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Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

I love all the people watching WEB SERIES ripping on the Paranormal Activity movies... Are the PA movies cinema perfection? 'Course not but they're fine horror movies. Certainly better written/directed/acted/etc. than everymanHybrid or Tribe Twelve or any other Slender series

Arguable. I intensely dislike the Paranormal Activity films, especially from 2 onward, and would argue that as pieces of storytelling they are atrocious.

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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:30 am

pravado
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Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

PA has a far bigger budget than any slender series (of which most have a very low budget) and they are very very subpar horror movies. It's not a surprise that you're going to get better actors when you're pulling in actual actors. As far as better written, yeah no. The scripts of those movies read as if they just told the actors to ad-lib the scenarios. You're comparing apples and oranges though. PA has much better equipment to work with and has had far more time spent on the script than any slender series.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:35 am

pravado
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SaigoSentinel wrote:

Lithp wrote:

Of course they could. Watch, "So we're thinking of maybe adapting Marble Hornets into a movie. We haven't seen anyone about it yet, but we just wanted to put it out there that it is an idea of ours." It's not hard at all.

And there is a difference between the legal obligation to decide what to do with your series, & the good form to keep your fans in the loop.

This is Trosephim, so I'm sure they weren't trying to be malicious, or anything. But it is slightly disappointing, nonetheless.

According to Troy, they've been in talks for a few years. So if they had done that back then before they started talks, I have a feeling some people might be like "who cares?" because it wouldn't have been AS BIG as it is now.

MH wasn't worth making into a movie until midway through season 2. I highly doubt this was in talks for that long regardless of what troy says. It's more along the lines of Kiril wanted to make it into a movie, and always had the idea to, and now they're confirming it.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:37 am

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Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

Certainly better written/directed/acted/etc. than everymanHybrid or Tribe Twelve or any other Slender series

HAH. This is like comparing Bastion to Darksiders. Darksiders, while it had potential, had an incredibly subpar story for an AAA series and unfortunately wasn't anything special. Bastion was made by an independent studio and had a MUCH better narrative, story, art style, soundtrack, and arguably better gameplay. It was UNIQUE, and AMAZING.

No, my good sir or madam. Something being indie doesn't automatically mean big-budget releases are better. Hell, indie projects often have more passion behind them, which the creators of the popular Slender series have shown in full force. The fact that you listed EverymanHYBRID, the most impressively acted and written Slender-series to date (IN MY OPINION), just goes to show how arrogant you are.

OT: Movies are cool and all, but I have no idea how to feel about this. I'm going to wait until we have more info before dropping any judgement.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:53 am

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pravado wrote:

Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

And the script (such that it is) to EMH reads like the creators just ripped off a few creep pasta and smashed them together. Gee how creative and deep (by far my favorite claim that people attribute to EMH; it's about as deep as an ice tray)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:07 am

Imtoogoodforyou
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Malckeor wrote:

Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

Certainly better written/directed/acted/etc. than everymanHybrid or Tribe Twelve or any other Slender series

Non sequitur but nice try

Malckeor wrote:

No, my good sir or madam. Something being indie doesn't automatically mean big-budget releases are better. Hell, indie projects often have more passion behind them, which the creators of the popular Slender series have shown in full force. The fact that you listed EverymanHYBRID, the most impressively acted and written Slender-series to date (IN MY OPINION), just goes to show how arrogant you are.

Don't recall making any comparison between the merits of indie production versus big-budget production but, again, nice try. And if you truly believe the acting and writing in EMH is "impressive" then you probably need to spend some time reading/watching quality books/films (and, no, before you do the obvious and try to twist my words, Paranormal Activity (and its sequels) are not high quality films. They are, however, entertaining and don't try to play at being clever like EMH.

OT: I'd rather see a MH-based Slender movie than any other Slender-series no matter who is writing/producing/directing it.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:22 am

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OMG! After creating an extremely popular web series and giving us free entertainment and an excuse to obsess and speculate for three years, Troy has the unmitigated gall to cash in on the idea while simultaneously giving us the possibility of seeing something we like on the big screen! How dare he?! Why what an utterly ~~DESPICABLE~~ ~~SELL-OUT~~ reasonable thing for him to do. He has absolutely no every right to do this!

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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:54 am

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Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

I would argue that marble hornets has a better plot, acting, and production value than all of the PAs

ReynardtaFox wrote:

We aren't saying he is betraying us, or that he shouldn't do it. It is inspiring that his weekend hobby has turned out so popular and is now making him money.

We are just sad because, more likely than not, it won't be very good. But we will see.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:21 am

aurumae
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To me the most interesting question is how closely related to the original Marble Hornets this movie will be. Because, when you think about it, the Name 'Marble Hornets' only makes sense in the context of web entries about Alex Krailie's student film

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:41 am

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ReynardtaFox wrote:

I was tempted to edit this post to reflect the other side but the last time I pointed out the reasons why a content creator has just as much if not more reason to be grateful to their fanbase as vice versa, I was chewed out for "demonising" and being "ungrateful"(this wasn't on here). So I'll just point out that Trospehim are making a bold move here, there is a chance that it could flop and that speculating the worst case scenario really isn't as abominable as some people have been acting, they're just expressing their opinion and concerns. The idea of this movie is worrying but I will keep in mind that there is a chance it'll be good, if they really pull it off well.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:56 am

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pravado wrote:

SaigoSentinel wrote:

Lithp wrote:

That Kiril guy isn't even mentioned to be part of this movie. Does he work for Mosaic because he's not the director, nor the writer, unless this Ian Shorr guy is another name for this Kiril guy.

And if this is that Shorr guy, then he's definitely not that Kiril guy.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2135380/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:17 am

censura_umbra
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So the person that wrote the script of this marble hornets script also wrote this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031280/

We should all watch that movie before we make a judgment instead of instantly comparing it to the awful paranormal activity movies

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:43 am

Malckeor
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Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

And if you truly believe the acting and writing in EMH is "impressive" then you probably need to spend some time reading/watching quality books/films

Whatever. Despite you brushing off my valid arguments, I respect your "opinions"--

Wait. Three posts, joined today. Looks like I fed a troll. CLEVER GIRL...

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:58 am

Lithp
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Malckeor wrote:

Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

And if you truly believe the acting and writing in EMH is "impressive" then you probably need to spend some time reading/watching quality books/films

Whatever. Despite you brushing off my valid arguments, I respect your "opinions"--

Wait. Three posts, joined today. Looks like I fed a troll. CLEVER GIRL...

Yeah, either troll or ignorant tool, either way, nothing to see here.

Anyway, I'm noticing this trend here, where people seem to take any criticism of Marble Hornets as an insult. The facts are that (1) no one said anything like "despicable sell out" or "no right to do it," (2) movie adaptations are problematic at best, & (3) no one involved in the production, with the exception of Trosephim--whom we don't know the extent of their involvement--has any experience with this kind of film.

If you don't think it makes sense to be a little concerned, I don't know what to tell you.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:21 pm

twistedpuppet
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Malckeor wrote:

Imtoogoodforyou wrote:

And if you truly believe the acting and writing in EMH is "impressive" then you probably need to spend some time reading/watching quality books/films

Whatever. Despite you brushing off my valid arguments, I respect your "opinions"--

Wait. Three posts, joined today. Looks like I fed a troll. CLEVER GIRL...

Just because they joined today doesn't make them a troll. Also, I hate to say it, but the writing in PA is better than most slender series. Marble Hornets is, of course, the exception.

Now stop attacking new people just because you don't agree with them. :V

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:04 pm

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