Skyline

[Motormouse]

Sorry if there's already a thread about this film, but i couldn't find one. Never heard of it until i saw the trailer yesterday. I'm kinda praying that the acting isn't too bad, but that aside, it looks fucking great!

http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/screenplay/vi1244633369/

Shame it's a PG13 though:frown:

http://blog.80millionmoviesfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skyline-movie-poster.jpg

[RedHood087]

It does look beautiful. The CGI looks amazing. The acting I'm hoping isn't bad either but if it is, at least you have pretty things to look at and hope the shitty acting gets sucked up. Also, I believe it's being directed by the same brothers who did "AVP: Requiem"

[boyhangover]

I think it looks stupid and has a dumb title.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

So this is evil Transformers as a sci-fi/horror plot now. :tongue:

[Holacik]

In that picture it looks like the spaceships are dropping trash on the city...which would be pretty funny...

[SUPERECWFAN1]

In that picture it looks like the spaceships are dropping trash on the city...which would be pretty funny...

Ha ha .... "This is for making Revenge of the Fallen Earth people , it pissed off smart robots across the galaxy !"

[Holacik]

Ha ha .... "This is for making Revenge of the Fallen Earth people , it pissed off smart robots across the galaxy !"

It would just be funny that A race of aliens would come to Earth and then be like "This is a nice place to dump our trash" and then just leave afterwards.

[Farealmer]

It would just be funny that A race of aliens would come to Earth and then be like "This is a nice place to dump our trash" and then just leave afterwards.
The joke would be on them when we reverse engineer their dumped tech then go nuke their planet.

[Sighphi]

I dont know anything about the flick but from the trailers it looks like one of those Sci-Fi Channel "Original movies" but with a lot of money on effects.

It's just some kids running around while aliens invade.

Edit-From the IMDB Trivia section on the flick

The film was completely financed by Colin and Greg Strause without the assistance of any major studio.

The film was almost entirely filmed at co-director Greg Strause's condo building in Marina Del Rey, CA.

Now it makes sense.

[worstblogever]

This flick will be dependent on the alien weaponry/strategy being brilliant and innovative for sci-fi. Likewise, if/how they're defeated by Earth (or if they just get bored and leave, taking some natural resources with).

Otherwise, it's just another War of the Worlds knock-off.


The "falling up" weapon, I'm still curious if all these people are being taken aboard alive for study, or some sinister purpose. Or if they're just being incinerated when they get near the ships. Or if the aliens just turn the effect off and let them all fall to their death.

At this point, I still have a lot of questions. But the trailers have done their job in piquing my curiosity. We'll see how it goes.

[hugh45]

Was this the movie that was showcase at this summer SDCC w/o a title?


EDIT: Nevermine

[Jared]

The basic idea seems to be a Cloverfield-esque focus on just small group of common people, but without the shakycam. It does look like there's some good action thrown in.

I'm still more interested in the Battle of Los Angeles, but this could be real sleeper.

[RolandJP]

This flick will be dependent on the alien weaponry/strategy being brilliant and innovative for sci-fi. Likewise, if/how they're defeated by Earth (or if they just get bored and leave, taking some natural resources with).

Otherwise, it's just another War of the Worlds knock-off.


The "falling up" weapon, I'm still curious if all these people are being taken aboard alive for study, or some sinister purpose. Or if they're just being incinerated when they get near the ships. Or if the aliens just turn the effect off and let them all fall to their death.

At this point, I still have a lot of questions. But the trailers have done their job in piquing my curiosity. We'll see how it goes.


Well if they go there I will have lawyers look into litigation. My treatment was Copywritten protected back in 2005. With humans being captured as test subjects and slaves. So they better not go there.

[RolandJP]

This flick will be dependent on the alien weaponry/strategy being brilliant and innovative for sci-fi. Likewise, if/how they're defeated by Earth (or if they just get bored and leave, taking some natural resources with).

Otherwise, it's just another War of the Worlds knock-off.


The "falling up" weapon, I'm still curious if all these people are being taken aboard alive for study, or some sinister purpose. Or if they're just being incinerated when they get near the ships. Or if the aliens just turn the effect off and let them all fall to their death.

At this point, I still have a lot of questions. But the trailers have done their job in piquing my curiosity. We'll see how it goes.


