Van Helsing

They were going to make a van helsing cartoon

It looks too much like LXG in my opinion. I really dont like jokes or so called 'funny scenes that break the tension'. I actually enjoy being on the edge of my seat throughout a movie. I guess its fine... nothing particularly special about it

Gotta agree with ya SaTsuJiN, looks way too much like LXG... which was bad. We don't need another. The trailers are almost exactly identical, which isn't a good start. 🙁

Yes, it did, but Stephen Sommers is the writer/director of Van Helsing, which I think counts for something. He also wrote/directed The Mummy, which was awesome. He does really well with monster movies, so give the movie a chance before dissing it.

I hope he wasnt responsible for the hot trash that was also called "The scorpion king".

As for helsing, they turned it into a lxg ripoff cinematically. I dont know about the helsing character itself, but with this trailer they are definately starting off on the wrong foot.

I dunno, looks not-to-bad. I am just interested how they plat the character of Van Helsing, he's a very dark character, so dark that he makes Bat Man look like snoopy.

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
I hope he wasnt responsible for the hot trash that was also called "The scorpion king".

New Movie. Do they mean that Cool dude from Dracula Book?

Yes...kinda. Van Helsing was never a Hugh Jackman played badass in the books. He was a weird old man. But this character is loosely based on him. It's by the same guy who did the Mummy.

Yeah, Stephen Sommers is director. Van Helsing sees Hugh Jackman as the title character and in his quest to fight evil, he comes up against Frankenstein, The Wolfman and Dracula himself. Kate Backingsale plays Rose, Helsings love interest. I suggest you check out the trailer, there is a thread for it somewhere on this forum 😄

Il give ya a lil head s up on VH. The only man for the job ahd to be Hugh is what Sommers said, He wnated a man not a nancy prancy boy. And as we all know Hugh is in fact a man!! Just look at his portayal of Wolverine. Kate plays his love intrest le beautiful yet firesy Anaa Valeriuos. Her brother Velkan is the Wolf Man. She is part of a fmily whih has been plagued by a terrible curse and she means to rid them of it. Dracula is trying to take over the world basicaly by having theses other monsters aid him. There is also besindes Frankenstien Wolfamn and Dracula,.Mr. Hyde a.k.a. Dr Jeykll as well that Hugh has to face. It is completeley different from LXG ans is in no way a rip for the storyline was actually in progress before LXG was started. This film is going to rock!! just my 2 cents for the day.

Thanx for the heads up 😄 👆

The trailer looks wicked 😱
Hugh looks like he does a wicked job!! and he has a great bod!!

LXG ripoff? In no way is it an LXG rip off.

In LXG, a bunch of fabled movie legends banded together and took on a central character.

In this one, Van Helsing, who is historically known as Dracula's hunter, just hunts down some of Universal Pictures famous monsters.

The premise is sort of the same, but does that even really matter? It's just a fun monster movie!

The CGI monsters look a little TOO CGI, but I'm guessing it will pan out alright on the silver screen.

Exactly, in LXG the "monsters" are the heroes basically whereas here the "monsters" are being hunted.

Has anyone seen "The Monster Squad" or "Destroy All Monsters"? It's not exactly a brand new idea. Why not be critical of THOSE movies as well?

Just relax. It's a cool idea, that will probably have more appeal than LXG.

the website has been updated and so has the trailer 😄

check it out at http://www.vanhelsing.net

Oooooooooooooooooo, My thread has been Merged COOL!

THE MONSTER SQUAD....YEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that movie kicked booty. Is it available on DVD?

There are a few petitions floating around to get it released. Older 80's movies like "Space Camp" and "Little Monsters" are on their way out, so I don't think it will be much longer.