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trinityvixenNo, I mean it. Underworld: Evolution may well have been worse than Bloodrayne. Uwe Boll, you may not have made the worst, most unintelligibly, incomprehensibly plotted, dismally shot, poorly acted movie about a vampire chick ever! Break open the champagne, man!
No, really, really, really, I mean I may have "enjoyed" Bloodrayne more. They're almost the exact same movie shot with different budgets. If you picture Bloodrayne as the Sci-Fi channel version of like Starship Troopers and Underworld: Evolution the theatrical version of the same, you'll have a fair idea of how they compare. And they are practically the same movie.
That's mostly joking, but it's not wrong for being facetious. Vampire having random sex with naked chicks--check for both movies. Gratuitous, poorly rendered (either with standard or CG special effects)--check and check. Acting pretty piss-poor despite actors clearly taking it seriously--well, I guess the cast of Bloodrayne were faking it, some of them, but everyone in Underworld: Evolution thought they were making goddamned Shakespearean drama or something.
And, all right, that's it. The first Underworld was mostly dead boring, but it was pretty, and there were moments of fun action and some all right acting. To say the sequel made the first look like Citizen Kane would notbe hyperbole. No rules, no "why does this hurt people and that doesn't?" type of methodology, no direction, no plot, bad flashback sequences to the first film, rewriting the timeline that even I, who didn't remember it from the first film, could tell they were fucking up time something severe, and goddamnit when is that guy from Felicity EVER GOING TO LEARN TO SPEAK NOT IN A WHISPER?! Also, what the F was up with his neck? His head looks tiny on this thick-ass tree-trunk neck with these disgustingly large tendons that he strains whenever he's supposed to be like acting or something. I will take the pissy no-name actor from Bloodrayne, and that's with a mullet, mind, over the actor playing Michael.
And they changed how he looked in hybrid form...why? Selene says he needs to eat blood or he'll freak out, but she doesn't...why? He can't eat normal food or control his transformation except when it's convenient to the plot...why? She is able to beat the uber-vampire...how? She can stand in sunlight at the end...because?
So many questions--too stupid a movie to be worth looking for answers.
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feiran and I watched a disc's worth more of the first season of Lois and Clark, and it definitely improved my mood. I don't really care for Dean Cain--he's not very handsome to my mind, and his costume as Superman is ridiculous--but I think he does a good enough job with Clark, and the rest of the cast is actually pretty awesome. I really wish they'd found a Perry as good as Lane Smith for Superman Returns (movie Perry was kinda blah-blah to me).
Something I noticed though? We got ten episodes into the show at least before kryptonite ever even came up. That's a record, I think, among the TV shows. Smallville had kryptonite from the first episode. On top of that, there was also a noticeable delay in anyone finding out about Clark's secret (actually, it was the same episode as the kryptonite one), which again, I think has to be a record. He was worried about it from the series' premiere, and hence, the costume, but no one was looking for him as Superman.
That's a nice dove-tail with the comics, where Superman's lack of a mask always served as his best protection from being found out. People assumed that since he made no effort to disguise his face, he had nothing to hide, no alter-ego to defend. That's more powerful than a pair of glasses and a change of hair gel.
Oh, and, speaking of which?feiran cracked my shit up when we were watching it last night. Superman was under an injunction not to use his powers, so Clark was boiling water for tea instead of heating it himself when Lois came over looking for Superman (through some wrangling, he ended up "staying with Clark"). Clark does a quick change into Superman (so much for not using his powers) when Clark says Supes is in the shower, and as he comes out, he pours some water onto his hand to slick back his hair, which, naturally, perfectly tames Clark's curlier hair into Superman's greasy 'do.
feiran: He had hair gel in his kettle!!!
