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PREDATORS May Have A Director, Too...

Huh? by Lyghthouse	Jun 12th, 2009 12:43:57 AM
I thought RR was directing?
Who am I kidding.... by Lyghthouse	Jun 12th, 2009 12:46:11 AM
Neil Marshall is a much better choice anyway. This is good news.
You know what, fuck Hollywood. by ganymede3010	Jun 12th, 2009 12:46:46 AM
Why can't they get a proven director of the genre to flesh this out? This is going to be another B movie like the last 2 AVP's.
The 'DECENT'? by jimmay	Jun 12th, 2009 12:46:52 AM
Was that the movie about a group of British seplunker girls that became lost in a cave and attacked by clean-cut 1950's suburbanites?
Rodriguez as a producer sounds good. by ABking	Jun 12th, 2009 12:47:24 AM
Let someone else direct.
Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. by Trannyformers_Apologist	Jun 12th, 2009 12:50:00 AM
This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me.
This is interesting. I'm up for it. by Mike_D	Jun 12th, 2009 12:51:08 AM
It'll be entertaining thats for sure.
fuck yes! by DanboJohnJ	Jun 12th, 2009 12:55:00 AM
he can do soilders and horror well so,yeah i'm up for this.
Good call. by Kid Idioteque	Jun 12th, 2009 12:55:52 AM

Neil Marshall's B horror movies by Trannyformers_Apologist	Jun 12th, 2009 12:56:36 AM
Drive (2009/II) (in production) Centurion (2009) (post-production) Doomsday (2008) The Descent (2005) Dog Soldiers (2002) Combat (1999)
this is good news by Xiphos_2	Jun 12th, 2009 12:57:59 AM
As far as good news can go with this remake which admitedly isn't very far.
MOTHERFUCKER by Jesiah	Jun 12th, 2009 12:58:42 AM
I want the whole planet of predators to say that word
needs JJ Abrams by BrightEyes	Jun 12th, 2009 01:05:06 AM
to reboot this
Damn! I was hoping for McG. by otm shank	Jun 12th, 2009 01:05:34 AM
Could be a good choice. No reason he should not "get" the material. Unlike Paul W.S. Anderson. Doomsday was not good though.
What Happened to Robert Rodriguez? by Media Messiah	Jun 12th, 2009 01:06:25 AM
Not that I'm complaining, he is not a good director anyway...but...wasn't he supposed to direct this turkey...and sure fire bomb?
DOOMSDAY was fucking garbage. by MaxTheSilent	Jun 12th, 2009 01:18:12 AM
But THE DESCENT is one of the top five best horror movies of the decade
WHAT?????? by BillyMayesHere	Jun 12th, 2009 01:28:25 AM
What is the think behind this?
how about Rodriguez???? by BillyMayesHere	Jun 12th, 2009 01:30:03 AM
The Oak isn't gonna sign up for this!
This is a great choice! by bullet3	Jun 12th, 2009 01:36:40 AM
In dog soldiers he really handled the badass soldier dialogue stuff well, and The Descent is the best horror movie of the last 5 years as far as I'm concerned.
Nice one by TomHooligan	Jun 12th, 2009 01:37:11 AM
That's great news! Always good to see a British director given a shot at the bigtime. I thought the English version of The Descent was about one of the scariest films i've seen, and he's proved himself in the 'beast stalking in the woods' genre with Dog Soldiers. So i'm positive he can kick some arse with a big budget. GOOO, GET TO THE CHOPPER!!!!
That would be awesome by Neosamurai85	Jun 12th, 2009 01:37:12 AM
with a good screen play and RR on the green light, Marshall would be all sorts of perfect for this. Dog Soldiers stole open heartedly from all these 80s greats and was the most satisfying b-movie I've seen in years. The Descent was about 98% perfect in my book, combining elements of Alien and Deliverance without feeling like theft anymore, but simply knowing how to use what has worked well before and making something new from it (you know... learning from the past instead of just exploiting it). Doomsday... was a mess. But goddamn it I couldn't hate it. In his hands I found a movie that I wanted to hate too much fun too. It flirted more with theft than inspiration but while drawing from Road Warrior, No Escape (Absolom 2022) Escape from New York, it did mostly feel like its own animal within a kind of subgenre started by those films, so it gets a pretty solid B for what in most directors' hands would have been an F from me. In short, the guy hasn't let me down yet for entertainment as long as Doomsday was a (very forgivable) stumble along the way. But seriously, he gets all the kind of films from the period of Predator, and if anyone could give the body fishnet wearing ugly motherfuckers back their balls... he's a better surgeon than we could hope for.
