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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: starbug on April 10, 2006, 04:28:30 am
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Hey just say a trailer for the silent hill movie and it dosen't look that bad, i didn't even know that there was a film being made, i just hope it dosen't follow suite with the other game to film adaptations. Silent hill is my favourite horror series which reminds me does anyone know how where i can get copys of 3 and 4 for the PC, i could never find them in the shops even when they were suposeded to be released now where stock them.
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I'm always up for more horror movies. I always laugh my pants off all the way to the laundry basket. :)
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You can probably buy those games on the net somewhere. Just run them fhrough a price comparison site and you'll be fine. Personally I'll be buying the Silent Hill collection for the PS2 at the end of the month. It's 25 quid which works out at over 8 pounds per game, but that's much cheaper than buying them all seperately (even 2nd hand). I'd be interested in knowing if the version of SH2 in the collection is the director's cut version or not though, if anyone knows.
The movie looks pretty good. I'm trying not to get too excited about it. From what I can gather there's a lot of potential for a good movie in the SH games. More than you might find in a game like Street Fighter or Mario Bros :nervous:. I have to say though, the trailer doesn't convince me entirely. It seems to be trying to hard to do the ring thing at times. Even though SH has never been short of creppy little girls it never came across as an all out J-horror rip off like the movie does in the trailer. The wise old lady was a bit cliche' too, and why the hell did they cast Galadriel from Lord of the Rings? Bad move. Also Boromir from Lord of the Rings in the outside world researching the town on the internet? Aside from the flipping Rings reunion thing going on I can see having someone on the outside utterly shattering the claustrophobic , no-escape atompshere of town of Silent Hill.
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IIRC Sean Bean is only in it because the studio threw back the finished script and demanded it had at least one male character.
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the studio threw back the finished script and demanded it had at least one male character.
Well, the studio are pricks for doing that and the screen writers are pricks for introducing a character "on the outside" to solve the problem. Unless it works out spectacularly well, in which case I am a prick for having so little faith. Also that's not Galadriel is it, it's the Borg Queen. Whoever she is her character is still rubbish. I am actually looking forward to this film, seriously ;).
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Sean Bean's in it? =o
Does anyone else find Sean Bean oddly erotic?
In a non-homosexual way?
Strange.
*goes off to find movie*
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Sean Bean's in it? =o
Does anyone else find Sean Bean oddly erotic?
In a non-homosexual way?
Strange.
Sean Bean rocks... but still... :wtf:
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To quote you, Grug... "WTF mate?"
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Sean Bean's in it? =o
Does anyone else find Sean Bean oddly erotic?
In a non-homosexual way?
Strange.
Sean Bean rocks... but still... :wtf:
:wtf: Sean bean lends his voice in Oblivion, but, yeah, with mefustae.. :wtf:
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Sean Bean's in it? =o
Does anyone else find Sean Bean oddly erotic?
In a non-homosexual way?
Strange.
*goes off to find movie*
I think you must be going delirious from the cold.
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Nah, he's just gay, or bi, and coming to terms with it in a very public way.
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Maybe he just has a thing for beards?
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LoL.
Ahh, you silly dumplins.
I'm flattered that I managed to get so many :wtf: oh noes he doesn't conform!!111 results though. :)
But yeas, Sean Bean does rock. :nod:
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I can't see how another man can be erotic in a non-homosexual way. Err, unless you're a woman. Or you just have a fetish for various manly appendages.
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It was more of a light hearted joke really.
But what if I did think Sean Bean had an erotic voice, and what if I did still like girls?
Does that shake any foundations there?
:rolleyes:
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(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1074/trevelyan2xh.jpg)
YOU CANNOT RESIST THE BEAN!!
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Damn straight! :lol:
Ahh, 006, it's been a while... :)
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Lord knows I can't.
I'm about 2 weeks from forking over £45 for a 15 DVD box set of Sharpe.
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I don't think the Silent Hill film could be in better hands.
Christophe Gans is not only a fan of the games, but he seems to actually understand what the series is all about. Not to mention Akira Yamaoka himself has praised his work on the movie.
I'm always up for more horror movies. I always laugh my pants off all the way to the laundry basket. :)
It sounds to me like you're confusing horror films with slasher or gore flicks or one of the other terrible sub-genres that aren't actually real horror films.
