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Post by weirdmonger on Oct 17, 2008 15:59:56 GMT
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Post by carolinec on Oct 17, 2008 19:16:31 GMT
Ha! I reckon Nigel Kneale had a similar idea first, many years ago, with TheYear of The Sex Olympics, which saw a family cast away on an island with TV viewers watching their every move, and then a crazed killer being let loose on the island. Hmm, in fact I wish they'd do something like that with the real Big Brother (I'm not a fan!).  |
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Post by benedictjjones on Oct 18, 2008 22:23:04 GMT
^agreed  a crazed michael myers-esque killer would certainly make me watch!! |
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Post by weirdmonger on Oct 21, 2008 8:06:08 GMT
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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 21, 2008 8:26:15 GMT
You do know, Des, that these could be ALL the good bits and when we see the rest...?
I'm hoping for the best, but it's definitely with fingers crossed. All too often I've been disappointed in the past. Like the first series of Torchwood, which I hated so much I'm afraid I couldn't find the incentive even to watch the second to see if it had improved (though that would have had to have been an improvement of monumental proportions).
David
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Post by benedictjjones on Oct 21, 2008 9:04:16 GMT
i got the idea from the main trailer theyre showing that it might carry on once theyve left the BB huse, which would be nice.
anyone see theyre remaking 'survivors' on BBC with freema agyman and lots of the young BBC luvvies...looking forward to it but worrying that it'll be poo.
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Post by weirdmonger on Oct 21, 2008 9:20:16 GMT
You do know, Des, that these could be ALL the good bits and when we see the rest...? I'd agree, but anything based on BIG BROTHER is certain to be good. |
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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 21, 2008 9:52:32 GMT
Hmmm.
You're not convincing me, Des, but I hate these so-called reality TV programs anyway. Though the idea of the participants of BB being attacked by zombies...
David
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Oct 21, 2008 10:52:18 GMT
I agree David. I hate these things - should called 'unreality' programmes. I wrote a story called 'Soap 7' more or less about the rise of these programmes and how they would take over the world which to my chagrin they appear to have done
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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 21, 2008 10:57:41 GMT
And, of course, I blame Des.  David |
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Post by weirdmonger on Oct 21, 2008 11:53:26 GMT
the rise of these programmes and how they would take over the world which to my chagrin they appear to have done Of course, The Ultimate Horror. That's what good about them. I've been studying 'Big Brother' over the years. Someone else has now seen the ripe seedbed for Horror!!! |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Oct 21, 2008 13:05:38 GMT
I wrote Soap 7 in 1991
I always proud of it because at the time it I thought it was about the only thing I had managed to get published and those b......s at Interzone (apologies to anyone from them) gave it the narrowest of rejections. Its probably the only thing I ever 'predicted' and I wish I hadn't been right - but as you say Des, the scope for horror in Big Brother is pretty massive
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Post by weirdmonger on Oct 28, 2008 11:12:35 GMT
The Big Brother Zombie film last night was rubbish, imo, and I won't be watching any more of it!
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Post by benedictjjones on Oct 28, 2008 11:39:17 GMT
really? why do think it is that bad??
i was quite impressed and thought it was a good start. 4 more 35 min episodes to go. i thought the social commentary and jokes were really on point. most of the characters were absoloute stereotypes but apart from that what was wrong with it??
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Post by weirdmonger on Oct 28, 2008 12:37:43 GMT
really? why do think it is that bad?? i was quite impressed and thought it was a good start. 4 more 35 min episodes to go. i thought the social commentary and jokes were really on point. most of the characters were absoloute stereotypes but apart from that what was wrong with it?? The idea was good. But things got out of hand too quickly. Hackneyed news reports telling the story. And there were no build-up of characters - and the horror was stylised and unoriginal - and too many shaky cameras even when shaky wasn't needed. I like the Spanish horror films that were on BBC4 recently but it is probably my fault - I'm jaded with screen fiction like TV and film - too fabricated, too stylised, high definition, special effects. |
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