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Originally posted by BitRaiser
I do now! I just beat the game last night. :p
(Only finally got it 4 days ago)
There's some HUGE Lovecraftian theams going on there. The blurring of the line between "Alien" and "Demonic", the cyclopian structures (City of Collums!), and use of hidden horror (we never get to see the Masters). The cautionary tale of beings that barely acknowladge our species and those that would work with them are more relaivent to this thread. Even the irony of Dr. Freeman's actions being beyond his control is a word of warning.
Very interesting to see that what is being aluded to as "Lovecraft's hidden legacy" is still being propagated in pop culture.
Desensitization? A survival guide? Or just entertainment...?
Originally posted by Byrd[/i
In one of his stories, writer Clark Ashton Smith (a friend of his) shows up as an evil priest of something or another.
Originally posted by LeftBehind
could it indeed be possible that Lovecraft was indeed writing about the real world?
Originally posted by LeftBehind
His stories outline ancient families with dark ties to a race of reptilian beings who live under the sea or under the earth.
Originally posted by LeftBehind
Mysterious reptilians, seemingly sadistic aliens, rich bloodlines attempting world domination.
Originally posted by LeftBehind
The theories about a planet X fit in nicely with Lovecrafts planet that holds the ancient race that once ruled the earth.
Originally posted by LeftBehind
Could Lovecraft have been writing about the Illuminati bloodlines in stories of families with terrible occult powers and dealings with the reptilians?
Originally posted by dr_strangecraft
The copy of the necronomicon published in the early 80's as a paperback went on at great lengths in the preface to show the links between Lovecraft's "Ctulhu mythos" and the Cosmology of ancient Sumer.
Originally posted by dr_strangecraft
More than one of his stories hinted about atomic weapons.
Originally posted by cbianchi513
Alot of the buzz surrounds the "monster" itself, theorized to be none other than the awakened Old One itself: Cthulu!
Don't worry, I'm going to pay my $20 or whatever it costs to get into a theater these days and see the flick, but please leave HPL alone!
Originally posted by cbianchi513
Ahh- but there's the hook! This "monster" originates or is awakened by a Japanese company doing something on the sea floor.
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Plus, JJ Abrams said he wanted a "new American monster," which further dispells the idea it will be Cthulhu.
Originally posted by cbianchi513
By the way: The story "The Unnameable" scared the crap out of me. I saw a movie years ago based on that story and I thought it was well done.
Originally posted by Legalizer
Scary movies turn chicks on!
Originally posted by Legalizer
Technically Cthulhu is a "new American monster".
He's never had his own film, at least not a major motion picture and he is an invention of an American author.
Frankenstein was "new" to movie goers, but he was ancient in terms of literature.