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That said, I have thoroughly enjoyed the RE series so far. In some respect they have kept delivering the goods. I mean, what are the odds for a video game adaptation to produce content at such a rapid rate, remain profitable and rather consistent too? I respect the series for that and I say this unironically. Of course this isn't Fincher, Mann, Nolan, Von Trier or Scorsese but not all films have to be. Some simple popcorn zombie trash can be like a good cheeseburger - we don't need steak supreme all the time. And what can I say? I think these cheeseburgers have tasted very fine so far.
If they can pull the sixth chapter off, this film franchise will forever be close to me. Like the Saw films, it will keep amusing me as simple entertainment with a high continuity factor. Plus, I have a feeling the Japanese will keep putting out animated RE films, which I must say I think are very good too. Thumbs up for RE from Dimi! :D
I've grown the like both the films and Milla. Once I got past the fact that the films and the games were separate entities, I slowly started to appreciate the mix of action and horror in the films. As for Milla herself, even if the RE series ends, I hope that she continues to show that there is more to her than Alice.
Odd story of the day:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3299131/bizarre-story-vhs-copy-hellraiser-bus-stop/
Coming to a bus stop shelter roof near you.
David Bruckner, who is still in talks to get behind the camera, is a fantastic director whom I have complete faith in. I know he wouldn’t post-convert Jason Voorhees in the second reboot. If Bruckner can bring the fun back to the franchise, and tap into the roots of Friday the 13th Part 3, I think 3-D would be welcomed. This is the kind of franchise where the 3-D could be a fun *gimmick* as opposed to just adding depth to the Voorhees lore (not that it can’t achieve both). Thoughts?
Paramount Pictures is releasing with Platinum Dunes producing once again. A new release has been slated for November 13, 2015.
Bruckner co-directed The Signal and V/H/S"
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3299625/friday-13th-returns-3-d/
Hey, if it rules out the found footage angle, i'm fine with another 3D film.
But yeah, let's drom the found footage thing. It's passed its time now. Maybe in another twenty years or so.
I personally rate the 2009 film very high in the series (top 3), so it baffles me that the series is getting another reboot.
It should have time to earn money, you'd hope.
http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/insidious-3-dermot-mulroney-leigh-whannell/
Same. Heavily prefer the first film, and while I thought the second was good, it just lacked something for me. It wasn't as scary as the first unfortunately. Either way, I'm very pumped for the third one still.
I would like to own the official release of Halloween 6: Producer's Cut, but I don't want to have to buy the deluxe set on Blu Ray just for that one film, I am not that big of a Halloween fan. :-? Unless it gets a standalone release*, I might wait until someone breaks up their set.
*Which reminds me of the Special Edition DVD of The Living Daylights. Wasn't that originally only available in the DVD set? I'm sure it wasn't until later that it got a standalone SE release.
Now, speaking of collections, the F13 collection is a different story. I'd love to get that someday.
Hey, perhaps my girl and I split up because I opted to roll into the room, nude, whistling the James Bond theme before lovemaking. Her loss! ;-)
Once I learned to change my mindset, H2 became a passable film. ;-)
As for the nude floor rolling while whistling the JB Theme, I do that ALL the time, even when I'm not occupied in some lovemaking ritual. ;-) Yes, it involves a deadly laser satellite too and I'm not too proud to admit that. :P
I do the same thing sometimes! You're not alone there. ;-)
Also, speaking of the remake of 'Halloween,' I know that Michael's a completely thoughtless, rampaging slaughter-machine, but I always hate it when:
And thank heavens that Jason never got his ass kicked by Buster Rhymes..... no wait, he got killed by Corey Feldman, I think that's worse.
Busta... 8-| "Yo, Mikey!" Seriously, who inspired who in 2002? Did Halle tell Busta to go Yo Momma in my Halloween film or what?!
@Creasy, as for your hidden remark, you are right, sir. I dislike it too. That is Zombie ensuring, if it wasn't the case already, that we stop thinking of Michael as a human being one can reason with. In a way, it's a bit of a reference one might say to Loomis stressing the point that Michael is an 'it' instead of a 'him' in the very first Halloween film. :-)
@DarthDimi, exactly. I suppose it sets up the possibility of Michael having some bit of human decency, which is crushed when that moment occurs on screen. Have either of you seen the extended version of Zombie's remake that showcases Michael's escape from the institution? I saw it in theaters, but when I purchased it on blu-ray, I couldn't find that scene on there, for some reason.
@MajorDSmythe, let me know if you notice it, too. It really does look different because of the two aforementioned events, but some hardcore fans just chalk it up to him getting it dirty when he falls from the balcony during the 'Halloween' finale and lands in dirt/grass.
I must confess that I really like Zombie's remake of Halloween. I really do. I thought the casting choices were pure genius, I love the score, which is based on some of the original cues but beefed up to better fit the modern torture porn vibes, I love the cinematography... Let's face it. The original Halloween managed to scare people out of their wits. Nowadays, that doesn't happen any more. We have grown desensitized to this level of slasher thrills. We may enjoy them, in fact be amused by them, but we don't soil our undies at the mere sight of a masked killer any more. So the only thing that seems to upset people, unless you bring in ghosts, demons or Justin Bieber, is raw violence. The original Halloween still gets away with it because most of us love it as a classic of the genre. We cherish the film rather than be scared by it. Had Zombie stayed with the simple tricks of that original film, most people would probably have found the film boring. In order to make it somewhat commercially successful, he had no choice but to chop up any sense of morale and just go for the roughest experience he could get out of it. Unfortunately, that's what we have come to.
Which, incidentally, is why I'm even more surprised that those boooooring Paranormal Activity films can be so successful. I honestly think that even Poltergeist with it's family friendly Spielberg aesthetics and lovely Goldsmith score does more to give me goosebumps than any of the PA film. Nowadays, James Wan seems to be the only one who can freak me out with ghosts and demons. Him, and of course James Watkins since The Woman In Black. ;-)
I'll admit, one thing I loved about Zombie's H2 WAS the violence. Tyler Mane is so hulking and massive that his version of Michael was just begging to have some brutal, violent kills in it. Also, although I don't like the storyline or direction that H2 took - mainly shaking up the character's fates and not taking place in the hospital, but turning that into a dream sequence - I also like that Zombie made it his own instead of a shot-for-shot remake. Whether I like an altered remake or not, I can always appreciate a director for spicing it up.
EDIT: 'Insidious: Chapter 3' moves from April 3rd, 2015 to May 29th, 2015:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=120187
I'm just not much of a fan of the slasher genre. I enjoyed the first Halloween (1978) and Scream (1996) was good bloody fun.
I prefer Gothic type horror. Films full of "things that go bump in the night". I love films like "The Conjuring", "Occubus" (very good). I will probably catch " Deliver us from Evil" this weekend, so please don't spoil it for me.
I am always on the hunt for good scary films without the gore. I've heard good things about "Lords of Salem". I may have to give it a look-see.
Nothing new, but at least the film hasn't slipped into a void.