results.
Uh ... hmmm ... um by CloudCleaver	Oct 2nd, 2007 06:58:47 PM

if it's half as good as JC's the THING i will be happy by future help	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:02:14 PM
please.
the Borg couldn't assimilate the Cybermen... by lynxpro	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:05:49 PM
Always gotta go with the originals...
If it's 1/10th the Thing me be happy! by FILMFUNK	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:07:03 PM
I wasn't overly impressed with Hard Candy but you could see the guy could put a movie together and I like Snow and Vampires so looks cool!
Michael Mann should do a vampire flick. . . by Nice Marmot	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:23:00 PM
. . . or at least someone should do one w/ his crew. I love how you actually see a movie set under a real friggin' night sky in Collateral and Miami Vice(sorry to bring up that turd). I agree that this blue tint has got to go.
lynxpro, actually the Borg could assimilate Cybermen... by The Dum Guy	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:41:36 PM
B/c, if you remember from First Contact (yes, I'm referencing that again) the main Borg "chick" was kinda doable, in the "I've drank enough rum to watch that Caveman show" way, so, since there is a sense of some emotion in the Cybermen (and they are men), the Borg chick could possibly use seduction to assimilate them in a pseudo-mind-fuck way.
The thing that has me most excited... by The Rondo Hatton Blues Explosion	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:49:39 PM
First off, I'm an old school, undead, evil fucker from beyond the grave vampire fan. 30 Days Of Night and it's sequels are like mother's milk to me. So a few months ago when I heard that Steve Niles was at Heroes Con in Charlotte i was all kinds of psyched. I was lucky enough to catch Steve when no one was around, so in true fanboy fashion I launched into a fevered rant about how he had brought the scary back to a genre that Anne Rice,her clones and the entire mopey, oh so fucking tragic vampire/model herd had damn near killed. Throughout it all he was very, very cool, answering all my questions and even engaging me in debate over the best vampire movies to date, despite probably having to go through this kind thing all the time. Here's the kicker. At the time, I hadn't even seen the first trailer yet, so when he pulled out a dvd player from under the table and said "check this shit out", I about pissed myself with glee. Let me tell you, watching the trailer for one of my most anticipated movies of the year with the guy who started it all? Not a bad experience. The thing that really sold it for me, though, was his excitement. He was so wired up, you couldn't help be thrilled for him. Even with the obvious changes and liberties thet took with the movie, he was like a kid on christmas morning. The look of unrepentant joy on his face was better than any review I could read. And that, more so than my love for the books or the cool look of what I've seen so far is what's going to have me, custom prosthetic fangs and all, cheering on the evil bastards opening night. Yeah, I know good triumphs, but I can dream, can't I?
I CAN'T WAIT TO DOWNLOAD THIS! by dekionplexis	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:59:24 PM
(It's the modern way)
raimi by The Real MiraJeff	Oct 2nd, 2007 07:59:31 PM
As someone who has not been a fan of the projects Sam Raimi has chosen to produce, even I have to admit that this movie looks FUCKING INSANELY AWESOME. I could go either way on Hartnett and Melissa George but I am a HUGE fan of Danny Huston and any movie with Ben Foster playing a dude named The Stranger has my money on opening night. Slade fucking owned Hard Candy and I expect this slick piece of entertainment to bring the thrills and chills as well.
Please by Turd Furgeson	Oct 2nd, 2007 08:10:06 PM
I hope this is good, has a low budget feel and is character driven. We need a good vampire movie, there have been so many shitty ones. This will have a big opening weekend and probably fall 70% each weekend till its gone unless its got something that makes you tell all your bro's and ho's at work to go see it.. I am hoping for that. I'll be seeing it opening weekend.
I could only go one way... by chromedome	Oct 2nd, 2007 08:43:55 PM
...Melissa George! heavy sigh....
Cliche' Vampire Attire... by chromedome	Oct 2nd, 2007 08:47:06 PM
...works for me, as it brought us Kate Beckinsdale in skin-tight "leather" and spandex.
Overuse of Blue Tint by chromedome	Oct 2nd, 2007 08:51:59 PM
I second (third, fourth?) that comment! It can set a mood if done properly, sparingly. Some crap SciFi "original" flick last week (Species #42 I think) had so overused the tinting that it was impossible to spend more than a minute viewing when I surfed in. On the other hand, it pushed me right out before the crappy flick could inflict any more damage. Maybe all Crappy flicks on SciFi should be tinted in a crapia brown (slight darker than sepia) so you can develop a fast, tint-based channel changing reflex....
I agree with ebonic_plague... by Gil Brooks	Oct 2nd, 2007 10:09:05 PM
...the comic sucked. I thought the premise was awesome, but with the bad art and bad story pacing, if felt that they just came up with a cool idea, but not a good way to execute it. I always thought that it would make a better movie or novel. As for the movie, I've loved everything I've seen so far. Can't wait.
