Silent Hill

[davidn]

I thought I'd do an update to prove I'm not dead. My project report is now at over 20,000 words and is approaching seventy pages, and I've reached the stage where I'm just picking at it rather than writing anything meaningful. So I've decided to leave that and work on something else - the trouble is that with Treasure Tower almost finished as well, I have a distinct lack of projects to keep me amused.

Therefore I've been going round the IMDB in between applying for jobs. The first point I noticed is that I can't believe that this is on it. I suppose now that it's had a DVD release it has every right to be, but it's still rather surreal.

Much more sensibly, I am finding myself most excited about the upcoming release of Silent Hill. Throughout its development, the plot seems to have been shifted around multiple times, but it now seems that it'll follow the storyline of the first game with Harry replaced by a new character called Rose. (And while it might be a strange decision, this might be for the best, because at least there's no possiblity of including the infamous "radio" line.) It takes elements from the first three games, though.

Have a look at the trailer - I'm just amazed how closely it follows the introductory scene of the game (though the graveyard scene later on looks a bit weird). However, it looks to be breaking new ground in being the first game-to-film conversion that isn't catastrophically terrible. And I'm sure having Sean Bean in it can't hurt.

Comments

[jeremylinnell.livejournal.com]

Well acording to the game's director he's essentially SH's caretaker. The turning of the pipes is a symbol of the transition between the worlds, whcih I guess we are to assume he has some hand in, and sometimes if you die he removes Heather's corpse. It's also been speculated that he's one of the scondary gods (like Lobsel Vith) that are mentioned in the church in SH3.

Now one thing that is interesting is of ourse his almost direct resemblence to PH only without that fucky head wear. Doubt they're the same person though, as Valtiel is passive to a fault, and PH is incredibly violent. Might go play SH3 again and see what I can spot. Flawed game, but it has the best line in the whole series. "They look like monsters to you?" Boy did that mess with my head.