irl there are different tones guys idkwtsty
― D'mnuchin returns (darraghmac), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 07:34 (two years ago) link
v true and it's refreshing to see a King Kong vs Godzilla movie that reflects that reality
― K-hole MacLachlan (wins), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 08:04 (two years ago) link
alien vs dangermouse
would watch tbf
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 08:25 (two years ago) link
But it's also my understanding that they already kinda attempted this with Van Helsing (not to mention a slew of increasingly-unsuccessful crossover sequels back in the day).
they did it with dracula untold a couple of years ago and then when it tanked they were like 'lol j/k next one's the real start of the shared universe, for realsies this time honest'
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 08:29 (two years ago) link
If they had the imagination to update these as horrifying metaphorical ways to explore decaying infrastructure and police racism and despair deaths and random terror that plague our society, this could all be awesome, but that's not what they're going to do
can we start a petition to put tombot in charge of these pls
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 08:30 (two years ago) link
Never said I wasn't on board for alien vs dangermouse tbf I was just agreeing that it's weird
― K-hole MacLachlan (wins), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 08:32 (two years ago) link
shame we're gonna have to wait for ridley scott to die before it happens
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 08:35 (two years ago) link
Frankly, I would love it if they ditched the conservatism and went for a bunch of wild and disparate styles with these things (e.g. a sleazy low-budget Cohen/Henenlotter-esque Wolfman, a taut and hyper-stylized political thriller Invisible Man, a crazy psychedelic neo-giallo Frankenstein) instead of the 'grey and foreboding boilerplate action movie with a single translucent coat of horror' template that they clearly will be using to punch these things out.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 10:27 (two years ago) link
Wake me when we have Dracula vs. Kong.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 11:25 (two years ago) link
universal also owns the rights to the fast and furious series, just sayin'
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 11:42 (two years ago) link
Frankenstein Drift
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 11:52 (two years ago) link
god i very badly wanna see vin diesel scrap with the creature from the black lagoon
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 12:00 (two years ago) link
FYI for those unaware, the next film in the saga is Bride of Frankenstein. Before they've made a Dark Universe version of Frankenstein, yes. And they apparently do have Phantom of the Opera and the Hunchback of Notre Dame lined up. I kinda don't even know what to say. Good luck, I guess?
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 12:11 (two years ago) link
I do hope that there's a slew of quickie rip-off adaptations of these public domain properties released around the same time that totally muddy the waters of this endeavor.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 12:16 (two years ago) link
phantom and hunchback aren't even really canonical 'universal monsters' ffs
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 12:17 (two years ago) link
ilx pre-covers the universal dark universe?
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 12:18 (two years ago) link
Why not! Dust off your camcorders, folks.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 12:46 (two years ago) link
I want a movie in which Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, R. L. Stevenson, Victor Hugo, and Gaston Leroux are awakened from the grave to reclaim their intellectual property.
― jmm, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:17 (two years ago) link
yes turn movies into the news what a great idea it will take no imagination at all
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, June 6, 2017 8:16 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Right? When have monster movies or horror films ever dealt with the cultural zeitgeist or deep-seated social anxieties? The George Romero "Dead" movies were not in any way metaphorical, nor was the original "Godzilla."
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:23 (two years ago) link
"The Host" also had nothing whatsoever to say about American militarism and imperialism, it was just a monster movie and THAT'S ALL.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:29 (two years ago) link
I mean, also, they'll probably manage to mess up the psychological metaphors that are there already in the classic films
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:33 (two years ago) link
By changing things around a bit but not enough, so as with most re-makes you end up with slop
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:34 (two years ago) link
^ Trenchant
wat if Frankenstein but made by isis
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:38 (two years ago) link
dotor jekyll but good 1 is bad
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:40 (two years ago) link
Who is the real monster, Frankenstein or that guy who made him whose name I don't know?
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:19 (two years ago) link
invisible man but he's partially visible
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:39 (two years ago) link
I have seen the Dark Universe, yawning, Where the blockbusters cruise without aim;Where they cruise in their "horror" unneeded, each ghost held aloft by a name.
