About Alone in the dark...

Geezus

http://www.aloneinthedarkthemovie.com/

Go watch the very nice trailer....

Maybe I was a bit quick to stomp this in its face...

Very gigerish... incuding the Aliens vs marines approach - ( Dang that was Cameron's input not was it ? :wacky:

)

So is this a videogame adaptation ?

And what trashcan did they dug up slater from ? :mrgreen:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:00 pm **Post subject:**

That's not Gigerish, that's a cheap, pathetic knock off of his art. It has none of the athetic impact and its just ugly and poorly made (photoshop layers anyone?). The site is nicely designed, but its lack of content fills me with no confidence, nor do the production stills.

The director fills me with even less confidence, Arse Boil, creator of perhaps the worst film I've seen in a long time if not ever, House of the Dead.

Gigers work is only effective if people know how to use it. IMO Species failed to use it effectively, and this project fills me with even less confidence, and that was some real nice art work. Here there's nothing, weak artwork, CGI relic-come-Reign of fire, and Arse Boil has shown no attempt at being able to handle any action scenes (you've seen House of the Dead right? That's not action, that's just sad). If I were Giger I'd sue, not because of any need for money, because you just can't let people go round and fuck up your art work for a weak project like this. Its just unoriginal and insulting.

As for the trailer, looks Bad with a captial B imo:
http://www.alone-in-the-dark.com/trailer/theatrical.htm

Chadman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:18 am **Post subject:**

I really had no hope for this from the start, but once I saw Toilet Boll's name in the credits, I knew it had 0 chance of being watchable.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:15 pm **Post subject:**

BTW, why do we hate Christian Slater again? I keep forgetting...

Random Runner · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:37 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

BTW, why do we hate Christian Slater again? I keep forgetting...

look at him! sjeez..

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spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:45 pm **Post subject:**

yeah but I quite liked Hard Rain, and that had him in it.

Random Runner · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:51 pm **Post subject:**

hmmm...Hard Rain, just on telly last night... pretty bad imo...

i did like him very much in True Romance together with Arquette...
but thats prolly his only one i liked.

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PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:52 pm **Post subject:**

Heathers

Random Runner · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:56 pm **Post subject:**

btw. i havent seen AITD yet and im giving it a chance but if its really as bad , ill come back here and kill everybody who thinks its nice :beerchug:

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spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:56 pm **Post subject:**

oh yeah True Romance was good too... what's wrong with hard rain? they have boats and everything!

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:17 pm **Post subject:**

hard rain was cack!

True Romance is a bloody good movie tho

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:25 am **Post subject:**

Hard Rain was a decent enough average blockbuster movie imo, what's cack about it?

Its a tad more original than the rest of those type of films. I'd put it on the list with Lethal Weapon, The Negotiator, etc. of films that don't suck.

Kareltje538 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:56 pm **Post subject:**

Alone in the Dark sounds nice,but when I saw the trailer I just thought : WTF ????

Yet another stupid videogame adapted to the big screen (although resident Evil had some nice twists in it).

Bring in a couple of names (Slater & Reid) and Hollywood thinks they've got a hit (well,maybe they do,but I can't hardly imagine).

Speaking of Arquette.....has anybody seen her new TV-show
already (Medium) ?

I dl'ed all 5 episodes there are untill now and I have to say it's quite entertaining...

:twisted:

Geezus · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:53 pm **Post subject:**

I liked slater in Mindhunters - disposed off by fast and gory means :mrgreen:

Random Runner · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:05 pm **Post subject:**

see... MindHunters was uber-crap !...

maybe you have preculiar taste Geezus...hehe..no offence !

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Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:05 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

Hard Rain was a decent enough average blockbuster movie imo, what's cack about it?

Its a tad more original than the rest of those type of films. I'd put it on the list with Lethal Weapon, The Negotiator, etc. of films that don't suck.

maybe i was a little harsh but imo it is a disposable movie, i saw it on tv but never been inclined to d/l it. you watch it once and i suppose at least you dont feel like you've been robbed of an hour and a half. but there's just too many of those 'blockbuster' thriller/action movies already. same as lethal weapon, saw the first 3 at the cinema on release but not even caught them when they been on tv. let alone rent or buy them.

SuTTeR_CanE · **Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:11 am **Post subject:**

aitd will be crap! just like house of the dead and upcoming bloodrayne(also directed by uwe boll).

avatar · **Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:02 pm **Post subject:**

just have a look at the ratings this movie gets: IMDb 1.9 and even more interesting Metacritic.com 0.9 out of ten! :-o

ViSCeRaL · **Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:34 pm **Post subject:**

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2649

Great article, written by a script writer who once collaberated with Boll.

Some great quotes:

Quote:

Who in their right mind would give him money to make anything except possibly trips from a pizza delivery store?

and

Quote:

I think Uwe secretly lusts after Euro B-movie maker Paul Verhoven's lucrative career, which is really kind of sad if you think about it.

and

Quote:

this was the first movie I've ever seen featuring gratuitous tit-shots during a scene where a retarded girl is raped.........Unfortunately, this powerful movie failed find an American distributor, and I don't foresee this changing unless the retard rape market suddenly picks up.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:47 pm **Post subject:**

Quote:

Yes, I know English is not his first language, but Jesus Christ, I'm not even sure this man has a first language.

was a good one too

as was

Quote:

"The other practitioners of cinematic drivel can rest a little easier now; they can walk in the daylight with their heads held high, a smile on their lips and a song in their heart. 'It's okay,' they'll tell themselves. 'I didn't make Alone in the Dark'."

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