Silent Hill Games/Movies?

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JToTheP
Okay, I need a Silent Hill buff to help me about the movie trailer. What monsters are from what games, people, etc. I am really psyched about the movie and am quite curious.

SaTsuJiN
it seems to take most of its material from the first game.. which is a good thing.. the cop named cybil.. all of that stuff..

JToTheP
Oh...I only played 2 & 3 so I have no idea. I recognize the graphics of some areas from 3, and the nurses are from 2 & 3 right? Also my friend said Pyramid head is in it.

SaTsuJiN
I havent played 3. but the nurses are definately from 2, as is pyramid head... he was also another fave

the dogs, elementary school, and I think that diner (along with cybil) are from SH1..

it would be neat if they kept the film grain effect from 2

powerfulone1987
Where have yall seen this trailer?

is it comprehensible.....

Lana
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/silenthill/

FG725
i only played 2 and idnt get all that far since i rented it i got right when you can grab one of pyramid heads swords. This movie looks pretty cool i dont think it will be as scary as the game though being the game was scarier than most movies i have seen. The creatures were done pretty well though i think it could be better if they tried to make actual costumes though.

SaTsuJiN
yeah I prefer costumes with minimal cg.. unless the cg is used for ambience

BackFire
You should play the first game, it's far and away the best in the series. It seems much of the movie is from the first game, even has the music from the first game at the end of the trailer a little bit.

SaTsuJiN
wow.. that trailer was really awesome.. I only saw the very first trailer.. I'm definately going to see this one.. *imagines the possibility of a video game movie done right*............

Gregory
Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
as is pyramid head... he was also another fave

Wait, Pyramid Head is in the trailer? I didn't see him (different trailers?), and since Pyramid head is the manifestation of James' guilt over murdering his wife, and can't possible have anything to do with the actual plot of the movie, I don't view it as a good sign.

FG725
yeah you can see the tip of pyramid heads well head you see the woman and then the tip of his head really quick

SaTsuJiN
well I believe I caught a glimpse of him in one of the scenes
and somehow I didnt get that about him, but that does sound right. (how'd you come across that idea?)

he's still a crazy character, even if you sever his tie to james' character.

I'm a lil iffy about the storyline (from what I've seen in the trailer) but the settings/monsters seem beyond perfect

seems like they're doing something with nazi's..

Gregory
In his final confrontation with Pyramid Head, James seems to realize it: "I was weak. That's why I needed you.... Needed someone to punish me for my sins..."

SaTsuJiN
Originally posted by Gregory
In his final confrontation with Pyramid Head, James seems to realize it: "I was weak. That's why I needed you.... Needed someone to punish me for my sins..."

oh.. I thought he was referring to mary.. since at the end he told her he didnt need her anymore at least from what I recall.. but thats an interesting tidbit.. I havent played sh2 in a while.. I beat it during a rental period

FG725
Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
oh.. I thought he was referring to mary.. since at the end he told her he didnt need her anymore at least from what I recall.. but thats an interesting tidbit.. I havent played sh2 in a while.. I beat it during a rental period
lol i didnt i got freaked out occasionally and had to turn it off for awehile lol so do you kill pyramid head at the end

Gregory
Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
oh.. I thought he was referring to mary.. since at the end he told her he didnt need her anymore at least from what I recall.

I don't know if you know that SH2 has multiple endings? In at least one ending, he doesn't say that, and he ends up going off with Maria. Which would be a nice happy ending, except that as they're walking off she starts to cough, and you realize that she's also dying, and everything's just going to repeat itself ... I didn't think that SH2 was scary so much as it was crushingly depressing.

(And FG725, You do fight Pyramid Head. In fact, you fight two of them. Which was sort of out of left field, in my opinion.

SaTsuJiN
I thought the depressing part was what made it scary lol... but the settings and pyramid head really made it worthwhile

and yeah my friend was trying to unlock all those endings.. she didnt gimme all the details though.. just said they had wierd names like 'leaf' and 'water' etc.

JToTheP
Didn't the "Director's Cut of 2 have the Dog Ending, and 3 has a UFO ending I think.

Lana
The spoiler tag is . Remove the *'s and it'll work.

Gregory
Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
just said they had wierd names like 'leaf' and 'water' etc.

Leave Ending: The "good" ending; James and Laura leave silent hill.

Maria Ending: What I described above.

Water Ending: James commits suicide to try to be with Mary

Rebirth Ending: James stays in Silent Hill, hoping to use the magic of the town to bring Mary back to life

There are also two joke endings, one of which is indescribable, and the other of which involves UFOs

Maybe it's a little dark of me, but I always prefer the tragic endings. They just work so much better in the context of the game. Have you ever played SH1? When You've been forced to shoot your police-woman friend, and you're daughter's dead, you didn't manage to sabvbe her, and you're kneeling on the floor screaming, and the building is collapsing around you, and then it's suggested that the whole game was just a dying hallucination, and you was killed in the opening car crash? That was so completely perfect, I don't think it's been matched in any of the later games. The Silent Hill folk did themselves a diservice when they made a direct sequal to that game and chose the "good" ending as being canonical.

