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post #31 of 48
9/30/09 at 6:31pm
How many in the Children of the Corn series are remakes v.s actual sequals? I don't remember. I think the one with Kirstie Alley is a remake, yes? *goes to IMDB*
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post #32 of 48
9/30/09 at 6:46pm
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Speaking of Children of the Corn, this past weekend SyFy was showing Children of the Corn 666, I had to laugh because I couldn't figure out if the '666' in the title was referring to the sign of the devil or if it was the sequel number lol.
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post #33 of 48
9/30/09 at 7:22pm
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Originally Posted by Lucia Duran View Post

How many in the Children of the Corn series are remakes v.s actual sequals? I don't remember. I think the one with Kirstie Alley is a remake, yes? *goes to IMDB*

 


I think you're thinking of Village Of The Damned... which is, ironically, yet another remake.

Similar to Michael Elliott, I don't think this NOES remake can be much worse than most of the Elm Street sequels (the only good sequels are 3 and 7). Although I do 'worry' about someone other than Robert Englund playing Freddy but Jackie Earl Haley nailed Rorschach in Watchmen and that's another role that I felt would be impossible to live up to what was already in my mind so I try to keep an open mind and hope for the best.
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post #34 of 48
9/30/09 at 11:34pm
The NMOES remake trailer looks ok. Just hope they don't try and pump sympathy into Krugers character.
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post #35 of 48
9/30/09 at 11:42pm
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Just hope they don't try and pump sympathy into Krugers character.

That's what it looks as if they're doing.

To me that is akin to remaking The Silence of the Lambs and making Lector a misunderstood local physician who was wrongly convicted, or remaking The Fugitive and making Richard Kimble actually guilty for killing his wife.
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post #36 of 48
10/1/09 at 3:29am
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Exactly.

This going for something familiar over something new isn't original.  Hell, look at Universal.  They went a very long time without creating a new monster.  Instead, they just went with what worked and ran them into the ground with one sequel after another. 
 

Doesn't matter; sequels aren't the same thing as remaking an original (especially when that original is already good as is, and something of a classic). I know you feel differently; I'm just speaking for myself.

In this case, I can't WAIT to skip this new and unnecessary A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake.
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post #37 of 48
10/1/09 at 3:52am
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Edited by James 'Tiger' Lee - 10/1/09 at 7:48am
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post #38 of 48
10/1/09 at 5:48am
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You mean like you skipped Halloween II and the Friday the 13th remake? That's some nice skipping there boy!
 

From my perspective, it's those two films that actually provoked me to throw in the towel regarding a lot of upcoming remakes.

I only wind up bored and disappointed. 
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post #39 of 48
10/1/09 at 5:57am
I enjoyed Friday the 13th a lot, more so than many of the originals. I've not dared try Halloween II cause the previous one was enough to make one become a monastic hermit!
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post #40 of 48
10/1/09 at 7:34am
On repeat viewings, I came around to PARTS of the F13 remake (just parts, though). 

I'm pretty rabid when it comes to Jason - I collect a lot of F13-related stuff so the Blu-ray did find its way into my home. 

I just feel like they missed the boat with the characters and the setting.  Too many lense flares, none of that classic camp setting and the ridiculous tunnels which looked like something out of the torture-porn genre rather than F13.  Derek Mears was an awesome Jason, though.

But Zombieween II was every bit as awful as the first.  If you hated the first one, James, I would recommend forgetting about the second.  One month later and I'm still shaking my head at that disgrace.  
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post #41 of 48
10/1/09 at 2:05pm
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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi View Post


In this case, I can't WAIT to skip this new and unnecessary A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake.


Is it your goal to go into any movie thread you're not interested in just to let everyone know you're not interested in it?  For someone so against something you spend a lot of your precious moments in life going into their threads.
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post #42 of 48
10/1/09 at 3:17pm
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Is it your goal to go into any movie thread you're not interested in just to let everyone know you're not interested in it?  For someone so against something you spend a lot of your precious moments in life going into their threads.


