areaseven Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Only one day left before the national premiere of ReelMarks on the Cable Radio Network. I can't wait to talk about upcoming movies, including this one coming on May 7: Van Helsing Written and directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy), Van Helsing is Hugh Jackman's next big film after X-Men, X2: X-Men United and Swordfish. But the question is this: will it be any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Err........vaguely heard of it, but no idea what it's about. I'm guessing it's some sort of vampire movie, with a title like Van helsing? Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 all I know is Hugh has big hair. I wonder if Tom Waits will make a cameo..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) Wolverine (haha) + Frakenstein + Dracula + Werewolf + (and here's my favorite part) Kate Beckinsale = Interesting premise. The trailer looks good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Edited January 29, 2004 by UN Spacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechleader Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Can't wait for this to come out! It's gonna ROCK!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Its looks horrible, LOL. Part Dracula, part Vampire Hunter D, part Blade... you already know what is going to happen. It'll get horrible reviews, but it will make 100 million anyways. Teenage boys will love it, everyone else won't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Seems intriguing to me. May take my brother to go see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 They filmed the castle front here in Downey, CA. Same as the Spiderman World Unity Fair in the first film. They had the cast in San Diego last year and it's packed with hotties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine23 Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Kate Beckinsale, Kate shmeckinsale... I'm looking forward to seeing swimsuit model Josie Maran as a vampire.. check out pics here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druna Skass Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Isn't Van Hellsing the founder or father of the founder of the Hellsing institute in the Hellsing anime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu legato Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 On the one hand, Hugh Jackman is always interesting to watch. On the other hand, Stephen Sommers is, at best, a second rate writer/director. I could go either way on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Isn't Van Hellsing the founder or father of the founder of the Hellsing institute in the Hellsing anime? In the con, they stated it had nothing to do with the anime. I'm looking forward to seeing swimsuit model Josie Maran as a vampire.. The brunette vampire comes out in a Spanish flick called Sex and Lucia. Very nice also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That NOS Guy Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Lame. It's always nice to see unintelligent comments abound. Interesting comment from an Arnold fan... As for the movie, the premise looks interesting, but the directing/producing team makes me a tad nervous. I'm a sucker for Vampire movies (with unfortunate results i.e. Underworld) so I'll end up sucked into that theater like gas into a black hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 sigh....I'm kinda sick of seeing the trailer for this movie. I must've seen it like 50 times already. Even as I post this message, I'm making another copy for Universal right now to distribute. Ugh!!! But I'm still going to go watch it when it comes out. Funny thing that happen to me last friday. I went to the northridge mall and some guy asked my friend and I if we wanted to get paid to do a survey. The guy told us he'll pay us 8 bucks to do a shampoo survey and a movie survey. So we both decided to do it just to kill time. So I finish up the shampoo survey which took like 30 minutes to do, ugh, and the guy pops in the video tape for the movie survey. And what trailer comes on you ask? Van Helsing!! So I was like man, you have got to be kidding me!!! So I told the guy to just skip the trailer and let me do the survey already because I've seen the trailer so many times already at work. After that was said and done, he took out the tape and I saw the labels. I was like man, I had a feeling it was one of the tapes that I made for distribution!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 What does shampoo have to do with a movie. LOL! The Van Helsing Anti-Dandruff Shampoo Made from the finest garlic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uminoken Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I'm pretty stoked for this movie. Yeah I'm a sucker for a good adventure movie, and I've liked Sommers' other movies, they all have a old Saturday afternoon matinee feel to them, so you know you're just in for a fun time at the cinema, no thinking required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent ONE Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Â Lame. It's always nice to see unintelligent comments abound. Interesting comment from an Arnold fan... As for the movie, the premise looks interesting, but the directing/producing team makes me a tad nervous. I'm a sucker for Vampire movies (with unfortunate results i.e. Underworld) so I'll end up sucked into that theater like gas into a black hole. So you don't have a high level of confidence this movie is going to be anything but another Underworld... Me neither hence my "uninteligent comment." You should love me for my comments... Love the fact that you get to enjoy my company... Love the fact that you can look at my avatar. MW allows you to bathe in the power and glory of Agent ONE... Don't fight it. Next time you try to pick a fight don't praise the opinion of the other person in the process. If you behave yourself I might let you feel my muscles at the next MW Con. