We got another update this month (that makes 4 so far!) It is a team-up Review with FantasyFilmscapes.com again, this time we are calling ourselves the Dragon Slayers, as we will be slaying the beasts known as bad fantasy movies. SciFi Channel’s Dragon Dynasty qualifies, the only dragon movie with Marco Polo as an action hero. Yes, that Marco Polo!
Our new graphic!
Back to Godzilla next time!
Street Trash 2 seems to be a go, Creature Corner has the details.
Gingerdead Man 2 is also being produced by Full Moon Entertainment. No clue if Gary Busey will be returning. Foywonder at DreadCentral has the news.
Exciting stuff!
2006
Starring
Federico Castelluccio as Marco Polo
Aaron Hendry as Giovanni Polo
Dion Basco as Gao Ling
Stana Katic as Ava
Peter Kwong as Shang Sei
James Hong as Emperor
Directed by Matt Codd
Welcome to the second run of the team-up between TarsTarkas.NET and FantasyFilmscapes.com known as The Dragon Slayers. Today, we will be taking on the 2006 SciFi Channel original movie Dragon Dynasty, because we can. The original team-up was Dragon. Also, before we begin, check out this cool graphic whipped up to celebrate the event:
As usual, the beginning section is co-written between Tars Tarkas and Iain Norman, and then the movie is divided into 15 minute chunks, alternating between each other, where our contributions are color coded. Iain’s version on his site is located here
Dragon Dynasty is one of the more recent SciFi Channel Original movies to air. Like many of their other films this ones features some big CGI monsters and a basic chase and hunt monster scenario – in this case the settings range from China to Italy in the late 13th century A.D. Usually SciFi puts about $1 million USD each into their ‘originals’ and uses Bulgaria for locations because it costs next to nothing to produce a film there. While not sure of the exact nature of the Bulgarian tax setup it is probably made quite affordable for foreign products to use the country in their shoots by way of tax credits in return for employing local actors and related industries. They usually drag over a few actors who are looking to make house payments and sleepwalk through their roles, but the supplemental local actors have been known to do bang up jobs.
Director Anders Morgenthaler is a well known comic strip artist in Denmark. He also works with stand-up comedian Mikael Wulff on a comic strip at a site called Wulffmorgenthaler.com
YouTube Trailer Link. There may be some blurry boobage or something, I linked it to be safe.
Big news this month as Foywonder has completed B-Ware 2007, a look at over 200 up and coming films from the world of schlock. Several of those films have been in development for years, even before his epic B-Ware 2005 article. We also get the March Foyeurism, GODSPLOITATION.
Badmovies.org gives us Galaxina, as well as last week’s update Blades, a version of Jaws done with a lawnmower.
FantasyFilmscapes.com gives us pictures from the upcoming Thai fantasy Queens of Pattani.
Weird Asia has the March update with the NSFW RAW FORCE (Philippines 1981), while sister site Return of the Ninjas gives us PHOENIX THE NINJA (Taiwan 1981)
Cold Fusion has The Hitcher 2.
Godzilla 2000 is the next film for March of Godzilla 2
Comes complete with a movie clip of the atrocious final scene. Enjoy!
