Outlander - Blu-ray Forum

WyldeMan45 · 04-24-2009, 03:57 AM

A while back, we covered a film called OUTLANDER. Our coverage ultimately waned because, well, the film itself actually went away (in a sense).

See, OUTLANDER was (erroneously) deemed to be little more than straight-to-video fodder by The Weinstein Company here in The States, where it's already seen a highly limited theatrical distribution (backed by an almost non existent promotional campaign). Many people were/are simply unaware of the film. Statistically, those who know about it probably couldn't find it. OUTLANDER deserves better than this.

Such banishment is particularly odd given that the movie has performed reasonably well, if not quite nicely, when released to theaters overseas (by different distributors) - Spain, France, and India being examples.

The next leg of OUTLANDER's journey begins on UK screens this weekend. Accordingly, we thought we'd give our readers across the pond a heads up. Apparently the film is enjoying a fully realized advertising blitz in UK, so chances are you may've already learned a bit about it. But in case you haven't...

OUTLANDER is the tale of a dude in a spaceship (Jim Caviezel) who crashes on Earth - bringing a gnarly extraterrestrial bioluminescent hell beast with him. This thing looks kinda like a Balrog cross-bred with FORBIDDEN PLANET's ID monster. Space Guy ends up in a town of Vikings...takes 'em a while to figure each other out & navigate treacherous inter-tribal politics. Space Guy helps Vikings destroy the "dragon" (space monster) that's bent on eating them. Pretty simple, pretty straight forward. AND, it has John Hurt, Ron Perlman, and Sophia Miles.

This said, OUTLANDER's B-movie concept is often overshadowed by A-caliber sensibilities. Director Howard McCain isn't afraid to take on character development of sometimes surprising dimension; our hero cries at one point, and isn't as squeaky clean as he'd like to be. He's...done things. Things for which he, and others, are paying a very high price.

People behave like people here, usually manifesting nobility, uncertainty, illogic (or all of the above) in very believable ways.

The evil space monster's actions have specific motivation and provocation - it's not just a CGI retread hopping around, looking for snacks.

One of the film's most memorable moments? Spaceman (Caviezel) is tied up in the middle of the Viking village. Nobody cares and most are ignoring him. A Viking boy wanders along - stands there staring at him. And there's this interesting tension. About what? Whether that kid is gonna flake off a piece of the bread he's carrying & toss it to Caviezel as if he's a stray dog. A simple, quiet moment that works on many different levels - told primarily through eye contact and reaction shots. OUTLANDER works nicely as an adventure, but its heart and soul are what many may recall most vividly when all is said and done.

We'll be taking a much closer look at this film as it approaches DVD release here in the U.S. next month, which might be the beginning of a healthy video afterlife for OUTLANDER. Or perhaps even a complete rebirth?

Catch the trailer at the following link!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40866

GreenScar · 04-24-2009, 04:01 AM

More info including pics and trailers can be found here:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander

WyldeMan45 · 04-24-2009, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jasonbird

More info including pics and trailers can be found here:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander

Hahah wow, thanks Jason!!! I just watched the trailer and I am excited! I think this is the first Viking movie to actually be set in Norway that I've seen and I noticed when the gates open it truly is modeled after the Viking village set up in a perfect circle and fortified. Now if this movie has viking sea battles, this might be the greatest viking movie I've ever seen!!

GreenScar · 04-24-2009, 04:11 AM

There's a lot of forum members that have seen this and rave. I am looking forward to it. I've been nothing but impressed by everything I've read (and seen) so far.

WyldeMan45 · 04-24-2009, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonbird

There's a lot of forum members that have seen this and rave. I am looking forward to it. I've been nothing but impressed by everything I've read (and seen) so far.

I have absolutely no idea how I have never heard of this movie before. I wondered what happened to Caviezel. I think Passion was the last time I saw him. I am a huge huge fan of Viking lore and history, basically the only books I read involve Vikings and Nordic mythos

But to finally see a viking movie which appears to have a lot of accuracies about their way of life, really gets me amped up for this. Not to mention RON PERLMAN as a viking!!! WAR PERLMAN!!!

