While I understand why the director chose to use the infamous Alan Smithee signature (there are some clearly "studio imposed things here and there), I think Bloodline was the last Hellraiser movie that manage to mantain a certain level of respect to the mitology of the series.
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Yeah, the last after Hellbound.
We skip 3 because three was not even in the same game.
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Well, part of where I think it is forgotten is in the characters and tone of the film--in fact something about the very way it was filmed. Nevermind the (much though I love Lemmy) Motörhead song at the end. I mean, even taking into account any character explanations for Pinhead's peculiarities, the inclusion of such a song shows a strong divergence from the ideology and tone of the first two films (which as I've stated, I feel Bloodline returned us to, even if somewhat clumsily)
Something about the main character as a "tough as nails reporter" (if you will) just SCREAMED cliché--as did most of the characters. And the *beep* cenobites.
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It wasn't bad at all! It just didn't fit in too well with the franchise-as a stand alone film it was excellent!!! I had always imagined that the boxes were as old as time itself, happened upon by hapless fools that forgot the axiom "be careful what you wish for..." Please explain the Alan Smithee thing, I don't get it.
"Let me tell you something ass-eyes, let me tell you ALL something: war has made me very PARANOID! and when you get to eye-balling me, makes my Agent Orange act up, makes me want to KILL! Killin'is my business, ladies, and business is good!"
Alan Smithee is the name a director replaces his/hers with if he/she is unsatisfied with a film due to studio (or whatever) intervention. Usually it is a sign that the film is bad--or at the least, that it is not what the director wanted. It's a way for the director to say "This is not my film, I don't want my name on it."
That said, it was established in The Hellbound Heart that YES, the boxes were made by someone named Lemarchand, so it really doesn't fly too much in the face of the series at all...
OMG!!! My hat is off to you! You are the ONLY other person, that I know of, that has actually read the book! I haven't read it in a long time, so I forgot that part. I had the impression, from the first three movies, that they came from much earlier than the 1500's <?>. Deamons and Hell itself is a little older than that... But back to my earlier premise: IT'S A DAMNED (no pun intended) GOOD MOVIE!!!
"Let me tell you something ass-eyes, let me tell you ALL something: war has made me very PARANOID! and when you get to eye-balling me, makes my Agent Orange act up, makes me want to KILL! Killin'is my business, ladies, and business is good!"
I actually read the book long before ever seeing any of the movies, believe it or not. I distinctly remember Clive talking about it being made by Lemarchand early in the novella.
shareMy hat is off to you still! I read the book because of the movie!!! My compliments! Now I have to go and find the book-if I still have it-and reread it!!!
"Let me tell you something ass-eyes, let me tell you ALL something: war has made me very PARANOID! and when you get to eye-balling me, makes my Agent Orange act up, makes me want to KILL! Killin'is my business, ladies, and business is good!"
IT'S A DAMNED (no pun intended) GOOD MOVIE!!!
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Yeah, I also don't think it's actually an awful movie.
Just somewhere between mediocre and fine.
Plenty of flaws, but some interesting concepts.
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