I think Asylum are finally getting getting the hang of the mockbuster genre . Not only do you need to rip off the title of a big budget cinema release but you also need to rip off the plot of the similarly titled film too . The film is called THE DAY THE EARTH STOPPED and that sounds suspiciously like THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL . Both films feature spaceships landing , giant robots and an alien who states if mankind doesn't start behaving itself then the giant robots will give mankind a fatal beating . Yes indeed at this rate David Michael Latt will find that the films he's producing will be widely advertised - after appearing in a Hollywood court charged with plagiarism . It can only be a matter of time before some bored lawyer flicks the channels on his remote only to discover the schedules for the Syfy channel and decide that there might be a good chance of a law suit
TDTES starts with a hot naked chick exiting a spaceship . When I say that most of my interest for the film disappeared when the character found some clothes it indicates the only reason I watch films is to see naked hot chicks or that the film in question is very tedious , and no naked hot chicks is not what I watch films for . In fact not only does the character Sky , played by Sinead McCafferty , ruin the film by putting her clothes on but she ruins the film by opening her mouth . Actually all the characters contribute to the disintegration of any potential by opening their mouths . That's what most of the film consists of - people sat in a room talking . It's like a senior citizens tea party with the occasional shot of a giant robot thrown in or a car chase
Of course this shouldn't necessarily be enough to condemn a film because the original THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ( 1951 ) was very talkative but that has an average user rating of 8.0 on this site and spent a considerable number of years in the IMDb top 250 . Maybe that's because the original had memorable situations and intelligence in depth ? here we see mawkish situations and plot turns that don't even begin to make sense along with a very obvious lack of budget
The world won't stop and I have a very bad feeling Asylum and David Michael Latt won't either . I just wonder when the company and its producer might end up in court though ? Not that I'd like to see this happen but they're sailing closer and closer to the wind
TDTES starts with a hot naked chick exiting a spaceship . When I say that most of my interest for the film disappeared when the character found some clothes it indicates the only reason I watch films is to see naked hot chicks or that the film in question is very tedious , and no naked hot chicks is not what I watch films for . In fact not only does the character Sky , played by Sinead McCafferty , ruin the film by putting her clothes on but she ruins the film by opening her mouth . Actually all the characters contribute to the disintegration of any potential by opening their mouths . That's what most of the film consists of - people sat in a room talking . It's like a senior citizens tea party with the occasional shot of a giant robot thrown in or a car chase
Of course this shouldn't necessarily be enough to condemn a film because the original THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ( 1951 ) was very talkative but that has an average user rating of 8.0 on this site and spent a considerable number of years in the IMDb top 250 . Maybe that's because the original had memorable situations and intelligence in depth ? here we see mawkish situations and plot turns that don't even begin to make sense along with a very obvious lack of budget
The world won't stop and I have a very bad feeling Asylum and David Michael Latt won't either . I just wonder when the company and its producer might end up in court though ? Not that I'd like to see this happen but they're sailing closer and closer to the wind