There’s none of the usual gray, “everybody does it” dark world where nothing is ever worth doing, and people sit around whinging about their feelings instead of fixing the situation. I get to live in a world where evil has a physical manifestation that you can fight. This story and the rest of the series are like a rest for me. He trusts his comrades to do that for him, and goes ahead because he knows he has to. One minor example, he goes forward with planning and executing the operation knowing he won’t be home for the birth of his first child, and knowing he won’t be able to protect his family from the monsters while he is gone. Pitt makes the kind of personal sacrifices routinely expected of soldiers every day, and the cost is made very apparent. This involves ship movements, the practicalities of how to shoot an evil giant with an armored vehicle, logistics for 1000 Hunters in a remote and inhospitable location, and what to do when you’re facing the very personification of Chaos. In Siege we see Owen Pitt continue his development from leader of a small unit hunting monsters one at a time, to an officer in charge of taking the battle to the Enemy in a brigade-level operation. Monster Hunter: Siege is far enough along in the series that we have seen the main characters develop from know-nothing civilian, to raw recruit, to veteran Hunters. All the stories have that mix of the fantastical and the practical, down to the exact mix of silver and lead you want in a shotgun shell, to be sure of taking out the werewolves in a cost-efficient manner. These are people who approach a werewolf the same way the exterminator approaches a raccoon in your attic. That notion of ingenuity and sheer attitude, the idea that not only one should fight evil but one should also be well paid for doing so, that’s very appealing to me. Monster Hunter International is a group of people that made a business out of killing evil creatures. If monsters like werewolves, vampires, undead zombies and other, more obscure evils really did exist, if Chthonic demons did exert an influence in the world, and you found out… what would you do? Monster Hunter: Siege is published by Baen and runs around 399 pages. Duh.I can’t personally read all the books released in 2017, so here’s a guest review by The Phantom. Will it be Valentine, the kid with glasses who has to take Zoloft for his anger issues, or Lorenzo, the bad boy with the dirt bike?Īnd yes… Look at the posting date. thieves in a middle eastern country during a violent military coup, it is now about cliques of angsty high schoolers, battling to see who will be prom king. Tween drama is hot right now, so we’ve tweaked the basic plot, so that instead of mercenaries vs. In related news, I’m working on the rewrite of Dead Six. “The glitter budget alone for this project will be in the millions.”Īs the author, I’m a little nervous about this revision, but then again, sleeping on giant bags of money is rather nice. There may or may not actually be any monsters in this, but Ang Lee did specify that he wants a lot of “sparkling”. In the rewrite, MHI will become an elite global task force, dedicated to stopping pollution and global warming. I’ve only seen early versions of the new script. And some of that James Cameron alien stuff, because that shit is on fire right now.” The new one will feature alternative methods of non-violent conflict resolution. We’re currently working on a script rewrite, since the last one had so many of those guns in it. Spielberg told Entertainment Weekly that he was “very excited to re-imagine this franchise. Steven Spielberg is expected to produce Mr. George Clooney will be the voice of Skippy. Holly Newcastle will be played by Rosie O’Donnel. Janeane Garofalo will play Julie Shackleford. Robert Pattinson is slotted to play Owen Zastava Pitt. Rather than concentrate on the monsters and special effects, we will take the audience on an artistic journey of understanding”. He was quoted as saying that he looks forward to exploring “the sensitive side of MHI. ![]() ![]() It will be directed by Ang Lee, award winning director of Brokeback Mountain. I’m talking about top of the line talent all the way around. I’ve had to keep this information top secret until everything was finalized. I’m pleased to announce that there will be a big Hollywood version of Monster Hunter International, released in 2011.
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