That is an excellent photo of the group. It reminds my of the last supper in it's composition.

does it come in 1920 by 1080?

if so i want.

Hopefully it won't fall into Uwe Boll's hands. That man turns gold into shit.

That header image makes my pants tighter AND wetter.

I'm not quite sure why that should make me less optimistic about the movie...am I doing it wrong?

Silent Hill the movie was reallu great, 100x better than Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009).

the first silent hill was a dull mess. it looked atmospheric , but everything else was a total mess, one of the dullest films I have ever seen.

Ugh, it's not going to make any sense, like the last one.

Dj-Anon pretty much described it perfect.

The treatment of Silent Hill once it feel into the hands of film-makers and western developers reminds me of the American remakes of foreign horror films. They compromise ambiguity/symbolism, emotion and effectively capturing the audience for spoon-fed storyline, overdone effects and overall dullness. This is why you see Pyramid Head thrown as a "HEY LOOK WHO WE COULD FIT IN LOLZ" tool than a monster who plays a huge role in the story, and therefore disturbs the audience even more.

File under: how to murder a potentially good series.

take some aspirin I hear its good for weak hearts

Why do people hate Homecoming so much? If you want to hate a SH game, hate Origins. Homecoming was actually pretty connected to the whole town's mythos, and actually fits into the story pretty well. It was also the only mildly disturbing game in the series since 3. Origins was just a pile of dog crap.

And to be honest, I didn't mind the movie. I thought it could have and should have followed the game a little more closely, but I fully understand that the movie wasn't only made for fans of the game, and that some concessions need to be made when adapting something for a feature-length film.

As long as this movie has no whiny James Sunderland and plays out more like the SH3 they're hinting at, I'll be happy to watch it.

According to Carmody, the story "is going to happen years later and the main character is much older and representative to the movie-going public which is in that age group."

Uh.... um... so are they skipping SH2 altogether and making some hack knock-off of SH3 instead?

Let me guess, this movie will start with Jodelle Ferland trying to escape a fucked up mall, and when she finally gets home she finds Radha Mitchell dead in a chair?

Don't get me wrong, I actually enjoyed the first Silent Hill movie, perhaps even more than it warranted, but this does indeed sound pretty sketchy. Still, it could be good, but it wouldn't be "Silent Hill 2: The Game: The Movie". But then I guess "Silent Hill 3: The Game: The Movie" could still be somewhat interesting. Maybe.

Here's the thing though, if they did make a movie version of Silent Hill 2, and they followed the pattern set by the game series, people coming to the movies who aren't familiar with the games (but who did see the first movie) would probably all be "Huh, wuts going on? Whar's Rose? Whar's Sharon? Whar's Sean Bean? This dumb."

However..... speaking of Sean Bean, now that I think about it the Sean Bean character from the first movie could potentially make for a half-way decent James Sunderland stand-in, given how the first movie ended. It would still make a kind of sense, continuity-wise. Of course, they would then fuck it all up by having him actually meet up with the not-at-all-dead-just-stuck-in-Silent-Hill Rose, rather than a Rose-like Maria stand-in.

Hmm, maybe they could combine SH2 and SH3 into one movie, if they did it just right. Have an A-plot with Sharon that kind of follows SH3, and have a B-plot with Christopher that kind of follows SH2. It could work. Maybe. Not sure whether Rose would be better used in the A-plot or the B-plot in this case, though.

Wow, this ended up being a bigger comment than I expected it to be when I started. I'm thinking about this too much. Of course it's going to end up not being anything like that at all and thus probably sucking in ways that even the first movie didn't.

@Gen Eric Gui

Totally agreed. Homecoming was God compared to Origins (and also compared to The Room, for that matter). Also agreed on the movie as well. I liked it up until the cult was revealed, then it started to spiral.

"So we have to get some story in there that helps explain a bit more"

THIS IS PYRAMID HEAD.HE IS YOU AND YOU WANT A FUCK! WITH A SWORD!

Appeal to a wider audience a-la Alien vs. Predator 2? this gonna be good, i can already picture Harry Mason as a "I have problems talking to girls" tween (i.e. Douche).

