[Guyper]

I can't believe that I've accidently stumbled upon a horror movie on youtube named the beast within as well while I was searching for GK2 videos

It can't be a concidence at all. She certainly must have watched the movie. I'm somehow very disappointed in her for choosing that same name because now, whenever I think of Gk2, I can't help but think of that horror movie.

[Luna Sevithiainen]

I don't know, the Beast Within is such a fitting title for GK2, and it is not that it is a hugely uncommon and odd name, so I think it is a coincidence and that the title comes from Jane Jensen's own mind.

Was it a werewolf movie?

[Fien]

Originally Posted by Luna Sevithiainen

I don't know, the Beast Within is such a fitting title for GK2, and it is not that it is a hugely uncommon and odd name, so I think it is a coincidence and that the title comes from Jane Jensen's own mind.

The beast within is much older than GK2. Both the movie and the term. I agree with you that it is a very fitting title, once you've played the game and seen the beast within Gabe. But Jane Jensen didn't coin the phrase.

[Tramponline]

Agreed. And beyond it's obvious denotative meaning, on a connotative level, it can refer to human nature and psychology in general. I suppose it must've been used for ages - the more I repeat the phrase 'the beast within' in my mind, the more it seems to fit at least into a Shakespearian time frame.
But I'm sure there's more to come, as Andrea hasn't posted yet!

[Luna Sevithiainen]

Originally Posted by Fien

The beast within is much older than GK2. Both the movie and the term. I agree with you that it is a very fitting title, once you've played the game and seen the beast within Gabe. But Jane Jensen didn't coin the phrase.

Yeah that was what my tired mind was trying to say. Not that she was the first to use the phrase (which it looks like now that I read it back), but that it is likely she didn't just take it from the movie.

[J.H]

Originally Posted by Guyper

I can't believe that I've accidently stumbled upon a horror movie on youtube named the beast within as well while I was searching for GK2 videos

It can't be a concidence at all. She certainly must have watched the movie. I'm somehow very disappointed in her for choosing that same name because now, whenever I think of Gk2, I can't help but think of that horror movie.

C'mon, that's a bit over the top.

To be honest I'm pretty angry at Lucas Arts when they named Monkey Island, I just can't stop thinking about this river .

[stepurhan]

Don't forget the album that clearly far predates the game series as well.

Given werewolves are quite literally the beast within (a person infected with lycanthropy looking normal most of the time) it is not that surprising that the phrase has been used for both the game and a film. You could arguably say Jane Jensen has failed to show imagination in the title. IMHO she's made up for that in the content of the story though. (I particularly liked the means by which you could force werewolves to change)

[GarageGothic]

Originally Posted by stepurhan

Don't forget the album that clearly far predates the game series as well.

Not to mention the 13th Floor Elevators song of the same name.

As others have said, the phrase "Beast Within" is a commonly used one. I wouldn't be surprised if Jane had come across this quote, attributed to Gerald Hausman, though I can't find a clear source and date: "We humans fear the beast within the wolf because we do not understand the beast within ourselves".

[Guyper]

Originally Posted by Luna Sevithiainen

Was it a werewolf movie?

A monster actually

[So There]

"Sins of the Fathers" is yet another common phrase, originating in both the Bible and the ancient Greek dramas. But truth to be told, I fail to see why Mrs Jensen shouldn't be allowed to use it in her own context without being accused of plagiarism.

It would be like using a proverb in a title of your own - everyone would be familiar with it, and yet no one would call you unoriginal.

...Aaaand, I just might have several perfect sub-titles, for which I am sure that Mrs Jensen will readily accept for the next Gabriel Knight games:

"Gabriel Knight IV: Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread"
"Gabriel Kniht V: An Englishman's Home is his Castle"
"Gabriel Knight VI: Don't Teach Your Grandma to Suck Eggs"
"Gabriel Knight VII: All Work and No Play Makes Gabe a Dull Boy"

etc, etc...

[drunk]

Originally Posted by So There

"Gabriel Knight VII: All Work and No Play Makes Gabe a Dull Boy"

I am looking forward to this one.

[Burns11]

I remember seeing the movie several times on Joe Bob Brigg's Monstervision. The beast within, in this case, is a kind of giant insect.

[Guyper]

Originally Posted by Burns11

I remember seeing the movie several times on Joe Bob Brigg's Monstervision. The beast within, in this case, is a kind of giant insect.

I know it's getting very off-topic right now, but I hope you can answer this for me just once. I really don't want to watch the movie because it looks so scary to me.

MOVIE SPOILER AHEAD











I read some of the reviews that say the ending sucks, how did it end exactly? What happened to the girl after she got raped in the end?

[thejobloshow]

It was originally going to be called Gabriel Knight and the Wolfman but it lacked pep.