SaTsuJiN
yeah the so-called happy endings really put a damper on the mood.. but perhaps some of the gaming community appreciates the light at the end of the tunnel.

FG725
lol i love these dark endings that happen SH would be weird with a happy ending ya know i mean you have been through hell and you find your daughter and go off skipping happily away now that would be gay

DarkC
I need to get SH4.

Gregory
Actually, you really don't. Just a piece of friendly advise. You might not know this, but SH4 wasn't originally a SH game; it was a horror game not affiliated with any series (much like Siren or Obscure) until someone decided, probably correctly, that it wouldn't sell on its own merits, and it got turned into a Silent Hill game. And man oh man, it shows. Instead of a few well-developed characters, you get treated to a series of characters who get to speak maybe five lines each before being killed off (and even that isn't handled well). The inventory system is screwed up beyond belief. And the entire second half of the game is a gigantic goddamn escort mission through territory that you've already been through.. Seriously it's like playing through one short game twice, except that the second time through you have to cope with Ms. Worthless charging at demonic hordes and flailing at them with her purse. Oh, and did I mention that you spend the game being chased by invinsible ghosts? Honestly, that game was a train wreck, albeit a train wreck with a cool opening scene.

FG725
thats ashame are the games really worth buying im thinking about getting them i think prices have dropped at least to 30

Gregory
Depends what you're looking for. The first thing you should realize is that compared to, say, Resident Evil 4 or even the Fatal Frame series, the game play isn't very good. It's the curse of the survival horror genre: Resident Evil (except for 4), Along in the Dark, Dino Crisis, Clock Tower, Silent Hill, and other games of that description just can't seem to rise beyond mediocre, game-play wise. So if you can't get past that, you might want to give the series a miss. if you can, and you like horror, you need to get SH1 (for the PS1) and SH2 (for the PS2 and I think some other systems). Silent Hill 1 for the horror--every area in that game is practically perfect, and it's got a few of the most disturbing plot twists I've ever seen--and Silent Hill 2 for the story, which is, in my opinion, one of the best you'll ever see in a consol game. SH3? Well, if you like the first two, sure, but be warned that it's a direct sequal to the first, and it's also inferior to the first two (but nowhere near as bad as four), and unless you put it on easy, it's ludacrously difficult, so don't start there. SH4? Well, you read my review of that.

(If you live in America, you can get the original Silent Hill used for about $10.00 + shipping, so I'd say if you're even a little interested after reading my blurb, you might as well).

FG725
yeah like i said i played a little bit of the second and liked it. So i may get them cept for four

SaTsuJiN
The air-raid siren is so creepy when its in horror movies/games o_o
its interesting how its original meaning has a connection to its useage in these other mediums

what sound effects in SH series creeped you guys out? fear

Gregory
Not a "sound effect" exactly, but the music in those games was perfect; I hear the music in the movie will be by the same person.

Red Superfly
Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
The air-raid siren is so creepy when its in horror movies/games o_o
its interesting how its original meaning has a connection to its useage in these other mediums

what sound effects in SH series creeped you guys out? fear

The radio crackle whenever enemies were near.

Genius.

SaTsuJiN
o_o indeed.. I also thought those yipping black baby things that would disappear into the walls were freaky too.. and the moaning children o_o!

lil_maxie
Well currently i'm playing Silent Hill 4 and it's ace,very spooky, being stuck in your own apartment with the risk of nasty floating ghosts appearing through your wall,in my opinion better than any of the resident evil games. Good storyline.. whats this gossip about a silent hill movie??

Gregory
There's going to be one, based on the first game. Hopefully, a great deal better than most video game adaptions. Directed by Christophe Gans, who I've never seen anything by, but at least he's not Uwe.

FG725
well it looks like it has pyramid head in it as well so it may have other factors

Tthe Almighty
silent hill is CRAP its not scarey and is really badly made the film will be worse.

pr1983
Love the games (especially #2), i have high hopes for the movie...

Gregory
Originally posted by Tthe Almighty
silent hill is CRAP its not scarey and is really badly made the film will be worse.

You have poor taste.

SaTsuJiN
Originally posted by Gregory
You have poor taste.

I would have to agree... even though its gameplay is simple.. the horror elements are very good... however the person disliking it probably expects freddy vs jason-style slash fests... silent hills always been about the supernatural.. all while delving into how long one can hold their sanity

april 21st seems so far away sad

Tthe Almighty
Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
I would have to agree... even though its gameplay is simple.. the horror elements are very good... however the person disliking it probably expects Freddy vs Jason-style slash fests... silent hills always been about the supernatural.. all while delving into how long one can hold their sanity

april 21st seems so far away sad

i don't like Freddy vs Jason, and silent is one of those that you buy thinking its gonna be good but then you play it and not what you expect.

Hell Knight
I bring you the Pyramid Head from the movie!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Christophe-gans-20060310021545536.jpg

Hell Knight
I bring you the Pyramid Head from the movie!

http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/694/694761/christophe-gans-20060310021545536.jpg

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