It’s an election year, so normally any musings on my part regarding the Mighty Cthulhu would center around his election to the presidency of the United States. But this time we’ve got another Great Old One from the trackless times undreamt of beneath the sea, so instead my thoughts wander to Hollywood. You see, later this month there’s a movie coming out named Cthulhu.
I had heard some time ago that there was to be a Call of Cthulhu remake featuring Tori Spelling. I thought that was a bit amusing, going from Beverly Hills 90210 to Lovecraftian horror. Figured I’d give it a shot for pure kitsch. Probably catch the matinee and laugh about it with Chunkbot or Daniel. Why not? It’ll have a big CG sea monster, crazy bayou cultists, it’d be a hoot.
Then I saw the trailer. Oh my. The Apple site describes it as “Adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft.” Well. Really, now? Are you sure it wasn’t adapted from 99% of the half-baked Chaosium RPG plots that have sprung up in basements and rec rooms over the past twenty years, a hodgepodge of creepy tales of Deep Ones and the Esoteric order of Dagon, with a sprinkling of “daddy never understood me” family angst. A manhole cover with a tentacled form etched onto it? Really? It’s set in coastal Oregon?
Maybe I’ve just grown too used to indie interpretations of actual Lovecraft stories, but this may take a few weeks to get my head around.
Hoo, boy.
Hmm. Not a lot of info from the trailer. I’m a little scared, but not in the way they were hoping.
WWTEGD?
(What Would The Elder Gods Do?)
BTW, Burrowown, please tell me that you have read Matt Howarth’s “Those Annoying Post Bros” If you have, then you know why I can never see an image of the Great One without thinking, “What he needs is a cigar and a new tie!”
-Turkish Prawn
@TP: I remember seeing it in the comic book shop, but that was back when my idea of an edgy comic was The Tick, and still thought Frank Miller was cool.
Hey, The Tick was a really edgy comic for it’s time, just funny too! You remember Ninja World and their mascot, “Lil’ Nip”? Laughed by butt off.
Do your self a favor and track down some old Post Bros. comics. You won’t be disappointed. They are the two most dangerous people in existence, and share an apartment with Cthulhu (or as they call him, Big C), a band called Savage Henry and Hiroshima, the nuclear goddess. ‘Warped’ is not nearly a strong enough word to describe it.
-Turkish Prawn