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine23 Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Aside from Josie Maran, and the girl from Sex and Lucia (I knew I'd seen her somewhere, thanks EXO)... mainly this movie looks like big, dumb fun. And I like big, dumb fun. Like the Mummy, etc. When I want a good movie I'll go pull out a dvd from the home library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohsho Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I look at this and see a movie where they do the 1 man takes on all the evil bad dudes in the world. I think it'll make good money cuz it of all the action. I might go and see it. Hellsing is the family name of the doctor from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Later, used as the name of the hero for later series, like Hellsing the anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druna Skass Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Hellsing is the family name of the doctor from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Later, used as the name of the hero for later series, like Hellsing the anime. Was that the guy played by Hannibal (I can't remember his real name right now)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladic Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I dunno, this Van Halsing looks too Hightech to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladic Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Hellsing is the family name of the doctor from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Later, used as the name of the hero for later series, like Hellsing the anime. Was that the guy played by Hannibal (I can't remember his real name right now)? Anthony Hopkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That NOS Guy Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 So you don't have a high level of confidence this movie is going to be anything but another Underworld...Me neither hence my "uninteligent comment." You should love me for my comments... Love the fact that you get to enjoy my company... Love the fact that you can look at my avatar. MW allows you to bathe in the power and glory of Agent ONE... Don't fight it. Next time you try to pick a fight don't praise the opinion of the other person in the process. If you behave yourself I might let you feel my muscles at the next MW Con. I think I figured out your favorite number there partner, 37. Having a stick animation jerking off, wow, that's a mark of high intelligence. But anyway, of course it looks high tech. It's going along with this retro-tech trend which has affected a lot of movies supposed to have taken place in the 19th Century, most notably "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". -NOS Off to read Dante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent ONE Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 So you don't have a high level of confidence this movie is going to be anything but another Underworld...Me neither hence my "uninteligent comment."  You should love me for my comments... Love the fact that you get to enjoy my company... Love the fact that you can look at my avatar. MW allows you to bathe in the power and glory of Agent ONE... Don't fight it. Next time you try to pick a fight don't praise the opinion of the other person in the process. If you behave yourself I might let you feel my muscles at the next MW Con. I think I figured out your favorite number there partner, 37. Having a stick animation jerking off, wow, that's a mark of high intelligence. But anyway, of course it looks high tech. It's going along with this retro-tech trend which has affected a lot of movies supposed to have taken place in the 19th Century, most notably "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". -NOS Off to read Dante What a loser. "Off to read Dante," who says that!? I give you the null set pal. You are a ZERO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 -NOSOff to read Dante Milton was WAY better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hellsing is the family name of the doctor from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Later, used as the name of the hero for later series, like Hellsing the anime. Was that the guy played by Hannibal (I can't remember his real name right now)? Anthony Hopkins I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. Pst pst pst pst pst! The German media is having a feeding frenzy over the real life Hannibal Lector's trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abombz!! Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Maybe they should paint his hair white, call him Dante and change the name of the movie to Devil May Cry. As for Van Hellsing.... its the name of the first vampire hunter in several of the many different Vampire mythologies. If I'm not mistaken, the Belmont clan from Castlevania was loosely based on the myth of Van Hellsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine23 Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Dude, I don't know what y'all are talking about, man.. Van Helsing freakin' rulez, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Maybe they should paint his hair white, call him Dante and change the name of the movie to Devil May Cry. As for Van Hellsing.... its the name of the first vampire hunter in several of the many different Vampire mythologies. If I'm not mistaken, the Belmont clan from Castlevania was loosely based on the myth of Van Hellsing. The character is originally from the novel Dracula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Dude, I don't know what y'all are talking about, man.. Van Helsing freakin' rulez, man! well, Van Helsing rocks, but its Van Helsing, NOT Van Hagar!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abombz!! Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Maybe they should paint his hair white, call him Dante and change the name of the movie to Devil May Cry. As for Van Hellsing.... its the name of the first vampire hunter in several of the many different Vampire mythologies. If I'm not mistaken, the Belmont clan from Castlevania was loosely based on the myth of Van Hellsing. The character is originally from the novel Dracula. Right. And he shows up in several variations of the original Vampire legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Poor Eddie Van Halen, wife left him and he got tongue cancer thanks to years of smoking. Will there ever be another VH album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Right. And he shows up in several variations of the original Vampire legend. You mean in folklore? Nah, I'm 99.9% positive Dr. Helsing is an invention of Brom Stoker. There is no singular vampire legend and they bear very little resemblence to the vampires in modern stories. If you want to see what most folklore vampires are like, watch "Night of the Living Dead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Dude, I don't know what y'all are talking about, man.. Van Helsing freakin' rulez, man! well, Van Helsing rocks, but its Van Helsing, NOT Van Hagar!! That's Van Halen II, Isamu, those were the Roth days, and that was Van Halen, not Van Hagar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Dude, I don't know what y'all are talking about, man.. Van Helsing freakin' rulez, man! well, Van Helsing rocks, but its Van Helsing, NOT Van Hagar!! That's Van Halen II, Isamu, those were the Roth days, and that was Van Halen, not Van Hagar. i know duke, i was just making a joke!! they should have stayed with Diamond Dave!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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