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Lovecraft, As Directed By Ron Howard?

post #1 of 54
3/26/09 at 2:51pm
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Strange Adventures, indeed- http://chud.com/articles/articles/18...ARD/Page1.html
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post #2 of 54
3/26/09 at 2:55pm
No.

I have no idea what this comic is but no.
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post #3 of 54
3/26/09 at 2:55pm
Ron Howard? I think I'm gonna puke...
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post #4 of 54
3/26/09 at 2:56pm
I'm having trouble picturing Howard at the helm of this.
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post #5 of 54
3/26/09 at 2:56pm
Ron Howard? Horrors. Unimaginable.
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post #6 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:01pm
I'm tempted to say that any Lovecraft on the screen (big or small) is a good thing, but the concept is a tired one and I can't see Howard as having the requisite darkness to pull it off. However, Howard is a skilled and interesting director, so even if it's a mess it'll likely be an interesting mess.

But dammit, I want At The Mountains of Madness now!
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post #7 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:03pm
I'll give him credit for trying to spread his wings, but he hasn't done anything to indicate that he could pull off a horror movie.
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post #8 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:04pm
Howard may be skilled but I don't think he has the capability to deliver visually. And for big screen Lovecraft you have to. It will be laughable otherwise. CGI squids sell the material way short.
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post #9 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:08pm
The only way Ron Howard can make a Lovecraft movie somewhat terrifying is by casting Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump as Yog-Sothoth.
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post #10 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:34pm
OK, I'm going to stir up some shit here and say that Lovecraft film adaptations don't really work. Sure, RE-ANIMATOR is great but it's not the Lovecraftian elements that make it great. Every single other adaptation is a mixed bag to terrible and there's a real simple reason -- Lovecraftian horror is the horror of the unimaginable. As soon as you put tentacles on screen you are physically realizing something that was never meant to be physically realized.

I know some of you are going to insist that Del Toro is the man to finally do Lovecraft justice, but even then I have my doubts. Lovecraft's horror is meant to be the personal horror of your imagination. Even an imagination as vast as Del Toro's has it's limitations, at least as far as what he can put on screen. He's sure to do better than most though.
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post #11 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:37pm
That seems like a terrible choice to direct. Who will do the inevitable re-writes? Goldsman? Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel?
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post #12 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:41pm
What next?
How Cthuluhu Stole Christmas?
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post #13 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Ron Howard? Horrors. Unimaginable.
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Originally Posted by Aquafresh View Post
Every single other adaptation is a mixed bag to terrible and there's a real simple reason -- Lovecraftian horror is the horror of the unimaginable.
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post #14 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:51pm
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What next?
How Cthuluhu Stole Christmas?
I'd pay to see that, actually
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post #15 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:53pm
So would I. That could be a pretty funny movie in the right hands. One of you photoshop guys needs to get to work on that.
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post #16 of 54
3/26/09 at 3:56pm
Thread Starter 
Could do a whole series-

The Shub-Niggurath Code
A Beautiful Mordiggian
Happy Dagon
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post #17 of 54
3/26/09 at 4:07pm
I want Dagon to go "Ayyyeee"
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post #18 of 54
3/26/09 at 4:09pm
I'd pay for Cinderella Ubbo-Sathla.

Though it could make for a nice Willow.
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post #19 of 54
3/26/09 at 4:10pm
Seriously, I'm expecting some Litmus Configuration worthy posters.
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post #20 of 54
3/26/09 at 4:11pm
Didn't Splash already prove that he can make terrifying films about half-humanoid horrors from the deep?

Maybe Ron has some things to work out of his system after presiding over two Dan Brown adaptations.
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post #21 of 54
3/26/09 at 4:30pm
I'm already picturing the behind-the-scenes DVD extras with Howard looking over some concept art and laughing, "Whoa! Ha ha, that's great, but we should probably dial it back a little bit."
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post #22 of 54
3/26/09 at 6:29pm
I'm holding back on commenting until I learn the depth of Clint's inevitable involvement.
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post #23 of 54
3/26/09 at 6:40pm
Maybe Howard can channel some of his Roger Corman roots, but...

This article DOES NOT COMPUTE.
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post #24 of 54
3/26/09 at 7:30pm
My mind is blown by this news, almost as badly as it would have been had I beheld one of HPL's indescribable creations.
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post #25 of 54
3/26/09 at 10:04pm
Eh I don't mind it. I think Howard gets a lot of bad press (Though to be fair some of his choices leave a bit to be desired). But I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
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post #26 of 54
3/26/09 at 10:17pm
I hadn't seen a Ron Howard film in several years when I finally broke down and saw FROST/NIXON based on the reviews, the cast and the subject matter. I was appalled by the lack of vision and control on display in that film. I have no doubt Ron Howard is a very kind, sweet person and works with nothing but the best of intentions. And in this world, those are certainly admirable traits. But aside from lightweight comedies, I'm not sure he has the chops for fare more challenging than PARENTHOOD, NIGHT SHIFT or SPLASH. And have you watched those films recently? The years have not been kind.

I guess I should give him props for trying, though.
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post #27 of 54
3/26/09 at 10:22pm
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I'm holding back on commenting until I learn the depth of Clint's inevitable involvement.
Clint Howard IS Pickman's Model.