Me: ::cackles and dies laughing::
No, really, really, really, I mean I may have "enjoyed" Bloodrayne more. They're almost the exact same movie shot with different budgets. If you picture Bloodrayne as the Sci-Fi channel version of like Starship Troopers and Underworld: Evolution the theatrical version of the same, you'll have a fair idea of how they compare. And they are practically the same movie.
| BloodRayne | Underworld: Evolution | Winner |
| Star is Kristanna Loken as Rayne, an attractive female vampire with tits in tight costume | Stars Kate Beckinsale as Selene, a more attractive female with almost no tits in a tight costume | Bloodrayne |
| Love interest is Sebastian, a human vampire hunter who is impaled on sword by movie's end | Love interest is Michael, a former human, vampire/werewolf hybrid who is impaled on a piece of pipe somewhere in the middle | Sebastian--at least he had an excuse for being so fucking weak (::mutters:: hybrid superbeing my ass) |
| Gratuitous sex scene lacks chemistry because partners have barely spoken to each other | Gratuitous sex scene lacks chemistry because partners have barely spoken to each other | Hmm, tie? |
| Proves that vampire hybrids have no idea how to mate because they stand three feet away from their partner in coitus | Proves that vampire/werewolf hybrids have no idea how to mate because they think the penis is supposed to go in the girl's belly button (no, I am not kidding) | Bloodrayne, I guess--I wouldn't want my belly button raped |
| Bad guy (Ben Kingsley) wants to become supervampire by unleashing power of long-dead former vampire, Beliar | Bad guy (fucked if I know) wants to unleash superwerewolf brother, William, so two superpowered, uncontrolled morons can run amok | Neither, but the audience is definitely the loser |
| Rayne's weapon of choice: blades that look like sheet metal punchouts | Selene's weapon of choice: guns with regular bullets ('cause that makes sense) | Bloodrayne |
| Rayne taken out with blow to head. | Selene still kicking after being run through in hand and leg and after feeding Michael her own blood | Okay, this is like the one time Underworld: Evolution wins |
That's mostly joking, but it's not wrong for being facetious. Vampire having random sex with naked chicks--check for both movies. Gratuitous, poorly rendered (either with standard or CG special effects)--check and check. Acting pretty piss-poor despite actors clearly taking it seriously--well, I guess the cast of Bloodrayne were faking it, some of them, but everyone in Underworld: Evolution thought they were making goddamned Shakespearean drama or something.
And, all right, that's it. The first Underworld was mostly dead boring, but it was pretty, and there were moments of fun action and some all right acting. To say the sequel made the first look like Citizen Kane would notbe hyperbole. No rules, no "why does this hurt people and that doesn't?" type of methodology, no direction, no plot, bad flashback sequences to the first film, rewriting the timeline that even I, who didn't remember it from the first film, could tell they were fucking up time something severe, and goddamnit when is that guy from Felicity EVER GOING TO LEARN TO SPEAK NOT IN A WHISPER?! Also, what the F was up with his neck? His head looks tiny on this thick-ass tree-trunk neck with these disgustingly large tendons that he strains whenever he's supposed to be like acting or something. I will take the pissy no-name actor from Bloodrayne, and that's with a mullet, mind, over the actor playing Michael.
And they changed how he looked in hybrid form...why? Selene says he needs to eat blood or he'll freak out, but she doesn't...why? He can't eat normal food or control his transformation except when it's convenient to the plot...why? She is able to beat the uber-vampire...how? She can stand in sunlight at the end...because?
So many questions--too stupid a movie to be worth looking for answers.
On a lighter note,
feiran and I watched a disc's worth more of the first season of Lois and Clark, and it definitely improved my mood. I don't really care for Dean Cain--he's not very handsome to my mind, and his costume as Superman is ridiculous--but I think he does a good enough job with Clark, and the rest of the cast is actually pretty awesome. I really wish they'd found a Perry as good as Lane Smith for Superman Returns (movie Perry was kinda blah-blah to me).
Something I noticed though? We got ten episodes into the show at least before kryptonite ever even came up. That's a record, I think, among the TV shows. Smallville had kryptonite from the first episode. On top of that, there was also a noticeable delay in anyone finding out about Clark's secret (actually, it was the same episode as the kryptonite one), which again, I think has to be a record. He was worried about it from the series' premiere, and hence, the costume, but no one was looking for him as Superman.
