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Old 06-26-08 | 06:38 PM
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House of the Dead: Funny version???

I was watching "Alone in the Dark: DC" and on one of the featurettes they show clips from "House of the Dead" and in the bottom right hand corner it says: House of the Dead: Funny Version coming soon from Lions Gate. When is this coming out. I know that the current DVD is cropped from 2.35:1 so maybe they'll fix that with a new version.
Old 06-26-08 | 06:55 PM
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I didn't know there was an unfunny version.
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I didn't know there was an unfunny version.
Old 06-26-08 | 07:22 PM
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Since the movie can really only be enjoyed as an unintentional comedy, Uwe Boll went ahead and recut it to make it seem like an intentional comedy.

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This concept makes my head hurt.
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Since the movie can really only be enjoyed as an unintentional comedy, Uwe Boll went ahead and recut it to make it seem like an intentional comedy.
Right. Destroy whatever unintended humor there was and make the movie *truly* unwatchable. Sounds like an Uwe Boll move all right.
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This can only be a masterpiece of cinema...
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with a special appearance by famed breast augmentation specialist Siegfried Wienermeister. SOLD!
Old 06-27-08 | 06:11 AM
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OMG! The theatrical version is already one of the most hilarious movies ever. If there's an even more funny version, I think half the population would just die from laughter.
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This is actually really funny. The fact that they're cutting it to make it more hilarious.. hell, it's atleast worth a rental.
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This is actually really funny. The fact that they're cutting it to make it more hilarious..
And that doesn't frighten you? Let's see: the first time around, Boll actually set out to make a "serious" action/horror picture. We all know how that turned out. Now, he purposefully tries to make it "funny"...

I wish there was a chance that this time around the end product would turn out--unintentionally, of course--to be a decent low budget horror flick, but somehow I don't think it works this way.

On second thought, though... Boll trying to make a funny movie... The results may well be *truly* scary. So, who knows...

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And that doesn't frighten you? Let's see: the first time around, Boll actually set out to make a "serious" action/horror picture. We all know how that turned out. Now, he purposefully tries to make it "funny"...

I wish there was a chance that this time around the end product would turn out--unintentionally, of course--to be a decent low budget horror flick, but somehow I don't think it works this way.
I think it's more the fact that the studio realized what a joke the actual movie was, that they're going out of their way to make it funnier.. I mean that says enough in itself.

Isn't Uwe making a sequel, too??
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Isn't Uwe making a sequel, too??
Not that I know of. He's way too busy defiling other game franchises. Besides, there already is a sequel, and--unlike the "original"--it's actually semi-watchable.
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You gotta hand it to the guy. He got Lions Gate to buy into further rewarding his incompetence...flaunting it, no less.
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Someone else needs to recut this into a comedy, not Boll. Maybe the Stella guys should give it a try.
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My guess is that the "funny" version will end up being so unfunny that it crosses back into hilarious.
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I hope there is a laugh track, and the Benny Hill theme (Yakety Sax) running throughout it.
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Originally Posted by SkullOrchard
I hope there is a laugh track, and the Benny Hill theme (Yakety Sax) running throughout it.


Holy crap that would make this totally one of the best movies ever.

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