"But by God, Eliot, it was a photograph from life."
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post #28 of 54
3/27/09 at 8:00am
Noone's done Lovecraft right, yet. Noone. And I have a feeling Howard won't be the first person to succeed.

Concept sounds more Men In Black than Call Of Cthulhu.
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post #29 of 54
3/27/09 at 3:39pm
I think "Dagon" got it right. . .

And the Silent "Call of Cthulhu" is pretty cool.
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post #30 of 54
3/27/09 at 3:55pm
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I think "Dagon" got it right. . .

And the Silent "Call of Cthulhu" is pretty cool.
I'll agree, and I'm a fan of FROM BEYOND as well.
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post #31 of 54
3/27/09 at 8:45pm
As much as I disapprove, I know I'm going to end up watching this.
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post #32 of 54
3/27/09 at 11:48pm
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
And the Silent "Call of Cthulhu" is pretty cool.
Didn't those guys also do another a little while ago, I recall it being in sound though but I don't recall what it was called.

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I'll agree, and I'm a fan of FROM BEYOND as well.
Well, who doesn't like Jeffery Combs biting someones eye out and sucking their brains through the eye socket?
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post #33 of 54
3/28/09 at 12:30am
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Didn't those guys also do another a little while ago, I recall it being in sound though but I don't recall what it was called.
They're working on The Whisperer in Darkness but it hasn't been released yet.
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post #34 of 54
3/28/09 at 2:06am
That one has a cool little trailer.
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post #35 of 54
4/3/09 at 8:49pm
Frankly, the only serious film of Howard's I really liked was Apollo 13.
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post #36 of 54
4/6/09 at 11:49am
Quick, someone PS Who-sucking tentacles onto Carrey's face!

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post #37 of 54
4/6/09 at 2:07pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Now that's what I'd expect from a Lovecraft film - make it a period piece in B&W. The compositions, shadows, etc. would be memorably haunting and keep the viewer up at night. If Howard goes this route I'd be pleasantly amazed.

I'm not denying Howard has the skill set to make good films, but to veer off into horror that's more esoteric and macabre than most audiences are used to... I don't see it happening. Although, if Howard really nails it, it would be kind of cool watching the audience go mad as Azathoth blurbles along onscreen (I have my Elder Sign, so I'll be OK, happily munching on popcorn).
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post #38 of 54
4/10/09 at 11:38am
First picture surfaces from the Ron Howard Lovecraft movie...



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post #39 of 54
4/10/09 at 11:41am
That reminds me: at my wife's baby shower, my friend Nick & his wife gave my wife a stuffed Cthulhu as a gag gift. The gag was lost on EVERYONE in the room except me.
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post #40 of 54
4/10/09 at 11:54am
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
That reminds me: at my wife's baby shower, my friend Nick & his wife gave my wife a stuffed Cthulhu as a gag gift. The gag was lost on EVERYONE in the room except me.
How inappropriate! Everyone knows that you're supposed to give idols of Shub-Niggurath to pregnant women, not of Cthulhu. I can't believe you have to deal with such peasants on a daily basis.
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post #41 of 54
9/25/09 at 3:26pm
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Howard speaks- http://chud.com/articles/articles/20...AFT/Page1.html

I'm bumping this thread instead of starting a new one because we never got our Howard/Lovecraft mashup posters, damn it.
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post #42 of 54
9/25/09 at 11:42pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Quick, someone PS Who-sucking tentacles onto Carrey's face!
Okay, so maybe it wasn't exactly "quick," but I had somehow missed this thread the first time around.
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post #43 of 54
9/26/09 at 12:09am
Bravo. You really captured the octopoid essence, SV.
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post #44 of 54
9/26/09 at 12:15am
The Adventures of Young Howard Phillips Lovecraft! Isn't this the kind of shit Devin hates? (With good reason.)

Was IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS a large enough release to be considered a litmus test for the general audiences ability to handle a Lovecraft film?
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post #45 of 54
9/29/09 at 1:31pm
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The Adventures of Young Howard Phillips Lovecraft! Isn't this the kind of shit Devin hates? (With good reason.)

Was IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS a large enough release to be considered a litmus test for the general audiences ability to handle a Lovecraft film?
Not to smash the Tablets of Ibn Gazi; but would ANY of us WANT 'the general audience's ability to handle a Lovecraft film?'

...aside from it making MORE films possible, that is.


...ahh, the 'double-edged' sword.
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post #46 of 54
9/29/09 at 2:08pm
Speaking of Lovecraft films, I recently re-watched Spider and I'd love it if Cronenberg gave old Howard Philips a try. He would certainly have the oppressive psychological pressure of the Old Ones' presence down.

Of course I'd love it if Cronenberg made every movie, including romcoms.
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post #47 of 54
9/29/09 at 2:53pm
I think this project needs to be a crossover:
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post #48 of 54
9/29/09 at 3:39pm
The ONLY way 'the general audience would have the ability to handle a Lovecraft film' would be if the title had 'Indiana Jones and the...' in the opening credits.

...and after 'Crystal Skull', well...
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post #49 of 54
9/29/09 at 3:42pm
I´d watch the shit out of this:
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post #50 of 54
9/29/09 at 3:46pm
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I´d watch the shit out of this:
make it "directed and written by Frank Darabont", and i'd buy a ticket for every showing until its taken from the theater.
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