they don't have a script yet by SpiceMonkey27	Jun 12th, 2009 01:40:20 AM
how the fuck can there have a director already...more like just a name attached
Dog Soldiers :) by medicinaluser	Jun 12th, 2009 01:40:58 AM
Was fucking brilliant Spoon (to attacking werewolf):"I hope I give you the shits, you fucking wimp." I want this to be set in the past and have a Predator utter the above words as its about to be eaten by a T-Rex. So glad RR is not directing this w/e happened to him anyway?
Descent was awesome...Doomsday was a misfire.. by quantize	Jun 12th, 2009 01:41:17 AM
just like Grindhouse it couldn't get it's B-Movie shit together enough to be funny or exciting..The Descent though is a contemporary modern classic..only tasteless fucks would fail to see that.
HaHaHaHaHaHa! by Sherlock Holmes II	Jun 12th, 2009 01:43:09 AM
That trad-hack baldilocks? Keeeewl! It's like, gonna be, like, all bad-ass and have special, like, guest appearances by theIR girlfriends an...orrrh Man, I can't wait any longer. FIST/DICK PUMP...FIST/DICK PUMP...
Fox should put up McTeirnan's Bail by MANZILLA	Jun 12th, 2009 01:47:40 AM
And Let Him Direct It
check out Dog Soldiers by mrbong	Jun 12th, 2009 02:12:12 AM
this was an ace film, in parts a clear "homage" to Predator. not seen Doomsday, but Dog Soldiers and The Descent were ace, good luck to the chap with this project.
i struggle by prbt	Jun 12th, 2009 02:14:41 AM
to see the difference between Marshall and someone like Uwe Boll. The Descent was tired, derivative toss, every beat of that film could've been guessed at from the first five minutes.
and while I'm here: AVP-R by prbt	Jun 12th, 2009 02:16:37 AM
Is there a cut where you can actually see what the hell is going on? I turned the brightness to max on the player, the graphics card AND the monitor, and I STILL couldn't make head or tail of it.
HELL YEAH by DGDBs_ANUS_SCARS	Jun 12th, 2009 02:22:32 AM
I'M SO JAZZED I THINK I WILL GO WITHOUT PREP H TONIGHT.
I Agree With Manzilla!! by tech_noir	Jun 12th, 2009 02:24:08 AM
See, I don't see the difference between someone like Marshall and Paul W Anderson, to be honest. The camera work for the action scenes will be choppy and fast. It won't feel like Predator. Get someone who not just respects the original, get the fucking guy who made it. McTiernan's first two movies are two of the best films ever made. Ever. Help him out, give him the bail, give him the film, give him a comeback.
Marshall VS Boll by Neosamurai85	Jun 12th, 2009 02:29:14 AM
You know... this feels like a set up for a trolling bout, but I'm going to assume for the moment that was a serious question prbt. I suppose we can argue where derivative ends and inspiration begins and all that, but to answer your question in the most direct way possible: the difference is craftsmanship. There is virtually not a single element of Boll's work that shows any sense of craftsmanship. Continuity, cinematography, editing, lighting, acting, plot, script. A director is not always in charge of all these elements directly per se, but they are in charge of making sure they work. Directors see bad dialog in scripts, the re-write or call for re-writes or for the actor to ad lib something better on the spot. They are in charge of all these elements working right in the end, and Boll shows virtually no skill whatsoever in any of these departments to make him the least bit deserving of half the material that he gets his grubby boxing gloves on. As for Marshall, again and again, he has shown all these skills. If you think he steals more than builds from, you can't deny that he does it very well. He knows how to set mood, get good performances out of people and... well... direct a frekken film. That's the core difference. The rest is debatable, but there is little credibility in saying that he isn't a better handler of his material.
maybe i shouldn't judge on 1 film by prbt	Jun 12th, 2009 02:45:40 AM
but I couldn't believe how below-par The Descent was. And I'd recently seen a Uwe Boll film (can't remember which one, are they different?), and it seemed just as crappy.
Clint should direct this. by pokadoo	Jun 12th, 2009 02:47:28 AM
And play Old Dutch.
