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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: James Belmont on July 23, 2009, 01:22:06 AM
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http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16838
Well, what do you guys think? I think he's got a wicked sense of style, so you can at least count on it being visually AWESOME, and I liked his past films. AND that poster is bitchin', even if it's just like a super teaser. What else is cool about this?
It means that if CV:LoS is meant to be part of a trilogy, one of the entries is likely to be released in conjunction with the film, and since the film is likely going to be something along the lines of "Badass hero battles Dracula and his minions and followers" or whatever, I doubt CV:LoS is going to throw away that idea, because it would confuse the general audiences expecting to fight Dracula at some point. At least, that's what I think.
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This article and that teaser poster.... :o I... I'm shocked... I actually have more faith in this movie --... than the Lords of Shadow? Good God I must be out of my mind... :o
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Sounds awesome. That poster looks like standard fanart, though (not necessarily a bad thing). Hopefully it'll live up to our expectations.
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Like I said, if Lords of Shadow is meant to be part of a trilogy, one of them is likely going to be released in conjunction with the film. If the film doesn't abandon the core hero vs. Dracula idea, Lords of Shadow probably isn't either. In other words, I think people are making a planet out of a pebble, and crying over nothing, as far as LoS goes.
It's also pretty obvious that the old shitty script with a whip-less Simon is out, because Wan said that the whip was one of the reasons he wanted to do it. I have a lot more faith in this with Wan at the helm, to be honest.
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wow! i love that poster art. if i didn't know any better, i'd say that was Juste Belmont. quite interesting having him wielding a Japanese sword and the VK at the same time. if Maxim could use a Japanese sword, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for Juste to also. a well, that's probably Simon or Trevor Belmont... *sigh*
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It's also pretty obvious that the old shitty script with a whip-less Simon is out,
Even before this new development htat script was out of date. The most recent prior to this had been a farely accurate story detailing Trevor Belmont (or Simon? I don't remember), complete with the Vampire Killer
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someone on the message board for that article said that they saw that artwork used for a game in a magazine. it might be Iga's Alucard from the new game. Bloody Disgusting might have just turned it into a movie poster. why would would Alucard have a whip and Japanese sword? well, he did learn about the secret of sealing away Dracula in an eclipse while in Japan. he might be passing the whip from the Morris Clan back to the Belmont clan or something, or from the Belmont Clan to the Morris Clan, depending on when the game takes place. perhaps after the Belmont clan "vanished", he discovered the technique that allows a non Belmont to use the whip at full strength, and then passed along that knowledge to the Morris and Lecarde clans. it'd be quite something if the whip allowed a half vampire like him to weild it.
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I don't know how much I'd trust someone over on B-D making claims like that. They also announced that Rob Zombie would be directly remaking Halloween III, but that was actually pulled because it was total BS, and everyone knew it. They're notorious for their BS, and a lot of the people who frequent the place are 10 times worse. Plus, let's not forget, this is someone who probably isn't even a huge fan, and would mistake a screenshot from the LoS trailer for this.
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In Reply To #7
Reinhart77, I wonder if that's true? I mean, if that was a poster someone saw in some magazine(a month ago, no less, as the guy said), why hasn't anybody jumped on that story? I mean, that would be MAJOR NEWS, even if it's just a poster. I mean, it would signal that, yes, maybe IGA IS still around and he is STILL working on a CV game for X360 and PS3.
Either way, the poster looks legit. I doubt they'd jack some fanart or an existing poster, Photoshop Wan's name on the top right after Wan has informed them that he's working on the CV movie.
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In Reply To #9
But that poster does not prove that it is alucard because to me it actually looks more like a belmont.
He could've also mistaken that poster with this
http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/991/991145/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-20090604104615907_640w.jpg
and this
http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/991/991145/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-20090604104638641_640w.jpg
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In Reply To #9 & #10
Exactly. And besides, he said he saw it in a game magazine. Enough people around here read those that it would have been here long before today.
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yeah, you're right that it does look a bit like the LoS official art.
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Looks like a fake :/
Btw i hope not to have the Alucard presence or at least too protagonical in case it could be real film
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it would be depressing if the poster art is recycled material from a canceled game...
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There would be no reason for Konami to release that poster otherwise, if in fact it was to a game that would never see the light of day.
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wtf!? one Belmont using the fucking katana? holy shit...
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It's a pretty good poster. I particularly like the dragon that's with the castle, gives it an interesting look.
Also, if James Wan had this poster made for the movie, we know he has a better feel of what Castlevania is than the last group, the "Dracula Begins" people.
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But there is no proof of it actually being alucard or even relates to the alucard game. Compare that poster with the teaser video that IGA showed awhile back about the alucard game.
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I really liked the poster; not for being the poster itself, but for the concept, I mean, God, Wang is gooing to reflect the castlevania concept, or it seems to. I'm sure he won't put 2nd wolrd war soldiers hiding in a Castle and a she-vampire becoming the Lord of darkness - Damn Sylvain White- and Saw 1 is the best of those movies, so, It's a good director. I'm excited, TOO excited :D too castlevania good news 8)
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Someone on BD says the poster was created by Aaron Sims Company specifically for the film.
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I highly doubt this will have ANYTHING to do with any games coming out.
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Interesting. but the only thing that seems to stand out of place is the Samurai sword. It's hardly a Romanian weapon.
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this character looks more like Hector than anything
I'm hoping its an original one though
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Take away the samurai sword and that is one awesome poster.
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Im thinking of the reason why the samurai sword is there is because it could be Jonathan and Jonathan can use more than just a whip. lol hah
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Aaron Sims sounds plausible.
