>we will never get a Cthulu movie
>>63239095
Del Toro tried
![lovecraft-and-a-cat[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2wEMCAR.jpg "lovecraft-and-a-cat[1].jpg")
>>63239095
Thank god.
>>63239095
Good.
Dreamworld is where it is at.
>>63239095
Deep Rising wasn't a bad attempt. But yeah, trying to turn Lovecraft's intangible cosmic horrors into a movie seems like a waste of effort. Hell, if Lovecraft had been around long enough to see Godzilla, he'd probably have shit himself in the theater.
>>63239189
No Derleth autism pls.
>implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHuY2wXTd0o
>movie about creatures that cause insanity when you look at them
Mouth of Madness was so good I have no idea why Lovecraftian horror didn't become a thing
>>63239288
It could actually really work, think of the 4th wall possibilities.
His short stories like Polaris, Old Bugs, etc, could be easily fleshed out to be a feature length.
>>63239209
It's seems more doable, now, more than ever with the advances in CGI technologies
>>63239344
>It's seems more doable, now, more than ever with the advances in CGI technologies
The point of lovecraft is you never 'see' the creatures. While the environments they are in are out wordly. It doesn't have anything to do with technology, I think anyway. It's more the fact the general audience wouldn't want to not see the monster, if you get me?
Look at cloverfield for example.
>>63239384
>The point of lovecraft is you never 'see' the creatures
Well, no I mean he has published illustrations of his monsters that he has submitted to magazines. The monsters are easily perceived. I think what makes them so horrific is not only their appearance, but the context in which they exist.
>>63239384
Even Lovecraft's characters never give a great description of the creatures. In "The Shunned House" all they see is an elbow and immediately set out to destroy the thing.
>>63239440
>Well, no I mean he has published illustrations of his monsters that he has submitted to magazines.
Link? Wasn't aware of this.
>>63239521
Here you can see early drafts from the story At The Mountains of Madness
Lovecraftian madness done right.
Now that hes been outed as a racist its probably not gonna happen.
Thanks black people
>>63239562
More?
>>63239585
>mfw The Iliad and The Odyssey have a disclaimer warning people easily triggered about different times
>>63239585
You can't really "out" a guy as a racist when one of his stories contains a cat named "Nigger Man."
Or another story where a guy's uncle dies after being "Jostled by a negro."
>>63239585
He was racist in his early life but I think he became less and less racist/xenophobic as he grew older.
However, you can definitely see hints of racism in his different stories.
>>63239585
Why? He didn't do anything to the Jews, did he? Should be fine...
>>63239644
He was an anti Semitic person even though he married a Jewish woman hahaha
>>63239440
That, and the fact something like Cthulhu can exist means that the universe is a massive, bizzare place in which human life is totally insignificant. It's like coming home to find your front door open; an open door isn't scary in and of itself, it's what that fact implies.
>>63239210
>he hasn't read The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
>>63239665
So he breaks even then.
>>63239631
Dude that was the name of his real life cat.
Eh, all the lovecraft gods/beings I'm interested in aren't really the type of thing you can translate well to a screen. You just can't visualize those cosmic horrors without being extremely underwhelming.
>>63239688
Not really. The Jews don't like it when you pluck one from the herd. I had a Jewish titcow gf years ago and her parents HATED me.
>>63239670
>the universe is a massive, bizzare place in which human life is totally insignificant
>implying our current heartless, hedonistic, empathyless society isn't
>>63239642
His wife told a story once about how HP saw a black person and was upset for a whole week.
>>63239714
So that makes it.. DOUBLE NIGGER?
>>63239644
Dude hated everyone who wasn't from pure New England stock.
>>63239716
This. If only one parent is jewish you'll probably be ok, but if you're dating a girl who has two Jewish parents you're fucked.
>>63239737
Our society is, sure. But in comparison to Chtulu mythos it's like simple arithmetic compared to advanced mathematics.
It would probably just end up like Every other large monster movie. Godzilla 1998, and such.
A movie based around Nyarlathotep could be good. Although, you would probably have to market it without revealing Nyarlathotep, because it might ruin the plot if people knew about him.
>Try reading Lovecraft
>That fucking "Old English"
Do native English speakers also find it hard to read that shit, or am I just retarded?
>>63240216
Git gud fucking subhuman, English is my third language and I understood his stories perfectly
>>63240216
The only other person who I have really "read" is Tolkien.
It's not too bad.