<i>Why do people hate Homecoming so much? If you want to hate a SH game, hate Origins. Homecoming was actually pretty connected to the whole town's mythos, and actually fits into the story pretty well. It was also the only mildly disturbing game in the series since 3. Origins was just a pile of dog crap.</i>

Homecoming, disturbing? Oh, please. What the hell was disturbing about the Hostel-like ripoff environment in they put in at the end of the game, or the lack of the Otherworld for a lot of the main game, or the fog that looked just like a gray backdrop, removing much of the atmosphere? Origins at least had some tense moments and some familiar characters. Not to mention, some atmospheric music and a few monsters that showed some sign of creativity without going over the top. What the hell was the deal with the Siams and Smog monsters? Talk about taking a decent concept too far. It was obvious to most fans they were <u>trying too hard</u> to be deep and psychological. The plot could have used more emotion and an unsettling twist, but at least it made the effort. It's look and feel is very much in line with SH1, and SH2 in the motel. Homecoming made no effort.

The twist with Alex was entirely expected. I didn't so much as raise an eyebrow when I saw it. Now, if Alex had been a veteran who actually committed some horrible war crimes during his time, that would have caught my attention (rape, anybody? Killing children? Anything would have worked better than this SH2-rip off idea we got). Pyramid Head was used as a cameo, without building any atmosphere or story around him. And the supporting characters were weak. Did anybody really give a shit about that redneck Curtis? I didn't. And Judge Holloway and Alex's mother weren't really developed enough for us to care about them. And the way Alex and Wheeler treated it like an action mission was annoying. I was glad to see the first Black protagonist in the game, but it could have been much better when it came to getting it done. 4 was more disturbing than SH Homecoming. And I don't even consider it scary!! The ghosts had some slightly disturbing quality to them, and the hauntings were unsettling, even though the game lacked some mainstream scares. The settings were bland in Homecoming too, except for the Otherworld parts, with the prison getting the worst of it. It had none of the atmosphere of SH2's prison. Homecoming isn't a bad game. It's competently executed. I just don't think it's particularly creative or inspiring. I tried to play it with the lights off to give it a more tangible sense of atmosphere, and it still only managed to deliver only one scare (when the Siam crashed through the ceiling in the sewers), and it wasn't even atmosphere related. The problem with Origins is that Climax followed SH1 so closely, they forgot to distinguish themselves from the previous developers. The result is that it's your run-of-the-mill Silent Hill game. It's a very formulaic Silent Hill game, which makes no attempt to push the boundaries of the genre. To use another comparison, it's the "too faithful" adaptation, which we see sometimes in movies [that have been adapted from books], where nothing is new. But that's where Silent Hill: Shattered Memories comes in. Hopefully they've learned enough to realize they have to do their own thing too, not just follow Team Silent blindly. It's just a matter of realizing which concepts work and which ones don't, something Double Helix failed to do. I don't mind the concept of a soldier in Silent Hill, because it could have had some horrifying situations, had it been executed properly. It's just that the opportunity was wasted. Hell, I would have even preferred returning to Heather and taking up a more psychological story this time instead of a cult-based one (I don't hate the cult, but a psychological one would have offered a different perspective on her), rather than this tripe about Alex searching for his brother (who appeared to be nothing more than an annoying brat, thus gaining no sympathy from me. Yeah, it was because of his father, but it doesn't change the fact the boy sounded like a brat, and really showed no hint of a close relationship with Alex, except for the scene on the lake).

But that's just my opinion and you're perfectly entitled to hate Origins. I just think Homecoming is below even Origins on the scale. If Origins is mediocre (which is only average, remember, not bad as most people think), Homecoming is dangerous close to sinking into 'bad' territory. Only the competently executed gameplay saves it. That, and some occasionally interesting moments, and of course, the score by Akira Yamaoka, which managed to get in a couple of interesting songs. I like Elle, I'll admit that, and Alex *could* be interesting, but they're wasted in a ho-hum story.

As for the SH2 movie...

WHY is this man still writing the script?!? We've already seen Roger Avary is a hack, judging by the first one. Whatever talent Avary had abandoned him long ago, and Christophe Gans was no master director either. We got one of the stooges out. Why can't we get this one out too? Leave him! Go with someone else, someone who will respect the story and not deliver a crappy narrative that devolves into a Crucible-style witch hunt! Just get anyone else who respects the story and won't rival Uwe Boll for the most awful screenplay of the year award! I don't mind if they go with another cult based story, or a psychological one, but just make it SILENT HILL!!! I'm glad this guy didn't touch Phantasm, as I said in another thread, because he would have completely destroyed it. He had a good idea, but then again, Silent Hill the film had a good idea too, and look where that got it! My guess is Roger Avary is good at coming up with good ideas that start off well and then fall apart around the middle to end section, because he brings in some crazy ass concepts. Also, get someone who isn't mired in sexist overtones. Christophe Gans' comment about Harry was mystifying. I don't like Harry that much, but Gans' comment about him was idiotic.

You mad, huh?