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Boy are those ROTLD sequels gonna suck...

post #1 of 13
9/21/05 at 12:43am
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I don't know about the rest of the boards but man do those Return of the Living Dead sequels (4 &5) look like shite. I mean, if sucking ass was an art these things would be up at the MOCA. Great way to tell the movie is going to really burn balls.

And what about the Day of the Dead 2? Romero's got every right to grab a baseball bat and go to town on those folks behind that stink bomb. I hope not too many folks get ripped off, but you know they're going to make bucks solely from name recognition.

I loved the poster for ROTLD #3, that pierced up hottie had me salivating, but we got burned on that mark of the beast also.

Run! Runaway!
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post #2 of 13
9/21/05 at 9:55am
DotD2 is awful. It's made by filmmakers who really don't know the genre or what makes great genre pictures work. At least from the evidence of the film. Regardless of a bizarre tangential relationship to John Sayles' Matewan, of all things, the filmaker's association with 1983's Boogeyman II, a terrible Uli Lommel sequel/cash in, seems to be more indicative of their intentions. DotD2 also showcases their belief that the word "statutory" means "like a statue".

I don't think Romero really cares. Actually "I don't care" were his exact words on the Dawn remake. His creations still live and these productions can only make one want to seek them out all the more.

I am, however, looking forward to ROTLD 4 and 5. Elkayem's Eight Legged Freaks was short on budget and scale, but a whole lot of fun with its heart in exactly the right place. He does know the genre, it's limitations and its exploitable qualities.
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post #3 of 13
9/22/05 at 1:50am
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Elkayem did do a good job with 8LF's but it wasn't scary at all. ROTLD was fun and scary. It was just kick ass all the way around. But looking at these posters, know what kind of budget they have, it just makes my skin crawl. I hate when someone thinks they can turn any horror movie into a Burger King franchise. Last night me and the wife monster watched the Urban Legends 3 fllick and it's painful. Some of the dialogue was fresh, and even though Mary Lambert knows her chops, she churned out horror styled PRODUCT. It was a widget with horrific overtones, going down the numbers with out any heat or energy and reallly digging deep into Prom Night 2 Hello Mary Lou territory.

I love the original, but have no interest for the upcoming suckfest I'm sure is going to happen, but if it doesn't suck, I'll be the first to eat my words like with the Dawn & Chainsaw updates.
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post #4 of 13
9/22/05 at 9:37am
But they both sucked.
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post #5 of 13
9/25/05 at 10:48am
Shoot, I don't even like ROTLD 2 & 3, so I'm not even going to bother with these two.
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post #6 of 13
9/25/05 at 12:46pm
both 5 and 6 are debuting on the Sci Fi channel on Sat. Oct. 15.

I'm gonna give em a shot!
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post #7 of 13
9/26/05 at 9:28pm
That they are debuting as Sci Fi Channel original movies should tell you that shit is on the way.
And if DOTD 2 is the one that is subtiltled "Contagium" it has piece of shit writtten all over it.
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post #8 of 13
9/27/05 at 11:22am
"Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie" is only a phrase that has meaning to me when the Sci-Fi Channel actually funded/produced the film or miniseries (i.e. Dune, Children of Dune, Earthsea, Battlestar Galactica, etc.). Almost everything else under that banner is crap pushed on them by low budget studios that helped get the channel off the ground back in the day and/or keep it running presently. I'm talking to you, UFO and Nu Image!!!
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post #9 of 13
9/27/05 at 6:29pm
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Originally Posted by S.D. Bob Plissken
"Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie" is only a phrase that has meaning to me when the Sci-Fi Channel actually funded/produced the film or miniseries (i.e. Dune, Children of Dune, Earthsea, Battlestar Galactica, etc.). Almost everything else under that banner is crap pushed on them by low budget studios that helped get the channel off the ground back in the day and/or keep it running presently. I'm talking to you, UFO and Nu Image!!!
It's no secret that a lot of the Sci Fi original movies are not really "original" but movies that are too poor for theatrical release (which is saying something when you look at some of the films that do get into theaters....are you reading this, Uwe?) and are fobbed off on Sci Fi but Sci Fi is not the only offender.
A number of HBO and Showtime "originals" are also made for theaters films that never got into release.
I have suspected that there were business reasons other then the need to fill timeslots that has resulted in the Sci Fi Channel becoming a dumping ground of the refuse of the universe.
Yes,Sci FI occasionaly comes out with something really good,like Battlestar Galactica, which has been one of the most pleasent surprises in the last few years (I was one of those who were convinced it was going to be another cheap ripoff,instead it is a very well written show...in fact it is much better then the original),
but for the most part the Sci Fi channel makes me want to cry when I compare what it is with what it could be.
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post #10 of 13
9/29/05 at 12:11pm
Very true. Most of the time I just watch it for re-runs of old shows like The Twilight Zone, V, The Outer Limits, Kolchak the Night Stalker, etc.
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post #11 of 13
10/22/05 at 10:51am
I watched these on sci-fi and they were at least as good as House of the Dead, probably better. I especially liked the fleeting scenes from Necropolis that were shot in the ghost towns around chernobyl. incidentally, a few years ago I read a neat photoblog by this crazy russian motorcycle girl who would ride into the contaminated ghost town zone and take all these creepy photos. she said that sometimes when she came back she would glow in the dark for a couple hours
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post #12 of 13
10/22/05 at 10:53am
here is that site BTW http://www.kiddofspeed.com/
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post #13 of 13
11/27/05 at 4:55pm
These sequels sucked weenie.
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