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DrT · 07-10-2011

Wow, that looks awful. Typical Hollywood trying to capitalize on what they think is popular. I can see the meeting that spawned this idea and it went something like this:

"Imagine this...it's Harry Potter meets Twilight...but with werewolves! Yeah, and so people might be duped into thinking it's somehow related, we'll piggyback on the name recognition of a good werewolf movie in the title. People love remakes, and that's what they'll think this is, so you know they'll be lining up to see it."

Producer: "That sounds expensive though. I don't want to spend too much money on this."

Comeback: "Don't worry. For the "monster" scenes, we'll just have quick glimpses, shadows and a lot of shots in the dark. Crappy, cheap CGI will make up the rest. I know a guy who can do it dirt cheap."

Producer: "OK. Sold. Here's a couple thousand dollars. If you go one penny over budget, I'm releasing it 'as is' no matter how awful and unfinished. By the way, here's a tip. You can save some money on the script just by cutting and pasting bad dialogue from other teen drama/horror films. Also, instead of a good soundtrack, just hire one guy with a Triton keyboard and a few cheesy string synth samples. Now, let's go make a straight to DVD-quality movie that even SciFi could top."

07-10-2011	#33
DrT Process Fan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 63	Re: New images from The Howling Reborn. Wow, that looks awful. Typical Hollywood trying to capitalize on what they think is popular. I can see the meeting that spawned this idea and it went something like this: "Imagine this...it's Harry Potter meets Twilight...but with werewolves! Yeah, and so people might be duped into thinking it's somehow related, we'll piggyback on the name recognition of a good werewolf movie in the title. People love remakes, and that's what they'll think this is, so you know they'll be lining up to see it." Producer: "That sounds expensive though. I don't want to spend too much money on this." Comeback: "Don't worry. For the "monster" scenes, we'll just have quick glimpses, shadows and a lot of shots in the dark. Crappy, cheap CGI will make up the rest. I know a guy who can do it dirt cheap." Producer: "OK. Sold. Here's a couple thousand dollars. If you go one penny over budget, I'm releasing it 'as is' no matter how awful and unfinished. By the way, here's a tip. You can save some money on the script just by cutting and pasting bad dialogue from other teen drama/horror films. Also, instead of a good soundtrack, just hire one guy with a Triton keyboard and a few cheesy string synth samples. Now, let's go make a straight to DVD-quality movie that even SciFi could top."