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For the kids too young to remember, once upon a time there was an independent film made on a shoestring budget, shot overseas, and featuring a primarily unknown cast that restored our hope in science fiction adventure fantasy. It was called Star Wars. Not episode IV, not A New Hope, just Star Wars. Let's hope its spirit is found again. I will line up outside a theater to see Hunter Prey. Who's with me? #hunterprey
Man, this looks like its going to be another great, fairly low budget sci-fi flick. It's kind of weird that most of the Sci- fi films I've really liked, such as Moon and District 9 have been semi low budget (compared to more mainstream ventures such as Star Trek -which I enjoyed too). I think it might be because they just have more heart like its someone telling a story they really love instead of an I am Legend style corporate exercise. #hunterprey
@Bob-the-Impalor: When you have less money to blow on special effects you have to make up for it with writing and acting and character. Necessity is the mother of invention. #hunterprey
It's been such a long time since there's been any kind of science fiction movie/show with proper aliens. You don't know how excited I am for this... #hunterprey
I can't wait to see this film, even though the release date keeps getting pushed back. My one concern (based on the first trailer) related to the quality of the CGI, but picture #6 looks like a vast improvement over what was featured in the trailer. Here's hoping for a great distribution deal! #hunterprey
@Damn!!: To the contrary, I think swelling budgets are killing sci-fi. Sure, special-effects spectacles are good for telling a certain kind of story, and they're certainly easy to sell to the viewing public, but they're crowding out deeper stories.
I'd rather have cardboard sets and compelling stories. #hunterprey
@t3knomanser: I'd like to see one sci-fi movie that doesn't end with a big climax where there is little dialogue and lots of fighting.
They spend all this time building worlds, fleshing out characters, and then to solve the problem of the story, they turn all of the good parts of a film off, and it's explosion after explosion and grunts and fistfights and shootouts.
@t3knomanser: I'd rather have both...it makes the whole "suspension of disbelief" thing a bit easier.
Fortunately, the ability to deliver decent-quality special effects is getting cheaper and easier. I bet you could do quite a bit of the first Star Wars movie on one of today's top-notch desktop computers. #hunterprey
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Does anyone else think those alien guys look kind of like the Tau from WH40k? #hunterprey
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I'd rather have cardboard sets and compelling stories. #hunterprey
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They spend all this time building worlds, fleshing out characters, and then to solve the problem of the story, they turn all of the good parts of a film off, and it's explosion after explosion and grunts and fistfights and shootouts.
There has to be a better way. #hunterprey
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Fortunately, the ability to deliver decent-quality special effects is getting cheaper and easier. I bet you could do quite a bit of the first Star Wars movie on one of today's top-notch desktop computers. #hunterprey
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Oh and one really good hallway.
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