Alone in the Touareg
Saturday, June 27. 2009
I came across a Welly Touareg a little while ago that was a near-perfect match for the one Christian Slater drove in Alone in the Dark, and picked it up knowing that some day I'd want a good "unwind" project that didn't require modifications or extra detail work. I've been neck-deep in body work over the last few months, so now seemed like a good time to work on a no-brainer like this (the results of which can be found here).
Alone was in and out of theaters so fast, I pretty much forgot it existed until it was recapped on Agony Booth. AB has acted as a sort of checklist for me - some of my worst Netflix experiences have come at their recommendation - and Alone certainly lived down to its reputation. Probably the worst part about it is that it sounded like it may have had a shot if not for Uwe Boll's decision to make the same movie he always makes. From Blair Erickson, one of the original screenwriters for Alone:
"...the original script took the 'Alone In the Dark' premise and depicted it as if it was a actually based on a true story of a private investigator in the northeastern U.S. whose missing persons cases begin to uncover a disturbing paranormal secret. It was told through the eyes of a writer following Edward Carnby and his co-worker for a novel, and depicted them as real-life blue-collar folks who never expected to find hideous beings waiting for them in the dark. We tried to stick close to the H.P. Lovecraft style and the low-tech nature of the original game, always keeping the horror in the shadows so you never saw what was coming for them."
That actually sounds pretty cool. I wonder if Erickson et. al. still have that script and would let someone else take a crack at it.
Alone was in and out of theaters so fast, I pretty much forgot it existed until it was recapped on Agony Booth. AB has acted as a sort of checklist for me - some of my worst Netflix experiences have come at their recommendation - and Alone certainly lived down to its reputation. Probably the worst part about it is that it sounded like it may have had a shot if not for Uwe Boll's decision to make the same movie he always makes. From Blair Erickson, one of the original screenwriters for Alone:
"...the original script took the 'Alone In the Dark' premise and depicted it as if it was a actually based on a true story of a private investigator in the northeastern U.S. whose missing persons cases begin to uncover a disturbing paranormal secret. It was told through the eyes of a writer following Edward Carnby and his co-worker for a novel, and depicted them as real-life blue-collar folks who never expected to find hideous beings waiting for them in the dark. We tried to stick close to the H.P. Lovecraft style and the low-tech nature of the original game, always keeping the horror in the shadows so you never saw what was coming for them."
That actually sounds pretty cool. I wonder if Erickson et. al. still have that script and would let someone else take a crack at it.
