The Asylum -- the beyond low-budget, straight to DVD makers of the recent Princess of Mars movie, the Transmorphers movie, and many more knock-offs, have decided to try their hand at Sherlock Holmes. Thanks to the wonders of the public domain, the movie is simply called Sherlock Holmes, much like the Robert Downey Jr. version, although the latter is severely lacking in dinosaurs, while the Asylum's version has them in spades. So... yeah.
I can't help but think that Holmes will be less solving a mystery than running for his life from dinosaurs in this movie, and as a Holmes fan, that disappoints me. Unless, of course, the mystery is why Torchwood's Gareth David-Lloyd -- Ianto! -- would consent or be forced to star as Watson in a shitty direct-to-DVD Sherlock Holmes rip-off. Something tells me whatever the answer to that mystery is, the answer will depress all of us. Thanks to Kristie for the tip.
Tags: Rip-Offs, Sherlock Holmes
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NerdTronJJ said:
I'd see that matter of fact... *searching* damn can't find it on amazon
Anne replied to NerdTronJJ:
I thought that the visuals were very good; the story lines-both about the "real" SH, according to the inmate, & the use of dinosaurs interesting- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was very interested in the dinosaur age and at least one movie has been made about it, it's called "The Lost World".
Kaoy said:
The Asylum movies are purposely made to by over the top and sort of stupid. The guys who run the company actually did an interview not to long, ago but I forget for who(Wired, maybe). Basically, their whole thing is making movies based off whats hot at the time, and occasionally tossing out original, even more over the ideas(Super Shark vs Giant Octopus, anyone?).
They try and add real production value to what ever it is they do because they know people see them and think 'What the hell?', but they also want them to think 'Why did I actually enjoy that?'.
Cornholio replied to Kaoy:
That's "MEGA-Shark vs. Giant Octopus", thank you very much. Mega Shark > Super Shark
No to mention the fact that it stars Vince Black, no wait, Reno Raines, or is his name Lorenzo Lamas?
C Montgomery Burns said:
All it needs is Cpt. Jack in a make out scene and I'm there!
C Montgomery Burns said:
Ahoy hoy!
check out these links
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1522835/
The Transmorphers???
Exxxcelent!
Andy said:
It almost had me going there that Sherlock was also going to go up against Cybermen which would have been cool.
I'm a Holmes purist but actually liked the RDJ movie. I can't see how anyone, though, cannot be awaiting this film with high anticipation. It's like a combination of Sherlock Holmes and The Lost World (both Doyle works) mixed into a bowl with the Wild Wild West. It will be gloriously terrible.
Hmmm... replied to drunken_hopfrog (PopBunker.net):
That's a contradiction in terms. Somehow, I feel Guy Ritchie's version might have been LESS ludicrous if it contained dinosaurs...
nick said:
Gareth David-Lloyd! Who ever is casting the actor for both Holmes movies must have found a way to make a profit out of the intenet's slash fan fiction databases.
SafetyDance101 said:
Well on the bright side, the sight of a charging T-Rex would probably be enough to induce a sizeable bowl movement, perhaps negating the need for Watson's intervention, thus sparing us the "pleasure" of reading about it in his subsequent medical notes.
ZADL said:
Was that a steam-punk Iron Man in there?
SpecterM91 said:
Holy shit. Compared to most Asylum crap, that actually looks pretty bad ass. If the CGI was less awful, I could totally see it hitting theaters... Or SyFy, at least.
demoncat said:
as its been already stated Asylum jumps on anything that is hot and makes cheap movies. and Sherlock Holmes happen to be their target . though Holmes would be trying to figure out where the Dinosaurs came from. and what evil master mind has them for a purpose after he got done running. and Gareth proably took the job as watson in it for the work
Zombiezeus said:
I have to be honest. I'm a brutal critic of 'Geek' movies. I don't let anything pass 'just because'. But this--with a Steampunk Dragon? A knight that looks like a Steampunk robot? Hot air balloons? Dinosaurs? Sherlock Holmes? That looks like the exact kind of thing I'd imagine as a ten year old, and that is glorious. Mark this as the first Asylum movie I'd watch if it was on cable.
Well played, Asylum. Well played.
MattK said:
Good thing they made this before they got a hold of the Sherlock Holmes Fan Fiction on FFF a few weeks back.
Kaitie said:
The movie may be shitty, but their logo was definitely much better than the crappy Sherlock Holmes logo guy richie used.
Xenos replied to Kaitie:
Are you kidding? The damn thing was pixelated. Looks like a ten year old made it in MS Paint.
DJRM said:
Sherlock Holmes and Watson both need to get a haircut.
lou-bert vs. q-bert said:
So will there be any enemas in this movie?
knifeintheeye said:
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus was great. And I need to see Sherlock Holmes NOW! I watched The Eden Formula staring Jeff Fahey and Tony Todd almost 24 hours ago, so enough time has passed to subject myself to another inappropriate dinosaur movie.
Hachiko said:
Transmorphers was actually kinda enjoyable.
dnwilliams said:
Looks like a good episode of Doctor Who.
El Kabong said:
I gotta admit that Ianto looks like a pretty smooth pimp with that pencil thin mustache.
Mak said:
Come on, Rob. This is clearly the most wonderful thing ever.
It will be fantastically bizarre and ridiculously stupid, and I want to own it so badly. :D
Ranchoth said:
Well, Dominic Keating looks like he's enjoying himself, at least. "Hey, I get to play a steampunk Iron Man fighting dragons and Sherlock Holmes...and I get to eat tonight! Might as well enjoy it!"
Xenos said:
Kinda surprised Asylum didn't try to cash in on Avatar. Woulda been hilarious. Well, maybe when the DVD comes out..
Snoodle said:
Oh don't be so offended, Rob. Asylum is what it is. And that piece of crack needs to be in my life.
Jess said:
Oh, Gareth. Why?
nanrea said:
THAT LOOKS AWESOME, and hilariously bad! Sorry, I just love the mash up; Holmes vs dinosaurs? Sounds like a win to me! Plus steam punk dinosaurs and a Victorian chick with a giant shotgun? Hells yeah!
renQuixotic replied to nanrea:
someone needs to write that fan fiction. by friday, please.
Carl said:
Where's The Doctor or the crew from Primeval or The Lost World? That movie looked like they took every plot of early pulp fiction and tossed it in, fantastic!
Jared said:
It doesn't look much worse than Torchwood. One might even consider it step up.
Ryn said:
I headed on over to the Gareth David-Lloyd IMDB page and judging from the forums, it appears that yes, the Ianto fangirls are in fact all buying the DVD.
Why am I not surprised?
Beretta Paige replied to Ryn:
never underestimate the power of the space butler
