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Official Francesco Aquilini Thread

Skankhunt42 said:
Please tell me the three most mainstream examples of this genre.
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Vector said:
Evil Dead, Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy (The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness), and Annihilation.
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The Lighthouse might also qualify.

But yeah this genre is not mainstream, it's not easy to capture the essence of Lovecraft on a screen without making it boring as shit.

Hey maybe we should give Michael Bay a call?
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valkynax said:
The Lighthouse might also qualify.

But yeah this genre is not mainstream, it's not easy to capture the essence of Lovecraft on a screen without making it boring as shit.

Hey maybe we should give Michael Bay a call?
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I actually original had The Lighthouse but wanted to keep the list down to three.

Also, racist. Holy hell was Lovecraft racist. Only thing scarier to him than weird angles and ancient alien demons were white women hooking up with black guys.
 
Vector said:
I actually original had The Lighthouse but wanted to keep the list down to three.

Also, racist. Holy hell was Lovecraft racist. Only thing scarier to him than weird angles and ancient alien demons were white women hooking up with black guys.
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Since I already derailed the thread I might as well say this too: I would also recommend the game Dredge, if you had not played it yet. One of the best gaming interpretation of Lovecraftian horror I've ever experienced, even more so than Darkest Dungeon.
 
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valkynax said:
Since I already derailed the thread I might as well say this too: I would also recommend the game Dredge, if you had not played it yet. One of the best gaming interpretation of Lovecraftian horror I've ever experienced, even more so than Darkest Dungeon.
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It’s on my wishlist! One of those games I’ll dig into when I’ve got some free time between releases. Unfortunately Diablo IV will probably consume me for most of the summer.

Back on topic, the real cosmic horror is this Aquilini ownership. AMIRITE?!
 
Vector said:
It’s on my wishlist! One of those games I’ll dig into when I’ve got some free time between releases. Unfortunately Diablo IV will probably consume me for most of the summer.

Back on topic, the real cosmic horror is this Aquilini ownership. AMIRITE?!
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Another thing that made it very hard to do Lovecraftian horror game/film is how these...things are not meant to be within the realms of human comprehension. In most of the stories, you either die or you go completely insane, sometimes with just a brief glimpse of those things. Once you put it on screen with a form, however grotesque it may be, it would have lost almost all of its power. But if you don't, there won't be many who's willing to sit through the whole thing. This extends further in some games, where you fight or seal away an entity...that's not how Lovecraft horror works.

Fredolini fitting into Lovecraftian horror would be a bumbling rich moron who's tasked you to retrieve some ancient artifact that's cursed up the ASS, insists on coming along the expedition, then gets himself eaten by a squirrel the moment we arrive at our destination while crashing the plane/boat and now we're all stranded/proper f***ed.
 
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valkynax said:
Jokes aside, "Color Out of Space" was actually a very competent movie. If you're interested in Lovecraftian cosmic horror, I would recommend that movie. His (meme) acting fitted into the story quite well.
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I survived the Benning years so I’ll pass on more cosmic horror.
 


-Franky Aquilini interested in buying the Winnipeg Ice and moving them to Chilliwack
-sources in the BCHL have heard this rumour
-Chilliwack Collesium would be part of the sale
-Giants owner Ron Toigo would have to approve the sale
-rumour has been around for months
 
I wonder how many fans commute from abbotsford and chilliwack to see the Giants, if that's a real concern?

Maybe I haven't been paying that close attention but it would mean the chilliwack chiefs are out and moved elsewhere, they play at that arena.
 
rypper said:
I wonder how many fans commute from abbotsford and chilliwack to see the Giants, if that's a real concern?

Maybe I haven't been paying that close attention but it would mean the chilliwack chiefs are out and moved elsewhere, they play at that arena.
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The Chiefs were brought up. Mentioned the Chiefs move to Quesnel or somewhere else.

Maybe the Aquilinis could use their money to finance construction on the highway so people can actually get to and from games. Although they'd probably demand it become a toll road...
 
rypper said:
I wonder how many fans commute from abbotsford and chilliwack to see the Giants, if that's a real concern?

Maybe I haven't been paying that close attention but it would mean the chilliwack chiefs are out and moved elsewhere, they play at that arena.
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Why did the Chilliwack Bruins move again? Why would it work this time around?
 
StreetHawk said:
Why did the Chilliwack Bruins move again? Why would it work this time around?
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The last two years before moving they were bottom-5 in the WHL in attendance with playoff teams.

And the market is tougher now than then with the Giants moving to Langley and the AHL Canucks in Abbotsford.
 
StreetHawk said:
Why did the Chilliwack Bruins move again? Why would it work this time around?
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They had some great teams back then too (I had an ex who worked for bell and got free tickets.)

But living in the valley, realistically of all the options, I'm going to go to the Abby canucks over anything else.
 
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rypper said:
They had some great teams back then too (I had an ex who worked for bell and got free tickets.)

But living in the valley, realistically of all the options, I'm going to go to the Abby canucks over anything else.
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Arena is up for sale in Chilliwack from what the reports say. Probably a real estate type transaction, but I don't know the area so not sure what is possible there. Does seem like it's too many teams out there that would need 5K of fans. The BCHL can get by with half that amount.
 
With the Giants now in Langley; and the AHL Canucks in Abbotsford; it's hard to believe the WHL would even contemplate returning to Chilliwack. I mean how many hockey fans do they think there is out in the Valley?

But I guess if the arena is up for sale; and Aquilini wants to buy it, he has to find some kind of tenant to occupy it.....and I doubt the BCJHL would cut it.

Still, the Aquilini's owning yet another hockey team doesn't pump my tires.
 
VanJack said:
With the Giants now in Langley; and the AHL Canucks in Abbotsford; it's hard to believe the WHL would even contemplate returning to Chilliwack. I mean how many hockey fans do they think there is out in the Valley?

But I guess if the arena is up for sale; and Aquilini wants to buy it, he has to find some kind of tenant to occupy it.....and I doubt the BCJHL would cut it.

Still, the Aquilini's owning yet another hockey team doesn't pump my tires.
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My guess would be: Fredolini thinks his reputation that's been eating shit for years can get some positive bumps if he's supporting women's sport. It feels like a pretty typical social credit boosting move.
 
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