So I'm watching "Dinoshark." The info on the cable guide says: "A dinosaur-shark hybrid terrorizes a resort in Mexico, and its up to a young fishing boat captain to stop it." This thing is so bad its funny.
So what will it take to get a half-dinosaur template into the Bestiary II? This could really take off. Think of all the things you could cross dinosaurs with...
Well they played "Dinocroc" right after it if your looking for idea's.
Generally, Scyfy's series are OK - they either seem to pick the good ones from syndication or generally develop some good properties of their own.
But man...those movies - it's like they just throw money at a bunch newbie directors with one computer graphics guy and every low-B to grade D actor in Hollywood and say: "Make me a movie!"
Nothing's quite as bad as Giant Shark Vs. Mega Octopus. Nothing.
So, of the SciFi movies, what do people think the breakdown between
Truly Terrible, Terrible to Mediocre, and Better than Mediocre are proporionately? I'd say Better than Mediocre on their part could only be 5% at the greatest. What about the other two? 80% TtM and 15% TT?
I'm eagerly awaiting Squidactyl, Robohobo, and Loud Noises.
Loud Noises...ROFL...I could so see that as a Scyfy movie!
Robohobo sounds like comedic supervillain.
Badda bing we wrote a Sy Fy movie.
Careful now - those guys at the network might run with it! Hopefully, you'll get at least a "created by" credit. ;-)
Truly Terrible, Terrible to Mediocre, and Better than Mediocre are proporionately? I'd say Better than Mediocre on their part could only be 5% at the greatest. What about the other two? 80% TtM and 15% TT?
I'd say that's a close estimate - maybe only 2% in the BtM category.
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I am worried that the SyFy film "Red", starring Felicia Day as a decendant of Red Riding Hood (a family of werewolf hunters no less) is gonna be the usual load of offal, but I really want it to be good, so I'm torn.
I think 'Red' is being done by the same group that did the 'Tin Man' mini-series a while back, 'Alice' a few months ago, and recently a Beauty and the Beast movie with Estella Warren ::drools::
Ahem, where was I? Ah, yes. Those movies were low budget made for TV, but worked rather well. I'm hoping for much the same with Red. ^_^
Nothing's quite as bad as Giant Shark Vs. Mega Octopus. Nothing.
Yeah..did you actually watch "Rock monster"? They didn't even bother to give the movie a real name...
Robohobo sounds awesome. He'd totally squish Mansquito!
Robohobo vs. Mansquito. Ok, now just I need to write the script and contact Syfy.
I actually enjoy the cheesy syfy saturday night movies :)
Frankenfish is one of my old faves. :)
I am worried that the SyFy film "Red", starring Felicia Day as a decendant of Red Riding Hood (a family of werewolf hunters no less) is gonna be the usual load of offal, but I really want it to be good, so I'm torn.I think 'Red' is being done by the same group that did the 'Tin Man' mini-series a while back, 'Alice' a few months ago, and recently a Beauty and the Beast movie with Estella Warren ::drools::
Ahem, where was I? Ah, yes. Those movies were low budget made for TV, but worked rather well. I'm hoping for much the same with Red. ^_^
Tin Man was better than Alice, Alice was maybe better than Beauty and the Beasts, both of the latter were better than Thor Hammer of the Gods. Of course, Estella Warren is what made B&tB watchable. I don't hold out much hope for Red. I guess Tin Man was best in a while. Why don't they make 'em like the Dune movies?
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I think 'Red' is being done by the same group that did the 'Tin Man' mini-series a while back, 'Alice' a few months ago, and recently a Beauty and the Beast movie with Estella Warren ::drools::Ahem, where was I? Ah, yes. Those movies were low budget made for TV, but worked rather well. I'm hoping for much the same with Red. ^_^
I rather liked Tin Man, so I find that to be happy news.
Tin Man was better than Alice, Alice was maybe better than Beauty and the Beasts, both of the latter were better than Thor Hammer of the Gods. Of course, Estella Warren is what made B&tB watchable. I don't hold out much hope for Red. I guess Tin Man was best in a while. Why don't they make 'em like the Dune movies?
I gave Beauty and the Beasts about ten minutes, then had to change the channel. It was just awful. The eyecandy wasn't enough to keep me interested. It was also a bit of a peeve to see something in a quasi-medieval setting with women prancing around in miniskirts. (I know, not a big deal, but some things like that bug me. For example, River Phoenix as a young Indiana Jones with long hair and an earring.) Tin Man and Alice were good interpretations of already good stories.
