Topic: Dracula's Curse movie will happen.

[X]

If the movie turns out to be horrible then we can make a suggestion to have it featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and let those critics deal with it. 

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[crisis]

Um, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been off the air since 1999...

[VGuyver]

We do still have the Angry Videogame Nerd to do the reviews for such crossmedia productions.

[X]

Oh yeah! forgot about him too. I had no idea that MST3000 was off the air since 1999...huh. Oh well. I can always get the DVDs.

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[Raphael Belmont]

regardless of whether it is bad or not, I still want to see it so that I know why I hate it.

hhaahahahahahaa, like twilight! 

[darkwzrd4]

hhaahahahahahaa, like twilight! 

Actually, I've never seen either Twilight movie and I don't intend to.  I knew that those were bad just from hearing that it would be a "love story".  The only reason I am willing to see the Dracula's Curse movie and the other live action CV movie is because the are CV.  With anything else, I would wait for reviews.

[DragonSlayr81]

Actually, I've never seen either Twilight movie and I don't intend to.  I knew that those were bad just from hearing that it would be a "love story". 

I seen Twilight(took my little sister, who's a fanatic, to both movies). Even by "love story" standards, the movies are bad. You basically have two horrible cliches(Edward, who's the tormented, overly jealous and sometimes comes off as a total douche-type; and Bella, who's the overly awkward, overly annoying, "but I still love you, and love conquers ALL!"-type), and tries to get you to care for them. But, unless you are a 12-year old girl who has Disney Princess bed sheets(or any overly desparate girl from the age of 13-55), it just comes off as bad vampire fan-fiction. The only good thing I have to say is, for a movie that centers around Bella and Edward as the main characters, the ones that are SUPPOSED to matter, EVERY other supporting character is actually MORE likable than those two. Had it been just about the supporting cast(and there was no Edward or Bella), it might have been a somewhat good flick. But because Edward and Bella are pushed down your throat, it's just bad. Really, really bad.

[hungryforwoords]

I think if they'd gotten actors to play Edward and Bella that could act their way at least out of a paper bag, then it might be compelling cinema. But damn. Freaking oak trees.

And as for a CV3 movie...I just don't think there's enough character development in the game itself to warrant a movie. It doesn't seem like whoever would be directing such a film would really care about staying true to the spirit of the series.

Bram Stoker's Dracula from the 90's was a sex sell, at best. I never saw Van Helsing...any good? And the Anne Rice movies were moderately interesting. But Vampire movies tend to be, as far as I've seen, a little ridiculous. No one's really gotten a convincing plot concerning vampires down yet. And to really understand the character of Dracula (or Trevor, or any of them, for that matter), some research into Romanian culture of the time would be necessary, rather than (as I'm expecting) simply rehashing classical vampire movie cliches.

But that's really a good question...what movies about vampires have the best plot/acting/presentation? I'd be interested to know.

[X]

I saw the Van Helsing movie and though I thought it was interesting and funny at times, its just not a proper Dracula flic. The character names, like Van Helsing are familier but his first name is completely different, making him a completly different person then the original Van Helsing. Eventhough Hollywood has lots of different movies that protray the most famus vampire in litral history, all those films just don't make Dracula out in the true way that Brahm Stoker had invisioned him. Even IGA has made that mistake. But Van Helsing is an interesting movie and it features classic moive monsters like the game Castlevania did. Go see it if you feel so inclined. 

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[Abnormal Freak]

Um, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been off the air since 1999...

There do exist RiffTrax (newer and current movies) and The Film Crew (older movies, a la MST3K), comprised of three main guys from MST3K (host and main writer Mike Nelson, and the guys who did the voices for Servo and Crow); then there also exists Cinematic Titanic, which is headed by Joel Hodgson, the original MST3K host and its creator, and features other actors from that show. So all these guys are still doing it today, even if MST3K is no more. Maybe you already knew all this, but perhaps the one who suggested MST3K riffs didn't.

[X]

I did not know this at all! Thanks for the info!

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[Venkman]

well i've been trying to check the website for the last two days, but an error establishing data base connection has been comming up http://www.castlevaniadraculascurse.com/
hoping it doesnt mean the project is dead and the site has been taken down.

[outofthegamer]

I seen Twilight(took my little sister, who's a fanatic, to both movies).
...it's just bad. Really, really bad.

These movies are nothing more than an excuse to show Robert Pattinson being moody and brooding. For some reason all women from aged 10 to 50 drool over this guy. It would not matter if it was a movie about a male-chauvinist who beats his children, if it was starring Robert Pattinson, these chicks would mindlessly flock to the theater for the off-chance that he takes his shirt off whilst degrading women.

[Profbeanburrito]

well i've been trying to check the website for the last two days, but an error establishing data base connection has been comming up http://www.castlevaniadraculascurse.com/
hoping it doesnt mean the project is dead and the site has been taken down.

I just saw this too, but I'm hoping they're updating it with a major re-haul of the website. Hopefully we'll find out in the next few days.

[Galamoth]

What the hell is going on with this movie? When was the last time Warren Ellis has spoken about this?

Not only is the blog down, but the company site for Project 51 is down too. It's like they never existed.