As long as he puts Sean Pertwee in it I'm there! by HarryBlackPotter	Jun 12th, 2009 02:49:35 AM
Seriously underused actor. Maybe casting directors get him confused with Sean Bean and hire the wrong man?
Best News All Day by HideousSecretion	Jun 12th, 2009 02:52:28 AM
Marshall makes an excellent choice for director of Predators. His style is an absolute perfect fit. Lets hope this comes together. I want to hear Marshall say, "It's a soldier movie... with Predators." Fuckin A.
AND by HideousSecretion	Jun 12th, 2009 02:58:51 AM
Dog Soldiers was the shit. Just watch that and you'll know this fucker will direct the shit out of Predators.
Fuckin Great News!!! Marshall is top notch by masteryoda007	Jun 12th, 2009 03:01:26 AM
Neil Marshall is a great choice for this picture. No man digs a genre picture linke Neil does. Best movie news in ages.
Good News AND Bad News by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL	Jun 12th, 2009 03:03:46 AM
Good = This guy is a fucking awesome director and this material is perfectly suited to him. Bad = He should be working on his own original material instead of this tired, raped franchise.
prbt. You're just being a dick. by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL	Jun 12th, 2009 03:08:19 AM
"I couldn't believe how below-par The Descent was." How was The Descent 'below-par' exactly? You're just trying to be a Dickblood and start an argument.
Woohoo!! by Lemure_v2	Jun 12th, 2009 03:16:39 AM
Now I'm excited about seeing Predators on screen again. Marshall will do this justice. Oh, and leave Doomsday alone, it was great!
That's a solid choice by palimpsest	Jun 12th, 2009 03:21:39 AM
Marshall's a fine chap, and his genre knowledge is unparalleled. And his movies are awesome fun.
The Descent was good by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 12th, 2009 03:24:35 AM
but Marshall is also a big fan boy, which could be a huge negative. Could go either way - The Descent good or Doomsday bad.
BrightEyes by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 12th, 2009 03:25:39 AM
No, JJ Abrams needs to stay the fuck away. We don't need a bland, TV movie Predator movie with beautiful young people running around 'acting'.
BLOODY GREAT CHOICE by DC Films	Jun 12th, 2009 04:06:29 AM
I've been a supporter of Marshall's since Dog Soldiers - the first true horror classic to come out of Britain since Hellraiser. Personally i loved Doomsday - i'm a Carpenter fan and enjoyed how much a fan Marshall must be too. Looking forward to Centurion, but his Predator will be the film to see. I hope to see some of his regulars cast, as well as some big names he'd not had access to til now. I was hoping he'd rescue the Highlander remake, but i guess this is better. CAN'T BLOODY WAIT!
i think he is a good guy by Mr Gorilla	Jun 12th, 2009 04:09:02 AM
this could / should work out. as long as they decide that they have something to say that is DIFFERENT from the original.
Much better choice! by kafka07	Jun 12th, 2009 04:09:24 AM
Not perfect, but worlds better than he whose name must never be uttered.
"Centurion" project by HagCeli	Jun 12th, 2009 04:16:30 AM
sounds really intriguing. Just checked it out on imdb. I wonder, however, why all current Roman epics have to be set in Britain? Wasn't the empire bigger than that?
RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL by prbt	Jun 12th, 2009 04:19:39 AM
Not trying to start anything, I just thought it sucked, and I can't think of one positive thing to say about it. It was like The Cave, but less scary... Maybe Doomsday and Dog Soliders are masterpieces, I haven't seen them.
Fuck yes. by DocPazuzu	Jun 12th, 2009 04:34:56 AM
That's how you do it. Fuck Nispel's Conan.
Doesn't sound too bad. As long as it's not PG-13... by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 12th, 2009 04:35:33 AM
...count me in. Can't be worse than the last three Predator/Alien movies.
Neil Marshall hasn't disappointed yet. by Psyclops	Jun 12th, 2009 04:41:07 AM
DOG SOLDIERS was terrific, THE DESCENT was one of the scariest films I'd seen in years and DOOMSDAY was simply one of the most insane and entertaining movies of 2008. This guy is the real deal and I truly hope he gets the job.
great choice by misnomer	Jun 12th, 2009 05:28:39 AM
hopefully he gets some input into the script...
