Van Helsing

[Spriggan]

no he deleted it and then posted a toipc in the news section about how he was leaveing.  I asked JP to delete or move it since it didn't belong in the news section.

[EUOL]

Ah.  I had a bit of trouble following this one.

Anyway, I guess I'll just congratulate TFO instead.  I think he's officially survived the hazing.  847 just couldn't cut it, apparently.

[42]

So I finally saw this movie. It's not bad but it makes serious little judgement errors.

***SPOILERS***

I agree with Jeffe, the buddists and muslims in the secret room in the Vatican was just stupid. It was such a blatent appeal to "multi-culturalism" and "religious tolerance" that it was almost insulting. The whole thing was just unnecessary, except I'm sure it was some guy-in-marketing's idea.

Speaking of unnecessary, let's talk about Van Helsing himself. I think he was just there for name recognition. I found Kate Beckinsale's character to be a lot more interesting, and her character was the only one with any emotional investment through the whole affair.

I kind of liked the monsters, even when they were being hammy. It made me want to see them die more, which was kind of the point of the movie.

So if I had any say in how this movie was made, I would have thrown out Van Helsing and the Vatican. Centered the whole store around Kate Beckinsale's character. Focus on family oaths, loyalty and personal obligations, and beliefs in eternal family bonds. So I guess the whole thing would have to be rewritten.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Oh and maybe gotten a scary Dracula, as opposed to a lame one.

About the only monster I liked was Hyde... (although why he was in Paris I'll never know)

For a way cooler Idea for Van Helsing go no further than http://peginc.com/OurGames/SWRippers.htm

[EUOL]

Hyde was in Paris because they were doing a Hunchback/Hyde crossover.  It was a clever little subtle pun.  Too bad the rest of the movie wasn't equally smart....

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In the animated short for Van Helsing, Hyde is in London. He flees London when Van Helsing comes after him.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Hyde didnt seem scared enough to have fled...

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

http://www.arcanetimes.com/webcomic/backissues/2004_05_12_ATCbackissues.html

the next four strips are great too...

[stacer]

I'm dredging this up to report that I've finally seen this movie (well, really, it's still playing), and I have to agree with those who have said it's supremely dumb, and cheesy to boot. Dracula and Igor both seemed to have stepped out of Young Frankenstein or a Mel Brooks film. I agree with Jeffe that it was too serious to be a comedy and too cheesy to be serious.

Oh well, it wasted a couple hours after a really bad day. In addition to the dumb stuff going on with my insurance (which, hopefully, will be resolved with the release of a generic next year of the antihistamine I need--still not sure on that information), my day started with the overflowing of my toilet, which involved some really disgusting cleanup, and ended with a satisfying but long open house in which we showed our local authors around, so it's been a bit of a rollercoaster, so the movie served its purpose, stupid and cheesy as it was.

[The Jade Knight]

Sounds like this could have gone on the grumpy thread.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

You do realize that Young Frankenstein IS a Mel Brooks movie, right?

[stacer]

You do realize that Young Frankenstein IS a Mel Brooks movie, right?

Uh... sure I did.  

[cyan10101]

i think if they had stacer's icon in the movie as an actual scene the movie would have been better.