Now, as for Robohobo, here's my synopsis: "A sinister corporation is doing medical experimentation on the homeless. When one of their cybernetic experiements escapes, the researchers must then face the wrath of Robohobo, a mentally unstable homeless man now enhanced with flesh-rending robotic limbs."
What do you think? Is it a winner?
Wait, Shadowborn, were you giving it your undivided attention, or doing other things when you weren't looking at Estella? I think I know what you did wrong.
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I actually enjoy the cheesy syfy saturday night movies :)
Frankenfish is one of my old faves. :)
Exactly my take on them. Of course they are full of ridiculously bad acting, horrible CG effects and awful plots but that is part of the fun. B movies are B for a reason. They can be enjoyable with the right mindset though. Also you can endlessly harvest them for D&D/Pathfinder ideas....
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Now, as for Robohobo, here's my synopsis: "A sinister corporation is doing medical experimentation on the homeless. When one of their cybernetic experiements escapes, the researchers must then face the wrath of Robohobo, a mentally unstable homeless man now enhanced with flesh-rending robotic limbs."What do you think? Is it a winner?
Here, take $1m. Make it, but just remember you need-
1 eyecandy female actor1 "scream like a banshee" female actor
1 semi-fit, chisel-chinned male lead
3 female hotties of questionable morals to die
3 male hotties that are idiotic, sexist, or egotistical to die horribly
2 pentium 2 computers with a CG software pack from the late 90s and 2 college drop-out computer design people.
Good luck.
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Weren't "Frank Herbert's Dune" and "The Children of Dune" Sci-Fi miniseries? I actually enjoyed them quite a bit. It was closer to the book (The Children of Dune was a combination of the next two books) than the old Dune movie (but both are enjoyable in the right circumstances).
I own both these series and love them. They're not the best production value, but they're absolutely fantastic. Sci-Fi was good then.
Dune Miniseries on wikiSays its still one of Sci-Fi's highest rated programs ever.
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Yeah, I have the first set on DVD. Watch it often. Don't have Children of Dune yet. There are always two things I want from that Children of Dune movie. The 'tarot' deck that whats-her-name uses (the golden hexagon tiles), and the chess-looking game.
The production quality is definitely not the best, but the acting is phenomenal! You can really tell the actors were definitely into presenting here.
I've heard some good things about Earthsea, but its sad that the animated version can't be released in the US because of Sci-Fi's legal claim. :(
Of course they are full of ridiculously bad acting, horrible CG effects and awful plots but that is part of the fun. B movies are B for a reason. They can be enjoyable with the right mindset though.I actually enjoy the cheesy syfy saturday night movies :)
Frankenfish is one of my old faves. :)
[Yoda]Agree with this, do I.[/Yoda]
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Now, as for Robohobo, here's my synopsis: "A sinister corporation is doing medical experimentation on the homeless. When one of their cybernetic experiements escapes, the researchers must then face the wrath of Robohobo, a mentally unstable homeless man now enhanced with flesh-rending robotic limbs."
What do you think? Is it a winner?
Slightly off-topic: City of Heroes MMORPG doesn't have robo-hobos, but it does feature both mutated hobos ("The Lost") and heavily cyborged punkers ("The Freakshow") as villains to fight.
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Yeah, I have the first set on DVD. Watch it often. Don't have Children of Dune yet. There are always two things I want from that Children of Dune movie. The 'tarot' deck that whats-her-name uses (the golden hexagon tiles), and the chess-looking game.
The production quality is definitely not the best, but the acting is phenomenal! You can really tell the actors were definitely into presenting here.
Children of Dune was pretty darn good. The best part about it was the score by Brian Tyler, which keeps getting re-used in movie trailers -- Master & Commander used "Summon The Worms" for its trailer, and one of the Star Trek trailers last year used a remix of one of the other tracks.
Edit: fixed a misremembrance.
Wait, Shadowborn, were you giving it your undivided attention, or doing other things when you weren't looking at Estella? I think I know what you did wrong.
But, but the dialogue...so stilted, so...lame. It burns us. Burnsssss.
I see... you also need to switch the sound to a sexy soundtrack.
