Underworld

[plutherus]

I saw it last night - really liked it - it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be :)
(Or maybe it's just the British accents....)

While checking on imdb to see if the guy who played Kraven was related to the director or something ('cuz I couldn't figure out how else he got the role...), I found that White Wolf was suing Sony on the basis that their world was too much like their "World of Darkness" (in that it has Vampires and Werewolves and angst). I was going to comment on this, but Penny Arcade beat me to it.

Comments

[freydis.livejournal.com]

That was awesome.

[31seel.livejournal.com]

Is this a movie, a TV show, or what?

Movie

[plutherus.livejournal.com]

It's a movie, in theaters now.
Ads make it look like an incredibly bad Matrix rip-off, but it's actually pretty good.

The basic plot is there's a war going on between Vampires and Werewolves (the "Lycan"). The vampires think that the werewolves are on the brink of extinction due to their 600-year-long attempts at exterminating them. But the werewolves are up to something....

It's low-budget, from the UK, but with a really good director. Some interesting plot developments on the way make it actually worth watching. Some beautiful cinematography, though I don't think it'll really lose much on video.

But the world is vaguely similar White Wolf's "World of Darkness", hence the lawsuit (though they do something entirely different with it.)

Re: Movie

[31seel.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, because White Wolf invented the idea of Supernatural Creatures of Evil vying for dominance & attempting to eradicate each other.