I'm thinking they will actually show more respect to the ACD Holmes' mythos than guy ritchie.
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rogueevolent |
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I'm thinking they will actually show more respect to the ACD Holmes' mythos than guy ritchie.
"We didn't come here to fight monsters, we're not equipped for it" -- Richard Carlson (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
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Domenick Fraumeni |
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Yikes! The thought of this makes me go eeewww...
The poster artwork is hysterical. Apparently it's part Holmes, part THE LOST WORLD and part Toho! What hath Guy Ritchie wrought!? |
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Richard |
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Mark Morgan wrote:When I hear a title like "Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus" my first thought is, if that's the best title they can come up with the film must be all bad. But I know what you mean. I appreciate the energy and chutzpah that comes out of The Asylum and I commend their dedication to genre films. They are one busy "studio." I even enjoy the shameless hucksterism of piggybacking Snakes On a Train on Snakes On a Plane and so on. Not even William Castle had their kind of nerve. The Asylum started out as distributors of independnet films and then became producers / distributors of independent films. I could take that remark a step or two further, but I'd better not. I've watched a dozen of their DVD's recently, and I would criticize The Asylum for three major faults: digital capture (even Monogram shot on 35mm film) which undermines the suspension of disbelief, reliance on mediocre writing at best, and too many kids behind the camera. I know the audience is young and so should the casting be, but jeez, too many of their films turn out to be about inexperience. Mark Morgan wrote:You have a point here. I'm more curious about The Asylum's attempt to do Holmes and Watson than with the big-budget star-driven major film. I'm NOT looking forward to Guy Ritchie's unorthodox Holmes; we've seen too many let's-try-something-different-with-Holmes attempts before. I concede it will probably be entertaining and successful, but it sure as hell won't be Holmes and Watson, and calling these new characters Holmes and Watson is essentially dishonest. Wouldn't it be something if The Asylum upstaged the majors with a better quality film instead of just more nerve? Richard
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