Doomsday wasn't Neil's fault by smackfu	Jun 12th, 2009 05:49:28 AM
There is just something fundamentally off-putting about post-apocalypse movies that feature people talking in british/australian accents while wearing rubber tire body armor and punk haircuts. It only worked in Mad Max because it was so fucking campy, the movies were basically saying 'hey, I'm a really fucking stupid movie, but I'm being straightforward about it, so just try to enjoy it ok?'. And we did. Mostly because we were kids. It's sort of like the 'full retard' thing. You just don't do it. And Neil did it, and learned his lesson. Give the guy some credit, you don't just fall ass-backwards into making the best horror film in over a decade. He has talent, he just picked a bad project.
I mean Christ, the guy who made Deliverance by smackfu	Jun 12th, 2009 05:50:50 AM
went on to make Zardoz. Sometimes things just work better on paper.
The Descent is the best horror movie of the decade. by Knuckleduster	Jun 12th, 2009 05:51:13 AM
No other horror film made over the past 9 to 10 years can come even close to the level of scary brilliance of that film. You could argue for Let The Right One In, but I don't really consider it a full-blown horror (it is a fantastic film, though).
RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL by smackfu	Jun 12th, 2009 05:57:16 AM
I've been a horror fan since I first saw Nightmare on Elm St as a kid, hell I used to even have a subscription to Fangoria. So it goes without saying I'm pretty jaded and de-sensitized to horror films, and the Descent is so fucking intense it almost makes me hyperventilate every time I watch it. I'm claustrophobic and the Descent captured the creeping horror of confined spaces on a level the Cave couldn't even approach. The key to enjoying Descent is realizing that the part where the monsters come out is the least scary part of the film.
Perfect by WolfmanNards	Jun 12th, 2009 05:58:43 AM
There are only a handful of directors that could handle this movie in the right way, and he's definitely one of them.
Doomsday was just Marshall getting over-excited by Stuntcock Mike	Jun 12th, 2009 06:00:58 AM
about the material.
marshall can make something good here by palewook	Jun 12th, 2009 06:10:59 AM
as long as he stays away from embracing the genre too hard. i can appreciate doomsday, he just went a little over board being a fan boy during the movie. the descent is perfection though.
John Carpenter is the poor man's John Carpenter these days. by Fortunesfool	Jun 12th, 2009 06:14:56 AM
And whoever said 'it needs Abrams'..Fuck off and leran something about film-making.
Why is there such a geek hard-on for this guy? by Toilet_Terror	Jun 12th, 2009 06:18:47 AM
Two horror films with excellent setups and terrible payoffs, and one crappy John Carpenter homage. Yay.
Smackfu by DC Films	Jun 12th, 2009 06:23:56 AM
You said, "The key to enjoying Descent is realizing that the part where the monsters come out is the least scary part of the film.".... On the basis of that they should give Marshall the Alien prequel (if Scott doesn't do it).
Marshall vis-a-vis Boll by DocPazuzu	Jun 12th, 2009 06:25:41 AM
If you don't understand the difference, allow me to explain: You're a fucktard.
Me likey! by just pillow talk	Jun 12th, 2009 06:27:00 AM
That's just your opinion Mr. Crapper, but I liked both Dog Soldiers and The Descent. And I love Doomsday.
Doomsday... by DocPazuzu	Jun 12th, 2009 06:28:30 AM
...was played straight, but it was very much tongue-in-cheek. He set about making the perfect post-pub-crawl movie. He knew exactly what he was doing and the sheer nuttiness of it works.
speaking of Toilet Terror.. by just pillow talk	Jun 12th, 2009 06:32:18 AM
Had a great dump this morning...really cleared me out.
Doomsday was 'tongue-in-cheek'? by Toilet_Terror	Jun 12th, 2009 06:32:30 AM
If that means 'can't-shoot-an-action-scene-t o-save-your-skin' I guess you're right.
heh... by DocPazuzu	Jun 12th, 2009 06:32:30 AM
...Does anyone else remember how much trouble fettastic used to get into regarding Dog Soldiers? He fucking HATED that movie, but his reasoning was that is was "too British" and that they "talked too much about tea." Yes, he got flamed.
Toilet by DocPazuzu	Jun 12th, 2009 06:33:57 AM
There was nothing wrong with the way Marshall shot the action in Doomsday. In fact, he handles that much more deftly than most of his contemporaries.
what was wrong with the action scenes? by just pillow talk	Jun 12th, 2009 06:35:19 AM

No coherence by Toilet_Terror	Jun 12th, 2009 06:37:33 AM
no tempo, no excitement, no good.