― Beetle Juice continued to spit all over our drinks (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:59 (two years ago) link
Bride of Frankenstein, but also Frankenstein cuz she cannot decide on gender so he keeps taking out the stitches to swap out the junk.
― Rimsky-Koskenkorva (Øystein), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:47 (two years ago) link
Get thee to a Frankenhooker, Øystein.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:47 (two years ago) link
omg
― Rimsky-Koskenkorva (Øystein), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:49 (two years ago) link
It's not quite what you describe but there are indeed some Frankensteinian gender-swapping hijinks in that acclaimed film.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:01 (two years ago) link
universe where every1 is invisible xcept one guy and he is the visible man
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 8 June 2017 11:58 (two years ago) link
Also it's Dark
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 8 June 2017 12:23 (two years ago) link
"Truly, we humans were the real 'invisible man' after all."
― jmm, Thursday, 8 June 2017 12:47 (two years ago) link
"We have met the wolfman, and he is us."
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 12:53 (two years ago) link
'he who fights with universal monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a universal monster. and if you gaze long into a black lagoon, the creature also gazes into you'
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 12:56 (two years ago) link
"The only thing we have to fear is a dracula."
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 12:59 (two years ago) link
Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is not the monster. Wisdom is knowing that Igor is the bride.
― jmm, Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:06 (two years ago) link
lol @ bothering with this 'universe' crap for a load of long out of copyright characters
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:19 (two years ago) link
Ned probably started with that thread title, but crumpled it up
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:21 (two years ago) link
It was a process of experimentation
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:23 (two years ago) link
now i'm imagining ned working in the lab, late one night
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:24 (two years ago) link
Is anyone actually planning to see The Mummy?
― jmm, Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:27 (two years ago) link
*crickets*
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:32 (two years ago) link
even for slumming hollywood shit this is getting toxic reviews
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:33 (two years ago) link
It doesn't look even a little bit good or interesting. Universal's previous foray into Mummy-dom doesn't exactly give me any confidence that they're on the right track this time.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:34 (two years ago) link
Not so much for the sake of enjoying a schadenfreudegasm (which is just a pleasant side-effect), but I kinda want this to die on the vine in the hopes that these studios will stop thinking they can grow some expansive franchise out of a single, untested seed.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:38 (two years ago) link
i thought the first mummy reboot movie with brendan fraser was dumb fun, but there's nothing appealing about this one at all afaict
i only just found out russell crowe is in this as dr jekyll, which seems like a particularly egregious misuse of the shared-universe shoehorn
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:39 (two years ago) link
Whut
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:41 (two years ago) link
It's always been frustrating because I'm all about the classic/gothic horror aesthetic, it's probably 80% of the reason I like horror but there's really not that many good scripts in the films. And whenever there's a return to it, the stories are usually hackneyed. There's no reason you have to keep using those plots.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:04 (two years ago) link
Whomp whomp
https://io9.gizmodo.com/apparently-the-new-bride-of-frankenstein-has-nothing-t-1819120817
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 23:04 (two years ago) link
As the story notes, it's likely going the deep prequel route instead...but is it?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 23:05 (two years ago) link
The Dark Universe is dead, long live (to quote Variety) “a fresh strategy for the Universal monsters properties, bringing creative directors with distinctive visions to the classic characters.”
https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-new-invisible-man-film-rises-as-the-dark-universe-die-1832124202
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:04 (ten months ago) link
Aw, does this mean we'll never get to see Seth Rogen as Lou Costello?
― Brex Avery (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:09 (ten months ago) link
Can't wait to consume the fresh content generated by the Universal Synergisticdiversificationverse!
