Versus

[ChEEbA]

...I know you've at least seen it so I thought I'd ask you.
I just watched it again, and I must've been pretty stoned when I did, because I couldn't remember much at all of it - this time around I noticed a few things.

1: At the beggining, the VERY beggining...the samurai type guy or whateverthefuck, the one that chops up all the zombies the "good guy"...I always thought it was meant to be the main character from the "today" generation...but then a flashback indicates otherwise.
He was the dude wearing the raiden style hat, right? At the beggining you only see him for a few seconds, So I'm guessing that the sequence in the flashback later on in the film (in which he chops the girls head off so the bad dude won't get the power)
took place right after the scene in the beggining?
Am I right here?
So, the guy that the bad dude chopped in half right at the beggining of the movie, who was that? Was he meant to be represented by some other character in the "modern day" part of the film?

2: The bad guy, his modern day incarnation...was he meant to have been immortal from the start? Were they BOTH immortal, or were they both descendants, or did the spirits somehow bond with them due to being in the forrest of ressurection?
IF the bad guy WAS immortal from the start - why was he? If it's about the girl giving immortality or power or whatever, would'nt her getting her head cut off in the oldskool generation have stopped that?
That's why I'm thinking that maybe the bad guy was immortal from the start?

3: In the end, future generation - things seem to have turned around a little, the good guy looks kinda evil...the girl talks to the other guy (the ?former?) bad guy and says "I should've been on your side"...I don't get it.
I have a theory that he might've became immortal or all powerful and HE was the one that fucked up the world, is that why she said that?

I dunno....it's confusing, but that could be down to my poor attention span.
Fucking great film though...

- B

[The STE]

yes the flashback to the samurai-type time was what happened right after the introduction ended.


As for the rest of it, who knows. I guess the bearded villain guy was immortal (unless killed) but the others were reincarnations. The future-type time was them reincarnated in the opposite bodies.

[ChEEbA]

The future-type time was them reincarnated in the opposite bodies.

That's what I thought the first time I saw it, but then, if that is the case, it DOES kind of throw off what the girl says, doesn't it?
(When she says "I should've been on your side")

IF she's referring to the fact that she chose the wrong side on account of what the guy LOOKED like, eg - she THOUGHT he was the good guy, and fucked up, and only that factor, then your idea would kinda make sense.

Or...IF she was referring to the fact that the good guy had been corrupted by his power/immortality (or whatever) and had in turn fucked up the future, therefore if she had've helped the bad guy in the previous generation, the fucked up future may not have happened? In that case, my theory would make sense.

I dunno, maybe it's one of those "what you make of it" kinda deals...

Also...any thoughts on who the guy who died in the samuri type time was, right at the beggining?
I mean, unless a complete bodyswap goes on ever time with those that actually die, and he was later reincarnated as the main character in the modern day section?
I can't recall seing the same actor protraying any other character in the main part of the movie though...
Oh fuck...I dunno....

I just realised too - this movie has one of the highest zombie death counts I've ever seen...

[The STE]

I think he was just some samurai bloke

I also think you're putting way more thought into this movie than is required

[urgeok]

cheeba ..

you might want to check out a film called Avalon .. if you havent already seen it ..

(its not related to Versus in any way .. just wanted to put this where you'd find it)

[ChEEbA]

I know...it's what I do...
Damn, he was too cool to just be some samurai guy.

Hey, did you see shaolin soccer?


(ok urge, I'll probably check it out)

[The STE]

yes he was and no I didn't

[ChEEbA]

You should....and go check out my trailer thread for kung fu hustle, by the same ppl...you would like it, it's towards the end of the trailers.

[ChEEbA]

Oh yeah, one one more thing about Versus....that first gangsta zombie sure took alotta punishment, huh?

[The STE]

Yeah. I still say the death of Other Prisoner is just unpseakably cool. It ranks up there with the death of Brandt in Equilibrium for all time awsm movie deaths. That one bit got the movie on my top 100. I mean, it was being considered anyways, but Other Prisoner's death got it on the list.

Okay, I'd better stop. If I get started on how cool that was then I'll go on for a good 15 minutes

[IDrinkYourBlood]

Whats up with this movie. I just got the dvd on vhs today, never saw it in my life. just woundering if im in for a crap fest or a kick ass movie. It looks pretty kick ass from the box anyays.

[Hate_Breeder]

Verus?

Is that a mix between Virus and Versus?

[Angra]

Originally posted by Hate_Breeder
Verus?

Is that a mix between Virus and Versus?


LOL.:p


That was exactly what i was about to ask.:D

But you beat me to it.:mad:


PUNK!!!!:D

[Kitty]

wtf is that?^^^^

exactally my point babe!

[urgeok]

Originally posted by IDrinkYourBlood
I just got the dvd on vhs today,

- that was the line i thought was weird

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally posted by urgeok
- that was the line i thought was weird

lol

[KRUGERKID13]

its great

[IDrinkYourBlood]

hasnt anyone seen verus. Well ok then, fine by me. guess ill just watch it and tell you about it later then. and by dvd on vhs i mean bootleged copy.

[The STE]

Great movie, formerly on my top 100

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

what's it about?

[The STE]

zombies vs. Yakuza and a prisoner guy, an apparently immortal wizard trying to gain ultimate power, and this really badass guy in a suit with these switchblades (who technically is part of the aforementioned Yakuza, but is so cool that he warrants his own listing)

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

The videostore I go to probably doesn't have it anyway.

