tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006231725501042931.post6287831402591417588..comments2023-11-02T05:10:17.211-07:00Comments on We Are Cursed to Live in Interesting Times: Underworld (1985) aka TransmutationsMr. Subtletyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243495225217139453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006231725501042931.post-25139721821450625852015-10-15T10:31:01.787-07:002015-10-15T10:31:01.787-07:00Well, there was a co-writer on it. I'm gonna g...Well, there was a co-writer on it. I'm gonna give Barker the benefit of the doubt and assume there was originally something more interesting going on here which ended up not making it to the final cut for some reason. The movie seems like it almost deliberately avoids any discussion of what the drug actually does, what it has to do with dreams, why it makes Nicole turn into a human stoplight at the end... I have to imagine that there was at least more to it in the original script, because it seems like the only reason to tell this particular story.<br /><br />I guess it's not like the HELLRAISERS are exactly well-written either, but obviously they do a better job than this George Pavlou guy of creating the kidn of arch, gothic atmosphere that gets the best out of Barker's imagination. It's kinda inherently silly, juvenile stuff, but then again so is most horror; it's all about the director's ability to create a world in which drugged-up mutants etc feel compelling.Mr. Subtletyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243495225217139453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006231725501042931.post-23902542729728090382015-10-14T11:15:56.286-07:002015-10-14T11:15:56.286-07:00Honestly, HELLRAISER seems to be the outlier in Ba...Honestly, HELLRAISER seems to be the outlier in Barker's career in terms of quality; he's always struck me as a terrible writer with cool ideas. It's hard to imagine anyone making this simple-minded script work.<br /><br />I mean, even if they didn't cast a weiner in the role, the constant fawning over Roy as the world's coolest motherfucker, women want him, men want to be him, etc etc, just reeks of the juvenile mindset that is typical of Barker's work. And he was in his 30's when this was made, so there's not excuse.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06084276304160771930noreply@blogger.com