Skyline ? by AURaptor

The reason no one has heard of it, is because it was done pretty much under the radar. Shot on a low budget by the Strause brothers, who did all the FX themselves.

They're actually getting sued over it, because while they were making it, they were also doing FX shots for a different alien invasion flick coming next year, and the studio behind it is accusing them of stealing ideas from one for the other.

I'm curious about it. I hated the Brothers' last flick (Alien v Predator: Requiem) but this looks like it has potential, and I like that they made it themselves.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 8:53 AM

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lwaves wrote:
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 05:36
I'd never heard of this until I read your post

OK, so it wasn't just me. Good.

This reminds me of that clip that came out a while ago, about aliens attacking some town in S.America .... anyone recall that ? Is this the follow up to that test clip?

This is it.. >

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:03 AM

That's an unrelated project, though it's also been picked up to be developed as a feature film. By Sam Raimi's company, I believe.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:07 AM

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I've been following it for a while since the trailer popped up a few months back. First impression was that it's an eye candy movie, which makes sense since the Strause Brothers are primarily VFX and music video directors.

They are good at what they do, but whether they can stretch what they do into a full length movie is another story. "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem" sucked, but it made money, which kind of says something about their target audience for 'Skyline.'

Based on the trailer, it looks like a movie about space vampires with a bunch of VFX sequences chained together, which will likely appeal to those who watched movies like '2012' and 'Transformer 3.'

Being low budget, I'm afraid the best sequences are probably the ones in the trailer and with no dialog, the story is probably incomprehensible.

Compare the 'Skyline' trailer with 'ID4,' which are basically telling the same story but look at the major differences in how they were being promoted.

Regardless, I guess we'll find out next week to see if the buzz for the movie has picked up any and if they'll let the press get a sneak peak, which should be a good sign as to how well it might do at the box office.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:22 AM

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....the story is probably incomprehensible.

So, it's kinda like a porno?

OK, got it.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:07 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
So, it's kinda like a porno?

Yeah, great to look at and get all turned on, but ultimately unsatisfying.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:09 PM

That's a big judgement to make from a trailer.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:42 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
That's a big judgement to make from a trailer.

I was just kidding around, but seriously, trailer aside, the fact that there has been very little buzz concerns me a bit, especially when the premiere is just a couple of weeks away. That either means the directors want to keep the overall story of the movie a secret, which doesn't seem to be the case. Or they don't want movie-goers to know how bad it is.

Being low budget, I would think the marketing guys would be hyping it through whatever online and social media channel they have at their disposal, but it has not been the case.

With a few exceptions, historically, freshmen movie directors coupled with unseasoned screenwriters--no buzz means no good.

I could be wrong though, which I really wish I was, because I miss good big screen sci-fi.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 3:46 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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Originally posted by HAKEN:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
So, it's kinda like a porno?

Yeah, great to look at and get all turned on, but ultimately unsatisfying.

LOL

That is pretty much what I took away from the trailers I have seen for the film. Looks like a lot of eye candy and fluff, but little or no substance to carry it.

I'll be skipping this one.

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Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:30 PM

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Well, the day has finally come. Most reviews read like this one.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/skyline-film-review-44588

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Thursday, November 11, 2010 2:59 PM

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" Here’s a tip: Don’t waste your time trying to work out what’s going on. It’s clear by the end that the filmmakers had no idea either."

Awwww, shucks. And I was so looking forward to seeing Dr. Turk do something w/ out his side kick, J.D.

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Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:07 PM

KWICKO

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This Skyline would be loads more entertaining...

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Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:09 PM

America loves a winner!

WTH is that suppose to be, some sort of Transformer ?

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Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:46 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by HAKEN:
Well, the day has finally come. Most reviews read like this one.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/skyline-film-review-44588

Too bad; I kinda liked AVP: Requiem.
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Friday, November 12, 2010 2:09 AM

KWICKO

It's a Skyline. A Nissan Skyline GT-R. It *IS* a transformer, of a sort.

Y'all probably thought the Nissan Z was the "hot" car they made. The Skyline was its big brother. 276 (advertised) horsepower (actually closer to 475 in many cases), AWD, AWS, twin turbos on in inline 3.0-liter 6-cylinder.

Jeremy Clarkson takes on the Skyline on "Top Gear":

http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-gear-nissan-skyline-gtr-r34_645089
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Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.

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Friday, November 12, 2010 8:54 AM

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I've seen some of the drifters here drive those at the local raceway park.

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Friday, November 12, 2010 9:14 AM