It's something I do like to take a stand on sometimes, yes. I think the idea of a remake of ANOES is appalling, so I'd like to voice that opinion, and I think I am entitled to do that. As for how I choose to spend my precious moments in life, I leave it up to myself to decide what's worth it to me, or not. 
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post #43 of 48
10/1/09 at 3:27pm
Originally Posted by James 'Tiger' Lee View Post

"You mean like you skipped Halloween II and the Friday the 13th remake? That's some nice skipping there boy!"

If you noticed, I specified "in this case". As I have often explained, I don't necessarily skip ALL remakes, which I would have thought was something that would make fans of modern remakes pleased.  I have my own reasons or feelings on which ones I choose to see, and why. I take each one individually.

I liked Rob Zombie's THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, which was the only reason I was curious to see what he'd do with HALLOWEEN and HALLOWEEN II (and as they turned out, they both stunk). And as I have said countless times, I am a big F13 fan of the original series and to me the 2009 FRIDAY THE 13TH was just going to be another Jason movie, and the old franchise had reached its limit (but as it turned out, I don't need to own F13 '09 on DVD and I still prefer the old series). 

With NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, I have more respect for the original film that I do for the first 1980 FRIDAY THE 13TH, and I feel Robert Englund is irreplacable. 
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post #44 of 48
10/1/09 at 8:09pm
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It's something I do like to take a stand on sometimes, yes. I think the idea of a remake of ANOES is appalling, so I'd like to voice that opinion, and I think I am entitled to do that. As for how I choose to spend my precious moments in life, I leave it up to myself to decide what's worth it to me, or not. 

I didn't really mean it like that.  

In other words, I don't like Hannah Montana but I don't waste my time going to her fan boards just to tell people she sucks and that I refuse to see her movie. 

You say watching this film isn't worth your precious moments then why on Earth are you wasting your time posting in its thread, reading the thread or doing anything else with the film?
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post #45 of 48
10/2/09 at 3:47am
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I didn't really mean it like that.  

In other words, I don't like Hannah Montana but I don't waste my time going to her fan boards just to tell people she sucks and that I refuse to see her movie. 
 

I don't think it's quite like that when I take a stand against certain new remakes. And where does it say that this thread is only for people to respond to the announcement of a NOES remake with "positive acclaim only"? But anyway, it doesn't make a difference what "you" would do or not ... I'm 'Me', and I judge what I feel is worth my time to give an opinion on. There are people who feel we're wasting our time watching so many movies when there's a big beautiful world outside too, right?   
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post #46 of 48
10/2/09 at 6:39pm
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In other words, I don't like Hannah Montana but I don't waste my time going to her fan boards just to tell people she sucks and that I refuse to see her movie. 
Your analogy is useless, It's pretty obvious there are going to be Elm Street fans who won't like the idea of a remake.  If they were to recast Hannah Montana I'm sure her boards will be filled with fan anger.

I saw this trailer today. I've never really gotten into Elm Street. Seen the first one a few times, it's the dreamy aspect that turns me off. You can never be sure of what you're seeing and it just gets old to me. So, for whatever it's worth, the remake trailer looked pretty good IMO. It gave me this hope that I could watch it and the events would matter to me. I thought "maybe there will be a stronger internal logic to this one." 

I have no idea if that will be the case, and wonder if maybe those who like the original would be turned off by it.
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post #47 of 48
10/2/09 at 6:56pm
Edit to a Nevermind.
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post #48 of 48
2/16/10 at 2:49am
Thread Starter 
Anyone want a really good look at our new Freddy?

Here are some pics of some new figures being released by NECA based on the remake...

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And here's a good look at Freddy's new glove...

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I must admit that I'm somewhat impressed, I actually appreciate that they went for a genuine burn victim look, he looks very off-putting which may help a lot while watching the movie.
Edited by Inspector Hammer! - 2/16/10 at 3:45am
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