tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136268980443491716.post6169188445078224561..comments2023-08-28T03:13:35.802-07:00Comments on Damn Your Eyes! Damn Your Ears!: Ten Statements About....PANDORUM (2009) (and a few words about the Loews Village 7)Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404896748431996295noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136268980443491716.post-64512881640995767462013-07-23T12:21:50.861-07:002013-07-23T12:21:50.861-07:00Both the creatures in Pandorum and The Descent loo...Both the creatures in Pandorum and The Descent look alike due to their conditions being very similar. Both conditions lacked sunlight so it made sense for them to be pale. People often say that Neil Marshall owes so much to Jeff Long's The Descent due the similarities in the premise and the used of pale skinned carnivorous creatures that evolved from human.<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/board/thread/213182682<br /><br />Marshall's creatures also share many characteristics with the monsters in the 1994 film adaptation of HP Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear". However, I see both Pandorum and The Descent as different takes on an old monster tropes like most vampire books,games, and films. Man of Sinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027963356466392950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136268980443491716.post-73069036580899068782011-06-26T13:05:53.166-07:002011-06-26T13:05:53.166-07:00You might be interested in this write up of mine a...You might be interested in this write up of mine about the symbolism present within the context of the film.<br /><br />http://www.screened.com/profile/handbanana/movie-analysis-symbolism-in-pandorum/118-5063/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136268980443491716.post-9335427144371333892011-05-17T01:08:58.997-07:002011-05-17T01:08:58.997-07:00Actually, the set pieces of the plot derived from ...Actually, the set pieces of the plot derived from works such as Metamorphosis Alpha which was about a generation spaceship fulled with mutated creatures. There is also The Starlost, Space 1999 to 2099: MISSION OF THE DARIAN, Doctor Who's The Ark In Space, Ben Croshaw's 1213, The Wreck of the BSM Pandora, and Orphans Of The Sky that make up the film's premise. There are also alot of strong religious and mythological overtones in there (Google Pandorum mythology chapter). <br /><br />Remember how Marshall's homage flick Doomsday was like Resident Evil, Road Warrior and Escape From N.Y having a threesome? Apparently, the producers of Resident Evil wanted to wink right back at him, well at least that's what I think. Some of the Pandorum posters resembles the Doomsday posters. There is also the fact that the monsters are in Mad Maxish clothing and the other ship "Eden" is obviously named after Eden Sinclair. Same thing with Eden Log another Resident Evil-ish film. But that kid looks more like the classic grey alien when a crawler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136268980443491716.post-15887819071952892402011-05-14T13:48:19.107-07:002011-05-14T13:48:19.107-07:00Dude, trust me--I so understand that the concept o...Dude, trust me--I <i>so</i> understand that the concept of humanity devolving into barely sentient cannibals is a concept that goes back centuries. What bothers me about the iteration in <i>Pandorum</i> is that the film owes <i>so</i> much in the look of the creatures and the set pieces in the plot itself that it's hard not to acknowledge how much Alvart took from Marshall's superior film.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404896748431996295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136268980443491716.post-41227121179267440102011-05-14T10:27:30.907-07:002011-05-14T10:27:30.907-07:00The thing is: Neil Marshall didn't invent thos...The thing is: Neil Marshall didn't invent those creatures or those scenes. Man-eating creatures that de-evolved from humans who live in caves has been around since HG Wells' The Time Machine(look up Morlocks) that came out over hundred years ago and the skeleton pool is straight from the Time Machine 2002 remake. He also picked up some parts from Lovecraft's The Lurking Fear(white skinned morlocks), Beast In The Cave, and The Rat In The Walls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136268980443491716.post-72064603038577039822011-05-14T10:22:29.916-07:002011-05-14T10:22:29.916-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com