DocPazuzu by DC Films	Jun 12th, 2009 06:38:00 AM
Bloody right. And i'm a Brit and i prefer coffee.
Don't want to rag on him by Toilet_Terror	Jun 12th, 2009 06:38:08 AM
I just don't get the love.
and I disagree with you... by just pillow talk	Jun 12th, 2009 06:44:41 AM
I like how he handled the action scenes in Doomsday. Not sure what you mean exactly by having no tempo.
DC Films by just pillow talk	Jun 12th, 2009 06:46:05 AM
You are clearly a British impostor if you don't drink tea. How dare you not follow a stereotype. Bastard.
Toilet_Terror by DC Films	Jun 12th, 2009 06:51:44 AM
I'm an editor and have a modest sense of tempo and IMHO his action has it - has clear narrative beats to it that develop the action to a crescendo. Unlike the Mr Bay type of stuff that just hits you with quicker and quicker cuts without any real developments that 'up' the tension. I think Marshall is a grass-roots filmmaker that makes the movies he loves to watch. His films aren't perfect - they're more fun than that - they're visceral, intense rides that remind me of the shear, belief suspending moronic fun i had at the cinema as a kid seeing Carpenter.
Where's Harry... by droog	Jun 12th, 2009 06:53:03 AM
So he can get "the TRUTH" from his personal bestest friend, and then shit all over other websites?
script? by shoveller	Jun 12th, 2009 07:21:44 AM
Does anyone know where to get a copy of the original Predators script. Apparently it's "widely available online" (source-Chud.com) but i'll be fucked if i can find it... If anyone's got an idea, let me know. I't'd be fun to see the original idea vs the finished product. Oh, and put the kettle on - it's your turn to brew up...
Okay! by Judge Briggs	Jun 12th, 2009 07:31:45 AM
Marshall is fine by me!!!
RR, read this! by Darth Busey	Jun 12th, 2009 07:35:40 AM
I want to be serious for a minute. Either get Arnold prominently involved in this, or don't bother with the property.
I'm The Only Person On Earth Who Liked DOOMSDAY by LaserPants	Jun 12th, 2009 07:56:22 AM
Thats right. I'm the guy. I thought it was funny. Didn't anyone get that it was supposed to be a joke? In the vein of Grindhouse? Guess not.
this is also dumb. by THE_ONE_MAN_GANG	Jun 12th, 2009 07:59:07 AM

Laserpants - I liked DOOMSDAY too! by AJD_1	Jun 12th, 2009 08:24:55 AM
It was the best apocalyptic, Scottish cannibal film I'd seen all year!
GET TO THE CHOPPAH! by Crimson Dynamo	Jun 12th, 2009 08:35:06 AM
I'm down for a new Predator flick
"DOOMSDAY was f'n garbage." -- T R U E by JDanielP	Jun 12th, 2009 08:47:32 AM
After seeing DOG SOLDIERS and THE DESCENT, I was excited for the man's future in directing, feeling a similarity to a young James Cameron. But DOOMSDAY tossed THAT feeling out the window (so-to-speak), as I felt it was one of the WORST movies I've ever seen. If I hadn't shown up with two friends, I may have walked out. (One friend thought it was okay, the other friend thought it sucked.)
Never going to happen by Series7	Jun 12th, 2009 08:59:07 AM
Sorry I won't believe it until my butt is in the theater watching it. Until then I call BS.
I mean by Series7	Jun 12th, 2009 09:00:06 AM
they don't give promising directors breaks anymore. They save those for cool guys like McG, and Tim Story.
Dog Soldiers and Descent was decent and lets admit... by Kenshiro_187	Jun 12th, 2009 09:26:24 AM
what do we want from this new Predator film? A fun time with guts & glory right? That Neil Marshall can deliver. Better him than some doofus like Justin Lin.
Laserpants--same here, I digged Doomsday too... by Kenshiro_187	Jun 12th, 2009 09:30:35 AM
Thought it was more a collage of his influences from Mad Max, Aliens, Highlander, etc.
DOOOOOOOMED by tonguestubble	Jun 12th, 2009 09:59:18 AM
that's a very poor choice
Doomsday was far from perfect but I liked it by Spifftacular Squirrel Girl	Jun 12th, 2009 10:10:29 AM
It's true that the movie itself is one big homage mash-up of different films but I think it makes for a nice 90 minute time waster on a weekend. Marshall should be a nice pick for Predators.
