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Post by Dr_Moreau on May 20, 2005 13:28:51 GMT
I was responsible for changing the camcorder battery!
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Post by Happy Chappy on May 20, 2005 13:29:10 GMT
Rusti, sorry to be an arse, but I resent your comments about those of us with a little bit of faith.
the reason I have faith (ok, only a fraction, but it's there) in this film is because I WANT it to exist/succeed (however you want to put it)...
...Ok, so I might turn out to be a complete pile of nutse, but until then, I will stay (slightly) positive about it.
...And no, I do not work for Pendragon.
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Post by RustiSwordz on May 20, 2005 14:19:15 GMT
I was responsible for changing the camcorder battery! I think it be better if someone left the lens-man-cap on! LMAO! ;D
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Post by RustiSwordz on May 20, 2005 14:20:16 GMT
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Post by krys666 on May 20, 2005 15:41:04 GMT
I think I can safely say that ANY of us here could have done a better version than this! Even the artwork looks bad. No I'm sorry, "crap"!
So it's an "18" rating, a lot of violence, (Heat ray burnings, guns, squishing, torture) Swearing (Human and Martian) Drug References (Who knows.... man... whoa! A pink cat!) Sex/Nudity (I do hope so).
If the later is achieved then it May increse this film's crapness, but I deny it's existance.
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Post by timeship2 on May 20, 2005 16:57:42 GMT
Seeing as the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie is still fresh in our minds, I thought one of Douglas Adams famous quotes, suitably modified of course, would be appropriate at this time: Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly bad could have been filmed by chance that some fans have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of Tim. The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that the complete movie actually exists," says Tim, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing." "But," say the Fans, "the movie trailers are a dead giveaway aren't they? They could not have been filmed by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED." "Oh dear," says Tim, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanished at the end of April"
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Post by RossH on May 20, 2005 17:11:14 GMT
I still say that the poor design is nothing compared to the fact that there are no production images used for the cover- it's all old concept pieces...
Surely they have SOMETHING better than that to use; It's not like the concept/inspiration pieces were that good to begin with.
I suspect it's another 15 minute photoshop job from Pendragon to give the impression there's more that there actually is.
I still want to see the movie, and at $10 I'll be happy to risk buying it unseen, but the cover doesn't make me believe there's anything to put on DVD yet... I'm not going to pre-order the disk, just to have yet another releasedate wizz past...
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Post by kurt on May 24, 2005 6:51:58 GMT
i still love the handling machine, but those new tripods look uber tacky! the pre 9/11 design for them was i think awsome. totaly alien with a kinda h.r giger feel to it. those new one remind me of in the book when wells describes a post war panthlet depicting the tripods as un life like, stiff and clumbsy. Im still lookin forward to watching this movie though, if it does come out.
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Post by Spirit of Man on May 24, 2005 7:05:26 GMT
Ill probably buy it, but only if it makes it to region 2. I dont have high hopes for this film, but im ready and willing to give it a watch, you never know......could be the best film of all time tucked away behind that mysteriously deceptive cover
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Post by HTT on May 24, 2005 12:51:47 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300]Aaarrrggh!
First it's the 'martian eyes' cover, then the 'horse & cart' cover, now this heap of sh1te with the godawful praying mantis bobbins.
I want to see this film, I really do, but I dunno if I want to watch it in sepiatone.
Patience running thin now...[/glow]
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Post by theredweed on May 24, 2005 13:33:20 GMT
I still want to see the first adaptation of the book, it is about time someone actually noted that it was a book first before a movie or a musical version (not having a go at these as I like them) I want to see it and will give it a chance the DVD cover look a bit poop but then again I can think of loads of DVD covers that look poop, to be honest I dont think much of the paramount poster, it has nuts all the do wih anything and the tag line is wank "their already here". But I will still watch it cos it has something to offer, which is the money spent on it and the drew.
I will watch this one cos it has something to offer, a direct adaptation, so if you dont want to watch it dont. But dont say the movie itself is nuts until you have seen it.
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Post by WaverBoy on May 25, 2005 7:14:27 GMT
I still haven't seen anything to suggest that this film even exists, beyond the bit of footage in the trailers. I want it to exist, believe me...but I don't think it does. Unless it's a Viewer's Digest Condensed Version that runs about seven minutes. And the DVD cover is beyond pathetic.
Methinks the Emperor wears no clothes...
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Post by Zoe on May 25, 2005 7:49:07 GMT
I still haven't seen anything to suggest that this film even exists, beyond the bit of footage in the trailers. I want it to exist, believe me...but I don't think it does. Unless it's a Viewer's Digest Condensed Version that runs about seven minutes. And the DVD cover is beyond pathetic. Methinks the Emperor wears no clothes... I agree with you. And I don't hate Hines and I am not a 'nay-sayer' or whatever...... I think, personally, that the 'Fat lady sang' on the trailer (OK..... she's not really fat). I said at the time that I thought Hines had probably only shot a test real in an attempt to get funds and not only have I heard nothing to prove me wrong but others have come forward and said they have reason to believe it hasn't been made. I don't actually think Hines is a complete idiot or 'fraudulent' but he might have overstretched himself. I had an experience like that once where I just could not get people to do all the jobs without paying them a lot of money. Sometimes people promise all kinds of things and then disappear at the first sign that they might not actually be getting paid. In my case it was a stage show that went on half finished and of course I talked it up and hoped for the best. It wasn't bad...... by the way. It just wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. It very nearly did not happen. Nobody ever gets any praise or thanks for trying in show-business. You get things thrown at you. In fact I wonder why so many people actually try in the first place! My guess is that right now Hines is running around desperately trying to get something finished to send out on video - just so he can convince backers and Internal Revenue that he tried. I wouldn't be surprised if the end result isn't a photo-montage with some acted scenes and all and only the footage we've seen narrated possibly by Anthony Piana or even just by Hines. I wouldn't be surprised if the "message from the cast" was filmed at the farewell party just before the actors walked out because they had just heard that they had just drunk the last of the budget and probably wouldn't be getting paid. That's how most profit share productions end up. I might be wrong - I hope I am because I really don't like any artistic enterprise to fail..... but I'm not holding my breath. Now someone prove that I don't know what I'm talking about and I'll be perfectly happy to admit I'm wrong. Humble pie isn't in it...... I'm an artist - like Hines - I stick my neck out. It's my job Zoe
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Post by Warmonger on May 25, 2005 9:23:39 GMT
Don't you think it is a little bit silly that just a week ago people were complaining that the movie was never going to be released, yet now here we are bitching about the DVD cover?
