12-15-2008, 06:43 AM
All this remake crap needs to flush itself right back into the sewers it came from, but not because they simply "are remakes." It's because they're usually very BAD films by people who DON'T know what they're doing presented under popular/cult classic titles only to make more money, especially in the case of Zombieween.I can't believe someone here is trying to support this silly nonsense by noting that "Lets be honest guys if they weren't remaking movies what would we have to talk about. ".......<b>WHAT???????????!!!!!</b> News flash: Really <i>good</i> films or decent sequels *also* give us something to talk about, and for much longer periods of time with WAY less frustration and disappointment from the older, more nostalgic fanbase. Sure, most of us would love some innovative and new ideas instead of rehashes of old designs, characters, storylines, etc....I'm certainly not arguing that point, because it has definitely worked in the past as a few people have already mentioned. But there <i>is</i> a limit, and I draw the line at what RZ did to the "Halloween" title. Leave <i>that</i> well-rooted slasher series alone, because it's been going extremely strong since H20! Not to mention the original series, even by the time H:R was released, had a TON of different directions in which to take the story with Michael Myers' character. Instead, they chose the quick and easy route: Wipe the slate clean and turn Myers into a "normal psychotic killer personality" with a bad childhood and white trash upbringing. To bastardize a phrase, "If it ain't broke, then STOP BREAKING IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!! PLEASE!"Besides, this obviously isn't a community built upon the "newest, hottest thing in town".....We like our classic characters the same as they have always been, IE: true to form. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the core population of this message board - fans, collectors, and mask-makers alike - are mostly stuck on horror films that came out pre-1995. And I bet most of those people - like myself - constantly wish that newer horror films could display even half the originality, feeling, and fun factor of the old classics, but feel constantly let down. Why? Because that old stuff was important. It plowed the field. Essentially, we're all spoiled to great films from an era with well-designed (and truly scary) monsters/killers. We don't want to sympathize with them or their murders. We don't want them to be white trash, poor, or have a "feasible" psychotic past. We don't want them to have almost honorable intentions or teach people a lesson we can all learn from...That crap is boring. <b>BORING.</b>In fact, I have to ask...Exactly what was "wrong" with the way the original series for most other slashers were going? Just because you got a horror-comedy or an awful film every now and then, does NOT mean that an entire series was forever without hope. Just look at the almost astronomically impossible transition from "Jason Lives" to "The New Blood"....John Buechler completely revived that unnerving horror aspect in a slasher series that had already become what is essentially dark comedy and cheese for two consecutive films beforehand. God, don't even get me started on that. Seriously, what is wrong with everyone? Is it just our generation that has lost the will to determine a fine film from a useless money hog? What is the deal here?Cheers,Ryan