That's a nice dove-tail with the comics, where Superman's lack of a mask always served as his best protection from being found out. People assumed that since he made no effort to disguise his face, he had nothing to hide, no alter-ego to defend. That's more powerful than a pair of glasses and a change of hair gel.
Oh, and, speaking of which?
feiran cracked my shit up when we were watching it last night. Superman was under an injunction not to use his powers, so Clark was boiling water for tea instead of heating it himself when Lois came over looking for Superman (through some wrangling, he ended up "staying with Clark"). Clark does a quick change into Superman (so much for not using his powers) when Clark says Supes is in the shower, and as he comes out, he pours some water onto his hand to slick back his hair, which, naturally, perfectly tames Clark's curlier hair into Superman's greasy 'do.
feiran: He had hair gel in his kettle!!!
Me: ::cackles and dies laughing::
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Date: 2006-06-29 06:04 pm (UTC)I adored and worshipped Dean Cain when this show was on the air. My only problem with his portrayal is that Superman and Clark Kent for him are really the same person -- he doesn't even make Clark particularly shy or dorky. So, unlike with Christopher Reeves portrayal, there's no reason people shouldn't connect the dots.
Ah, Lois and Clark. *sigh*
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Date: 2006-06-29 07:02 pm (UTC)PS: neither film qualifies as "Most poorly acted movie about a vampire chick ever". I say this because I happen to own the "Most poorly acted movie about a vampire chick ever" and it's far far worse. I also happen to own the "Most poorly acted movie about a vampire dude ever". Neither BloodRayne nor Underworld: Evolution were bad enough to have me stop the dvd and take an hour off before finishing the film. Those two movies on the other hand.......
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Date: 2006-06-29 07:05 pm (UTC)I also wanted to do an animated series marathon, as a friend of my roommates who saw Superman Returns with us has never seen it. Also,
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Date: 2006-06-29 07:09 pm (UTC)And I can't understand your argument about the sex scene bits. Are you saying Bloodrayne shouldn't win because they stooped to nudity, and Underworld had strategic positioning (which, need I remind you, put the guys hips at her waist!!)? Personally, if you're going to have it make no difference to the characters (Rayne and Sebastian don't even talk again until the very end; Selene and Michael spend most of the time talking to other people and walking around together silent), the scene is gratuitous. If it's supposed to be, which the one with Rayne seemed to be the case, fine, it's tension reliever. If it's supposed to be some grand lovey-dovey thing, as it was in Underworld, MAKE IT MATTER. Like don't just have sex and don't discuss it ever again. Booooring. Stuuuupid.
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Date: 2006-06-29 07:40 pm (UTC)Him: you know, since you regenerate so quick mind if I try it in your belly button.
Her: Why not. I've tried it all over the centuries, at least it would be something new.
Him: Yay, belly button sex ^_^
Her: If by some freak chance this knocks me up, I'm so cutting it off. With silver!
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Date: 2006-06-29 07:54 pm (UTC)Though if we get a group together with lots of booze, we can MST 3K the five-part story arc with the frog-eating clones, amnesia and lounge singers. That might be fun. Or... not.
Oo! Oo! Lois and Clark drinking game! Everyone does a shot whenever the plot twist is so unbelievable you just look at the screen and go what??? No, forget it. We'd die of alcohol poisoning.
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Date: 2006-06-29 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-29 10:26 pm (UTC)When was the third season, by the by, of Lois and Clark? Is that when they're debating getting married? Or is that the fourth season? I really cannot remember. I think I mostly caught first and second season reruns when it was on TNT about two years after it went off the air.
Re: Appeal
Date: 2006-06-30 12:54 pm (UTC)Though this does tell me I should never introduce you to my sister. Put the two of us in close proximity and the things that we come up with disturb the strongest of minds. Well that and we begin to cuss in many different languages and obscure references.