Sure, it is a comp of a bunch of artowork that we have already seen. I'll agree that it isn't some spectacular new piece of artwork. But I'll also say that I've seen lots of DVD covers that aren't all that exciting. To someone who hasn't been following the whole production and already seen all the artwork, it WILL be new to them. And while it might not be the greatest cover in the world, I don't think it is nearly as crappy as some have suggested.
Then again, I'm not a professional graphics designer, so what do I know?
I'm just happy that this means the movie is coming out. I don't buy the conspiracy theories that there isn't really a product. Amazon wouldn't be selling air. Pesonally I think having a movie, regardless of the DVD cover artwork, is a *MAJOR* improvement over not having anything. And as for other speculation that there are only "bits and pieces" and not a full film, then why would the running length be 3 hours?? If you don't have a film and are just trying to dump out a DVD, there is no way you put 3 hours of material on it, IMO.
As for Pendragon's silence, one can only speculate. I suspect at this point that the film's distributers are calling the shots. Who knows why they are keeping silent for now? It could be a variety of reasons, though one would think that if they want to promote their film, they will have to break the silence very soon. Anthony over on Eve of the War said something last week about an anouncement "soon", so maybe there is still more to the story than we know?
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Post by Balrog on May 25, 2005 10:01:45 GMT
Isn't anyone else bored with all this?
Until someone actually has the real thing in their hands then please just shut the fk up.
I check these forums every day and its just so dull waiting for something that will probably never happen.
Bored Bored Bored Bored Bored
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Post by jeffwaynefan on May 25, 2005 10:27:35 GMT
Balrog, I have this feeling, now correct me if Im wrong, but this feeling I get, Im good at this soert of thing, but I sense that you could be - don't say anything else, but the feeling I get from reading your post, it's coming to me now, the feeling I get is that you are - bored ;D
WELL READ SOMETHING ELSE THEN!
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Post by HTT on May 25, 2005 10:39:59 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300]I, for one, am not bored!!
I think it's interesting for the debates that arise from it. For me, the fact that it has the mantis machines, implies that they're part of the movie - which in turn implies a sepia toned movie (as outlined in previous articles), which I have concerns about. This leads to the debate whether it is the actual DVD cover, or a mocked up one for promotional purposes.
I think it would be more boring if everyone shut up and simply waited for the movies - after all, the whole point of a forum is to keep talking, even if some find it boring. Not all threads suit everyone's tastes. [/glow]
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Post by Gray on May 25, 2005 11:18:36 GMT
Now someone prove that I don't know what I'm talking about and I'll be perfectly happy to admit I'm wrong. Humble pie isn't in it...... I'm an artist - like Hines - I stick my neck out. It's my job Zoe Well said Zoe. I'm in the arts myself, and I've been bemused about the sustained bitterness over the Pendragon film. Some on the board don't seem to understand the artistic process and don't understand the realities of production (--I'm not trying to start anything here. No insult intended to anyone. It's just an evaluation.) . If they did, I'm sure they'd be a little more generous. You do the best you can with what you've got, and any legitimate critique of the production has to evaluate it in proper context. For whatever reason, Hines appears to have micromanaged the project to the detriment of the film. And it's pretty clear that his day job isn't marketing. This isn't intended as a defense of Hines. I suppose it's a defense of anyone who has the courage to create. If you're going to fail, fail big. I've been away for a while, and from the posts I've read I'm confused about the status of the Pendragon film. And I'm too lazy to search through all the old posts to get an update. I'd appreciate it if one of the mods or someone who doesn't get emotional over this could bring me up to speed. Did the Pendragon project collapse? Is it not going to be released on DVD?
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Post by Gnorn on May 25, 2005 11:45:21 GMT
Your guess is as good as ours, Gray. We have no news from Mr. Hines since his last message about the delayed cinema release (the message which included the movie poster with the martian eyes). Then last month the release date changed to 'coming soon' but no message whatsoever. Last week Amazon.com listed the DVD of Mr. Hines movie, again no message to go with it. So we're still left in the dark as to the DVD actually coming out. the UAV website doesn't help either. Guess we'll have to wait for next month and see what happens. Oh well, I've been waiting since I learned of this project last December, can wait another month.
-Gnorn
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Post by HTT on May 25, 2005 12:40:52 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300]Nicely put Gnorn.
I'd just like to add that MovieTyme also put up the DVD for pre-order last month (or before?) at £17.99 delivered, but still hasn't had the street date or final price confirmed. It's also using the original teaser poster for the 'cover'.
All we can say is that the DVD is almost certainly coming out, hopefully soon. I belive also, that in another thread, someone has recently been told by the films composer that a new announcement is coming soon.[/glow]
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