tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post5408768159025168463..comments2022-11-11T07:08:58.715-05:00Comments on The Screaming Axe: Mytharc is dead, they sayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-45185765628395374412015-09-05T09:43:05.853-04:002015-09-05T09:43:05.853-04:00Yeah, I don't know what happened with PA3...
...Yeah, I don't know what happened with PA3...<br /><br />I'll definitely be watching Area 51 if it's on Netflix.zharthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995423745639356980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-26344753294845189942015-09-05T06:56:54.253-04:002015-09-05T06:56:54.253-04:00Yeah Halloween would have been ideal. TBPH Mike My...Yeah Halloween would have been ideal. TBPH Mike Myers is my least favorite of the slasher icons anyway.<br /><br />But what they did with Halloween would actually be ideal for PA at least IMO because they did 2 Halloween movies of the same continuity and then branched off. That way we get our cake (PA 1 & 2) and get to eat it too (anthology ftw). I still rank PA3 as one of the most disappointing films I've seen, due largely to 90% of the trailer not happening in the movie (including the house burning down and the demonologist from PA1 appearing....)<br /><br />FYI Area 51 actually came on Netflix (already!) so that's cool. Definitely going to watch that.Tenzin Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925867097747621833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-70706257267775949182015-09-02T13:32:29.359-04:002015-09-02T13:32:29.359-04:00I think there is one coming out. That may have bee...I think there is one coming out. That may have been part of the impetus for me to watch the one I missed. Unfortunately, they've gone from "must see in the theater!", to "eh, I'll get around to it within a year or so..."<br /><br />I still think Halloween would've been great as an anthology series, like it was originally meant to be. It's got just as generic a name as Paranormal Activity, too.zharthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995423745639356980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-39670167531223983652015-09-02T10:35:06.936-04:002015-09-02T10:35:06.936-04:00I never watched that other Paranormal Activity fil...I never watched that other Paranormal Activity film either. And I think there's another one supposed to come out this October? Or maybe not, there haven't been any trailers yet. Maybe next October. I still say Paranormal Activity should have been an anthology series, and it could have ruled the found footage genre all by itself. Even assuming Peli's Area 51 is mediocre at least it wouldn't tarnish anything about the first Paranormal Activity -- and with such a non-descript name as Paranormal Activity, it's perfect as an anthology. And I say this even though I do think PA2 is the best of the series. But I digress...Tenzin Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925867097747621833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-77350058709448835712015-09-02T10:34:40.865-04:002015-09-02T10:34:40.865-04:00I never watched that other Paranormal Activity fil...I never watched that other Paranormal Activity film either. And I think there's another one supposed to come out this October? Or maybe not, there haven't been any trailers yet. Maybe next October. I still say Paranormal Activity should have been an anthology series, and it could have ruled the found footage genre all by itself. Even assuming Peli's Area 51 is mediocre at least it wouldn't tarnish anything about the first Paranormal Activity -- and with such a non-descript name as Paranormal Activity, it's perfect as an anthology. And I say this even though I do think PA2 is the best of the series. But I digress...Tenzin Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925867097747621833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-32702224594067254072015-09-01T12:47:49.010-04:002015-09-01T12:47:49.010-04:00Not to get too spoilerry, but especially the whole...Not to get too spoilerry, but especially the whole "believe the lie" business up through the end of the fourth season - I could easily see that being a reflection of the real world.<br /><br />I was actually thinking of watching that Paranormal Activity movie I skipped sometime this October, seeing as it's on Netflix. I don't expect it to be good, but I'm still curious.<br /><br />Yeah, I can sympathize with the whole "you're ruining it!" mindset, especially with remakes and tired sequels and stuff. Maybe Seinfeld had something when they chose to go out on a high note. Then again, from the start, I think Chris Carter planned on taking his time stepping through the mythology. "No aliens until the sixth season," or whatever. Lots of maybe-aliens, but I don't think any concrete mythology aliens materialized until the first movie. But I'll be getting there soon enough.zharthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995423745639356980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-13443514124845136102015-09-01T11:46:19.814-04:002015-09-01T11:46:19.814-04:00It's an interesting question and something I&#...It's an interesting question and something I'm looking forward to (though wearily) exploring. The conspiracy aspect was always what drew me to the series and what I liked was when it was really ground level stuff, like it could be part of our own world -- which obviously ceases to be the case when they get into alien fruitions and the like. <br /><br />But I can sort of understand where those other people are coming from. Paranormal Activity, for example, it's hard for me to ignore the dumb direction they took the mythology since it ties so closely to what happens in those first two films. I can still enjoy them but it'll never be 100% pure again. But ultimately that affects more my opinion of how the series stands on a critical level, more than it affects my enjoyment. BTW Oren Peli's Area 51 finally did come out. Didn't get great reviews but I look forward to watching it this october.Tenzin Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925867097747621833noreply@blogger.com