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Capone Receives THE SIGNAL!!

We get Witless Protection by Flying Spaghetti Monster	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:11:13 AM
but not this...
I fucking hate my theater by Flying Spaghetti Monster	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:12:31 AM

Here's your signal: by Dwide Shrewd	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:12:36 AM
FIRST.
Scary ambiguous title... by ED2D2	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:12:53 AM
Horror movies are scarier the more ambiguous the title is. Just take "Norbit" for example...
or third. by Dwide Shrewd	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:13:00 AM

it has begun... by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:30:00 AM
end transmission
Dwide Shrewd? by lucky slevin	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:32:00 AM
Nice
The Signal is actually... by TheBloop	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:59:15 AM
Howard Dean's scream, played slowly and backwards and loop for 20 minutes. Yeaaaaargh!
Article on 'The Signal' w/Bruckner and Ramsey by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:00:36 AM
Sorry for the pimpery, but as a huge fan of the film, I was really excited to pitch and write this story: http://tinyurl.com/2dqn43
creepy thin man... by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:29:48 AM
not only have you picked a log-in name from and fuckin awfull movie..you have your facts wrong and are hating just to hate..grow up..if they really ripped of Stephen King..don't you think his pockets are deep enough to sue them? You are a moron.
Creepy Thin Man by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:10:52 AM
Why don't you leave this site and check in over at the IMDb message boards? There's plenty of trolling idiots over there talking shit about this very same topic. You'll feel much more at home.
HitchCock'n'Balz by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:15:19 AM
Just curious, and you don't have to answer this by any means, but what's your relationship to the film? I've seen you posting about it before. Is that David? Dan? Jacob?
I grew up with David... by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:28:01 AM
I am an actor and musician..have made countless shorts, commercials, and other projects with him and all the others...I'm not in this one, but hopefully will be in the next one that's just around the corner..details to come!
Saw The Signal last summer by SiouxieSioux	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:39:34 AM
The point is not when the movie is released. I saw it last summer at Fantasy Filmfest in Germany, so it was finished by then at least. I loved it and it is a great example of a really cool low budget movie. I think they mentioned it cost only 35.000 USD.
Creepy Thin Man by sonnierjay	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:48:35 AM
Considering that the short film they built this movie around (The Hap Hapgood Story) was made in 2003, I doubt they copied him. Besides after the halfway point, The Cell slowly became one of the worst books I have ever read.
HitchCock'n'Balz by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:56:44 AM
That's cool. Well keep up the support for it, man. I've been doing everything I can to spread the word, which includes occasionally plugging my article here and other places. I really geeked out over the chance to speak with David and Anessa. Journalistic objectivity was never really an option. He seems like a really cool guy, by the way. I especially liked his list of influences.
which, I should point out, trolls... by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:59:56 AM
...did NOT include "Cell."
You just made your whole argument null and void. by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:05:36 PM
By admitting you haven't seen it. That's all I needed to know.
You're a lot like one of those right-wing nutjobs by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:12:30 PM
who rails against a Michael Moore film without having even seen a frame of it. Fuck off.
no one asked me to come voice any support on any website.. by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:58:47 PM
I do it cause it's a great fuckin indie film from the scene Im a small part of in Atlanta...also, this film is in no way based on Hap Hapgood..although some of it is used in the movie, that was made as a 24 hour short film project, and I believe it won it's category (horror)...
Hap Hapgood by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:27:16 PM
Unless I'm mistaken, a clip is played at the beginning of "The Signal" as a movie Ben and Anessa are watching, which is interrupted by the titular transmission. Is there any way to see "Hapgood"? It looks intriguing — that clip may as well have been been one of the faux-trailers used in "Grindhouse." It was oozing with style.
This was an X-files episode... by DoogieHowitzer	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:37:58 PM
The TV signal that makes people do stuff..... Also - wasn't there a movie called Impulse with Meg Tilly with a similar premise - I think chemical exposure instead of TV - but still....sounds lame. Impulse was pretty good BTW - 1984 - hot scene with Meg Tilly getting it on up against a fence with her sister's husband or something - check it out if you get a chance.
meant "Ben and Mya" by Burgundy82	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:41:13 PM

