Being an SC boy, I thought it was funny that they said it was set in SC with all those high latitude trees. It reminded me of Austin Powers, when he says, "Isn't it funny how the English countryside looks in no way like southern California?"
I say the same thing about Night of the Creeps.
They're pretty much the same movie, really. They're both equally awesome.
Right. I haven't seen Slither yet, but I'm given to understand that it's a remake of NotC.
The DVD/Blu-Ray rerelease has both endings on the disc. I've still only ever seen the one. Every year, I try to get the family to watch it come Hallowe'en. Gonna get another chance pretty soon.
That's kind of how I felt. I definitely enjoyed it, but not as much as I thought. I'd love to actually read it now.
Okay, something really funny about that scene and a related one in the sequel.
The book is a lot darker. The movie repeatedly hints that Patrick is imagining all of the horrible things he does - they're psychopathic fantasies rather than actual murders. The book leaves some doubt, but a lot less. Also, the sex gets way more graphic and way, way squickier.
So I've heard. I'll definitely have to prepare myself. Violent stories affect me strongly, and I usually need "recovery" time after--lots of Bob's Burgers reruns and David Sedaris essays to make me feel like me again.
Oh, yeah I forgot to mention I watched this recently. It's really interesting, especially if you grew up on cartoons in the 90's and beyond (there's only one or two old-school VAs in it). I had no idea Dee Bradley Baker was basically the new Frank Welker, in that he does a ridiculous amount of animal/etc noises and goes uncredited for them. Also Frank Welker's not in it, which made me a little sad.
The absence of Frank and (my favorite) Tress MacNielle was disappointing, especially considering they are two of the most prolific voice actors... possibly ever*. I read they turned in down because they are super-private and don't get why people would be interested. Ah, well, can't have it all. And although it's 20+ years too late, it would have been amazing to have Mel Blanc interviewed for this. I'm glad they remembered to include June Foray, who's a legend long before most of us in here were born.
Yeah I've noticed Welker rarely does interviews. I think I've seen all of like, two, maybe, and one was part of a quick behind-the-scenes for a Transformers game that was just him and Peter Cullen.
This too, but seriously Dee Bradley Baker is going to take his job someday. He's pretty fantastic (and did amazing work in Clone Wars as all the Clones).
Well... they are clones
I personally had a theory about the clones and their accents. Regular troopers (including commanders) would tend to have the same, neutral accent since they were all flash-trained via simulators and digital instructors. Advanced Recon Commandos (ARCs) would all talk like Jango Fett, since he trained them directly. Republic Commandos (RCs) would have a variety of accents since they had different instructors - each company of 104 (26 squads) had one main sergeant, but would cross train with other groups for certain specialist knowledge.
True, but he managed to make each one, especially the named ones, sound like they had their own personality, even though they had the same voice as a base. It's really some incredible voicework.
I didn't realize both of these people were omitted, nor that they try to stay out of the public eye (especially since Welker has been well-known in Hollywood for a long, long time). MacNeille is Mom (Futurama), Babs Bunny (Tiny Toons), Dot (Animaniacs), Crazy Cat Lady (Simpsons), and that's just the ones I can think of off the top of my head in the last 5 minutes.
Man, from listening to Rob Paulsen's podcast and from John Dimaggio has said, Frank Welker just vehemently refuses any sort of thing like this. Dimaggio wanted Frank Welker and Paulsen says that he asks Frank to be on his podcast every time they golf.
I'm going to add Gadget on Rescue Rangers. The whole reason I know Tress' name was because I loved CnD'sRR and Tiny Toons, and my 9 year old self noticed Gadget and Babs sounded eerily similar. A little pre-Internet research ( I.e. watching the credits on tape) proved it was the same actress.
I did too, and I'd like to say more about why I liked it, but I think going in blind is the best way to see it.