>>63240216
It's not your fault he uses a lot of adjectives that aren't really used today.
>we will never get a movie about le squid meme god
>>>/r/eddit
>>63240216
Lovecraft also gives some of his characters speech impediments and slang, so I get where you're coming from. Generally, by reading all of the stuff around the confusing lingo, you get the gist of what they're getting at.
>>63240393
The only thing surprising about this statement is how long it took to show up.
>>>/yourownass/
The best part of the Cthulu story is that fucked up city they explore.
>South Meme does an episode with le meme squid demon
>Suddenly threads on /tv/ about le meme squid demon
What could it mean?
>>63240478
stop
>>63240427
He's right tho.
People on facebook post Cthulhu shit, but have no idea who Lovecraft is.
Hell, people on 4chan start lovecraft threads with Cthulhu, even when he's barely in any Lovecraft story.
Cthulhu is pop-culture or what shitposter would call it, a meme.
>>63240478
That episode is like 5 years old, bro.
Not our fault you are playing catch-up.
Just what the fuck IS Cthulhu?
DUDE CYCLOPEAN LMAO
>>63240618
dude queer eldritch things lmao
It could work as some kind of bizarre horror where you barely see cthulu and all the characters slowly go insane or something like that. Make it 3 hours or something and it might work
I definitely would love to see at the mountains of madness made into a film. It could work as a found footage film too.
>>63240555
>Tfw the call of Cthulhu was only mediocre compared to such knockouts as the Color out of Space
Seriously one of the most unsettling things I've consumed. Lovecradt deserves better than to become pop culture shlock. Hope it never catches on.
>>63240478
We were having a nice thread until you showed. Can't you shitpost somewhere else?
>>63240592
An alien God thing
>>63240638
Literally John Carpenter's The Thing is mountains of madness
>>63240663
Why don't you go to r/Cthulhu then?
There you can cirklejerk about your eldritch memesquid without people making you sad.
>>63239688
ncie 88
>>63240713
The Thing has barely anything to do with MoM
>>>63240719
Why don't you go to >>>/trash/
You're tacky and I hate you
>>63240719
>r/Cthulhu
Holy shit, that actually exists.
/tv/edditors B T F O
>>63239384
I think its more that no matter how the any of them look, it will always be dissapointing. Film isnt the proper medium to tell those stories
>>63240713
Other than being set in a cold place they're not really similar at all.
>>63240763
>Can't into quoting
Hello reddit
>>63240738
>group of guys go to desolate frozen area and encounter unspeakable horrors
On the surface, they have a lot in common.
>>63240809
Hello
>>63240815
It's not really unspeakable when you can describe it.
>>63240216
Try listening to an audiobook narration with a proper gentlemanly reader.
Shit is classy as fuck.
http://talestoterrify.com/tales-to-terrify-no-82-h-p-lovecraft-part-1-of-at-the-mountains-of-madness/
>>63240842
You can't describe it when you're dead.
>>63240815
Story is totally different though. Mountains of Madness has nothing to do with body snatching, and it's more about exploration.
>>63240861
But we, the viewers, can. That's why a MoM would be hard to pull off.
All you actually see are giant penguins.
/tv/ and other plebs wouldn't understand it.
>>63240646
He won't. King exists.
a dwarf fortress movie would be more entertaining to be honestly honest
>>63240852
>http://talestoterrify.com/tales-to-terrify-no-82-h-p-lovecraft-part-1-of-at-the-mountains-of-madness/
The story starts at 8:38, incidentally.
Before that is just a short introduction.
>>63240592
He's an amorphous octopus that was defeated by a boat.
>>63240930
3d dwarf fortress video game would be even better
>>63239095
If you want a good Lovecraftian story then just play Bloodborne.
>>63240976
That shit ruined the whole story for me.
>>63240986
i like it how it is. keeps the normies at bay(reee)
>>63240216
>That fucking "Old English"
>purple prose is "old english"
fuck off
>>63241055
I think what he means by old English is Lovecraft's use of obscure adjectives
>>63240996
While it does Lovecraft very well for the most part, it can't fully commit since it's a video game where you kill increasingly powerful things.
>>63240976
He wasn't really defeated. His head was split open, but as soon the captain looked back, the wound was rapidly healing. Also, Cthulhu was asleep for thousands of years so it was sort of a cheap shot. The ship NOPE'd the fuck out of there. It wasn't a showdown or anything.
>>63240930
a generic procedurally generated script of high fantasy adventure gets turned into a movie every three months bud. they all end up in the bargain bin at the walmart.