Well if they go there I will have lawyers look into litigation. My treatment was copywritten/protected back in 2005. With humans being captured as test subjects and slaves. So they better not go there.

[Tobias March]

I don't really like the premise and the plot looks like it bottlenecks quickly into claustrophobic in-fighting after the initial invasion.

So pass for me.

[Pro]

Well if they go there I will have lawyers look into litigation. My treatment was copywritten/protected back in 2005. With humans being captured as test subjects and slaves. So they better not go there.

I think you'd be hard pressed filing a copyright lawsuit on the basis that your script also has aliens in it that kidnap people to be used as slaves and testsubjects. I think there have to be hundreds of scripts floating around using the same theme.

[The Cool Thatguy]

I think you'd be hard pressed filing a copyright lawsuit on the basis that your script also has aliens in it that kidnap people to be used as slaves and testsubjects. I think there have to be hundreds of scripts floating around using the same theme.

And even more pornos :biggrin:

[worstblogever]

I think you'd be hard pressed filing a copyright lawsuit on the basis that your script also has aliens in it that kidnap people to be used as slaves and testsubjects. I think there have to be hundreds of scripts floating around using the same theme.

No fooling.

Mars Needs Women Trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarsNeedsWomen)

[keilthetarheel]

I think you'd be hard pressed filing a copyright lawsuit on the basis that your script also has aliens in it that kidnap people to be used as slaves and testsubjects. I think there have to be hundreds of scripts floating around using the same theme.

I assumed he was joking - becasue it would be beyond ridiculous for somebody to think that they were the first person to ever come up with the alien kidnapping idea - hell there was even an episode of Star Trek TNG like that

[hugh45]

The basic idea seems to be a Cloverfield-esque focus on just small group of common people, but without the shakycam. It does look like there's some good action thrown in.

I'm still more interested in the Battle of Los Angeles, but this could be real sleeper.

"without the shakycam" Y mean like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMd0dv5p_o&feature=related
:wink:

[RolandJP]

I assumed he was joking - becasue it would be beyond ridiculous for somebody to think that they were the first person to ever come up with the alien kidnapping idea - hell there was even an episode of Star Trek TNG like that

yeah. I was joking

[alexforever]

Looks cool, but you know it probably won't be. Which is sad.:frown:

[Joe Franklin]

The aliens better not be anal probing the captured humans. Because I have this copyrighted in a script I wrote in back 2002. The film is still in pre-production stage for FOX. :biggrin:

[malephoenix]

I was pleased. It was a fun flick. It was cool to see the invasion through the eyes of someone that wasn't in the pilot's seat. And it's obvious that a lot of people are going to complain about the ending, but I applaud it for going in a direction that most other sci-fi movies won't. There's a rather cool moment of realization there in the last few minutes that I haven't seen before. (Not in a destination. Perhaps it smacks of some other shows where it's the premise of the story.)

Great special effects and some incredibly believable moments of "that's more of how people would behave in this situation instead of deciding to launch an attack at the main ship with a laptop and a piece of conveniently found alien tech."

[thwhtGuardian]

It does look beautiful. The CGI looks amazing. The acting I'm hoping isn't bad either but if it is, at least you have pretty things to look at and hope the shitty acting gets sucked up. Also, I believe it's being directed by the same brothers who did "AVP: Requiem"

I think we have completely definitions of the words beautiful and amazing because from what I've seen those two words don't belong anywhere near a sentence with the title of this movie in it. The cgi looked like something out of a scifi channel movie...and not one of the almost watchable ones.

[The Transient Guest]

I was pleased. It was a fun flick. It was cool to see the invasion through the eyes of someone that wasn't in the pilot's seat. And it's obvious that a lot of people are going to complain about the ending, but I applaud it for going in a direction that most other sci-fi movies won't.
I have to disagree with some of that. It was a fun flick, it was kinda cool to see the invasion from a 3rd party view but the bits and pieces of action, OMG AMRY VS ALIENS, make it a bit annoying to know that there is a lot going on but we only get glimpses.

There's a rather cool moment of realization there in the last few minutes that I haven't seen before. (Not in a destination. Perhaps it smacks of some other shows where it's the premise of the story.)
When you see his color is red and not blue?


Great special effects and some incredibly believable moments of "that's more of how people would behave in this situation instead of deciding to launch an attack at the main ship with a laptop and a piece of conveniently found alien tech."
A human computer interacting with and overcoming an alien mothership is just as bad as a human skull and spine interacting with and overcoming an alien orgasm to me.

