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2/27/2020 11:48 pm  #1


Color Out of Space

For those of you who haven't seen the brand new "Color Out of Space" adaptation starring Nicolas Cage, it's worth checking out.  They set it in the present, but it has a good vibe that is true to the story.


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3/04/2020 7:08 am  #2


Re: Color Out of Space

Thanks! I'd noticed it and was wondering. 


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3/04/2020 9:15 am  #3


Re: Color Out of Space

Heard a cut off the soundtrack on the radio last night. Wild stuff!

https://www.wfmu.org/listen.m3u?show=91783&archive=183592&starttime=0:19:32

 

3/04/2020 9:52 am  #4


Re: Color Out of Space

Cage does his usual stuff at a couple points in the movie.
Overall pretty decent; definitely better than that mess starring Will Wheaton.


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3/04/2020 1:31 pm  #5


Re: Color Out of Space

If you've seen the 2010 German version: how do they compare?


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3/04/2020 3:49 pm  #6


Re: Color Out of Space

I have it coming in from Netflix (DVD not streamable). looking forward to it...


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3/05/2020 1:49 am  #7


Re: Color Out of Space

rhialto wrote:

If you've seen the 2010 German version: how do they compare?

I thought the German movie was better.

However, this one is not bad. It's not a garbage fire like the Wicker Man remake or some of Cage's other movies.


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3/05/2020 4:56 am  #8


Re: Color Out of Space

Blackadder23 wrote:

rhialto wrote:

If you've seen the 2010 German version: how do they compare?

I thought the German movie was better.

However, this one is not bad. It's not a garbage fire like the Wicker Man remake or some of Cage's other movies.

Thanks, that's helpful: sounds good enough to watch if free.


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3/05/2020 7:00 pm  #9


Re: Color Out of Space

rhialto wrote:

Blackadder23 wrote:

rhialto wrote:

If you've seen the 2010 German version: how do they compare?

I thought the German movie was better.

However, this one is not bad. It's not a garbage fire like the Wicker Man remake or some of Cage's other movies.

Thanks, that's helpful: sounds good enough to watch if free.

It's one of the few movies I have watched that I cannot decide whether or not I liked it.  I could defend liking or hating with equal passion. At the end of the day I guess I was glad I watched.
 


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And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound?” 
 

3/05/2020 9:57 pm  #10


Re: Color Out of Space

Yeah, I saw a few reviews that really talked it up.  It wasn't that good, but it was far better than most HPL film adaptations (a low bar, I know), and did a competent job of capturing the cosmic horror weirdness vibe IMHO.


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4/18/2020 10:34 am  #11


Re: Color Out of Space

I finally got to see the movie the other day and wasn't impressed. But then again I'm hard pressed to come up with any HPL story to movie that I liked.

 

4/18/2020 3:30 pm  #12


Re: Color Out of Space

tomas wrote:

I finally got to see the movie the other day and wasn't impressed. But then again I'm hard pressed to come up with any HPL story to movie that I liked.

They are few and far between, unfortunately.
 


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And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound?” 
 

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