Doomsday is homage... by DocPazuzu	Jun 12th, 2009 10:30:44 AM
...done right. He did it once to get it out of his system, whereas Tarantino can do nothing else -- and quite badly in recent years, I might add.
Doomsday Blu-ray is great by masteryoda007	Jun 12th, 2009 10:57:00 AM
I bought this suckeron blu-ray and it is a great disc to add to the collection.
Maybe RR can call Danny Trejo to star as the Predator by westie	Jun 12th, 2009 11:24:40 AM
They can save on make up. Wakka wakka wakka.
well, shit by Vern	Jun 12th, 2009 11:44:27 AM
If DOOMSDAY didn't exist this would've seemed exciting. But DOOMSDAY does exist. I don't know how he did it but with that one movie he erased all my positive feelings towards ever seeing one of his movies again. Such a horrible piece of worthless garbage that manages to take all the most enjoyable b-movie standbys and turns them into two hours of joyless, geography-free, life-sucking ugly, shaky, poorly edited embarrassment. He used to be good a couple years ago though.
Great choice! by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester	Jun 12th, 2009 11:44:32 AM
Dog Soldiers, which was awesome, was obviously very influenced by "Predator", so Marshall should work well with this material...
smackfu by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL	Jun 12th, 2009 11:44:40 AM
Was your comment meant for me? I have two copies of 'The Descent' and gave another copy to my step-brother for his birthday (who proclaimed it as 'Mad Scary!') I LOVE 'The Descent'.
Vern by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL	Jun 12th, 2009 11:48:26 AM
Spielberg made 'Hook'. Don't be so quick to dismiss someone because of one movie. I'm surprised you have so much hatred for 'Doomsday'. I thought it was fucking awesome. That's kinda like dismissing Steven Segal because of his poorer efforts (and he's made WAY more mis-fires than Marshall). You protest too much.
Tim Burton Should Direct This by ZombieHeathLedger	Jun 12th, 2009 11:51:15 AM
With Johnny Depp as the main Predator wearing black and white striped stockings.
Let's hope this movie is by WillFerret	Jun 12th, 2009 11:58:05 AM
more Descent and less Doomsday
Seagal does not exist in this dojo by Cobra--Kai	Jun 12th, 2009 12:00:05 PM
Gerbil boy you no-taste-loon i'd dismiss Steven Segal for every effort. He fights like an epileptic playing patty cake. I haven't seen DOOMSDAY yet but if it's 'fucking awesome' as you say I might give it a go. However I do have to weight that against the other 99% of people who think it was shit.
DOOMSDAY was oh so incredibly crappy. by uberman	Jun 12th, 2009 12:17:35 PM
By far the worst movie I've seen in the past 5 years, bar none. No other film even comes close. Hell, I'd rather see the new Eddie Murphy comedy 100x before I sat through this shit festering sore again. Words cannot describe how crappy this movie was.
What do these people expect? Seriously? by Zandunga	Jun 12th, 2009 12:25:30 PM
What Hollywood never, ever seems to get right is that if you hire mediocre talent to direct, you get a mediocre movie (if you're lucky). And yet, these studio exec idiots get overpaid to choose directors who range from "barely competent" to "hack". They hire Tim Story to do Fantastic Four (twice!). Result: both movies suck and the franchise is dead. And so on: Brett Ratner, McG, Stephen Summers, Len Wiseman, etc. The list is long and absurd. Haven't these people made the connection yet? They're business men first and foremost, and true talent rakes in the big bucks. You hire Chris Nolan, Peter Jackson, Cuaron, Greengrass, Raimi, etc. These are the guys with actual vision and storytelling skills. Then you'll get your golden franchise, your money, and everyone will be happy. Just stop hiring these lame directors that everyone knows are no good at all. Stop. If you don't have the money to pay for them, then nurture promising young talent instead of going back to the well of bad results. What's wrong with you??
Doomsday was OK by AsimovLives	Jun 12th, 2009 12:30:03 PM
It was only let down by the only case i have seen so far of Neil Marshall losing his confidence. I guess the bigger budget must have made him overly cautious, and it shows in the movie. It lacks that spunk that Marshall put in his two first movies. Still, i have pretty good hopes for Marshall. His "worst" movie is still far better then most "good" movies made by the Hollywood hacks, and that includes JJ Abrams.