Well, the whole Japanese sword thing seems to be emphasizing the point that this is an East meets West kind of thing, like they were saying. It's pretty dang cool, as long as they have some kind of explanation and that is a new character or one of the other white-haired characters who have been seen using a Katana before, like Alucard, Hector, or Soma... Or Juste would be fine.
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The katana's not that out of place. I mean, considering that, particularly in the IGA games, there were weapons from all over the world that could be equiped by Alucard, Soma, and even Jonathan. To me, the whole dual sword and whip thing was something I always wanted. Use the whip snare a monster, pull him in and finish it off with a sword combo. ;D
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The katana's not that out of place. I mean, considering that, particularly in the IGA games, there were weapons from all over the world that could be equiped by Alucard, Soma, and even Jonathan. To me, the whole dual sword and whip thing was something I always wanted. Use the whip snare a monster, pull him in and finish it off with a sword combo. ;D
And this is a splendid fighting style if you ask me.
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Hey, this could be interesting. The idea of a movie project not being totally thrown away is encouraging, even if the first movie idea sounded horrible.
Maybe if I cross my fingers super hard, we'll get news about the Warren Ellis animated project and IGA's Alucard game!
Okay, I guess that's pushing it...
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Well at least this project seems like its actually going to go somewhere what with having concept art. The katana does seem a little strange, but I'm willing to give the project a chance.
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In Reply To #27
Alucard and Soma can use the whip too?
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http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16838
Well, what do you guys think? I think he's got a wicked sense of style, so you can at least count on it being visually AWESOME, and I liked his past films. AND that poster is bitchin', even if it's just like a super teaser. What else is cool about this?
It means that if CV:LoS is meant to be part of a trilogy, one of the entries is likely to be released in conjunction with the film, and since the film is likely going to be something along the lines of "Badass hero battles Dracula and his minions and followers" or whatever, I doubt CV:LoS is going to throw away that idea, because it would confuse the general audiences expecting to fight Dracula at some point. At least, that's what I think.
That is kickass. James knows how to make good films. This'll be interesting to follow. It's nice to have somebody at the helm who actually cares about the product.
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This actually looks like it might be fun. (At least, more fun than the previous Castlevania live-action ideas).
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I actually got a little excited when I saw that poster. It looks amazing. I'm really hopefully now that James Wan is working on this project. He seems to actually know at least a little bit about what the game is about (from the small comments he gave) and so far, it sounds pretty promising. I actually expect to see Death in the movie now, lol.
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Yeah, because there are still a select few that prefer generic Conan-esque men with very creative outfits:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv119%2Fc0mbat%2Fchristopher.png&hash=85b6d03cd066de1339237542586b3cb77de8674e)
Give me a break
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Y'know, maybe if it was made in the 80s...LOL! Conan was big back then! Then again, we might've gotten something like the live-action Masters of the Universe movie, but with Castlevania. Y'know, Dracula will show up on a crome throne with lasers firing all about. Simon will befriend children and such.
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Well, i hope u get the first tickets and the first row to see ur beloved gaylove-action-killbill-anime movie about Castlevania... a total HIT
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Hai guys take a look at this
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=9960495&blogId=502534741
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I'm sure he won't put 2nd wolrd war soldiers hiding in a Castle
Uhh...Bloodlines was set during WWI, and PoR in WWII, so doesn't it make sense that there would be soldiers there? I've always thought that every time Castlevania re-appears, Dracula gets a feel for the zeitgeist and sterals the souls of the most evil things around, thusly explaining the Hellenic, Renaissance, and Japanese demons and myths all existing next to each other. Now I'm yet to notice any Hindu demons, but I'm also yet to see a Middle-Eastern CV, so this makes sense. However, as previously stated, we've had two games set during the world wars, and who were the demons of those times?
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Ok, now I'm really excited. From what you guys are saying, it sounds like this James Wan is great when it comes to writing/directing movies. Anyway, the "movie poster" looks awesome and regardless of whether it's real or not, just looking at it gets me excited.
Anyway, regarding the presence of the katana, there have been katanas in several CV games and SotN had several different types of them. I doubt that Alucard had ever been to Japan between CV3 and SotN.
Besides, the idea of a combination of grabing an enemy with the whip and killing it with the katana mentioned by one of you guys it a cool idea.
In conclusion, it seems that the movie could be good and even though I am an atheist, I am praying that this movie is awesome. Right now, all we can do is wait and see.
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I see only one problem with the Katana in concert with the whip. If you're a Belmont then you don't need any other weapon to kill the enemy cause it's the mystic Vampirekiller. Anything that's undead or related to the undead will die from it. Also since the whip is a two and a half meter long chain with a morning star spike ball at the tip any other living creature will suffer serious injuries due to being struck by it. HEAD TRAUMA OOOHH! :-X
But for me in all honesty I think that the best CV movie to make would be Bloodlines due to the fact that we already have Brahm Stoker's Dracula on the big screen. Castlevania could go with that flow as did the game. :)
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Simon Belmont was shown to have a sword alongside his whip in the original Castlevania artwork, although obviously you couldn't use it in the game. Reinhardt Schneider was the first person who used the Vampire Killer also shown to use a short sword in the actual game for close quarters combat. They come in handy. Though, a Katana can't really be used in the same way...
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Simon Belmont was shown to have a sword alongside his whip in the original Castlevania artwork, although obviously you couldn't use it in the game.
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The Belmonts definitely have a sword yes. But it's not a Katana blade. After all during that time in medieval Europe very little to no interaction with the far east ever took place until the American/Japan trade co-op started. And that's hundreds of years later. And I agree that in close quarters combat (CQC) you'd need a short-ranged weapon.
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Ya, normal people in Japan and the West didn't interact much due to the laws. But you could always sneak in and out and maintain underground ties, especially in a work of fiction.