Saw this at Sundance last year... by goonie	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:11:22 PM
AWESOME movie. The cool thing is that it was co-directed by three friends, and each one directed a section of the movie. For that reason, each third of the movie has a distinct feel and style. In other words, it's not just a great horror movie, but a cool cinematic experiment as well!
With similar themes by skimn	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:22:23 PM
in this and The Happening, I seriously doubt any studio will now touch (especially after The Mist died at the box office, although I see a strong DVD potential) King's The Cell.
I wonder if SK's Cell will ever get made? by SoylentMean	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:24:17 PM
When I first heard of this movie that's the book I immediately thought of. The Crazies is probably an apt comparison as well, and since Capone mentioned it you all might want to check that film out (just don't let it be your first exposure to George A. Romero's work). I've been looking forward to this movie for awhile and I finally get to see it this weekend. I hope the comedy doesn't last long.
I HATED this movie... by Blood Simple	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:48:52 PM
That is all. To each his own.
I've seen The Signal and read King's "Cell"... by SkinJob69	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:13:18 PM
and I can say, empirically, that they are completely distinct stories, both in content and overall tone. So what if they both involve some kind of transmission that makes people violent? The two stories are completely divergent from that point forward. If you wrote the Signal off as a King copy, it would be like avoiding Saving Private Ryan because you'd seen The Guns of Navarrone (they both deal with WWII!). If you see the film I think you'll find that this is so.
signals turning people crazy by smackfu	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:26:28 PM
will soon be an entire sub-genre of horror, so to avoid this movie because it's a 'rip off' of Stephen King is dumb. 10 years from now there will probably be a half dozen 'signal drives them crazy' movies on the shelves that you'll inevitably end up seeing, so why not swallow your douchebaggery and just watch the damn movie.
DoogieHowitzer by WolfmanNards	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:06:29 PM
Yeah, this was an x-files episode with essentially the same premise. I watched the episode a few weeks ago.
Loved it by VeganResistance	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:10:59 PM
I saw this at the Chicago Film Fest a few month back and I thought it was amazing. Each director had his own section and the middle one is just so batshit crazy and both brutal and funny at the same time. I was really into this movie.
King's "Cell" was too derivative of "The Stand" by Zardoz	Feb 22nd, 2008 07:50:31 PM
Great beginning, re-hashed ending. Also derivative of "The Tommyknockers".
Tinfoil Hats, Zfisk is on the march. by TomBodet	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:25:25 PM
Git the kids, the truck and the gun. Our enemies the Illuminati are on the way.
Batman Forever, anyone? by haggardatbest	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:10:34 PM

Creepy Thin Man by Maniaq	Feb 23rd, 2008 06:45:35 AM
I think your point is valid - you don't have to have read Stephen King's Cell to have a synopsis which breaks it down pretty much like 28 Days Later, which I remember thinking at the time I read that synopsis - and by the way David Cronenberg anyone? Little film called Videodrome, came out in 1983? No? ok
If the plots are completely different... by SkinJob69	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:33:35 AM
why dislike a film because it shares similar themes/elements with prior films. Everyone borrows from everyone else (just like in the music world), and there is little that is truly original in film these days(especially in the horror genere). Folks are getting pretty hung up on this Signal/Cell issue, and I don't get it. I can't see how a superficial similarity between the two diminishes either as an independent work of art.
Behold, the age of Science-Horror by scrivener	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:38:17 AM
Our good old fashioned supernatural horror movies have been largely replaced by sterile, monotonous, ridiculous science-horror movies like The Signal (or any generic zombie movie save Dead Alive). I'm really tired of horror movies trying to pass half-baked, ridiculous scientific theories as an excuse for their tired horror concepts. It seems to be the pinnacle of a trend that started years ago... over-explaining your premise until there's no mystery or interest left. I don't know if it's because moviegoers get pissy when every detail hasn't been explained in excruciating Sesame-Street-level detail, or just because horror writers suck at creating a sense of horror. True horror is in the unknown, after all. Look at The Mist. It was perfect. Absofuckinglutely pitch-perfect (with the exception of one scene with some pretty lousy cg tentacles). They don't explain too much, just enough to create some important implications for the main characters. Like the first season of Lost. Anyway, I won't bother seeing The Signal. I can tell you right now that I won't buy it. If you do, good for you. I envy your ability to enjoy shitty movies. You're probably a happier person than I am.
this movie.... by The Real MiraJeff	Feb 23rd, 2008 04:15:22 PM
SUCKED! Saw it last night and thought the first third was great. Then it devolves into complete shit. It should have no problem finding its way onto my worst of the year list. That middle act is so desperately unfunny, it cripples the movie. The tonal shifts paralyze the tension. It really pissed me off because the beginning was a great set-up and I loved the introduction to the characters and I'm rooting for the lovers to get away and then just ---------- flatline. It's full of bullshit science and nutjob characters. It plays with time worse than Vantage Point. Just an absolute downhill mess after the first half-hour. If the three directors were in front of me I would slap two of them across the face for fucking up the third guy's movie. I was honestly ashamed to have AICN's quote on the fucking poster outside the theater. I cannot trash this movie hard enough. There's literally nothing worse than squandered potential and this movie was on the right track before doing a backflip off the fucking rails and turing into some comic social commentary. Wow, I want two hours of my life back.
Videodromatic by bswise	Feb 23rd, 2008 09:33:25 PM
"The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye." "Long live the new flesh!" Er, yeah, I would have to say Videodrom beats these rather predictable set-ups, by a good quarter century. Of course, wasn't there an original Star Trek that covered this ground? Outer Limits maybe? Anyways, cell phones driving people crazy is funny 'cause it's true.
I trust MiraJeff. This will SUCK by Spoiler_Man	Feb 24th, 2008 07:23:51 AM
Believe in the Jeff
great movies by andy kaufman	Feb 25th, 2008 02:31:18 AM
haters gonna hate. i cant understand anyone that calls them self a horror fan not liking this film. it was funny and gorey.

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