Random thoughts

[brigdh]

I adore horror movies. However, I loathe the gory aren't-snuff-films-illegal? Saw/Hostel/The Hitcher (also? 'The Hitcher' is the most idiotic title of a movie I've ever heard. Who the fuck says 'hitcher'? The word is 'hitchhiker', seriously, it's not that long) genre that seems to be the only type of horror movie coming out lately. I've been watching previews of the upcoming Primeval with interest, in the hope that maybe here would finally be a movie I could stand. I didn't have a lot of hope, but hey, there's always a chance.

The commercials keep claiming that it's "based on the true story of the deadliest serial killer ever". I'd been idly wondering who they were talking about, but wasn't terribly concerned about it. And then last night I saw a commercial where they named him: Gustave. Was that the crazy French medieval werewolf guy?, I wondered, not being able to think of any other serial killers named Gustave. So I googled it.

It is a crocodile. People, what the hell. That is not an appropriate villain for a horror movie. I think I almost prefer the snuff films to yet another movie in the grand tradition of Lake Placid and Anaconda. I share this news with you in case anyone else was under the mistaken impression that Primeval might be worth seeing.

By the way, the crazy French medieval werewolf guy was probably one of these, though none of those stories seem to quite match the one I was thinking of. They'd still make a better movie than freaking crocodiles, though.

Comments

Re: in case you don't want to read this whole comment, a basic summary: I AGREE!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

God, yes! That was so annoying. And they'd been doing such a good job up to the ending; it wasn't Best Movie Ever, but it was hella good for a video game adaption. (Did you hear they're making a sequel? I'm not sure if I'm excited or horrified. And then I heard Neil Gaiman was supposed to help with the script, but that was only a wacky internet rumor, dammit.)

Man, what is up with all the good authors going crazy? I hereby decree that the more famous you get, the more editors you are REQUIRED to have. I expect to see my demands carried out immediately, world.

Re: in case you don't want to read this whole comment, a basic summary: I AGREE!

[drmoonpants.livejournal.com]

It was fantastic fan service! As I said. But yeah, the final Obligatory Orgy Of Violence left me very upset and/or unmoved. And yes, I have heard about the sequel project! God, I hope it's a movie of SH2 directly; as terribly badly as that could go, it could also be sort of mind-blowingly awesome. As that's by miles my favorite game in the series.

And god, yes. SOMEONE NEEDS TO TEACH THAT MAN ABOUT THEE AND THOU. LIKE YESTERDAY.

Re: in case you don't want to read this whole comment, a basic summary: I AGREE!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Well, they changed so much of the original plot that it would be kind of hard to do SH3, I'd think, so I am also hoping for SH2! Which really would be awesome.