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Post by Thunder Child on Oct 10, 2005 16:20:52 GMT
Hi all, One of the most important and interesting scenes that were left out of the Pendragon Pictures movie was "Dead London". The only thing you see in the movie is a dead woman (in itself a good scene) and a few fields that represent the great 19th century capital  . There have been a lot of theories about why "Dead London" was not in the movie. It doesn't matter what the rael reason was, I do know that it isn't difficult or expensive to do this scene right. In the great Books documentary from the Learning Channel, the Dead London scene is present! And it gave me goosbumbs when I first saw it and heard the Martian cry. The scene is simply done but it works. Even the Machine in the park looks cool. A lesson for Pendragon! If The Learning Channel can do this scene right, then you could have too. Especially with a budget of 40 million, as you claimed you had. I've uploaded this piece of film so you can view it. Enjoy!!! huizen.daxis.nl/~twotw/Greatbooksdeadlondon.WMVJust right click it and save as... Johan |
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Post by FutureDirector on Oct 10, 2005 17:07:56 GMT
um... wow... pendragon can take a lesson ><, but I would have liked him running to it and a few more shots on him looking scared
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Post by Killraven on Oct 10, 2005 17:34:37 GMT
um... wow... pendragon can take a lesson ><, but I would have liked him running to it and a few more shots on him looking scared Yeah but I think we had enough shots of Piana looking 'scared' ...or was that flatulent ;D |
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Post by Rob on Oct 10, 2005 18:35:23 GMT
I like the ulla in this little clip
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Post by David Faltskog on Oct 10, 2005 18:43:48 GMT
Now that is damm spooky, everything the Pendragon version sadly was,nt. Thank's Johan.  D.F. |
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Post by RustiSwordz on Oct 10, 2005 18:51:56 GMT
Bring ding ding ding ding....  |
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Post by BrutalDeluxe on Oct 10, 2005 23:04:13 GMT
Thanx Johan, that was highly entertaining. I must see the whole thing now!
At first when I heard the Martian I thought it was singing, but it illustrates the feeling of the book nicely.
Is that Donald Sutherland doing the voice over?
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Post by Thunder Child on Oct 10, 2005 23:22:30 GMT
Yep, that's Donald Sutherland alright. And he does a very good job too. The footage are actually in colour, but somehow I can only record it in black/white...  FutureDirector: I'm not saying this is THE way to do Dead London, not at all. But this clip does show that you don't need much to film it in a believable way... Johan |
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Post by Phil on Oct 11, 2005 0:51:20 GMT
Excellent. Moody and creepy; everything the Pendragon picture was not. The howling was truly haunting.
I wonder if Hines's peculiar child would have been better if filmed in B&W like this, instead of the LSD induced nightmare we got.
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Post by BrutalDeluxe on Oct 11, 2005 1:23:50 GMT
The footage are actually in colour, but somehow I can only record it in black/white... That's funny. I actually thought the black and white tone suited it ;D |
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Post by Poyks on Oct 11, 2005 8:08:13 GMT
Cheers Johan. There's an eerie sense of peace about the clip. Very enjoyable. :-)
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Oct 11, 2005 12:03:17 GMT
Wow!, that was creepy. I really enjoyed that short clip. Many thanks for sharing it with us Johan.
Its a shame the video is not widely available as I and many would love to have that in our collection.
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Post by thomas234 on Oct 11, 2005 16:39:44 GMT
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Post by Thunder Child on Oct 11, 2005 16:58:19 GMT
I've got mine brand new, factory ceiled from e-bay for just a few dollars...
Johan
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Oct 11, 2005 21:16:54 GMT
Hoohaa, now I have just got to get it. Cheers Thomas and thanks to Johan for posting up the footage. |
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Oct 11, 2005 21:53:06 GMT
Nice one, Johan! Got to get me a copy of that too!
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Post by mctoddridesagain on Oct 11, 2005 22:12:38 GMT
Blimey, they've done their site up! It wasn't on there a few months ago, I had to get mine from eBay...
$4.99! It's a steal! Shame they've not put it on DVD...
I highly recommend it, damn good show, I've just been watching it again. Apart from the clearly cheap but very deftly made reconstructions, there's also an excellent cast of talking heads, Brian Aldiss in particular is very enthusiastic.
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Post by Thunder Child on Oct 11, 2005 22:15:39 GMT
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Post by ArmoredTrackLayer on Oct 13, 2005 15:03:53 GMT
I like the machine design alot, and the hooting of the martian was eeeeerrrriiieee
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Oct 14, 2005 15:50:28 GMT
Just ordered my copy of the video off the "Discovery Channel" website. Not exactly a good price for a video, including shipping it came to $26.94 - £15.97, but it will be worth it as I have heard very good things about the documentary |
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