Outlander, this year's best movie about Vikings led by a space messiah to kill an alien dragon
Strange days are upon us. Outlander—a movie about a humanoid alien who crashes lands in Scandinavia, meets up with some Vikings, and then has to explain to them that he sort of brought a monster along on his ship—actually looks kind of awesome. (Then again, so did Pathfinder, and that ended up being dreadful...I mean more dreadful than is within operating spec of a Viking movie.)
The official Outlander FAQ is hosted on a Wing Commander fan site, which may be because Chris Roberts, the creator of the original Wing Commander videogames (and the laughably bad movie adaptation which pitted plucky teen space-submarine pilots against angry cat people dipped in molasses), is a producer. There's a literalness to the answers that could imply a disturbing lack of self-awareness from a person working on a movie about space vikings, but the trailer itself actually gives the impression that the movie will be a heartwarming tale of barbarians who finally learn the true meaning of lase.
And this:
Extra tidbit: Kainan's Alien language is in reality Old-Norse, a dead language that is the precursor to modern Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish. The production brought in some professors from the region and one of the few people that can actually speak the language to translate the dialogue and to teach the actors to speak it.It's exactly the sort of attention to detail I'd expect in a movie made by "One of the producers from the Lord of the Rings." (See? It's like they set up all the trappings of a B-movie disappointment, then actually produced an interesting movie. Tricky!)
Outlander is in very limited distribution right now in theaters. I wouldn't really expect to catch this one until it's out on DVD.
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Having seen Outlander when it opened on Friday, I can happily report that it provides exactly the experience that you would want and/or expect from a vikings vs. aliens movie. Outlander might not be one of the best movies of the year but it will certainly be one of the most awesome.
How would I go about finding where this movie is playing? Looks great!
Space Messiah? As if there is any other kind...
Old Norse? Re-imaginings of the Eddas? I'm there.
Very limited distribution may even be understating it. I don't think it's showing anywhere in Los Angeles.
Since I'm free this weekend (and will probably be bored), this seems like a really good way to transition over to crappy movies.
Someday, someone will find something other than that particular Opus to use in action movie trailers.
I can't listen to it anymore without hearing the gritty voice of a narrator revealing plot devices.
Limited release? This is showing in just about every major theater in the Dallas area, AFAICT. That's not what I'd call limited release...
Skwid, I don't know if you realize this, but Dallas is only one market of many in the US. The movie is playing in a few dozen, maybe low hundreds of theaters - compared to, say, the 4,163 theaters that Shrek 2 played in.
Here's a listing of the US showings of Outlander:
http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/outlander-theatre-listings
Unfortunately, none anywhere near me in Ohio.
LOOK AT the real deal, not that other dopey side. Go here-the screenwriter/producer blog:
outlanderthemovie.wordpress.com
I heart OUTLANDER! It's not the greatest movie ever made but how many Alien Viking movies are??? It's worth a flippin trip to the multiplex for damn sure and it would be great to get it in NYC! Yell at TWC for doing such a half-assed job at distributing it! (Vote on outlanderthemovie.wordpress.com)
You'd think they'd get the title right for their producer's most famous film!
"Lord of the Ring" (1:07)
Here's your "s"
Space alien Beowulf.
Eaters Of The Dead by way of Predator.
shit - it's got John Hurt in it - I'll go see it
"I know who you aaaaaaaare!"
...BLOOD OCEAN.
Wow, its got one of the producers of the LoTR, and the guy who played the Rohirrim outcast captain as the lead Viking...
All it needs now is the Swedish chef running around with a meat cleaver.
I love IT!
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Thank you. I was hoping someone would speak for the Klokateers.
Heh, I actually saw both the Pathfinder movies a few weeks ago - we had gotten hold of the US version, and already had the norwegian original at hand. Let's just say that the differences are like a distillation of what people mean when they talk about bad hollywood movies.
I've got to see this, though. :)
It would appear to already be out on DVD - in some form anyway! ;)
https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4683549/Outlander_2008_PROPER_DVDRip_XviD-CoWRY(No_Rars)
When I went to saw Outlander I didnt expect anything great but a cheesy "guy-from-future meets primitives". The first 20 minutes are like that, but THEN the movie turns to be AWESOME.
I loved both when the MC explains why is the monster angry and when the priest tries to exorcise the alien.
Wasn't there a film about boxing called "Lord 0f the Ring"? Maybe there'll be scantily clad ring-women called cards around announcing the "space-messiah".
there's something geekily awesome about this thing, and now i have to go all the way to Baltimore for it!
This is playing in my city, Halifax, but probably because it was shot here. My brother worked at a film equipment house that was adjacent to the studio and he saw all kinds of cool stuff. Also, a guy I know was on the crew and he said the director was a nerdy guy who hadnt really directed anything before, but everyone still thought he could pull it off.
From the description, sounds like they could have marketed it with "If you liked Erik the Viking, you'll love Outlander"...
I drove 2 hours to go see it the other day...it wasn't worth it.
It's a step above a made for Sci-Fi channel movie, but not by much.
We went in a big group to see this on Friday night, and were fully half of the people in the theater, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. Easily worth the price of admission.
Seriously, Predator is the tiniest bit higher quality than this film, but it's a genre classic and a blockbuster, while this is a 1 week wonder? There ain't no justice in the world, 'sho 'nuff.
This is a good movie. Well worth a watch and the bucks to go to the theater for a watch. Just not for children under 13. I guarantee, bad dreams for those under 13. Go see it!