Now, as for Robohobo, here's my synopsis: "A sinister corporation is doing medical experimentation on the homeless. When one of their cybernetic experiements escapes, the researchers must then face the wrath of Robohobo, a mentally unstable homeless man now enhanced with flesh-rending robotic limbs."What do you think? Is it a winner?
Here, take $1m. Make it, but just remember you need-
1 eyecandy female actor
1 "scream like a banshee" female actor
1 semi-fit, chisel-chinned male lead
3 female hotties of questionable morals to die
3 male hotties that are idiotic, sexist, or egotistical to die horribly
2 pentium 2 computers with a CG software pack from the late 90s and 2 college drop-out computer design people.
Good luck.
Ok, I'm thinking:
Traci Lords as the beautiful but heartless head of the top secret research facility.
Asia Argento (*edit: changed pic) as the heart-of-gold manager of a soup kitchen that becomes embroiled in the horror when she investigates the disappearances of the street people no one but her seems to care about.
Kevin Sorbo as the hard-boiled but kind-hearted police detective who is the only one that takes the investigation seriously.
The rest I'm sure we can just pick from various headshots...
Traci Lords as the beautiful but heartless head of the top secret research facility.Asia Argento (warning, pic rated PG-13 for sultry looks and fishnet) as the heart-of-gold manager of a soup kitchen that becomes embroiled in the horror when she investigates the disappearances of the street people no one but her seems to care about.
Kevin Sorbo as the hard-boiled but kind-hearted police detective who is the only one that takes the investigation seriously.
Pure gold! We're almost ready to shoot and send to ScyFy!
The Robohobo would have to either a purely CGI creation or some guy from we've never heard of in an American film - possibly some Eastern European actor with rock-hard abs, some martial arts training, and ABSOLUTELY no understanding of the English language so he can just mumble incoherently.
Slightly off-topic: City of Heroes MMORPG doesn't have robo-hobos, but it does feature both mutated hobos ("The Lost") and heavily cyborged punkers ("The Freakshow") as villains to fight.
Also off-topic: I created Hillbilly Robot in City of Heroes some time back. So it's a robo-hick - that's sorta close to a robo-hobo.;-)
Traci Lords as the beautiful but heartless head of the top secret research facility.Asia Argento (warning, pic rated PG-13 for sultry looks and fishnet) as the heart-of-gold manager of a soup kitchen that becomes embroiled in the horror when she investigates the disappearances of the street people no one but her seems to care about.
Kevin Sorbo as the hard-boiled but kind-hearted police detective who is the only one that takes the investigation seriously.
Pure gold! We're almost ready to shoot and send to ScyFy!
The Robohobo would have to either a purely CGI creation or some guy from we've never heard of in an American film - possibly some Eastern European actor with rock-hard abs, some martial arts training, and ABSOLUTELY no understanding of the English language so he can just mumble incoherently.
Hmm. I was actually thinking we could cast Robert Englund. No need for a big CG budget, we'll just outfit him with platform shoes, and bionic arms operated with hydraulics and remote controls. He's a good enough actor that he can handle incoherent mumbling.
What is saved on CG can be spent on pyrotechnics for the climactic ending when the secret lab blows sky high, with our protagonists narrowly escaping death, and Robohobo going up with the place (or does he? duh-duh-duhhhhhh!)
Don't forget the forthcoming SHARKTOPUS!
Ok, peg this one for Bestiary II as well.
Frankenfish was Meh. Plenty of decapitations. Snakehead Terror was basically the same movie but somehow worse. Has anyone else noticed the sheer amount of decapitations in SyFy movies? Its like their bread and butter.
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Frankenfish was Meh. Plenty of decapitations. Snakehead Terror was basically the same movie but somehow worse. Has anyone else noticed the sheer amount of decapitations in SyFy movies? Its like their bread and butter.
I like the ones that come out of nowhere. Dude is just standing there talking to his buddy and WHAM! No head. These are the things I can't do without! Come on!
Frankenfish was Meh. Plenty of decapitations. Snakehead Terror was basically the same movie but somehow worse. Has anyone else noticed the sheer amount of decapitations in SyFy movies? Its like their bread and butter.I like the ones that come out of nowhere. Dude is just standing there talking to his buddy and WHAM! No head. These are the things I can't do without! Come on!
Oh, Dont get me wrong, I didnt mean to say that all the decapitations were a bad thing. They are the best part about SyFy movies!