VHS is pretty good, worth a watch, but not outstanding. The first story after the frame is established is by far the best. It's really good. The rest are okay.
VHS 2 is a huge improvement. All the stories are entertaining, well done, and well acted. I like the alien one the best, but the cult and zombie shorts are top-notch as well. The framing story and first story are the weak links, but only in comparison to the rest.
Where did it all go wrong, Casey? I can’t pinpoint it, but it was already too late when they remade 3:10 to Yuma and took a movie that was mostly two men talking about morality in a hotel room and put in a Gatling gun.
This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
How could a flick titled "Slumber Party Alien Abduction" not be fantastic?
ReplyDeleteI just looked it up, and that short was directed by the guy that did Hobo With a Shotgun. I'll have to watch that now.
ReplyDeleteAnd his next movie is apparently going to be Blatant Violence High.
ReplyDeleteAwesome.
Ah...it's a short in the film VHS2, not a stand alone film on it's own. I get it now. A bit slow this morning. So VHS2 is good, is VHS 1good also?
ReplyDeleteVHS is pretty good, worth a watch, but not outstanding. The first story after the frame is established is by far the best. It's really good. The rest are okay.
ReplyDeleteVHS 2 is a huge improvement. All the stories are entertaining, well done, and well acted. I like the alien one the best, but the cult and zombie shorts are top-notch as well. The framing story and first story are the weak links, but only in comparison to the rest.
I wish the VHS franchise would either abandon their bookending or actually do something with it. As it is, it's just lame.
ReplyDeleteThey are the weakest link. A creepy hand just putting tapes into the bank of TVs and VCRs would be more effective.
ReplyDelete