Sci-Fi on the Cheap 353
lowbudgetfun writes "NYTimes.com is reporting on the Sci-Fi channel's huge investment (28 films for $21 million) for original B movies. Includes quotes from B Movie hero, Bruce Campbell." I especially liked this line from the article: "Shot on budgets ranging from $1 million to $2 million, Sci Fi's movies are made in money-saving locales like Bulgaria, Romania and Missouri."
Wait! I'm from Missouri! (Score:4, Funny)
Ever been to St. Louis? (Score:5, Funny)
MST3000 (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I would boast about them.... (Score:4, Funny)
No, Mansquito was awesome due to the offalistic explosion of awfulness that inhabited the plot and burst out at random intervals.
Re:Missouri (Score:5, Funny)
Bad Attitude (Score:5, Funny)
Whoop (Score:1, Funny)
P.S. Heard that this new Battlestar Galactica show was really good, but something about fuzzy robots, people wearing tight clothing and helmet-like hairstyles, and Lorne Green just stopped me from tuning in. That, and the thought of someone updating that stuff for the new millenium (the way they usually do) just made me wanna hurl.
Re:Bad Attitude (Score:5, Funny)
Q: What's the difference between one dollar and one lev?
A: One dollar.
Re:Wait! I'm from Missouri! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Missouri (Score:5, Funny)
Mizzou monkeys throwing invisible digital poo (Score:1, Funny)
But since it is Scifi Channel, you know it is good glowing digital poo!
' To this say I miss 'The Invisible Man' the series. I donno if they ran out of money or budget '
I can just hear it now: "Guess what? Yeah, they cancelled our project. It turns out that they were so cheap that a show with a guy who isn't there that you never see was too expensive for those skinflints. Hey! Do you think our pilot for "Inside the Black Hole" might go?"
Re:I smell a rat! and It'll be on budget for 1.5M (Score:5, Funny)
Well, my idea is to combine two Steven Spielberg movies: dinosaurs attacking and killing humans (Jurassic Park) with aliens attacking and killing humans (War of the Worlds). See, there are these dinosaurs who have been hanging out in the Amazon and now they've gotten pissed off about the destruction of the rainforest and they're gonna take over. But just as they go on the rampage, alien robots come down from space, and they want to take over the planet too!
So the dinosaurs and aliens start fighting, but then decide that's pointless. They decide to settle their differences with a contest: a kill-a-thon. Whoever can kill more humans during 24 hrs. of carnage and rampage can rule the entire planet. Dinosaurs plus robots? It's like Spielberg, squared... minus his directing ability of course. There are two running body counts on the screen, one for dinosaurs and one for robots.
Title: "DINOSAURS VS. ROBOTS"
Budget: 2 million.
Plus, I already have a concept for the sequel: it's called "DINOSAURS VS. ROBOTS... VS. ZOMBIES!".
Re:Bad Attitude (Score:2, Funny)
Wow, didn't know the bulgarian economy was that strong!
Fantastic (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wait! I'm from Missouri! (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot Editors (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I Wish (Score:2, Funny)
fuzzy math (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ever been to St. Louis? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bad Attitude (Score:2, Funny)