http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/tags/apocalypse/default.aspxTags: apocalypseenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/01/16/trailer-review-doomsday.aspxWed, 16 Jan 2008 23:30:00 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:64475John Constantine3http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=64475http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/01/16/trailer-review-doomsday.aspx#comments<p><font size="2"><a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/01/09/trailer-roundup-the-signal.aspx">As I mentioned recently</a>, the apocalypse as a motif is fantastic and I plan on asking it to be my valentine next month. I also mentioned that in film, the apocalypse is more often than not a launching pad for some truly heinous genre crap. <em>Doomsday</em> seems to fall squarely in the crap arena. Not only that but it looks like derivative crap. This wouldn’t be so sad if it wasn’t the work of Neil Marshall whose last picture, <em>The Descent</em>, was a personal favorite of mine back in ’06. Can’t win them all I suppose. All the same, it’s nice to see Malcolm McDowell on screen. Thought that guy was dead. <br /><br /> <object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/feELmdZUrTs&amp;rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/feELmdZUrTs&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></object></font></p><img src="http://nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=64475" width="1" height="1">malcolm mcdowelljohn constantineapocalypsehorrorDoomsdayneil marshallthe descenthttp://nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/01/09/trailer-roundup-the-signal.aspxWed, 09 Jan 2008 17:59:00 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:62964John Constantine1http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=62964http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/01/09/trailer-roundup-the-signal.aspx#comments<p><font size="2"> <object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tLnUcuy6078&amp;rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tLnUcuy6078&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></object><br /><br /> The apocalypse is a delicious narrative confection I find hard to resist even when it’s packaged in garbage. More often than not, garbage is what you get. Just look at Paul W.S. Anderson’s <i>Resident Evil: Apocalypse</i>. Woof. While the new trailer for <i>The Signal</i>, out in February, doesn’t look especially interesting this older trailer from last summer is brimming with tasty paranoia and panic in the face of sudden and inexplicable disaster. One to look forward to.</font></p><img src="http://nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=62964" width="1" height="1">resident eviltrailer roundupjohn constantineapocalypsepaul ws andersonthe signal