Comments on: Can you smell what The Rock is cutting up with a chainsaw? http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/10/can-you-smell-what-the-rock-is-cutting-up-with-a-chainsaw/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michael McMickMick http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/10/can-you-smell-what-the-rock-is-cutting-up-with-a-chainsaw/#comment-164 Michael McMickMick Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:35:18 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/videogames/2005/10/142#comment-164 Did you see it yet Chuck? Did ya? Huh? Well did ya? Did you see it yet Chuck? Did ya? Huh? Well did ya?

]]> By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/10/can-you-smell-what-the-rock-is-cutting-up-with-a-chainsaw/#comment-141 Chuck Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:59:15 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/videogames/2005/10/142#comment-141 Well I don't know if I'd say Jackson lends "dignity" to anything. <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> had dignity to spare on its own. Jackson just made it interesting, and had enough sense not to mess with it too much. I think better for <i>Halo</i> is that WETA's involved. I'm not that into the games, so I don't have much stake in the movie; my gut feeling is that it'll take itself too seriously and just end up being a bland action sci-fi movie. I'm still holding out hope for DOOM, as long as the five-minute first-person sequence is actually in the story and isn't something like a battle simulation program or something equally lame. They had enough sense to include the multiplayer call signs and the BFG, at least. But now I'm more interested in seeing a horror movie (although I guess it would actually be a comedy) that entirely consists of Hugh Grant trying to scare The Rock, and then The Rock beating the shit out of him. Well I don’t know if I’d say Jackson lends “dignity” to anything. The Lord of the Rings had dignity to spare on its own. Jackson just made it interesting, and had enough sense not to mess with it too much. I think better for Halo is that WETA’s involved. I’m not that into the games, so I don’t have much stake in the movie; my gut feeling is that it’ll take itself too seriously and just end up being a bland action sci-fi movie.

I’m still holding out hope for DOOM, as long as the five-minute first-person sequence is actually in the story and isn’t something like a battle simulation program or something equally lame. They had enough sense to include the multiplayer call signs and the BFG, at least. But now I’m more interested in seeing a horror movie (although I guess it would actually be a comedy) that entirely consists of Hugh Grant trying to scare The Rock, and then The Rock beating the shit out of him.

]]> By: Jeff H. http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/10/can-you-smell-what-the-rock-is-cutting-up-with-a-chainsaw/#comment-138 Jeff H. Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:21:36 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/videogames/2005/10/142#comment-138 So, in related news, Peter Jackson has apparently signed on to serve as Executive Producer (whatever that means) of the in-production Halo movie...and WETA are providing the special effects. Will PJ lend dignity to a disreputable genre (the video game tie-in)? So, in related news, Peter Jackson has apparently signed on to serve as Executive Producer (whatever that means) of the in-production Halo movie…and WETA are providing the special effects. Will PJ lend dignity to a disreputable genre (the video game tie-in)?

]]> By: Mac http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/10/can-you-smell-what-the-rock-is-cutting-up-with-a-chainsaw/#comment-137 Mac Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:01:28 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/videogames/2005/10/142#comment-137 There's a behind-the-scenes kinda thing in the November PC Gamer. Accoridng to that, the first-person CGI bit is one five-minute scene in the middle of the movie. The article also contains the following quote from The Rock: "I wanted the opportunity to be in a movie that was unapologetic in its efforts to scare the shit out of people." Which seems to indicate a certain amount of "just not getting it" on behalf of the people making this movie. It also raises the question, "What horror movies has The Rock seen that were apologetic about being scary?" I can't help but imagine Hugh Grant being involved: "Um, pardon me, terribly sorry to interrupt, but... boo?" There’s a behind-the-scenes kinda thing in the November PC Gamer. Accoridng to that, the first-person CGI bit is one five-minute scene in the middle of the movie. The article also contains the following quote from The Rock: “I wanted the opportunity to be in a movie that was unapologetic in its efforts to scare the shit out of people.” Which seems to indicate a certain amount of “just not getting it” on behalf of the people making this movie. It also raises the question, “What horror movies has The Rock seen that were apologetic about being scary?” I can’t help but imagine Hugh Grant being involved: “Um, pardon me, terribly sorry to interrupt, but… boo?”

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