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post #1 of 8
8/9/04 at 2:21pm
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Coming from someone whose a fan of THE HITCHER, I may have a more biased opinion on this little suggestive horror film that's probably destined to be buried in the not to distant future. But I found it delivered in the dread department and loved the whole "night terrors" concept.

The ending unfortunatly is another bad case of big studio tampering with the almost laughable cgi creatures, but I want fault Harmon for this nice attempt at Val Lewtonish scares.
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post #2 of 8
8/9/04 at 2:28pm
There was once a great little script for a film called THEY. Then Dimension Films got their slimy grubs on it and fucked it up until nothing good remained.

Read the full tragic story here:

http://www.joblo.com/arrow/scriptreview6.htm
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post #3 of 8
8/9/04 at 2:43pm
Damn!

That original treatment is miles above the final crapfest. I seriously wonder why producers think they know better than writers. From the majority of the scripts I've been reading lately (Gibson's 'Aliens' treatment among them) these jackasses have little-to-no business making these decisions.
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post #4 of 8
8/9/04 at 2:45pm
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wow judging by how little was left of the original script it's a testamony to Harmon that the end result is even halfway compated and some scenes hold a descent amount of suspense.
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post #5 of 8
8/9/04 at 4:14pm
I honestly thought THEY was pure shit... it's a shame to learn just how much the original story was raped. I would have liked to have seen what Harmon could've done with it.

-DD
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post #6 of 8
8/9/04 at 5:06pm
That original script is great. I had to read it through in one sitting. I had to find out what the hell those things were. Would've been great to see it filmed.
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post #7 of 8
8/9/04 at 9:44pm
I don't know what kinda grip Dimension has on Harmon's balls, but it's gotta be pretty tight.

THEY-Good concept, anticipated by public-Dimension test-screens it into oblivion.
HIGHWAYMEN-Good concept, return to director's forte, examined the balance of man vs. machine-Dimension mucks with it to the point that it's unrecognizable.

Harmon has gotta run like the wind, before Dimesion makes him direct a remake of "The Hitcher" with the cast of "Summerland"!
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post #8 of 8
8/10/04 at 8:59am
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THEY has a lot of problems. Sure I'd like to have seen the creature design from the original script, but under the circumstances I think NOT showing it actually lends itself to the direction and very nice cinematagraphy in THEY, adapting to what Harmon had to work with. If it wasn't for the awful cgi at the end I might actually recommend THEY. As it is I've seen better, I've seen worse and not a lot I haven't.
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