Please PLEASE someone stop these idiots!

[Neil]

What a waste of perfectly good film making! Just imagine if these resources were put towards something worth making! http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=174

[DjfunkmasterG]

I have to see it just for the cheese factor. Wasn't The Asylum the folks behind Megashark vs. Giant Octopus????

[AcesandEights]

Meh. I've been reading up on The Asylum and the whole 'Mockbuster' thing lately and I don't find what they do particularly objectionable, aside from the whole marketing for people to mistake their films for another (which is thin pretext to invest money in, if that were the only basis for their earnings). It's just a business and they approach the film projects they pursue as though they were tie-ins and they are just meeting the demand for more films in a similar vein. I'll admit I've never watched a film produced by The Asylum that I'm aware of, but if they can make money and are actually entertaining people, more power to them. There's always been B grade, derivative films, and they have always helped sustain people in the business or trying to break into the business, so I'm not going to hate on the fact they exist.

[Neil]

Meh. I've been reading up on The Asylum and the whole 'Mockbuster' thing lately and I don't find what they do particularly objectionable, aside from the whole marketing for people to mistake their films for another (which is thin pretext to invest money in, if that were the only basis for them earnings rentals/buys). It's just a business and they approach the films projects they pursue as though they were tie-ins and they are just meeting the demand for more films in a similar vein. I'll admit I've never watched a film produced by The Asylum that I'm aware of, but if they can make money and are actually entertaining people, more power to them. There's always been B grade, derivative films, and they have always helped sustain people in the business or trying to break into the business, so I'm not going to hate on the fact they exist. Their stuff is appalling! Seriously... APPALLING! Let them make their stuff without ripping off titles. For example, how well would their "The Day The Earth Stopped" have done if "The Day The Earth Stood Still" not have been on the shelves at the same time? Their stuff stinks! Give those facilities to someone with at least some mediocre talent and you can only imagine what might come out of it... "Transmorphers" was also appalling! Here's some of their track record, which strangely doesn't seem to include "I Am Omega" the "I Am Legend" rip off... http://www.imdb.com/company/co0043571/ Read some peoples comments on them and see then if you don't think a small yield nuclear weapon isn't called for! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023347/

[bassman]

The really funny thing is that there are people out there that eat this stuff up. Go into a Blockbuster or Walmart and you'll see what I mean...

[Neil]

Oh. My. God. This has got 'straight to the bargain bin at Blockbuster for five quid on day one' written all over it. If you watch their "War of the Worlds" film, the production quality is actually pretty impressive, with some of the CGI being pretty damn good... But the script and story are just pi$$ poor and lazy

[EvilNed]

I'm with Aces on this one. I LOVE trash. I've seen two of these guys' films that I actually enjoyed: Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus and I Am Omega. Sue me!

[Neil]

I'm with Aces on this one. I LOVE trash. I've seen two of these guys' films that I actually enjoyed: Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus and I Am Omega. Sue me! Oh... My... God... I flicked over just last night to that first piece of $hit you mentioned and saw the shark jumping out of the water to eat San Francisco bridge... Absolute $hit with a capitol $... ps: At least Aces hasn't seen their films... What's your excuse?

[EvilNed]

My excuse? Why the hell do I need an excuse when you have a giant shark eating the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!?

[Neil]

My excuse? Why the hell do I need an excuse when you have a giant shark eating the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!? LOL! But on a more serious note

[MikePizzoff]

Why stop them from making this? It's not like it's going to get theater distribution. It'll be straight-to-video, with 200 sales in the first week (if they're lucky). It will then be on "SyFy" at 11:00 am on a Tuesday. Now, if it were something with a huge budget and getting a theatrical run, then I'd understand being upset about it.

[AcesandEights]

Frankly, I think we all need to work on our perfect zombie apocalypse script and send it to the Asylum once word breaks that World War Z has started filming. That's right. Now, who's brilliant today? <----This guy

[Neil]

Frankly, I think we all need to work on our perfect zombie apocalypse script and send it to the Asylum once word breaks that World War Z has started filming. That's right. Now, who's brilliant today? <----This guy Utter waste of time... They'll do what they normally do and produce some inane pile of arse like they normally do amongst themselves... Seriously!

[DjfunkmasterG]

As I noted on my facebook page when I referenced this post... someone else said make them stop, but as a filmmaker, I think most up and coming filmmakers, like myself, would probably give their left nut for a smidgen of the success The Aslyum has had. Hell, look at Ron Howard and some other guys who got their starts working for Roger Corman. Sometimes you gotta start somewhere and even if it is the bottom of the barrel it will possibly lead to bigger and better things.

[AcesandEights]

Utter waste of time... They'll do what they normally do and produce some inane pile of arse like they normally do amongst themselves... Seriously! Now here's my question. The effects, you and others say, are decent but the scripts always horrible. Do you think they use the same in-house writer each time who happens to suck ass, or do you think their intended ascetic is supposed to be a grade Z style, crappy script?