Comments on: FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH producer already talking sequel, while prepping NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET reboot! http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: misterd http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-196434 misterd Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:40:04 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-196434 Just a point: There is nothing new to sequels. There's a reason why Hercules had his labors. Popular characters will get revisited again and again, and I don't see why they shouldn't. How many people complained about the innumerable Sherlock Holmes or Tarzan stories? How many Oz books were there? As for remakes, once a story becomes a legend, everyone wants to tell their version. How many different interpretations of myths and legends are out there? How many retellings of Robin Hood, or Frankenstein, or Hamlet? Good lord, the New Testament tells the Jesus story four times (and its been told on film even more). There is simply nothing new to any of this, and if it were in a different format, few would care. But for some reason, when it comes to film, revisiting a character or story is somehow bad, cheap, or uninspired. So keep your nose in the air if you must, but I'll be first in line to see Pride and Predators. Just a point: There is nothing new to sequels. There's a reason why Hercules had his labors. Popular characters will get revisited again and again, and I don't see why they shouldn't. How many people complained about the innumerable Sherlock Holmes or Tarzan stories? How many Oz books were there? As for remakes, once a story becomes a legend, everyone wants to tell their version. How many different interpretations of myths and legends are out there? How many retellings of Robin Hood, or Frankenstein, or Hamlet? Good lord, the New Testament tells the Jesus story four times (and its been told on film even more). There is simply nothing new to any of this, and if it were in a different format, few would care. But for some reason, when it comes to film, revisiting a character or story is somehow bad, cheap, or uninspired. So keep your nose in the air if you must, but I'll be first in line to see Pride and Predators.

]]> By: misterd http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-191838 misterd Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:32:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-191838 The good thing about F13 is that all it ever really had was Jason. He and Freddy and Michael and Leatherface have very much become the 80s equivilent to the Universal Monsters (which, I might add, were also sequelized to death). But unlike Freddy and Michael and Leatherface, Jason never had a single good movie to his name (though lots of creative kills and awesome boobage). If any of them "deserved" to be revisited and relaunched, it was Jason. And while this film doesn't quite hit the highs of TCM, Halloween, or Nightmare 1, it is leaps and bounds better than its predecessors. It's a start. The good thing about F13 is that all it ever really had was Jason. He and Freddy and Michael and Leatherface have very much become the 80s equivilent to the Universal Monsters (which, I might add, were also sequelized to death). But unlike Freddy and Michael and Leatherface, Jason never had a single good movie to his name (though lots of creative kills and awesome boobage). If any of them "deserved" to be revisited and relaunched, it was Jason. And while this film doesn't quite hit the highs of TCM, Halloween, or Nightmare 1, it is leaps and bounds better than its predecessors. It's a start.

]]> By: Mr_Steve http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-185690 Mr_Steve Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:01:23 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-185690 It's the remakes that's the problem with catering to the youth of today. We can't accept the original movies for what they were/are. We need to make them "kewl" or kids won't accept them. The Hollywood face lift and reboot are part of the culture. Why waste time creating when rebooting pays the same or better. I swear they feel that its better to have the movies look shiny and new, otherwise kids won't download them for free. How can you have classics with all the remakes? Hollywood the Bland, I cry for thee. It's the remakes that's the problem with catering to the youth of today. We can't accept the original movies for what they were/are. We need to make them "kewl" or kids won't accept them. The Hollywood face lift and reboot are part of the culture. Why waste time creating when rebooting pays the same or better. I swear they feel that its better to have the movies look shiny and new, otherwise kids won't download them for free. How can you have classics with all the remakes?

Hollywood the Bland, I cry for thee.

]]> By: James Armstrong http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-182998 James Armstrong Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:17:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-182998 A lot of the younger set (myself included) were much much too young to see the originals, and saw them later in life, thinking that they were really corny. Without the nostalgia to reinforce the image of the movie, they just don't stand up to our visual standards. The remakes, however, are how we'll forever imagine Leatherface, Jason, Michael Meyers, and soon Freddy. A lot of the younger set (myself included) were much much too young to see the originals, and saw them later in life, thinking that they were really corny. Without the nostalgia to reinforce the image of the movie, they just don't stand up to our visual standards. The remakes, however, are how we'll forever imagine Leatherface, Jason, Michael Meyers, and soon Freddy.

]]> By: cyril http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-181682 cyril Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:22:05 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-181682 the movie is great and jason is an icon son 3 generations. i can see this movie easly surpass 90$. the movie is great and jason is an icon son 3 generations.
i can see this movie easly surpass 90$.

]]> By: Thebutlerdidit http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-181434 Thebutlerdidit Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:14:26 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-181434 While most of us won't appreciate these remakes, like everything, for the younger set, it is new to them. My son and daughter have seen the originals, but will end up seeing this one, and any of the others, too. I think at that age, they just like horror movies, they don't care who made them, what came before, etc. While most of us won't appreciate these remakes, like everything, for the younger set, it is new to them. My son and daughter have seen the originals, but will end up seeing this one, and any of the others, too. I think at that age, they just like horror movies, they don't care who made them, what came before, etc.

]]> By: PerfectTommy http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-181186 PerfectTommy Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:48:15 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-181186 Ken, true, I wll give you "Nightmare". "Halloween" and "Night of the Living Dead" didn't deserve what was done to them either. Ken, true, I wll give you "Nightmare". "Halloween" and "Night of the Living Dead" didn't deserve what was done to them either.

]]> By: Carolyn http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-180930 Carolyn Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:44:02 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-180930 Nope. LIke they said in 'LA Confidential'. "Nothing original. This is Hollywood." Nope. LIke they said in 'LA Confidential'. "Nothing original. This is Hollywood."

]]> By: JohnFNWayne http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-180926 JohnFNWayne Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:43:17 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-180926 My only question: Does Kevin Bacon get killed again? My only question: Does Kevin Bacon get killed again?

]]> By: Driefromseattle http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/02/14/rob-fuller/comment-page-1/#comment-180902 Driefromseattle Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:26:29 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=51070#comment-180902 Only one real question here: Why must we endure remakes? (Wait--here's a second one!) Aren't there any new ideas in Hollywood?? Only one real question here: Why must we endure remakes? (Wait–here's a second one!) Aren't there any new ideas in Hollywood??

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