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Post by hawkeyepierce on Aug 28, 2010 4:37:29 GMT -5
Ha! Fab!
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Post by necrodemon on Aug 28, 2010 14:43:00 GMT -5
It's sad if the DVD extras are better than the feature.
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Aug 29, 2010 5:38:15 GMT -5
Well, depends on both the main and bonus features. Sometimes I appreciate a bad film more when the disc has stuff like a cool audiocommentary. (I love you Sam Sherman  ) |
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Post by eloojak on Aug 29, 2010 11:56:16 GMT -5
erm has anyone brought up monster squad yet? there werewolf in that was pretty good and i mean the one directed by fred dekker,i think it came out in 88 or somewhere round there.
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Aug 30, 2010 4:01:01 GMT -5
I'd love to get that one on dvd but I havent seen it yet...
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Post by eloojak on Aug 30, 2010 4:27:57 GMT -5
i did have a copy on dvd,unfortunately i also had a psycho ex who i left and miraculously all my dvd broke themselves and landed in a large pile
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Post by Moonreaper on Aug 30, 2010 21:39:49 GMT -5
EXCELLENT film, its not a serious film though for those of you who didnt see it. Its the goonies meet the universal monsters. Fred Dekker also did a great movie called House (1988) which has a little darker than monster sqaud and just as good.
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Post by keywolf on Aug 31, 2010 3:29:25 GMT -5
... and don't forget Night of the Creeps! A real must-see.
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Post by eloojak on Aug 31, 2010 6:31:31 GMT -5
talking of that,it's yet another that is getting the oh so joyous hollywood remakedness
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Post by swf on Aug 31, 2010 16:00:47 GMT -5
Okay, personally, I think, the best werewolf transformations were done in the 80s, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which two flicks I'm about to mention. That's right, THE HOWLING and AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, and if I was hard pressed to pick a third, I'd go with the remake of THE WOLF MAN. Best CGI enhanced transformation to date, hands down.
The only thing that could top those two 80s flicks would be their respective remakes, and I hope to God, someone with enough brain cells, has the foresight to ask Rick Baker to come back and try and top his previously mentioned transformation. Not counting on it, but it would be the wisest move.
Hell, why they're at it, get Rob Bottin back to do the same, but I seem to think Bottin is out of the movie business. Haven't seen hide nor hair of him in years.
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Post by Moonreaper on Aug 31, 2010 20:25:02 GMT -5
Baker has shure let me down with this last....creation of his. Laim transformation and, though the werewolf looked gnarly, it did look like he had a tennis ball stuck in his mouth the entire time and was cut out by CG.
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Post by Ian on Sept 1, 2010 5:34:46 GMT -5
Baker has shure let me down with this last....creation of his. Laim transformation and, though the werewolf looked gnarly, it did look like he had a tennis ball stuck in his mouth the entire time and was cut out by CG. Baker had absolutely nothing to do with the transformation scenes in the remake of The Wolf Man. He was barred from them. He campaigned to be involved but to no avail. The powers that be wanted the change sequence to be entirely CGI and for Rick Baker not to be involved. Rick Baker has said in interviews that with a combination of prosthetics and CGI he could do a change sequence that was better than the one he did for "The American Werewolf in London". Alas... Baker had planned a great transformation in the scene where the Wolf man is tied to a chair in the lecture hall ("I will kill all of you!"). He was going to hide the electronics inside the chair. The CGI people did use some of his ideas. For example the shot where the fingers are moving around in different directions on his hand. Imagine how effective that would have been with an animatronic hand. Alas... The powers that be did not like Baker's werewolf design. He ended up doing three designs and they chose his second favourite. In my opinion the best part of a transformation scene is the part where the face elongates/snout pushes out. Favourite NOT best: 1. Eddie's transformation in 'The Howling'. 2. The lap dissolve transformation in 'The Wolf Man' (1941) where you see his legs/feet transform. 3. Joanie's transformation in 'Cursed' (even though it looks like a cartoon). I like the fact it is all in one shot (albeit a tracking shot). Also like the way you can hear her distorted voice whilst changing and I like the snout pushout at the end. At 45 seconds it is the longest CGI transformation that I am aware of. I like the way at the end, after looking at her reflection in the mirror, she smashes it. I actually think CGI has great potential for a transformation scene but I have never seen it used very well. I am going to have to revise my list.  1. The first transformation in 'The Company Of Wolves'. 2. The third transformation in 'The Company Of Wolves' (granny's house). 3. Eddie's transformation in 'The Howling'. 4. The lap dissolve transformation in 'The Wolf Man' (1941) where you see his legs/feet transform. 5. Joanie's transformation in 'Cursed'. |
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Post by Moonreaper on Sept 1, 2010 18:10:13 GMT -5
I knew that too I dont know why I said Baker was involved, sometimes I type faster than I think.
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Post by eloojak on Sept 2, 2010 4:57:57 GMT -5
benicio del toro couldn't actually close his mouth properly because of the teeth ,which is why the mouth was open so much
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Post by Moonreaper on Sept 2, 2010 17:19:33 GMT -5
I figured, that didnt really bother me it was just a little something i noticed.
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