[malephoenix]

I have to disagree with some of that. It was a fun flick, it was kinda cool to see the invasion from a 3rd party view but the bits and pieces of action, OMG AMRY VS ALIENS, make it a bit annoying to know that there is a lot going on but we only get glimpses.
I totally see how that would annoy some people. I've just gotten to a place personally where I prefer for some things to be left unknown than "Hey, I happened to be right in the exact spot needed for me to overhear two goons talking over the details of their boss' master plan" or somesuch.


When you see his color is red and not blue?
I was referring to his own awareness of the new situation.



A human computer interacting with and overcoming an alien mothership is just as bad as a human skull and spine interacting with and overcoming an alien orgasm to me.
I don't see how. The use of human pieces was a major part of the alien's mechanism. The only difference seemed to be that if a human was exposed to the light for a certain amount of time before being freed from it, then he would be able to maintain his own willpower, etc. The light literally changed his psychological and biological makeup. (It's not like it was "the power of love.") Which, in a movie about aliens, isn't too far out for my suspension of disbelief.

[malephoenix]

I think we have completely definitions of the words beautiful and amazing because from what I've seen those two words don't belong anywhere near a sentence with the title of this movie in it. The cgi looked like something out of a scifi channel movie...and not one of the almost watchable ones.

You didn't like the CGI? It's lightyears beyond something like Ice Spiders or Sabretooth.

[Captain Smith]

It was fun but the ending was so what. Hero dude is now a construct. The human race is destroyed. So he has a fit in the ship, is he supposed to take over - yeah, right.

He gets beaten up. She goes to breeding pen.

We lose.


The effects weren't that bad. I liked the advanced drone attack. Liked Dexter's sargeant last stand. Liked the Barretts.

Now who survived - guys in the boonies. The submerged nuclear subs?

Sequel ? Let it go.

[ProfeZZor X]

Everything about this movie was bad... And of all people, I went in with an open mind, and the excitement of a 14 year old boy after seeing the initial trailers. Little did I know I would be hoodwinked and bamboozled.

And with a $30 million dollar budget, I guess you get what you pay for. Although I do somewhat give the makers credit for some of the effects. Once it was established that the focus would be on these f-list actors, I just prayed that the movie would have some sort of redemption at the end. But quite the contrary...

It just seemed like whoever penned this script had no idea what subject to focus on. One suggestion would have been the girl's pregnancy and how the boyfriend would have been really excited about it... That would have tied in nicely as a focal point of the movie, and made sense at the very end. But no, the boyfriend is pissed off about her being pregnant and not telling him as soon as she found out, as well as just about every life saving choice she makes during their ordeal. And instead of learning from T-Money's costly mistake, he seems to think that open water will stop these HOVERING alien craft - despite the fact that you can clearly see alien ships approaching open water, and smoldering boats in the backdrop towards the end..

Hopefully, Sony's BATTLEFIELD: LOS ANGELES movie coming out next March will make up for this piece of crap But what I find ironic, is that the effects guys frm Skyline are suposedly the same people that worked on Sony's upcoming flick. But with Sony's name attached to it, I doubt they'll greenlight a P.O.S.

[Jordacar]

I'm beginning to think that with AVP:R, Fox didn't prevent the Strauss boys from making a good movie so much as they let them make a crappy one.

[thwhtGuardian]

You didn't like the CGI? It's lightyears beyond something like Ice Spiders or Sabretooth.

It's obviously hyperbole, but the point still stands in a film where creature effects are center stage these just weren't that great. If you know you're on a tight budget you either keep the effects shots to a minimum or you hide them in the dark so you can't tell how fake they look. This did neither, it obviously didn't have the budget to create all the shots with a realistic look to them and instead of trying to hide it many were in broad daylight.

[malephoenix]

It's obviously hyperbole, but the point still stands in a film where creature effects are center stage these just weren't that great. If you know you're on a tight budget you either keep the effects shots to a minimum or you hide them in the dark so you can't tell how fake they look. This did neither, it obviously didn't have the budget to create all the shots with a realistic look to them and instead of trying to hide it many were in broad daylight.