The wise old lady was a bit cliche' too
Well, that's hardly their fault. It is an adaption of the first game after all. It wouldn't be SH1 without Dalia.
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I'm flattered that I managed to get so many :wtf: oh noes he doesn't conform!!111 results though. :)
coming from the man who sparked a 4 page thread on sectorgame about nipples. His nipples. His frosty nipples.
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I'm very interested with this one. I think it might be a decent game to movie adaptation. It's strange though; I generally don't like horror films.
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I'm flattered that I managed to get so many :wtf: oh noes he doesn't conform!!111 results though. :)
coming from the man who sparked a 4 page thread on sectorgame about nipples. His nipples. His frosty nipples.
Yeah but everyone enjoys talking about that. >..>
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Don't call him Sean Bean, call him...
BOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMI RBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROM IRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRCHUCKNORRIS BOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIRBOROMIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and he's 006 too :).
The movie doesn't look that bad, it looks better than stay alive, that's for sure.
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Oh yes. Stay Alive. The movie based on the board game of the same name.
(http://files.boardgamegeek.com/bggimages/pic116617_sized.jpg)
I've heard Boromir falls into a hole quite early on in the movie. Sorry Grug .
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"Oh my god Dave, a red circle!"
"I see it Steve. We'l have to move quick..... if we want to STAY ALIVE!"
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"Coming next season: STAY ALIVE: on a PLANE"
So, your telling me one else here thinks Sean Bean has a seductive voice?
Your all freaks. :wtf:
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So anyway. Back to the topic at hand. Here's a little making of video I found.
http://media.putfile.com/On-The-Set-Of-Silent-Hill
Mostly it's just the cast and crew bigging up the movie but there is some interesting stuff in there for anyone with even a passing interest in the movie. Everyone talks a lot about how SH is different. Which I am assuming means they don't really know what cinema audiences will make or it and are kind of expecting it to flop. Calling it "different" is a nice excuse when your movie flops (the audience just didn't get it).
After seeing this documentary I'd say I'm less optimistic about being entertained by this movie and more optimistic about seeing something really wierd and either disturbing or silly. The whole concept of pyramid head still baffles me. I don't know what's more scary. A big wrestler dude with a pyramid for a head, or that someone thought that a big wrestler dude with a pyramid for a head would be scary?
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Awesome, awesome link. I am even more pumped for this movie now.
And ah...Pyramid Head is definately a force to be feared. He's basically the executioner/grim reaper of the Silent Hill universe. oo; If he wants you to die, you usually do, by means of his giant-ass sword. He premieres in Silent Hill 2.
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Awesome, awesome link. I am even more pumped for this movie now.
And ah...Pyramid Head is definately a force to be feared. He's basically the executioner/grim reaper of the Silent Hill universe. oo; If he wants you to die, you usually do, by means of his giant-ass sword. He premieres in Silent Hill 2.
I presume an ass-sword isn't a sword with a blade shaped like a bum?
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.. and would that be any stranger than a head shaped like a pyramid?
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.. and would that be any stranger than a head shaped like a pyramid?
Well, i'm sure there are uses to a pyramid shaped head. You could be really good headbutting people in a fight, or you could buy a nice hat to take away the eye. But a bum shaped sword has very little use because it's rather blunt. Perhaps a bum-club might be more useful.
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Mostly it's just the cast and crew bigging up the movie but there is some interesting stuff in there for anyone with even a passing interest in the movie. Everyone talks a lot about how SH is different. Which I am assuming means they don't really know what cinema audiences will make or it and are kind of expecting it to flop. Calling it "different" is a nice excuse when your movie flops (the audience just didn't get it).
But the Silent Hill games are also 'different' from the usual entries to the horror genre. If the film is faithful, it would be too. I'm not quite sure what makes you think 'different' has to be in a negative sense.
And Pyramid Head is the most awesome antagonist ever.
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It's not the appearance. Horror movies aren't supposed to be about scary pictures. They're about what you don't see and what your mind fills in the blanks with. The Silent Hill games try damned hard to get right inside your head.
The original Alien movie was a good horror movie. You don't actually see the alien properly until near the end. It's an unknown, unstoppable, almost Lovecraftian horror. In Aliens, the aliens are nothing but bugs that die when you shoot them, which is why that was more of an action movie.
