Comments on: ‘Whiteout’ Trailer Brings the Heat

By: Mike Wilkerson

Mike Wilkerson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:35:26 +0000

Thanks so much for your “real-world” input, ScienceTech. I too have not yet had the time to get to the theater to see it and wonder if perhaps the formula-makers in Hollywood have pushed down the handle on another floater.

Again our thanks to you for your input and we’re eager to know what others have thought of WHITE OUT.

By: sciencetech

sciencetech — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:59:46 +0000

Here it is mid-September and Whiteout has been out for a few days — and it’s scoring a whopping 8% on RottenTomatos. It’s not showing in my town so I haven’t had the chance to see it yet. Judging by the comments from my friends who have, I think I’ll wait until it comes out on DVD and just put it in a loop of the shower scene. Who cares about the rest.

To the credit of the producers, they sent an advanced copy to South Pole. The crew had a ‘drive-in movie’ night where they projected it on sheets in the gym. Here is my favorite comment from one of my friends at the Pole (a woman, FYI):

“And, I have to say . . . if you’ve just spent 2 years on the station and a scary, ax wielding murderer is coming for you . . . you wouldn’t spend the time clipping into the rope line. Just run, B*tch. You know where these buildings are! Kate Beckinsale’s a pu**y.”

By the sound of it, the problem is not Kate, it’s the writing (although casting Kate in that role is dubious).

As far as Antarctic-themed movies go, The Thing is still a perennial classic on the Ice. Aside from the flame throwers and guns, they pretty much portrayed life at a small station fairly accurately, at least in the 70-80′s. Things are a lot more corporate now.

By: Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking

Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:51:10 +0000

ScienceTechGuy – Do you still have friends/people you’re in contact with the people that work out there? Getting them on for an interview to talk about great movies like this one or perhaps “The Thing” when/if there’s another instance of it would be priceless. Let me know and again, my thanks for taking the time to provide comments here at ScreenRant.Com!

By: Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking

Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:49:51 +0000

OGB – while I hold out hope that this ISN’T a “The Thing” ripoff, I totally agree with you on The Thing being one of the best horror films that still holds up to this day. The moment where the dude puts his hands and shock paddles through the dudes chest, and the “walking off head” and the subsequent comment are some of the most impactful memories I have with my father watching movies.

Thanks for your comment! Love to see them and please tell your friends to chime in as well!

By: Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking

Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:47:58 +0000

Essi – The trailer voice guy IS outstanding after a couple of watches. Very “JAWS” which scared the crap out of me as a kid. If it’s gotta’ be THIS flavor trailer, that voice works. Thanks for your input. We all appreciate it!

By: Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking

Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:46:31 +0000

Omri – I totally agree with you. Not only in that I think this trailer should have a different flavor, but that MANY movies would benefit from a completely different kind of flavor for their trailer. It’s another great piece of fodder to kick up an article about for sure. We’ll have to see about sending that down the cabbage patch and see what we can cultivate.

Thanks for chiming in and do keep coming back to read. Cheers!

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By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:20:15 +0000

meh

By: Longshanks

Longshanks — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:42:10 +0000

I agree with Tim “Cloverfield”.

As long as Kate is in it,I’m there.

I mean really,who would’ve watched Van Helsing if she wasn’t in it?

By: Omri

Omri — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:56:15 +0000

It’s definitely a shame to see that a great mystery-crime-thriller story is getting sold with a “what’s out there?” angle. I, for one, can see where people get the sci-fi, X-Files vibe, and I hate that that’s the case.

The idea of Kate Beckinsale as Carrie Stetko doesn’t make me too happy, either, seeing as how the very similar replacement of the Olemauns in “30 Days of Night” with Hollywood’s hottest young actors lost a bit of the characters for me. But it’s not the worst of it, really. She is something to look at, and not the worst actress they could’ve gone with, really — just not quite the actress to do the original character justice.

I still have high hopes for a decent flick, and will probably go see it, but as a die-hard fan of the original graphic novel, this is cause for some concern.

By: Tim "Cloverfield"

Tim "Cloverfield" — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:36:44 +0000

“X-Files-style hijinx” Hell ya!
And as far as Kate goes……I will watch here in anything she does to be sure. Maybe the book called for a Kathy Bates type, but ….I mean no offense to Ms. Bates, she is a fine actress, but my money is on Kate, everytime! I would very much like to see this.

By: Essi Suomela

Essi Suomela — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:39:11 +0000

I have to say that the trailer guy was priceless

By: hamlet3k

hamlet3k — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:49:27 +0000

@ sciencetech: Where were you stationed? McMurdo? Amundsen-Scott?

Yeah, don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind looking at Kate B. Just… Dammit. Can we get even the slightest verisimilitude here? As Big Dead Place gleefully points out, they don’t let just anyone on The Ice.

By: sciencetech

sciencetech — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:07:59 +0000

Yeeeha! Another Antarctic movie — for those of us who have worked there — to poke fun at. Like The Thing, it’s sure to become a classic on the Ice. I can’t wait.

But I have to agree with hamlet3k: while I appreciate eye candy as much as the next guy, Kate would have all the Ice cred of a carrot muffin.

Oh, and there have already been real murders (at least one confirmed) in Antarctica. Wheee.

By: jack

jack — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:19:36 +0000

it’s supposed to be a murder mystery. i don’t know where anyone is getting the sci-fi/monster angle. someone gets murdered, a first for antarctica, and she has to investigate. isn’t that the plot of the gn as well? anyways that’s what i’ve been hearing. i never got any sci-fi vibe off it at all.

By: ogb

ogb — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:48:15 +0000

That’s the first thing I thought when I saw it

A bunch of ppl trapped in Antarctica. “Something” is coming after them. Scientists.

Not saying it will be bad but if they’re trying to play off of The Thing, not going to happen

The Thing is still, to this day, one of the best horror movies I’ve ever seen.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:33:37 +0000

ogb,

Thats kind of the vibe I got from the trailer.

By: ogb

ogb — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:22:36 +0000

Looks too much like THE THING rip off

Not sure about this

By: hamlet3k

hamlet3k — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:56:29 +0000

The graphic novel blew me away. Unfortunately, the movie looks like stunt casting all around. Carrie Stetko in the grahic novel is more like Kathy Bates than Kate Beckinsale. Stetko’s described as muscular, lumpy, “plain.” — she’s a US Marshall, for eff’s sake. I wouldn’t trust Kate Beckinsale to lead cheers at a college football game, much less police McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

I’m getting more than a little sick at Hollywood’s obsession with perfectly pretty people pretending to be good at real-people jobs. Kate Beckinsale = Federal Marshall is almost as believable as Tara Reid = anthropologist. And Carrie was trailed by a female UN operative. Not surprisingly, the film changes this to a guy for the obligatory, yet wholly unnecessary romance angle.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:30:06 +0000

This looks like it could be pretty good.

” The PERFECT setting for a Kate-Beckinsale-laden shower scene”

You can say that again.