Alone in the Dark--The Movie

[Anarcho]

Anyone see the trailers for this dung-fest?  Was that Steven Dorf I saw?  And Christian Slater?  He's still alive? 

For those who haven't seen it, HOLLYWOOD has for whatever reason used the title "Alone in the Dark" for some new Alien rip-off.  Why?  Is it me, or was the whole charm and creepiness of Alone in the Dark linked to it's period setting?  I can just see the Hollywood exec in his ponytail and Hugo Boss suit saying, "19th century France, yeah, I'm thinking something sexier...with more space creatures and body armor..."

What a lost opportunity.

[Bombadil]

I haven't heard nothing of this... until now.

If it's true, it is gonna turn into another bad-but-could-be-very-good movie based on a video game/book...

[Privateer Puddin']

Horrible, just plain Horrible. They're not in the dark. Or Alone.

[Barbarian]

Yeah, I seen the trailer for this just recently:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808495833&cf=trailer

It looks like the movie story-line and characters is loosely based on "Alone in the Dark 4 - The New Nightmare".

I enjoyed the Alone in the Dark series (and was actually working on a fan-made version based on it using the AGS editor), but it looks like they are gonna screw up on the movie version.  Well, who knows, it still might be a fun movie if you don't have many expectations.

[Bombadil]

The trailer looked good.... until it screwed up all by itself...

Spoiler

The army appearing, aliens appearing, ...

[close]

I think I'm gonna go to the cinema to watch this movie, but I'll expect nothing but crap.

[Nacho]

Reminds me a lot to "the Relic".... That was a good book saga, whyÃ,  did they stop with the first book? And why did they remove Pendergast?

[Sylpher]

Have you seen the soundtrack? I think one of the producers has a hard on for metal variations cause nothing builds atmopshere like Death Angel, Meshuggah, Mastodon...ect. As well, a double album? This isn't exactly an epic..

Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Dimmu Borgir - Vredesbyrd
2. Shadows Fall - What Drives The Weak
3. Fear Factory - Cyberwaste
4. In Flames - Touch Of Red
5. Strapping Young Lad - Devour
6. Agnostic Front - Peace
7. God Forbid - Gone Forever
8. Chimaira - Down Again
9. Dark Tranquility - Lost To Apathy
10. Exodus - Blacklist
11. Machine Head - Imperium
12. Soilwork - Stabbing The Drama
13. Lacuna Coil - Daylight Dancer
14. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Panasonic Youth
15. Meshuggah - Rational Gaze
16. Nightwish - Wish I Had An Angel
17. Cradle Of Filth - Mother Of Abominations

Disc 2:
1. Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future
2. Death Angel - The Devil Incarnate
3. Diecast - Medieval
4. Fireball Ministry - Daughter Of The Damned
5. Heaven Shall Burn - The Weapon They Fear
6. Hypocrisy - Eraser
7. Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
8. Misery Index - The Great Depression
9. Mnemic - Ghost
10. Dew-Scented - Slaughtervain
11. Suffocation - Souls To Deny
12. Raunchy - Watch Out
13. Kataklysm - As I Slither
14. Bloodbath - Outnumbering The Day
15. All Shall Perish - Deconstruction
16. Bleed The Sky - Minion
17. Samael - On Earth
18. Dying Fetus - One Shot, One Kill
19. The Haunted - 99

[Ghormak]

Track listing:
...

... what the hell?

The ghosts in the game dancing to Saint-Saëns' "Dance Macabre" was good enough for me!

Oh wait. Sorry, for a second there I thought the movie was going to be based on the game.

[edmundito]

Hah, the trailer has the same music fromt that stupid Prince of Persia Warrior Within comercial... which makes me thinks that there's too many posers out there thinking that this is awesome for everybody.

[HillBilly]

It's probably gonna be as good as that "Doom" movie they're making.



oh my. 

[LGM]

It's directed by Uwe Boll. Infamous director of the crapfest "House of the Dead" and upcoming Bloodrayne adaptation. That trailer sucks too.

This move will suck aswell. Filled with weak characters, cheap digital effects, and senseless action with no direction at all.

Uwe Boll is a 12 year old with a short attention span who just happens to be handed millions of dollars to make movies. Ugh. I think I'll wait for a TV viewing for this one. If I'm not doing anything at the time.

[edmundito]

If anyone knows the name of that song in the Warrior Within comercial and the Alone movie trailer, let me know... because I MUST HAVE IT!!11

[Haddas]

I kinda like senseless action with no direction. 80's action movies, here I come! When a remake of something is made, I try to watch the film as a completely different product than the game it was based on. That usually gets me through.

[strazer]

The song in the Alone in the Dark movie trailer is "I Stand Alone" by Godsmack.

[LGM]

If you've seen "House of the Dead" you'll know exactly what I mean by "Action without any direction" Uwe Boll can't direct.

[DGMacphee]

Rubbish. Uwe Boll is a fabulous director.

Here's someone who agrees with me: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/board/thread/7655371?d=8095318#8095318

[HillBilly]

But we all agree that Sam Raimi is the king, right? RIGHT?

[LGM]

Yes, we agree.

[Nacho]

I like Roland Emmerich, if you ask me for a director with enough wisdom for using the new digital effects... bu  may be wrong!

[Nine Toes]

I like the soundtrack, even though it doesn't really set the mood, but I'm not really crazy for what I'm hearing about the movie itself.

IMO, Dimmu Borgir might go good in the movie... they're dark, and the symphony mixed with metal sound that they have could be useful in the movie to set the right atmosphere, if used in the right way.  That's only my opinion, though.