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Roderick Usher 01-29-2007 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 541937)

here you go

Elvis_Christ 01-29-2007 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 542539)
I don't even get a free copy - that's how shitty they treat the writers at SciFi

No shit? Thats pretty tight assed of them. Hope you stole lots of stuff from their office.

Angra 01-29-2007 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 542697)
here you go


Holy crap, Rod.

You are a co-writer on a movie that i´ve actually seen!!!

"Mammoth". It was alright. ;)

Roderick Usher 01-29-2007 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Angra (Post 542716)
Holy crap, Rod.

You are a co-writer on a movie that i´ve actually seen!!!

"Mammoth". It was alright. ;)

That's the only one of the bunch that I am at all proud of. The execs at SciFi really don't like comedy in their movies. The first draft of Gryphon was a parody of every sword and sorcery story I'd ever seen. And they hated it.

BUT they kept the structure and told me to remove the comedy. That's how you get a bad movie, by nulifying the point, but keeping the plot. So then I just tried to see how bad I could make it and still get paid.

In Mammoth we actually got away with parodying every convention of the SciFi Channel Original picture. We have a scene in a diner, a gas station, a corn field, a party in the woods, pseudoscience, aliens, a big monster, decapitations, a heartfelt father-daughter talk, government agents, a town secret and references to The Blob, Evil Dead, The Day the Earth Stood Still and dozens of others.

It was still pretty weak, but at least we had some fun with it.

crabapple 01-29-2007 03:54 PM

Sounds very Joe Dante-like...references and homages everywhere, for the film geeks to appreciate!

GetrDone 01-29-2007 04:38 PM

since you didn't get a free copy and probably won't get anything from the dvd sales I'm assuming. would you get mad if we just downloaded it? :D

cactus 01-29-2007 05:29 PM

I caught most all of it...in between giving my little girl medicine. I'll have to catch the whole thing Thursday. I do wish they would have let you keep it a comedy. I also wish SciFi would have put just a little more effort into the monster...:eek:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...mp/griffon.jpg


Seriously, though...Congratulations. It was cheesy fun!

Roderick Usher 01-30-2007 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by GetrDone (Post 542758)
since you didn't get a free copy and probably won't get anything from the dvd sales I'm assuming. would you get mad if we just downloaded it? :D

Rip 'em off! Burn 'em like crazy. I'll never see a penny anyway.

and cactus - I WISH the creature looked that cool - an all-puppet version of a shitty SciFI Channel movie would be one hell of an improvement!

crabapple 01-30-2007 07:32 AM

I haven't seen the movie yet but the creature effects must be pretty decent?

Roderick Usher 01-30-2007 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by crabapple (Post 542933)
I haven't seen the movie yet but the creature effects must be pretty decent?

People are comparning the CGI quality to something done with Mario Paint. Another review used a Commodore 64 reference.

It's not pretty, even though my friend Scott Coulter did it. But that's what you get when the producers insist on 100+ VFX shots for around a million dollars. Just not enough money and time spent rendering.


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