the knowles effect

Consider this an add-on pack to my post on Thursday. In my desperation to find more AvP film related information I found a review of Anderson's latest script for the AvP movie at AICN (thanks to Dark Horizons). First off I think Harry should take a look at his fucking web host because it obviously can't handle the number of posts being made by the self-righteous film pundits who take pride in flaming each other to blackened giblets in response to each article. With that out of the way, the review was pretty harsh, but as some people said there is still hope. Yes, it's kind of a stretch to have it based in the present day, but that can be easily explained with the frozen/lost colony angle that the movie seems to be taking. Furthermore, the abandoned ship that is found in the first Alien has a dead pilot and a bunch of Alien eggs. Who's to say that this isn't some ancient race that may not necessarily be prominent on earth, but still thrives in space? The explanation of such things would be outside the scope of the AvP movie, but I believe there is at least enough leg room to work out the supposed continuity issues. The presence of humans in the middle of the plot is not a bad thing, but minimal dialogue would be nice. Imagine this film where the dialogue is spoken in Predator "clicks" (with subtitles) with the Humans providing the essential plot development? The Aliens have no need to speak - they're in effect just animals, who speak in action and body language. It would truly add a sense of fear and the unknown to the atmosphere of the entire film. However I'm not so sure that today's movie audience would be ready for something like that. It would look good on Anderson's part - at least he tried something different (and for argument's sake, I happened to like Event Horizon).

Another game has been adapted for the screen - someone has purhcased the rights to create a Dungeon Siege movie. I've been personally waiting for a Diablo movie ever since I played the original, but I'll take what I can get. Despite all that, I'd be careful if I was Boll KG because you can hardly call House of the Dead a success.