What do YOU know about Cthulhu?

[capin Rob]

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! For real, nothing at all.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

I've read lots of H.P. Lovecraft, two collections of short stories and At The Mountains of Madness. That said, my view in retrospect has been that while Lovecraft was a genius in his time, today he's very much overrated. Like many classical authors, the numerous flaws of his writing get a pass because the stories were so innovative. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful Lovecraft wrote the stories, modern horror would not be what it is today without him. That said, better authors have since come along, and it often feels to me like the primary purpose for reading Lovecraft is a combination of nerd cred and historical interest.

I'd be inclined to agree. I started reading a collection of Lovecraft's stories, and gave up reasonably quickly, moving on to only read the more famous stories. It's a little sad that Neil Gaiman writes Lovecraft stories better than Lovecraft did...

Also, Cthulu got owned by a Scandinavan sailor - this sailor stole a boat from pirates, survived Cthulu's awakening, and then ran Cthulu over using the boat rather than fleeing. Chuck Norris is a total pussy in comparison.

 

[Acier]

I'm pretty unoriginal in that I like Shadow Over Innsmouth.

But yeah, I have a pretty decent grasp on the Mythos (pre Derleth at least),my dad was a Lovecraft fan, he sold some vintage Cthulhu comic books to pay for my braces in fact.

 

[Jamous]

I've read lots of H.P. Lovecraft, two collections of short stories and At The Mountains of Madness. That said, my view in retrospect has been that while Lovecraft was a genius in his time, today he's very much overrated. Like many classical authors, the numerous flaws of his writing get a pass because the stories were so innovative. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful Lovecraft wrote the stories, modern horror would not be what it is today without him. That said, better authors have since come along, and it often feels to me like the primary purpose for reading Lovecraft is a combination of nerd cred and historical interest.

I'd be inclined to agree. I started reading a collection of Lovecraft's stories, and gave up reasonably quickly, moving on to only read the more famous stories. It's a little sad that Neil Gaiman writes Lovecraft stories better than Lovecraft did...

Also, Cthulu got owned by a Scandinavan sailor - this sailor stole a boat from pirates, survived Cthulu's awakening, and then ran Cthulu over using the boat rather than fleeing. Chuck Norris is a total pussy in comparison.

More than a little sad, unfortunately. Johansson was an EPIC sailor, but even he couldn't withstand Cthulhu's mindfuckery. I've got the 2005 film of CoC, and you get to see it happen. It is SO epic!

 

[Yeager942]

I went to the last 20 pages of At the Mountains of Madness, but I lost the damn book. Yes, I'm still kicking myself for that. Luckily, I did just borrow a compilation of Lovecraft short stories at the library. "The Rats in the Walls" was my most recent read and that shit was insane.

 

[oppp7]

I've only read the first, and I must say, that thing is NOT scary.

 

[Miffmoff]

My favourite is Herbert West - Re-animator,

Cthulhu though, he lives in a death like sleep in the sunken city or R'lyeh which is on non-euclydian geometry (no straight lines). He is described as being the mixture of a dragon, a man and an octopus with rudimentary wings. If "killed" he can reconstitute his body. He's not made of the same type of matter as we're used to and he can bring insanity

 

[joshthor]

he is a large talking colorful bird with a few bird children, who eats lots of fruit loops.

 

[tehbeard]

What I know of Cthulhu has been learnt from user friendly, a web comic.

 

[DCMan]

Never read the stories, but I do play Arkham Horror! GREAT GAME

 

[ultimateownage]

He caused the most hilarious video ever.

 

[jeejvebe]

Heard talk about Call of Cthulhu on these forums, watched a let's play and googled Cthulhu and Lovecraft.

 

[Sexy Street]

I haven't read any the stories, but I know he some tentacle old god dude who is pretty fricking evil. I tried reading some of his short stories, they bored me to tears. I have a hard to reading older lit it seems so slow compared to stories today.

And stories today all seem to be written like B-Movies. Or am I reading the wrong books?

That I can agree with. I haven't read a good 21st century book in a while now.

I'm about to find out what Lovecraft is like, as I am purchasing some of his books.

Read anything written by Christopher Moore...

 

[The Shade]

My favourite of his stories is definitely Herbert West: Reanimator. Second favourite would be Whisperer in Darkness.

I'm also partial to The Rats in the Walls, Dagon, Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Music of Erich Zann, Cool Air, and The Colour Out of Space.

Surprisingly little interest in the actual Cthulhu mythos. I prefer to just read the individual stories for what they are.

Oh, also...

I think cthulhu is a pretty cool guy. eh breaks ur mind and doesn't afraid of anything.

 

[CptShiv]

I know that someone spray painted his visage onto my house.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

He was an otherworldy creature that lived under the sea, and consumed civilisations. Also he had tentacles for mouths and was enormous, had many followers, all of which he loved to consume.

Calumon: He wasn't real.

SHUTUP CALUMON! HE IS SO REAL! Bow down to your lord and master!!

I know some things about him but thats it, not a lot

 

[superstringz]

Never read any canonical stories, but I know the settings tend to be in New England, Miskatonic U. is in Massachussits, and a steamship at ramming speed can ruin Cthulu's day. Someday, I'll read the books. IÄ! IÄ! CALIMARI-FOR-EVERYONE FHTAGN!

 

[Lord George]

He caused the most hilarious video ever.

Ahem


Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

 

[CloakedOne]

Well, not much right now, but I have this book here, it should clear things up. *reads the Cthulhu book and turns inside out from insanity*

*proceeds to make dying gurgling sounds*