DOOMSDAY... by Senzafine	Jun 12th, 2009 12:33:33 PM
...was not that bad. Especially not bad enough to discredit THE DESCENT and DOG SOLDIERS. I would even go so far as to say I LIKE DOOMSDAY as a cheap thrills/fun to laugh at sort of movie. I'll agree though, this film needs to be closer to DOG SOLDIERS and THE DESCENT to be a success. But come on, who would be a better choice for a PREDATORS film right now? I don't really see one.
Fuck Yeah! by RobertBaron	Jun 12th, 2009 12:35:22 PM
Now let him do an R picture and then give him a crack at T5 if they still want to go down that road.
by Cobra--Kai	Jun 12th, 2009 12:36:33 PM
Asimov, now we talked about this last week in your therapy session didn't we? Star Trek and JJ Abrams are your 'no thoughts'. You have to go to your happy place and just block them out. If you do feel like you want to mention your 'no thoughts' then take a deep breath, count to 10 and think about Portugal winning the world cup. There, better now?
Vern by AsimovLives	Jun 12th, 2009 12:39:45 PM
Thou protest too much, i believe. By the way, thanks to your review, i bought and watched the french horror movie Martyrs, adn thanks to that movie i had my mood ruiend for two hole days. Thanks for that, i guess. No, but really, thank you for getting my attention to that movie. and everything you said about it is true. And then some more! Good Lord Bale, is that movie really intense! It's the harshes horror movie i ever seen in recent years this side of The Descent. What suprised me the most about Martys, however, was not so much the extreme brutality, but the tone of sadness that is in the most. At the risk of sounding silly, i think that Martys is the 2001 of the so-called "torture porn" sub-genre. It's as if soembody decided to make the proverbial good torture porn movie, and made it to be really about something. A torture porn movie with a philosophy. It does makes a lot of difference! It's like what that old lady said in Videodrome, what made videodrome dangeorus was because it had a philosophy. You could say the same about the people who do the wrong things in Martyrs, and the movie itself. Man, i still can't believe that movie. Martyrs, man, it really defies description. And i can sense you kind of feel the same away as well, from your review, the only one i have read from your where you don't even attempt to crack a joke. That's quite telling.
Cobra--Kai by AsimovLives	Jun 12th, 2009 12:40:32 PM
JJ Abrams is a hack. There!
Neil Marshall's Doomsday by AsimovLives	Jun 12th, 2009 12:41:55 PM
is a hickup in an otherwhise pretty great career, so far. And i trust in him for future movies then i trust the body of work of most directors working today.
predator 1 & 2 Was the Best as its time by vandamnyc26	Jun 12th, 2009 12:43:45 PM
No one can touch the Original Predator & Predator 2, they were the best action sci fi films of the decade...
Carl Weathers is the Man by vandamnyc26	Jun 12th, 2009 12:45:44 PM
Bring Him back as a drill Sargeant or a Major in the movie, love for him to have a cameo, or Jesse Ventura, that would be cool, why not Shane Black ?????? LOL
Vern by DC Films	Jun 12th, 2009 12:55:05 PM
While i agree with most of your comments Doomsday, as maybe Marshall would, I've watched it twice and loved it both times. One half of the brain says he's just raping classics, while the other half loves that he's raping classics. It's a damn fine guilty pleasure and it seems that way for a lot of people here. But i don't wanna get too caught up in that film, when he's made two classics himself in Dog Soldiers and Descent, so say do you wanna lay money that his Predator will suck?
Cobra--Kai by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL	Jun 12th, 2009 01:01:26 PM
"No-taste-loon" does not exist in this dojo.
DOOMSDAY Was SUPPOSED TO SUCK by LaserPants	Jun 12th, 2009 01:50:48 PM
That was the idea, wasn't it? I mean, it was a joke. I won't defend it as being good, but I found it funny.
Doomsday by SunTzu77	Jun 12th, 2009 02:13:02 PM
was utter shit.
Fucking Yes! by TedKordLives	Jun 12th, 2009 02:23:32 PM
That's great goddamn news. Now I gotta read the TB. Doomsday was SUPPOSED to suck? Interesting theory.
LASERPANTS by uberman	Jun 12th, 2009 02:37:43 PM
Now I get it. The studio wanted to make a badly written, poorly acted, horribly designed, completely derivative movie that was supposed to be so excruciatinly awful that it stands out as the worst 'end of the world warrior' type movie ever made. I get that now. Thats what I was signing up to see-not a good or even mediocre film. A truly historically bad one. My bad.
