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Post by Quorthon on Jul 12, 2007 19:39:01 GMT -5
So, does anyone have much news on this uber-secret film from the creator of Lost? I was one of the people who saw Transformers and missed the teaser trailer of the film.
Some online reports have it as an alien invasion film, others (and these are the ones I want to be true) state it as a new giant monster film. Which, in my opinion, is a genre due for a big-time Hollywood come-back. Giant monster movies haven't been mainstream for ages and I'd like to see how Hollywood manages to do one.
The trailer, which you may be able to find on YouTube recorded off a cell phone or something else of "high" quality, gives us the following: Panic in the streets of New York. A gigantic fireball swallowing a city block. An unearthly roar.
Anyone?
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Post by frankenjohn on Jul 13, 2007 7:24:18 GMT -5
Yeah, I've heard much about it. It's a monster movie shot on a handheld camcorder on a $35 million budget. It has a bunch of no names and is directed by Drew Goddard, who directed the 1996 David Schwimmer comedy "The Pallbearer" and created the cult TV show "Felicity." It is currently filming in New York and I'm pretty sure L.A. too. And to me, it looks friggin' awesome!
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Jul 13, 2007 7:33:12 GMT -5
Giant monster movies haven't been mainstream for ages and I'd like to see how Hollywood manages to do one. Hopefully better than that crappy CGI GODZILLA movie from a few years back. Though, wouldn't the recent Peter Jackson KING KONG count as a giant monster movie? I saw the trailer in front of TRANSFORMERS as well and it did look pretty cool. It kind of looked like BLAIR WITCH PROJECT meets WAR OF THE WORLDS. Granted, the trailer didn't reveal anything too amazing, but it definitely piqued my curiosity. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jul 13, 2007 10:15:43 GMT -5
Yeah, but 2 out of how many movies released since 1998? I think that's the exclamation point Q was looking for.
Gonna have to dig through the news sources to find out more, I know I've seen this name thrown about.
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Post by Quorthon on Jul 13, 2007 14:42:24 GMT -5
Giant monster movies haven't been mainstream for ages and I'd like to see how Hollywood manages to do one. Hopefully better than that crappy CGI GODZILLA movie from a few years back. Though, wouldn't the recent Peter Jackson KING KONG count as a giant monster movie? I saw the trailer in front of TRANSFORMERS as well and it did look pretty cool. It kind of looked like BLAIR WITCH PROJECT meets WAR OF THE WORLDS. Granted, the trailer didn't reveal anything too amazing, but it definitely piqued my curiosity. What Slayrrr said. That's just two movies in over a decade. For those that don't know, (which is probably everyone except Slayrrr), the American Godzilla, often just known as "Zilla" appeared in the last Godzilla film: Final Wars. He was quickly dispatched by the original Godzilla that we all know and love. During the 50's and up through the 70's, there was a lot of "giant monster movies." My Mom had a book on the genre. The fifties and sixties made tons of them. Amazing Colossial Man, Attack of the 50-foot Woman, Godzilla, Gorgo, Reptilicus, Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (hey, that's one of my unwatched DVD's...), Them!, Tarantula, The Deadly Mantis, The Black Scorpion, Rodan, Earth vs. the Spider, The Monolith Monsters, and on and on and on. King Kong was one of the first giant monster films, and I hope the latest one becomes the one to lead us into a new age of those kind of films. I think their time has come. Entertainment fads are cyclical. It's time for this one to come back. |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Jul 13, 2007 16:17:08 GMT -5
I saw the trailer at Transformers...I have no clue what it's about, but looks pretty cool!
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Jul 14, 2007 16:56:55 GMT -5
Giant monster movies haven't been mainstream for ages and I'd like to see how Hollywood manages to do one. Sorry guys, I took that quote to mean that Q was curious to see how modern Hollywood did "one" giant monster movie, not an entire wave of them or rebirth of the genre. Probably not going to happen. There were tons of them in the fifties and tons of them over the years from Japan, but except for the occasional ones here in the states, ie: Q, the Jurassic Parks, CGI Zilla, Jackson's Kong, etc., I don't expect a huge explosion of them. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jul 15, 2007 10:30:07 GMT -5
I know what you meant, Heiney, and I was just pointing out that there was just two in a decade. Sorry if it came out sarcastic, had no intention if meaning it that way.
Wouldn't classify the JP films as giant monster movies, as they're simply Dinosaur movies. They're created in a method similar to how a creatire becomes gigantic, but as they're all simply regularsized Dinos, wouldn't really call those giant monster movies. Q works, but it's a long time ago to really fit in with the topic brought up. One I would add that you missed would be Starship Troopers, as there's gigantic bugs in there and fits in with the Sci-Fi requirement.
And you just listed about 5 of my all-time favorites in the genre there, Q. Black Scorpion, Reptilicus, Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Rodan (which is my favorite non-Godzilla film from Japan) and Gorgo (which is perhaps the only film I would put in the same league as the oriignal Japanese Godzilla. Absolutely spectacular) and I wouldn't mind seeing a resurrgence like those anytime soon.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Jul 15, 2007 11:40:20 GMT -5
Yeah, I get what you mean about the difference between a "true" giant monster movie and the Jurrasic films, but I threw them in there because in the context of the JP movies, the dinosaurs do pretty much what most giant monsters do in all of their respective movies, ie: run amok, destroy property and eat people. Especially the sequence in JP: THE LOST WORLD, where the T-Rex is running loose through the streets and chases that group of Japanese people. An obvious and very funny homage to the Godzilla movies.
Yeah, I forgot STARSHIP TROOPERS. That was a pretty good one.
What about those awful H.G. Welles' adaptations in the 70's, like FOOD OF THE GODS & EMPIRE OF THE ANTS?
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Post by Phoenix on Jul 15, 2007 13:01:06 GMT -5
If it is a Monster movie, I'm in. I finally saw this trailer yesterday and it looked pretty unique. I LOVE teasers as opposed to the slick Hollywood trailers I see all the time.
I just hope it's not too low budget. I can see a bad low budget monster film every weekend on the Sci Fi channel. LOL.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Jul 16, 2007 7:28:05 GMT -5
I just hope it's not too low budget. I can see a bad low budget monster film every weekend on the Sci Fi channel. LOL. Amen, sister! ;D |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jul 16, 2007 10:07:07 GMT -5
Hey, be nice now. There's some there that are pretty good, but are mostly for the craptastic film viewer.
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Post by Quorthon on Jul 29, 2007 11:35:10 GMT -5
Yeah, I forgot STARSHIP TROOPERS. That was a pretty good one. What about those awful H.G. Welles' adaptations in the 70's, like FOOD OF THE GODS & EMPIRE OF THE ANTS? I still don't remember if I saw the first or second Food of the Gods. But I have seen Empire of the Ants and it's pretty damn ridiculous. Ant pheremons controlling people? COME OONNNN!! Generally poor special effects as well. "Let's superimpose EVERYTHING!!" |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jul 30, 2007 10:13:34 GMT -5
I've been trying to find that one for ages. The DVD is OOP and have been scouring the web trying to find a reissue of it but no luck.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Jul 30, 2007 11:02:57 GMT -5
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS??
Save your money. Even when I saw it as a kid, I could tell it was really poor.
FOOD OF THE GODS is better, but it's not great either.
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