I'll check it out on video again someday, I'm sure. But the special effects really seemed pretty good to me. (A lot of story elements could have been stronger, but I still liked it more than most.)

[Dreadstar]

Quite possibly the worst science fiction movie in years, story-wise. I can usually allow my suspension of disbelief make another leap if the story goes off the rails, but not with this turd. This is what you get when you hand the storytelling chores over to the CGI guys. And I wasn't wowed by the CGI, either, but that probably just my perspective after realizing (not very far in) that my date had picked a real stinker of a movie.

There was one really good thing though: The steak we had for dinner was excellent.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

That bad, uh?

Rarely do we get to see this level of consensus online, are you sure there is not even one redeeming quality to thsi bomb?

[Dreadstar]

That bad, uh?

Rarely do we get to see this level of consensus online, are you sure there is not even one redeeming quality to thsi bomb?

Oh, sure!

Everybody dies.

[shades of eternity]

honestly, the black guy should have been the protagonist and he should have played off the consierge (who was hands down the best character in the show) creating a contention between "going" and "staying". However, both should have been right at times making it a working relationship that helped shepard the rest of the cast.

both character's were strong and way more competant then the so called main hero (whom my friend and I kept calling "the friendly douche".)

plus make the women less wussy. They were almost as big a pussy as the main hero.

but what blew my mind was there is a really good scene involving a battle where they fire a nuke into the mother ship.

if that would have been simply a short, the movie would have been siginificantly better.

oh well

plenty of alien stuff to cribb for my own stuff.

[Caanan]

I liked it. I knew nothing about it beforehand, and therefore, had no expectations, no pre-judgements, and I was surprised.

The plot zigs where you think it's going to zag, there's some funny nods to Independence Day - particularly the above-mentioned nuke scene - and it's a good example of what you can do on a budget. They never even leave their own building!

It really is just 'Where were you on Independence Day?' focusing on a small bunch of people in one high rise while the world goes to heck. The ending was also slightly horrifying, yet completely mental.

I enjoyed it.

Go for the movie, stay for the popcorn! :D

[hugh45]

Quite possibly the worst science fiction movie in years, story-wise. I can usually allow my suspension of disbelief make another leap if the story goes off the rails, but not with this turd. This is what you get when you hand the storytelling chores over to the CGI guys. And I wasn't wowed by the CGI, either, but that probably just my perspective after realizing (not very far in) that my date had picked a real stinker of a movie.

There was one really good thing though: The steak we had for dinner was excellent.

Totally agree.
-The music felt out of place in some scenes
-The guy kept saying that "we need to get to the boat!" :eek:
-The black bro says "I got an idea" and went to the old man apt,WTH!!??
-Ending seems like it was taking from a Japanese cartoon (were the guy brain was house in armor.)

-Also my friend who I went w/say that ending credit music made it feel that this movie was epic,but it wasn't.

[Motormouse]

I liked it. I knew nothing about it beforehand, and therefore, had no expectations, no pre-judgements, and I was surprised.

The plot zigs where you think it's going to zag, there's some funny nods to Independence Day - particularly the above-mentioned nuke scene - and it's a good example of what you can do on a budget. They never even leave their own building!

It really is just 'Where were you on Independence Day?' focusing on a small bunch of people in one high rise while the world goes to heck. The ending was also slightly horrifying, yet completely mental.

I enjoyed it.

Go for the movie, stay for the popcorn! :D

Went and saw it today expecting the worse, and was happily suprised to find that i enjoyed it and that it had a couple of laugh out loud moments. The nuke scene was pretty cool and i loved the walking monster thing getting an F22 in the face! I have seebn way worse movies than this. leave your brain at home, and go watch it!:tongue:

[President Kang]

This movie is a good FX demo reel and a rental to watch with judicious use of the chapter-skip button. I basically hated everyone when they opened their mouths, but this movie had a glowing human brain being yanked out of a space-alien with a fire axe. Not many movies have that. And some of the shots were great, like that overhead pan around the couple as hell explodes around them looks fantastic.

Like I said, rental. Fast forward. Skip whenever they talk. But watch the pretty explosions and solid FX. But when the most well-rounded and heroic character in the film is a stealth bomber, you know it's in trouble.

[Holacik]

A human computer interacting with and overcoming an alien mothership is just as bad as a human skull and spine interacting with and overcoming an alien orgasm to me.

To be fair there was some type of build to that...