Topic: Michael Dorn (Worf from Star Trek) involved with Castlevania movie

[Sumac]

^Not sure if that is what you were getting at but I agree that the movie's first priority is to capture the feel of the games and make more direction references (like storyline references and characters to a certain extent). It doesn't have to resemble one specific game, but the basic foundation should be there at least. And obviously the movie should share the same concept of that of the games. They shouldn't make it a Bram Stoker's Dracula rip-off, like Anderson's initial idea.

I am trying to say, that if it somehow, despite all odds ends up as just a good movie, with little resemblance to the Castlevania - its OK, since so far there were only handful examples of translating video games to movies, that ended more or less decently. At least there will be good movie about vampire hunters with the name "Castlevania" and even, if it will be hardly related to the games, it is still promotion that can inpire some people to get familliar with the series.
Though this director certainly doesn't give me a lot of hope for something closely resembling CV, not after RE series with Mary Sue for a main character. I will laugh Out Loud, if the main hero of the movie will be Sonia Belmont portrayed by...

I am personally not even sure what kind of Castylevania movie I want to see - there is too much material and most of it could turn awesome in the right hands. The closest thing for a Castlevania movie was Van Hellsing, but that was mish-mash, that ended rather horribly.

[Nagumo]

Anderson isn't the director. That's what I heard last time at least.

[Ratty]

Anderson isn't the director. That's what I heard last time at least.

Yeah, who knows now though. Besides he's still the producer, the guy who in a lot of ways really runs the show and tells the director what to do with and where to take the movie.
I prefer to be a pessimist when it comes to things I love getting adapted by artistically bankrupt (or at best disinterested) moneymen. Get far fewer disappointments and a couple pleasant surprises that way. But hey it could be worse, we could be dealing with Micheal Bay/Platinum Dunes. Anderson's RE movies are awful but at least they're semi-watchable as really bad blockbusters if you forget or don't care that they're supposed to be Resident Evil.

[James Belmont]

Some folks think it's filming right now. Is there any truth to this? If so, could it be that this is actually the animated film? Or perhaps something else entirely separate from that and Paul WTF Anderson's movie?

[Inccubus]

I just had to.

[Ratty]

Knock a Star Trek cast in a Castlevania movie all you want, but don't try to deny that they all assembled together before to make one hell of a show that was meant for kids but enjoyed by teens and adults:

Gargoyles - Season 1, Episode 01

Frakes was vile billionaire playboy thief Xanatos, Marina was Goliath's mate Demona, and Dorn was Goliath's former lieutenant Coldstone, Brent Spiner was the mischievous Puck, Kate Mulgrew as fairy queen Titania, Levar Burton as the giant spider Anansi, Colm Meany as the father of Rory Dugan, Avery Brooks as the alien Nokkar, and Nichelle Nichols as Elisa's mother; as well as actors who guest starred in Star Trek, like Matt Frewer, John Rhys-Davies, long-time voice actor Frank Welker, William Sheppard, Michael Bell, Dave Warner, Tony Jay, Paul Winfield, Gerrit Graham, Paul Winfield, Clyde Kusatsu, Clancy Brown, Salli Richardson, and Diedrich Baeder.

That said, the werewolf bit is cringe-worthy, I agree.

Speaking of werewolves, I finally watched "Despicable Me" this weekend. If you've seen it, you should know how that tied in with werewolves.

Oh I'm not dismissing any actor because they were on TNG, I quite like the show and all of the main cast were good in it. I think some people could mistake their range as limited because in a lot of ways the characters didn't develop much beyond where they started in the course of the show, but that was because Star Trek is more setting than character oriented that way, not any fault of the actors.

As for the werewolf servant thing well, Dracula has, depending on his particular incarnation/strength at the time power to command, summon and attract all the creatures of darkness. Saying "Oh he's got this Werewolf butler" or whatever would be a mistake, but of course he does have werewolves who serve him. Then again, since Dorn apparently couldn't even remember the vampire he's working for's name this probably isn't Dracula in the movie.

[Lucius J. Belmont]

Does anyone else also think it's a bad sign that this guy says there are going to be a lot of sword fights in the movie?

Yeah, I noticed that and cringed a bit.

My worry is that the impetus behind this is LoS and its generic movieable quality (no offense intended, I just don't like it as much) and so it won't really even try to jive with anything older? I mean Castlevania 'canon' is kind of a mess at the best of times and I don't expect a movie to really take it into account especially, but also the fact there's a notable werewolf, etc. It's hard for me to think of a way this could be done right, but I'm interested nonetheless.

[Ravvie]

Eh... I gotta say I'm a bit skeptical about this.

Wait, no. Not a bit. A lot. I have said it before, I'll say it again: video game movies do not work out very well. I think it's just a very tricky translation, because the two aren't like books and movies or comics and movies.

That being said, if this is legit and it's really happening, I'm getting my cape and wearing it in the movie theater, or rental store...

[Lelygax]

I have said it before, I'll say it again: video game movies do not work out very well. I think it's just a very tricky translation, because the two aren't like books and movies or comics and movies.

I disagree with you, they doesnt even play the game and say that type of thing as a excuse in the majority of times. The problem is that instead of followiing the obvious they try to do some things that they find cool or that will make the fans happy and in the majority of times they are wrong.

Its so simple to do a good film about CV: A Belmont enter in Castlevania, battle various monsters and fight Dracula in the end. If they make it be a good film THEN they try to do new things based in the things that are really cool from the 1st movie, but no they are all HURR DURR lets make a super woman fight zombies (RE).

[TheouAegis]

Thought you were gonna say, "Hurr durr! Let's make a Super Mario Bros. movie!"

But I'm one of the few people that actually liked/likes SMB:The Movie. 

[Lelygax]

I only watched SMB as a child, but I remember that I liked it too.

[Ahasverus]

So it's real? and they are doing it? and THEY HAVE A SHOOTING SCHEDULE NOW?

Fuck my life.

[Ravvie]

I disagree with you, they doesnt even play the game and say that type of thing as a excuse in the majority of times. The problem is that instead of followiing the obvious they try to do some things that they find cool or that will make the fans happy and in the majority of times they are wrong.

Its so simple to do a good film about CV: A Belmont enter in Castlevania, battle various monsters and fight Dracula in the end. If they make it be a good film THEN they try to do new things based in the things that are really cool from the 1st movie, but no they are all HURR DURR lets make a super woman fight zombies (RE).

True, a lot of it is laziness. And to me, at least, the fact that there seem to be a bit of snobbery around video games doesn't help matters. I think quite a few people write off stories by virtue of them just being a video game, hence 'let's not try, no one important will care' and, voila, the RE movies.

Though I suspect that might just be the whole 'video games are a relatively newish form of media' as compared to the modern comic. Which, again, is weird to me because I'd like to think the majority of people are like my dad- not a gamer, but still respects how far we've come from the first generation (seriously, he regales me with tales of how his dad figured out a way to cheat at pong).

/nonsensical time over  (and I enjoyed the SMB movie as a kid too. Ha.)

[Lelygax]

I didnt know if someone already said that but.... Welcome Ravvie lol
I only noticed that you are a new member now

Also I imagine something like that:
Paul - I know what could be fun.
Guys - What?
Paul - Lets make Nemesis cry, good eh?
Everyone - LOL yeah Paul, you overdid yourself this time, it will be a success!

[PFG9000]

Interesting.  As soon as I read this topic title, I thought his voice would be perfect for a werewolf or some other monster.