― See you later, I'm going to go take a look at this suicide robot. (Old Lunch), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:11 (ten months ago) link
That shitty promo photo for this will never not be funny
― gray say nah to me (wins), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:20 (ten months ago) link
Johnny Depp was the actor originally expected to play the Invisible Man, and though he is not thought to be part of this movie, Variety’s sources suggest it could happen in the future. The same goes for actors like Javier Bardem and even Cruise’s character: They could appear in future movies, but it’s not definite. For now, the idea is to encourage individual filmmakers to make great movies, and see what happens.
they will not appear in future movies
― omar little, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:25 (ten months ago) link
https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2017/05/31/31-universal-monsterverse-dark-universe.w700.h700.jpgAh yes, all your faves - there’s the mummy of course, and the Dracula, and the wolf man, and that must be the Frankenstein sitting down there, and who’s that on the end? Oh, how could I forget, the black lagoon!Oh no wait it’s five checked-out randos. Can’t fucking wait for them to cross over with each other.
― gray say nah to me (wins), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:25 (ten months ago) link
Russell Crowe with the expression of a man who's come home to see an uncut lawn and a terrified son
― omar little, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:27 (ten months ago) link
That photo was edited together, iirc. Can't you just feel the chemistry?
― jmm, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:29 (ten months ago) link
I watched The Mummy and it's remarkable how they took a plot that was about 3/4 of a movie and then slapped half of a different film into the middle of it and still somehow only came out with less than a single complete work
― mh, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:36 (ten months ago) link
I've never heard of this thing, just clicked on the thread in the expectation that it was about laughing at the universally dark universe we all live in and got to say I'm pretty disappointed
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:40 (ten months ago) link
I was hoping for a debunking of dark matter a la string theory
― david waster phallus (darraghmac), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:56 (ten months ago) link
Johnny Depp was the actor originally expected to play the Invisible Man
― maxwell’s silver hang suite (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:58 (ten months ago) link
Let's all bow our heads in honor of Camaraderie's thirst for humorous anomie.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:58 (ten months ago) link
Pretty sure Johnny Depp is already playing the Invisible Man in most movies. He's usually just walking around in the background and stuff, but you kind of have to squint.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:10 (ten months ago) link
xp
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--7EE3U59R--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/kmekc3hllxpgjts5yncg.jpg
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 28 January 2019 20:24 (ten months ago) link
I'm trying to think of a body of water that is hipper and fresher than the Black Lagoon.― The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T & the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, June 13, 2017 12:16 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T & the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, June 13, 2017 12:16 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The Creature from the Gowanus Canal? He's coming for your microbrews...and a hipster hottie in a vintage bathing suit?
In the meantime, the Invisble Man remake may have solved its Depp problem: https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2467738/the-invisible-man-reboot-may-have-found-its-first-new-star
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:20 (nine months ago) link
I hope they cast her as the titular star and still bafflingly go with The Invisible Man as the title.
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:25 (nine months ago) link
it's aliiiiiiiiive!
Elisabeth Moss, who was in early talks for Universal-Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man last month, is officially on board with the latest rendition of the classic monster character.The project reps a re-team for Moss with producer Jason Blum after the recent $220M-global grossing success of Jordan Peele’s Us. Invisible Man will shoot in Australia. The opening weekend for Us became the highest-grossing ever for an original horror title.
The project reps a re-team for Moss with producer Jason Blum after the recent $220M-global grossing success of Jordan Peele’s Us. Invisible Man will shoot in Australia. The opening weekend for Us became the highest-grossing ever for an original horror title.
― arli$$ and bible black (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 April 2019 13:48 (eight months ago) link
And prompted by the wild success of an original horror title, we've opted to produce the 415th film adaptation of a 150 year old horror property.
― Oold Lunch (Old Lunch), Monday, 15 April 2019 13:54 (eight months ago) link
laugh all you want, cynic, but i for one am excited about the possibility of elisabeth moss' invisible man going toe-to-toe with russell crowe's mr hyde and tom cruise's err whoever the fuck tom cruise was in the mummy
― arli$$ and bible black (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 April 2019 13:59 (eight months ago) link
The Daddy?
― Oold Lunch (Old Lunch), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:00 (eight months ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/l3q2MPtyq5CBzQcIU/giphy.gif
― arli$$ and bible black (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:02 (eight months ago) link