tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715711610648154390.post6960678486738203796..comments2024-03-27T03:16:36.721-04:00Comments on Checkpoint Telstar: HubrisWeen 2, Day 4: Dead Snow (2009)Tim Lehnererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410878013331168436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715711610648154390.post-16622843761717029992014-10-09T18:01:48.015-04:002014-10-09T18:01:48.015-04:00And to respond to your earlier comment, "Craz...And to respond to your earlier comment, "Crazy Ralph" is the term a friend from the B Movie Message Board used to describe the character who tells people they're doomed. I think that character in one of the first "Friday the 13th" movies is actually named Crazy Ralph and that's where it came from.<br /><br />As to the sex in the outhouse, yeah, that's not a place that seduction needs to take place in at all. And you're right about the snow--apparently the Coen brothers learned a lot about lighting and shooting outdoor snowy scenes with "Fargo", and tried to help Sam Raimi out with the filming challenges in "A Simple Plan". It's got to be nerve-wracking to know you only get one take in a given location.Tim Lehnererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410878013331168436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715711610648154390.post-19000668632106539302014-10-09T12:11:23.498-04:002014-10-09T12:11:23.498-04:00No, they both posted reviews. It's hard to syn...No, they both posted reviews. It's hard to synchronize this stuff between three people in different time zones with day jobs. I apologize for any inconvenience.Tim Lehnererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410878013331168436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715711610648154390.post-85309727520058177352014-10-09T11:13:34.101-04:002014-10-09T11:13:34.101-04:00Did Terrible Claw and Yes I Know give up already?Did Terrible Claw and Yes I Know give up already?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334013610288458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715711610648154390.post-29945874225313868682014-10-09T11:12:54.231-04:002014-10-09T11:12:54.231-04:00I just saw this a couple days ago. "Crazy Ra...I just saw this a couple days ago. "Crazy Ralph" = "Harbinger" in Cabin-in-the-Woods-speak, I assume. What's the etymology of Crazy Ralph?<br /><br />It wasn't very good, and yet I loved it for its self-awareness. I was rolling my eyes right up until they won me over with the reference to their horror-movie-standard isolated cabin with no phone service. And they followed through on the winks and nods: the harbinger, the sex-havers were the first two killed, the chainsaw, the insistence on splitting up against all logic. Great fun.<br /><br />I had pigeon-holed the female characters as standard-issue Smart, Pretty, and Slut. And they died in the proper order (though traditionally I think Smart/Virginish should have been the last survivor).<br /><br />Dammit, I should have recognized those things as draugr, I killed about a million of 'em in Skyrim.<br /><br />Grossest sex scene ever. Was that deliberate?<br /><br />I was impressed that the snow was so clean and undisturbed when it needed to be. A lot of one-take successes. Or else a lot more CGI than I realized.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334013610288458384noreply@blogger.com