30 Days of Night

[Beefy]

It was prime to be made as a movie, to be sure.  But the whole graphic novel adaptation poster art thing is going to get out of control, I can tell.  Still, more visually interesting than most movie posters.



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[Beefy]

Also, be sure, to use plen, ty of comma,s today.

[Gamplayerx]

Is it about vampires?

[Beefy]

Is it about vampires?

Yes, it is set in Barrow, Alaska, where every year the sun goes down and stays down for 30 days.

[Gamplayerx]

Is it funny?

[Beefy]

Is it funny?

The book wasn't.  It played out as straight horror/suspense.

Barrow is out in the middle of nowhere.  There's nowhere to run to.  No hope of sun.  And the vampires realize there's a 30 day buffet up there waiting for them.

[Beefy]

Linked for bigginess: Hartnett runs for his life

[Gamplayerx]

That little girl needs orthodontry - quick!

[Jessie]

That sounds really creepy.

[Alice]

Awesome.

[Dry then Catch]

this looks so cool, but I have my normal reservations about "startle and gore" vs. "psychological terror and sparingly applied brutal violence"

[VikingJuice]

As long as they don't scratch on my windows, i'm interested.

[Beefy]

Teaser is up:

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/486/486900/vids_1.html

[Beefy]

Teaser is up:

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/486/486900/vids_1.html

Oh MY GOD it looks like they nailed it!  It even looks like Templesmith's artwork in a way.

[Alice]

Oh yay!  Ben Foster!

[pumpkineye]

arrrghhh I'm so excited about this movie!  My brother kept telling me to read the comics, and I did, and it was good.

[dazie]

We have that poster now at work.  If I can get it, I'll send it to you Beefy.

[Beefy]

We have that poster now at work.  If I can get it, I'll send it to you Beefy.

Oh man, awesome.  Thanks!  I would return the favor in kind of NASA swag.

[dazie]

No guarantees- I work with some pretty hardcore comic geeks.  But I'll do what I can!

[Alice]

Have any Transformers posters?  I don't know what I could send you in return - but I'd find something.

[dazie]

We do- both the good guys and the bad guys.  I'll see what I can do there too. 

We have a BITCHIN Silver Surfer display- full sized model of him on his board.  Very cool.  We don't get to keep it though.

[Alice]

Good guys would be great.

[VikingJuice]

We do- both the good guys and the bad guys.  I'll see what I can do there too. 

We have a BITCHIN Silver Surfer display- full sized model of him on his board.  Very cool.  We don't get to keep it though.

Oh oh!!!  Me me!!  I would love a transformer poster, either side, if you had an extra laying around that isn't already spoken for.  I haven't collected movie posters since the mid 90's but I have a decent sized collection.  I'd even be willing to trade something if you were interested.  Or I could just send some money for the efforts.

[BigDun]

If you are willing to spend money, you might consider ebay: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=movie+poster+transformers&category0=

[VikingJuice]

Those are some very cool poster designs.  I'm currently watching a couple Ebay auctions now.  Sweeeeeeeeeeet!!

[VikingJuice]

Pretty good movie.  Not a lot of major problems.  Saw Beef jump out of his seat once late in the film.  That was very entertaining.

[Beefy]

Much like Zombie's Halloween, it isn't that you don't know the attack is coming, but it's the ferocity of the attack that startles.

They did a fantastic job of paying homage to Ben Templesmith's artwork in the original series.

[Dry then Catch]

how is it in regards to:

startle vs. building tension

cliched vs. unique?

dark for the sake of being dark vs. genuine atmosphere? 

[Beefy]

how is it in regards to:

startle vs. building tension

cliched vs. unique?

dark for the sake of being dark vs. genuine atmosphere? 

There is a sense of tension built, though it isn't oppressive.

It straddles the line between cliche and unique, but it certainly is a drastically needed reboot to cinematic vampires.

It is dark.  There is ZERO comic relief.  The setting and narrative conceit alone bring atmosphere, but I would say the atmosphere is almost one of futility.  Dread. 

You could liken it to Predator, except there's no 80's cheese and far more than one beast and victim.

It is very, very bloody.  Plenty of action once things get moving.

[VikingJuice]

how is it in regards to:

startle vs. building tension

cliched vs. unique?

dark for the sake of being dark vs. genuine atmosphere? 

There is a sense of tension built, though it isn't oppressive.

It straddles the line between cliche and unique, but it certainly is a drastically needed reboot to cinematic vampires.

It is dark.  There is ZERO comic relief.  The setting and narrative conceit alone bring atmosphere, but I would say the atmosphere is almost one of futility.  Dread. 

You could liken it to Predator, except there's no 80's cheese and far more than one beast and victim.

It is very, very bloody.  Plenty of action once things get moving.

VERY BLOODY!!!  The stuff was everywhere!!

[Dry then Catch]

Hey Beefy have you ever read the Onion's Movie review section (non-satirical)?  There is a section called "My Year of Flops" you might enjoy.  www.theavclub.com