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I just ordered the Silent Hill collection for PS2 so I guess I'll get to see what all the fuss is about. 8 quid (ish) per game seems pretty fair to me. I would have preferred to have paid 5, but you can't have everything can you ;). No press screenings for the movie by the way guys. Make of that what you will.
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Just be warned-- Silent Hill 2 sucks. It's nothing but running around foggy streets from one nonsensical puzzle to the next, with not a shred of plot progression. And the combat is tedious and awkward, so it's not even fun to play.
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I'll bear that in mind. Meanwhile here's another link posted in the imdb forum.
http://media.putfile.com/Silent-Hill-Trailer---Yeyo-Krew
It's worth watching for the kids at the end. Yes, that's right, kids at the end.
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Ok seen the movie. Wanted to see it on the premier night but nobody was interested in going. Went tonight anyway. Saturday. Normally a big night at the cinema. The Silent Hill screening was very quiet. Can't see the studio making much of a profit with that kind of turn out.
Anyone want to know if it's any good? No? Tough. I'm going to tell you anyway. Yes it's good. Despite all the negative reviews from stuck up critic types who have said otherwise this is a good solid movie. it was nearly a great movie! Nearly doesn't cut it though, so good it is.
Some random notes: We get to Silent Hill very quickly. It's like, there's the cute lead actress, there's the kid, there's Boromir, oh we're off to Silent Hill! Character development? Not in this film. Didn't bother me much actually. I didn't turn up to see some big emotional tear jerker type film. Turned up to see Silent Hill, so that's what I got. On arriving at Silent Hill Rose does seem to spend a lot of time running around. You start to wonder if someone in the audience is controlling her with a gamepad.
The monsters all look a bit rubbish by the way, and aren't scary at all. They are slightly disturbing. In fact the movie as a whole is very disturbing indeed, which is what happens if you're exposed to slightly disturbing stuff non-stop for two hours. The story eventually starts to kick, a simple story but really quite a good one, and well told. At that point it stops feeling like a game. More disturbing stuff. Roll credits. Did I mention this movie was disturbing? I happen to find that quite cool but I appreciate a lot of people won't. Hopefully they'll read a review or something and stay away.
One last thing. The British board of film classification has now completely lost it. This movie was rated 15 and to avoid spoiling it I'll just say there are a lot of really nasty scenes in it. The fact that this movie was rated 15 just makes a mockery of the whole system.
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My bro said he went to see it last night, said it was pretty bad.
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Saw it earlier this evening. Here's my two cents. Note that I'm speaking as an avid fan of the games, so...there will be a bit of nit-picking on my part.
First off, the visuals are absolutely spectacular. Amazing. Perfectly captures the feel and look of Silent Hill. The transition into the Otherworld is spectacular, and the monsters were incredibly well done. I also thought the acting was pretty damn good. Rose sounded genuinely terrified throughout the film. A few awkard lines, but nothing too bad.
Now for the complaints... Story was a bit of a departure from the games. I wish they either stuck to a straight adaptation of one of the games, or went with something completely original. The mix of both in this case was not very well done. Some very important aspects of the fanatic order were lost as a result, and that includes a lot of Alessa's backstory.
Also, way too many people, and too few monsters. In the Silent Hill games, each volume contains just a handful of people... There were almost 60 or 70 in the church, and that really destroyed the sensation of isolation and depair that is so common in the games.
Back to the monsters for a short bit, I didn't feel they were used very well at all. The new monster, the Janitor felt unnecessary, and the almighty Pyramid Head could have had a much stronger role. The Nurses being all clustered together, while making for a tense scene, was really bizzare. And Rose didn't fight ANY of them at all. Not even some good old lead pipe action!
So...yeah, while it wasn't bad by any stretch, I felt it could have been a good deal better. If a sequel is made, I hope they'll stick more to the source material, or at least follow the themes of the series more faithfully.
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So, your telling me one else here thinks Sean Bean has a seductive voice?
(http://www.savant-online.net/graphics/obliv_scrn14.png)
Martinius Septim: "The powers of Daedric magics are seductive..."
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'I must have the Amulet!!!!!'
....Sorry, wrong fantasy setting...