ALSO... by uberman	Jun 12th, 2009 02:39:17 PM
I must have missed the parts that were supposed to be funny.
Why not just go for the obvious tie-in? by Darth Busey	Jun 12th, 2009 02:52:21 PM
Hold off production on this for one more year. Then, simply move whatever characters end up surviving in "The Expendables" to the Predator world, and let the fun begin. And also bring in Steven Seagal playing himself.
There is so much genre nerdstalgia now by Arteska	Jun 12th, 2009 02:52:59 PM
that it's on the assembly line - furthering the reflex to attach anyone they can so stuff can get fastracked. You think they want some auteur arguing with them about their Mountain Dew tie-ins they set up before the script is done? Tell me we won't see Predator masks with dreads in the toy aisles when this comes out - - - you couldn't get farther away from what McTiernan's movie was by doing it but you can bet your ass they will.
Sam Neill to star. by TedKordLives	Jun 12th, 2009 03:08:33 PM
Songs by Neil Diamond and Neil Young.
I haven't seen DOOMSDAY yet... by Baryonyx	Jun 12th, 2009 03:20:10 PM
...but I bet it's far superior to SPY KIDS 3 and SHARK BOY AND LAVA GIRL (or was it LAVA BOY AND SHARK GIRL?) and
and... by Baryonyx	Jun 12th, 2009 03:21:31 PM
...I bet DOOMSDAY is on par with ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, which was all over the place.
Finally, some cool news. by Ecto-1	Jun 12th, 2009 03:29:14 PM
Okay, Doomsday was terrible, but Dog Soldiers and Descent are great.
Dear Robert Rodriguez and Fox by ItsMe_ButWhoGivesAFuck	Jun 12th, 2009 03:47:47 PM
Please go and sign up Director John McTiernan. He is the only man that can Direct this movie with his ballsy style and 'no shit' approach. Fans of sci-fi and action know this and quite frankly everyone that likes or loves the original film knows this! So say we all!
Doomsday was brilliant... after about 7 or 12 beers by TylerDurden3395	Jun 12th, 2009 04:32:52 PM
Any movie that rips off 14 movies at once (all of the Mad Maxes, all of the 28 Days movies, both of the Escape movies, any given Robin Hood movie, plus some more I probably forgot about) is okay by me...
on the positive side by Vern	Jun 12th, 2009 04:33:50 PM
He had great monsters in The Descent. That could balance out Rodriguez's cheesy home made cgi tendencies. Here's hoping he can be good again, I definitely am a fan of The Descent.
Dog Soldiers is favo movie of last 10 years by Mr.LordBronco	Jun 12th, 2009 04:54:05 PM
I walked out of The descent Doomsday was hilarious and made all my nerd buddies happy, but it's not art.... Very interesting pick---And I think it's gonna be marshall's one shot at the big leagues... O.o very interesting -MLB
BARYONYX by uberman	Jun 12th, 2009 05:11:01 PM
No-Once Upon a Time in Mexico, although shitty, is a golden turd compared to DOOMSDAY. Shark Boy/Lava Girl is far superior also. I would tell you to just watch it yourself, but I can't get myself to go so low. If your feeling tempted, call a freind, call for help. You don't have to see it. We've been there, and buddy, it's no place anyone should have to go again.
Vern by AsimovLives	Jun 13th, 2009 03:38:05 AM
Hi man. i comented above on your Martyrs's review and about the movie. I'm still a bit shacken by watching it, and i'm quite thoughed up about horror movies, and the Hostel movies never shacked me down, but Martyrs, it really did the trick for me. Ruined my mood for 2 whole days.
uberman by Baryonyx	Jun 13th, 2009 05:33:16 PM
I'm no longer tempted to see Doomsday. But, hopefully, it was a 'difficult third film' or something.
uberman by DC Films	Jun 19th, 2009 02:34:30 AM
I gotta agree with BARYONYX - Upon a Time Mexico is by far the turdiest turd of the two. Doomsday's a mess, but it's great fanboy fun. Mexico makes no sense, it discombobulates and meanders. Depp and Rourke are highlights. Pity - i got so excited when i heard RR was doing his own Good, Bad & Ugly (greatest movie of all time;)

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