[Angra]

Originally posted by The STE
zombies vs. Yakuza and a prisoner guy, an apparently immortal wizard trying to gain ultimate power, and this really badass guy in a suit with these switchblades (who technically is part of the aforementioned Yakuza, but is so cool that he warrants his own listing)


Isn´t that "VerSus"?

[The_Return]

Originally posted by The STE
zombies vs. Yakuza and a prisoner guy, an apparently immortal wizard trying to gain ultimate power, and this really badass guy in a suit with these switchblades (who technically is part of the aforementioned Yakuza, but is so cool that he warrants his own listing)

I gotta ask...is that actually what it's about, or one of your typical bizare and random movie descriptions? Cause it sounds really good, but...odd

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by Angra
LOL.:p


That was exactly what i was about to ask.:D

But you beat me to it.:mad:


PUNK!!!!:D

hahaha what can i say.....



































I have nothing better to do lol :p

[newb]

http://www.the-indies.com/versus/image/versus_2.jpg

[IDrinkYourBlood]

why does everyone think im talking about versus. VERUS VERUS VERUS. nobody has seen it? its a film from iceland. just watched it. it was pretty awsome. for those who havent seen it, its about a girl who loses her brother to a small town gang. so she decides to get revenge. she kills 4 members in brutal ways (like: meat hooks through the chin up into brain, pushing till hooks pop out of eyes. table saw to the balls, then through about half of him till the saw vears off and cuts a quarter of the guys body off. a big ass payne off glass swoops from balcony slicing man in half. and the ol shotgun to the face point blank.) after this the boss of the gang gets HIS revenge on the girls family slaying them all in there sleep. so she goes to him for a final showdown whith a chainsaw in one hand and a machine gun in the other. 5 out of 5 from me. so so so gory. only problem i had was the techno music, man do icelanders lover there techno music. o well guess you can talk about versus, that was a kick ass movie n all. but this is called verus(i can see where you could mistaken these two) the main characters name is Verus McKay (a sexy red head rawr).

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

I can't find anything about it anywhere.

[ItsAlive75]

Do you mean VERSUS??

I think he's talking about Versus everybody.

Versus, right? Versus?

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

lol

[BH14]

it sounds you made it up.... unless you mean the movie "Versus"....haha.... Just kidding. I checked for "verus" in the IMDB and nothing popped up. Never seen it. You maybe the only person with the copy.

[IDrinkYourBlood]

Originally posted by BH14
it sounds you made it up.... unless you mean the movie "Versus"....haha.... Just kidding. I checked for "verus" in the IMDB and nothing popped up. Never seen it. You maybe the only person with the copy. damn. ill make copies and mail them to people. thats how i got mine :)

[Angra]

Originally posted by IDrinkYourBlood
damn. ill make copies and mail them to people. thats how i got mine :)


Come on, Idrinkyourblood... It was a bad dream you had last night.;) L

[The STE]

Originally posted by IDrinkYourBlood
why does everyone think im talking about versus. VERUS VERUS VERUS. nobody has seen it? its a film from iceland. just watched it. it was pretty awsome. for those who havent seen it, its about a girl who loses her brother to a small town gang. so she decides to get revenge. she kills 4 members in brutal ways (like: meat hooks through the chin up into brain, pushing till hooks pop out of eyes. table saw to the balls, then through about half of him till the saw vears off and cuts a quarter of the guys body off. a big ass payne off glass swoops from balcony slicing man in half. and the ol shotgun to the face point blank.) after this the boss of the gang gets HIS revenge on the girls family slaying them all in there sleep. so she goes to him for a final showdown whith a chainsaw in one hand and a machine gun in the other. 5 out of 5 from me. so so so gory. only problem i had was the techno music, man do icelanders lover there techno music. o well guess you can talk about versus, that was a kick ass movie n all. but this is called verus(i can see where you could mistaken these two) the main characters name is Verus McKay (a sexy red head rawr).


Dude, that's not what Versus is about

[The STE]

Originally posted by The_Return
I gotta ask...is that actually what it's about, or one of your typical bizare and random movie descriptions? Cause it sounds really good, but...odd

That's what it's about

[EXTR3MIST]

man do icelanders lover there techno music

You're not wrong there - Iceland is one of the best places I've never been.

Has anyone seen 101 Reykjavik?

[Angra]

Originally posted by EXTR3MIST
You're not wrong there - Iceland is one of the best places I've never been.

Has anyone seen 101 Reykjavik?



It´s one of the greatest movies i´ve never seen........











:cool:

[IDrinkYourBlood]

haha

[slayer666]

I saw Versus for the first time last night. This was the first horror/martial arts film I have seen, and it was pretty good once I got past the terrible acting. Fans of gore, zombies, and martial arts will like this one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275773/

[noctuary]

Versus is not exactly what I'd call a great film, but I'll be damned if it isn't extremely entertaining.

[slayer666]

Versus is not exactly what I'd call a great film, but I'll be damned if it isn't extremely entertaining.

Yeah, it is a lot like Army of Darkness in this way.

[Posher778]

I just started watching it.... I bought the 3 disc ultimate blindly today, and i'm gonna finish it, but... does it get a little more plottish and a little less random?

[Phalanx]

A plot of sorts does reveal itself...a little moreso towards the middle/end, then things get kinda strange, well stranger

[Posher778]

A plot of sorts does reveal itself...a little moreso towards the middle/end, then things get kinda strange, well stranger

It got a little better. I wasn't sure going into it if it would be a mindless action film or something deeper. Now that i'm in the mood for nonstop shootfest, it's ok.