>tfw you will never have the same racist powerlevel as Lovecraft
Maybe one day
>>63240638
I didn't like that story at all.
>i'm on an expedition to antarctica
>shit's cold yo
>mountains are higher than mt. everest
>found some weird ruins on a mountain
>ruins stretch as far as the eye can see
>ruins so old they predate mankind
>there are a few strange alien corpses lying around
>one of them went missing and so did most of the expedition
>giant penguins are deep within the ruins
>big floating blob of shit is even deeper in the ruins
>clikiliki lii
>i'm never going back
>>63239210
Dream Quest is fucking fantastic you plebe. I mean that in the most encouraging way I can. Go read it, it's public domain.
>>63241103
>wake up
>get hit in the face by a boat
>go back to sleep
desu I'd do the same senpai. That's not a pleasant way to start the day.
>>63241136
i cant think of any other movie where a group of dwarves, exiled from their homelands, are sent into the wilds to explore new worlds, and eventually find a place to settle where they start digging, and the deeper they dug, the more evil shit they uncovered
you could definitely make DF into an interesting movie
>>63239209
deep rising is pretty shitty To Be Honest Family
>>63241103
That means it can still get hurt.
Drop a nuke on that fucker.
>>63241340
A nuke wouldn't do much, you have to fight fire with fire.
>>63240912
The Elder Things and Shoggoths are actually described in painstaking detail. And not just their phisiology, either, but their culture, architecture, and history. The entire arc of their civilization is just straight-up spelled out in narration.
At the Mountains of Madness is, in a big way, a work of world-building. It ties together a lot of the "mythology" (such as it is) that he created and puts it in a timeline. It kind of functions as a History of All This Crazy Shit I've Mentioned.
>>63241328
One day you will be mah nigga, but today ain't that day.
>>63241192
that was literally in the Lord of the Rings
>>63241452
>His head was split open
>By a boat
A nuke would absolutely annihilate its ass.
>>63241542
It would probably make him stronger if anything. Imagine a mutant Chtulu.
>>63241542
>>63241569
ITT: People who either didn't read Lovecraft or people too dense to comprehend it
>>63241490
true. it would be hard to differentiate it from lotr but it's still an interesting story
>>63239095
Call of Cthulu's not even one of Lovecraft's better stories
>>63241651
What do you mean? I actually haven't read any Lovecraft but I'd like to
>>63239170
thank fucking god he failed.
I read the script and it was Carpenter's the Thing meets Peter Jackson's King Kong.
>liking del taco
>>63239290
normies only want explosions, blood and boobies
i think lovecraftian themes have been done to death that a straight up adaption of any of his works would just be ignored.
>>63242102
Cthulhu wasn't just meant to be some big rock 'em sock 'em kaiju monster subject to death from people, it's supposed to be an older, arguably higher being beyond human comprehension.
>>63239743
Hate's a strong word, m8. It was more like a sense of inferiority he felt they had, but he didn't really act upon it except in his earlier life.
>>63242838
He was pretty much a NEET on 4chan except in the early 20th century
>>63239095
but we did
>>63239290
>>63239563
>Mouth of Madness was so good
Literally the worst attempt at Lovecraft/cosmic horror yet you dumb plebs treat it like gospel.
Kill yourselves.
I'd never want a lovecraft movie, but Shadow Over Innsmouth might work out as a mini-series.
>>63242819
>it's supposed to be an older, arguably higher being beyond human comprehension.
Well, the fact that a boat can hurt it kinda ruins that.
>>63243557
But the boat does not actually hurt him. Sure it makes a large hole through his head and brain, but it does not kill him. He regenerates his own fucking brain after the boat crash. He's immortal. Sure you might slow him down with nuclear missiles, but he eventually regenerates over again and again.
But it should be remembered that Cthulhu is not strongest beign in Cthulhu Mythos. He's not a god, he's just a priest. He's just one of the great old ones sleeping/beign dead in R'lyeh.
>>63243557
Yeah, and then healed immediately ad they high tailed it out of there. It's not like they stuck around and mortally wounded it.
>>63240216
How is that old English?
If you can't even read Lovecraft then how will you ever handle Poe
>>63240216
>>63239737
>empathyless society
>refugee welcome, take even more welfare than retired natives than payed taxes for 50 years, and any form of dissent to the situation is proof you are the devil
Sure thing.
>>63243852
>empathyless
what's fucking problem?
