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08 Oct 2007, 10:20 am

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That leads me to another thought. A series which had a touch of Lovecraft to it: Babylon 5. It contained "old ones", which smacked of an appeal to the elder gods.. and the Pac'mara (sp) even had tentacle-faces.

I'm a great fan of Babylon 5, but I think it was much more heavily inspired by "The Lord of the Rings". The Vorlons are powerful spiritual beings like the Istari, the Minbari are reminiscent of the Elves, the Shadows look like Shelob's brood, there is a romance between a human leader and a Minbari lady, the protagonist falls to his death in a place called Z'ha'dum only to receive a second lease on life (like Gandalf in Khazad-dûm), and there is even a band of human warriors allied to the Minbari who call themselves "Rangers"! Also, episode 2.25 ("The Geometry of Shadows") paraphrases Gildor: "Do not try the patience of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."


Yeah I spotted that as well. Multiple influences ahoy methinks.


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19 Jun 2009, 12:15 pm

I've recently started reading my edition of Annotated Lovecraft, and I'm fascinated all over again ! !!


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20 Jun 2009, 11:22 am

I recall seeing Dagon but, that in itself was more of a combination of 2 stories..
Dagon and Shadown over Innsmouth.. still, I thought the film was not that bad overall.



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21 Jun 2009, 12:03 pm

I love Re-Animator! :D And the first sequel, Bride of Re-Animator. The third one I haven't seen, but it's reportedly bad.

Ironically, I don't actually like horror/gore movies, but RA was just so funny.



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22 Jun 2009, 5:05 am

For those into boardgames, check out Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight Games.



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16 Jul 2009, 5:39 pm

In the Mouth of Madness was definitely a favorite of mine. I have not seen all of Dunwich Horror though. I'd like to. Also, isn't The Prince of Darkness a sort of Lovecraftian sort of movie?



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16 Jul 2009, 5:59 pm

The dunwich horror is a great movie to watch on shrooms. Other than that, I'm really surprised it never appeard on Mystery Science Theater 3000 as it is that type of crappy 70's scifi flick.



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16 Jul 2009, 7:58 pm

Dunwich Horror actually stars a favorite actor of mine - Dean Stockwell. Loved him in Quantum Leap, and he was so EVIL in Battlestar Galactica. I loved it! I love it when he plays evil roles.



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16 Jul 2009, 8:54 pm

Icheb wrote:
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That leads me to another thought. A series which had a touch of Lovecraft to it: Babylon 5. It contained "old ones", which smacked of an appeal to the elder gods.. and the Pac'mara (sp) even had tentacle-faces.

I'm a great fan of Babylon 5, but I think it was much more heavily inspired by "The Lord of the Rings". The Vorlons are powerful spiritual beings like the Istari, the Minbari are reminiscent of the Elves, the Shadows look like Shelob's brood, there is a romance between a human leader and a Minbari lady, the protagonist falls to his death in a place called Z'ha'dum only to receive a second lease on life (like Gandalf in Khazad-dûm), and there is even a band of human warriors allied to the Minbari who call themselves "Rangers"! Also, episode 2.25 ("The Geometry of Shadows") paraphrases Gildor: "Do not try the patience of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

Speaking of Babylon 5, if you want to see some HPL inspired work, see the Babylon 5 movie, Thirdspace. Definite Lovecraft feel to it.



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16 Jul 2009, 8:54 pm

KenM wrote:
For those into boardgames, check out Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight Games.

I love board games and own a good number of Fantasy Flight games, but haven't had a chance to play that one yet. How is it?



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16 Jul 2009, 8:55 pm

In the Mouth of Madness is probably my favorite horror movie. I'm not generally a fan of the genre, but I really liked that one for some reason. It made you think a little bit.



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17 Jul 2009, 10:39 am

Actually In the Mouth of Madness had quite a twisted ending. I felt as a viewer that I was just as trapped as Sam Neil's character, especially when he realized at the end what his role really was in the movie. This movie inspired some of my writing actually, and that Byzantine church I had dreams about for a long time.



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17 Jul 2009, 2:03 pm

What I liked about In the Mouth of Madness was that the ending could be one of two possibilities. Either everything that happened to Sam Neil's character is true and the world is ending, or he's really crazy and the whole thing was in his head.