WyldeMan45 · 04-24-2009, 04:19 AM

Considering all the historical productions and shows that HBO has put out in the past from things like Deadwood and Rome and Adams and the likes obviously HBO likes to do mini-series or tv shows that cover history, so why not go with a show about Vikings? That would be awesome and brutal and could probably find an audience and I can't image it being as expensive to make as the other titles mentioned because everything would be made of Wood and straw and grass and water. So except for maybe the occasional sea battle, I couldn't forsee a Viking show being that expensive to make.

04-24-2009, 03:57 AM	#1
WyldeMan45 Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Western Washington Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:15	Outlander A while back, we covered a film called OUTLANDER. Our coverage ultimately waned because, well, the film itself actually went away (in a sense). See, OUTLANDER was (erroneously) deemed to be little more than straight-to-video fodder by The Weinstein Company here in The States, where it's already seen a highly limited theatrical distribution (backed by an almost non existent promotional campaign). Many people were/are simply unaware of the film. Statistically, those who know about it probably couldn't find it. OUTLANDER deserves better than this. Such banishment is particularly odd given that the movie has performed reasonably well, if not quite nicely, when released to theaters overseas (by different distributors) - Spain, France, and India being examples. The next leg of OUTLANDER's journey begins on UK screens this weekend. Accordingly, we thought we'd give our readers across the pond a heads up. Apparently the film is enjoying a fully realized advertising blitz in UK, so chances are you may've already learned a bit about it. But in case you haven't... OUTLANDER is the tale of a dude in a spaceship (Jim Caviezel) who crashes on Earth - bringing a gnarly extraterrestrial bioluminescent hell beast with him. This thing looks kinda like a Balrog cross-bred with FORBIDDEN PLANET's ID monster. Space Guy ends up in a town of Vikings...takes 'em a while to figure each other out & navigate treacherous inter-tribal politics. Space Guy helps Vikings destroy the "dragon" (space monster) that's bent on eating them. Pretty simple, pretty straight forward. AND, it has John Hurt, Ron Perlman, and Sophia Miles. This said, OUTLANDER's B-movie concept is often overshadowed by A-caliber sensibilities. Director Howard McCain isn't afraid to take on character development of sometimes surprising dimension; our hero cries at one point, and isn't as squeaky clean as he'd like to be. He's...done things. Things for which he, and others, are paying a very high price. People behave like people here, usually manifesting nobility, uncertainty, illogic (or all of the above) in very believable ways. The evil space monster's actions have specific motivation and provocation - it's not just a CGI retread hopping around, looking for snacks. One of the film's most memorable moments? Spaceman (Caviezel) is tied up in the middle of the Viking village. Nobody cares and most are ignoring him. A Viking boy wanders along - stands there staring at him. And there's this interesting tension. About what? Whether that kid is gonna flake off a piece of the bread he's carrying & toss it to Caviezel as if he's a stray dog. A simple, quiet moment that works on many different levels - told primarily through eye contact and reaction shots. OUTLANDER works nicely as an adventure, but its heart and soul are what many may recall most vividly when all is said and done. We'll be taking a much closer look at this film as it approaches DVD release here in the U.S. next month, which might be the beginning of a healthy video afterlife for OUTLANDER. Or perhaps even a complete rebirth? Catch the trailer at the following link! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40866

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04-24-2009, 04:01 AM	#2
GreenScar Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:2	More info including pics and trailers can be found here: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=outlander

04-24-2009, 04:11 AM	#4
GreenScar Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:2	There's a lot of forum members that have seen this and rave. I am looking forward to it. I've been nothing but impressed by everything I've read (and seen) so far.

04-24-2009, 04:19 AM	#6
WyldeMan45 Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Western Washington Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:15	Considering all the historical productions and shows that HBO has put out in the past from things like Deadwood and Rome and Adams and the likes obviously HBO likes to do mini-series or tv shows that cover history, so why not go with a show about Vikings? That would be awesome and brutal and could probably find an audience and I can't image it being as expensive to make as the other titles mentioned because everything would be made of Wood and straw and grass and water. So except for maybe the occasional sea battle, I couldn't forsee a Viking show being that expensive to make.

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