Cool by TattooedBillionaire	Oct 2nd, 2007 10:40:53 PM
I agree that we badly need a good vampire flick. It's been far too long, and I really want another one!
danny huston & ben foster.. by cp	Oct 2nd, 2007 10:55:37 PM
..fuckin' a rights, i'm there. didn't know this was SLADE'S next flic, i really enjoyed HARD CANDY. i LOVE "one location" movies, LIFEBOAT, THE THING, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (not really one location) et al......oh yeah, SAMSQUANCH, nice BUBBLES moniker!!!!
Carpenter always shoots "blue for night" by Osmosis Jones	Oct 2nd, 2007 11:13:14 PM
Go watch The Thing again.
Saw this over the summer. by Psyclops	Oct 3rd, 2007 01:26:24 AM
It test screened here in Los Angeles a few months back. It had some pacing problems and there's little character development but it's a fun ride. The vampires are more like ravenous animals and only the main bad guy shown in the above clip has any dialogue. I'd like to know more about their origins but I've never read the graphic novel so I'm not sure if their history was explained in the book. They just show up and start tearing everything to pieces. I will say it's definitely the best film Ghost House has released so far.
I was talking loudly in a bar by SkeletonParty	Oct 3rd, 2007 02:46:01 AM
about how Hollywood should remake everything.
Psyclops, sounds similar to the graphic novel then by Mr_Sinister	Oct 3rd, 2007 02:51:19 AM
Possible spoilers I think this looks pretty good, but what you described sounds close to the book. There is basically no character development, and you never find out where the vampires are from, who they actually are, etc. I agree with the other people here who said the book's concept is cool but could have been executed far better. Still, I'm looking forward to the movie! Did it include the 'vampire hunters' that the book had? They were in it very, very briefly and I'm assuming they were something that would have been omitted.
Mr_Sinister (mild spoilers) by Psyclops	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:15:36 AM
I don't remember anything about vampire hunters in the movie, though the survivors do fight back so we're treated to some nasty bloodsucker deaths. I did see the first chapter in a series of online shorts that were produced by Ghost House as a prequel to the movie and some of the characters that were introduced seem to have a knowledge of the creatures. I think they might be the guys you're talking about (you can view the shorts over at Fearnet.com). My main gripe with the movie is that it didn't have any real sense of time. The characters were supposed to be hiding out from the creatures over an entire month but it felt like the events were unfolding over a handful of days. The only physical sign that we're given to help us understand just how long they've been in the town is Josh Hartnett's facial hair, which just gets a little more scraggly by the end of it.
Psyclops, thanks! by Mr_Sinister	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:54:27 AM
I'll check those online shorts out. I use the term 'vampire hunters' loosely because again, they were given no real explanation. Still, maybe they feature in some of the follow up comics which I haven't read -- someone else who's read them let me know! And the sense of time problem you cite is also present in the book. Kind of skips over the bulk of the 30 days. Still definitely checking this out though, especially seeing as Stuart Beattie was involved with the screenplay. And Danny Huston as a vampire intrigues me.
the girl inthe pink sweater by Fineus Fog	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:57:08 AM
is a friend of mine - I cant watch it - she seems so helpless!!! Im sure the movie will kick ass tho
For fucks sake by KinjoAlcoholicNinja	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:03:00 AM
How old and tired. How many fucking times have we sat through that EXACT same fucking exchange between random helpless victim and oh-so-badass-yet-kinda-gay-loo king vampire? Victim: Help! Please! God!!! Gay vampire moves in close Gaypire: "There issss nooo Goooooddddd.....chomp Think of something new, you fucking hacks!
Mr_Sinister by The Rondo Hatton Blues Explosion	Oct 3rd, 2007 12:00:19 PM
The vampire hunters do figure in the later books, at least in Dark Days and Return To Barrow. BIG ASS BOOK, POSSIBLE MOVIE SPOILER After Eben kills himself, Stella forms a team to expose and exterminate the remaining vampires. She also enlists the help of the voodoo woman who was tracking them in 30 Days. END SPOILER Personally, I always got the feeling that 30 Days started as a larger work, but got cut into bits in publishing. That's just speculation of course, since I didn't have the presence of mind to ask Niles when I had the chance. My reasoning is that the first book was a bit thin. Cool, but thin.
"...but he's been busy writing like a bat out of hell." by Childe Roland	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:14:28 PM
Is Mori doing a movie musical adaptation of Meat Loaf's first album? Because, weird as it sounds, I'd kind of like to see that. Not as much as I want to see a solid adaptation of 30 Days, which is what we seem to have shaping up here, but I'm intrigued. (disclaimer: I know that's not what Harry meant, but this is how cool rumors get started and production companies are often desperate for ideas, as evidenced by, well, most of the TV to movie adaptations we've seen recently. So it was worth a shot).

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