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    "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown

    The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander

    First Clip Of Viking-Alien Showdown

    Viking/Alien Smackdown Now Direct To DVD?

    Time To Give Outlander A Fiery Viking Funeral?

    Vikings Unleash Old School Hell On Alien Monster

    Space Monster's Triple Tail Is Scourge Of The Vikings
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    Image of kityglitr kityglitr
    01/25/09

    In reply to "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown
    Is this movie ever getting a major release? I live in a small area and we're 4 and 1/2 hours away from any major metropolitan area! Help!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    01/23/09

    In reply to "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown
    SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CHEESEFEST!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/23/09

    @Grey_Area: It's playing in SF, so you are one of the privileged few who can sample the delectable cheese!
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    Image of AveryGuerra AveryGuerra
    01/23/09

    In reply to "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown
    I just got back from catching one of the Atl. screenings and=WOW!! It was freakin' awesome!! Lot's of great fx, creature/viking carnage, acting, etc. That and a cool story to boot. Highly recommended that you guys catch this on the big screen right away!! It was definitely one of the best, most kick-ass monster flicks I've seen in some time.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/23/09

    In reply to "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown
    First positive review I have read for this (the best I've read is an "eh" from Cinematical) with most calling it on the level of a Sci Fi channel movie.

    Your review kinda seems to be making a lot of excuses for its cheesiness...


    I'll wait for it to show up on the Sci Fi channel in a few months.

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/23/09

    @Plague: I'll fight those Cinematicals! With my spaceship sword!
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    Image of godspiel godspiel
    01/23/09

    In reply to "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown
    "Look me in the eye and tell me that you haven't at some point dreamed of a giant fucking sword made from indestructable space material."


    I can't. Not since reading Brian Jacques' Mossflower in the 5th grade.


    Somehow knowing that a Badger did this in a children's book twenty years ago doesn't detract from the coolness factor.

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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    01/25/09

    @godspiel: That means that it needs to be done in an adult movie for DOUBLE BADASS!
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    Image of Hotscot Hotscot
    01/23/09

    In reply to "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown
    The only thing I'm disturbed about is that it sounds as though the "monster" is really the victim here. Ecosphere destroyed, it's people killed...


    I love an alien smackdown as much as the next Scotsman..but hey...just sayin..

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/23/09

    @Hotscot: Actually, you are totally right. In fact there's this weird moment in the movie where Kainan is like, "Oh yeah I feel really guilty and bad because actually we destroyed the Moorwens and their planet." And then they go back to hunting and killing it. I guess that's the difference between monster movies in the 50s and now - back then we had no guilt about killing "aliens" and now we do. But we still kill them.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/23/09

    @Annalee Newitz: While it may have been wrong to destroy them and their planet, it's still wrong to let one of them run amok on some primitive world where they had nothing to do with it. So this particular killing is, objectively, good.


    Plus, ya know, the space ship sword.

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/23/09

    In reply to "Outlander" Is a Damn Fine Alien Smackdown
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/23/09

    @Grrsn Dn: I know, weird right?
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/21/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    You know what this movie lacks?


    An all Manowar/Ronnie James Dio/Yngwie Malmsteen/Candlemass soundtrack.


    Other than that, nothing.

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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    01/20/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    the production of this was a gong-show all the way through...and from the sounds of this article it will be standard 'fighting the monster' fare...the fact that everything mentioned was what they 'wanted to have...', in an 'early draft...', 'one version...', means that the final result has none of it...

    I have friends who worked their asses off for a long time on this...I hope it's good for their sake, but I'm not holding my breath...

    if it comes to Toronto I'll see it...but only for Sophia Myles and John Hurt...
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    01/20/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    This sounds like my kind of movie.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    01/20/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    Not in LA. Not. In. L. A.

    Doesn't make sense.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    01/20/09

    @gods-n-clods: They said something about how it was "too expensive" to open the film in LA or something. It didn't quite make sense to me. Maybe next weekend?
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    Image of ithidet ithidet
    01/20/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    RON PEARLMAN YOU GUYS
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    01/20/09

    @ithidet: Whoops. Added that at the last minute. Fixing now.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    01/20/09

    @ithidet: Actually, IMDB says it's Ron Perlman. And so does just about everywhere else.
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    Image of jbq jbq
    01/20/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    Ah, great film. I won't stop bragging about seeing it back in November. And even though no-one will ask, I saw it courtesy of the exec producer of Død Snø, who is also the Norwegian distributor.


    Great film. Damn silly, fantastic fun. Not enough Ron Pearlman.

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    01/20/09

    @jbq: is there ever enough Ron? I think not...
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    01/20/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    Where can you find out where it's playing? I wonder if I can find a local theater? 'Cause I am so stoked for this movie. :D
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    01/20/09

    @meirelle wants an F-15: From the film's website, here's a partial list of cities it's opening in:

    * San Francisco, CA

    * Chicago, IL

    * Philadelphia, PA

    * Washington D.C.

    * Dallas, TX

    * Atlanta, GA

    * Boston, MA

    * Houston, TX

    * Seattle, WA

    * Miami, FL

    * San Diego, CA

    * Detroit, MI

    * Sacramento, CA

    * Orlando, FL

    * Tampa, FL


    Supposedly it will eventually be on 200 screens across the U.S. Fingers crossed!

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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/20/09

    In reply to The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander
    This kinda sounds like a case of "and then we can have them... and then they can... then they meet..." by a couple of D and D'ers to me.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    01/20/09

    @Plague:


    No, if that was the case there would be some naked chicks in there for no reason. Unless they were edited out for time.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    01/20/09

    @Plague: It actually seems pretty tight. Alien guy crashes his spaceship in viking times, captive monster escapes, alien guy has to enlist the aid of vikings to fight it. Maybe I should add a little summary like that to the post above.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/20/09

    @ThisDudeRufus:

    Oh, I bet you there are naked chicks in this.

    There better be!
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/20/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders:

    That's cuz a lot of the ideas didn't make it once they got out of their teens.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/20/09

    @Plague: Sometimes I wonder about you dude. First you don't like Doomsday now you aren't excited for a film about aliens fighting Vikings?
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    01/20/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: There better be naked chicks, that is part of the fun of B movies.


    Starship Troopers would be nowhere near as awesome if you cut the 'boobs' part out of the following equation:


    Blowing shit up + boobs + more blowing shit up = awesome.

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    Image of Gann Gann
    01/21/09

    @Log1c: Sadly, IMDB has it rated R just for violence.
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