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[wgreenlee1]

Clive Barker rules!!!
He is a "Mind-Graphics Artist".:thumbsup:

[Tottebias]

Clive Barker and Disney. That just sounds wrong to me.

[Gentle Fury]

Originally posted by Tottebias
Clive Barker and Disney. That just sounds wrong to me.

I know, thats what is so beautiful about it!

I mean after all isnt that what pixar did???? They rode the financial coattails of disney until they fullfilled the contract and made tons of $$$ then got out!

[belail]

Actually, from what I understand, one of the reasons that we have never seen a Pinhead figure from McFarlane Toys is because Disney owns the rights to Hellraiser and isn't giving them to anyone.

[Chris]

I read that the other week, its a good story, quite tame in comparison to some of his other books like Imagica or Weaveworld - I guess its been Disneyed ;) The artwork is way cool, full colour printing on glossy stock all the way through - its about the same weight as a normal hardcover 4 times its size...

[Gentle Fury]

Originally posted by Chris
I read that the other week, its a good story, quite tame in comparison to some of his other books like Imagica or Weaveworld - I guess its been Disneyed ;) The artwork is way cool, full colour printing on glossy stock all the way through - its about the same weight as a normal hardcover 4 times its size...

No, its not disneyed.......this is a story he's been working on for the past 5 years now........he decided to do something not as hardcore...and just more fun for once. And HE chose disney as his outlet because he wanted it to get into every medium possible. Imajica and Weaveworld are my favs by far.......but this one is really cool :) and if you really think about the content it is still really dark for disney.......i dont know how they are going to make a movie out of it.....prolly gonna be under mirimax :)

and yeah, the glossy stock makes it a weighty tome.....def worth having in the collection :)

[Chris]

Dont get we wrong, I really liked the book :) - I actually enjoyed the, dunno what you would call it, level of grossness I suppose, some of the scenes in weaveworld didnt sit too well with me! I'm looking foward to the rest of the series as well.

I think it could make a good movie, it would need a sh*teload of effects- probably be real fun to work on - imagine getting the brief for the big moth! :beer:

[Gentle Fury]

Originally posted by Chris
Dont get we wrong, I really liked the book :) - I actually enjoyed the, dunno what you would call it, level of grossness I suppose, some of the scenes in weaveworld didnt sit too well with me! I'm looking foward to the rest of the series as well.

I think it could make a good movie, it would need a sh*teload of effects- probably be real fun to work on - imagine getting the brief for the big moth! :beer:

yeah, i cant wait to see what they do with the movie........most of the main characters would have to be totally CG.......Carrion is gonna be BADASS on the screen as long as they stick with Clive's paintings as the concept art.

I would love to see Tim Burton get this project as a nice comeback flick. It screems burton style!!! There are even a lot of stripes in Clive's paintings. I think John Mischief would be a LOT of fun to work on.......i dont think i have ever seen an 8 headed main character in a movie before......lol

Fanstasy and FX wise, if this is done well, it is going to make Harry Potter look like a low budget student film.......lol It will def be cool to see the coming in of the Sea of Izabella......will be awesome to see the grass start changing into water.

This one is gonna be fun...........would love to work on it!

[Gentle Fury]

ok, well im about 30 pages away from finishing the first book.....and let me say it has been amazing all the way thru!

I'm thinking (as of being nearly done with the first one) that this is gonna have to be an animated feature as there would be SO many FX in it it may as well be!

I think if this were done in CG in the style of say......The Nightmare Before Christmas, this could be one of the coolest animated movies ever made!!!!

I cant wait for the next one to come out!!! only about 6 more months!!!! WOOHOO!!!

oh btw, this one is 100x more fantastic than harry potter.....

kinda like Alice in Wonderland.............with magic

[Gentle Fury]

hmmmmm, i guess there just arent all that many readers on this board :(

I figured with the amazing artwork throughout and the fact that there is going to be a movie (probably even an animated film) people would be interested.........oh well....you guys are missing out.

[Tottebias]

Adding it to my list of books to buy. Right now I'm reading 3 books...I never keep things straight! Looks great and I will get to it. Thanks for the heads up.

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