[Poison Shadow]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Honestly, I've only played the game for maybe 3-4 hours, but probably only accomplished 90 minutes worth of a game and I already feel it is going to get old quite fast. We'll see though. There has only been one true Xeno encounter and I just got the tracker.



The problems with the 2011 movie included:

1. The dumb ideas from Winstead's character, such as the filling one.
2. Way too much monster.
3. CGI monster.
4. It tried too hard to make things be the way they are for McCready to find, but still managed to get them wrong.
5. The final confrontation was just stupid.
6. Very poor looking effects. THe practical stuff from Carpenter's movie looks vastly superior to the CGI of this movie.

What's sad about it is the fact that they made some truly great practical effects and monsters for the newer movie that were clearly intended to only have a couple of segments CGI'd for more realistic movements. They were featured in the blu-ray extras. Then apparently the decision was made at some point down the line to completely replace the creatures with digital models. Such a waste, and it's sad that practical effects are so underutilized in movies today.

As for the details within the movie itself... meh. Despite how much I love Carpenter's movie, I somehow managed to not scrutinize the continuity between the two movies. Fairly uncharacteristic of me. There's an axe in the wall, a frozen dude with a slit throat, the burned carcass of a two-faced monster... honestly, I remember being shocked during my first viewing that they put as much effort into it as they did. At least it wasn't a total remake loosely based on Carpenter's version. Those were my original fears for it, based on the title. My enjoyment of the movie may be based on relief.