Greg_S_H
Senior HTF Member
The main problem is his massive size. He's been in the psych ward since he was a young boy. I doubt if they would let him get that buff.
To these seasoned Halloween-saturated eyes, nope, he reminds me too much of either George Wilber (H4, H6) or Don Shanks (H5) and that's not a good thing, both of those actors were too large to play Michael.
We'll just have to agree to disagree about his appearance being the least of the films problems, to me it's a big problem on top of an already massive amount of problems.
[loomisvoice]He looks very physically fit there! Maybe someone around there was giving him fitness lessons![/loomisvoice]
As for the mask, I've never been able to understand why they can't get it right (don't get me wrong, it doesn't look that bad, certainly better than it looked in 4 and 5, but still...). It's easy to get a Don Post mask based on the original Shatner mold that with a little touch up, looks almost exactly like the real thing (since, by being based on the original mold, it pretty much is).
Go to ebay and you'll find dozens of auctions for Myers masks that look more like the real thing
Right, which is what made Nick so great in the original, he was very lean and he walked with a certain single-minded stride, he didn't lumber which i'm sure Mane will probably do because he's so massive.
Thanks. I've never had anything love me so much as that dog. She's great. That pic is unaltered, she smiles.
Why can't there be some back story? The original showed a kid commiting an act that would shock anybody in the 1970s so that was all that was needed to establish the fact that he was troubled and would soon be even more trouble. Then scenes of an escape and dialogue from Dr. Loomis establishes what we need to know very effectively. But personally I think a variation of how the kid gets to the masked character, with a lot of intense back story, could be as frightening as anything we've seen in a long time in horror movies.
That's what I think too but it's the catch 22 of a remake, they crucify you when you don't make changes and they crucify you when you make changes. Personally, I'd much rather see a disaster that tried to do something different then the mostly terrible sequels (although I love II and 4) that just had the same thing over and over.
Rob Zombie is making Rob Zombie's Halloween and John Carpenter made John Carpenter's Halloween. I know that the people that have a problem with this movie are complaining becase they love the original but the guy is doing his own movie not re-filming another movie (a la Gus Van Sant).
Quite possibly the most amusing line ever... wow
I gotta agree you should just stay home and watch the original over and over.
Heh, if you think i'm bad, read some posts at that site, if you thought mine was amusing than you'll laugh yourself freakin' silly there.
Why do I get the feeling people are getting annoyed with me here?
Not at all, man. I see your point about the mask but despite what Zombie said, I didn't expect a duplicate of the original- I figured that he was going to make something very close to the original (which I think it is).
Hell, I'm just happy that it's better than Halloween 6's mask.
Fair enough, and of course I know that Zombie isn't remaking the film, it's his vision, my one and only point is that he went back on his word on the mask, he said in an interview that he would use an original Shatner and he isn't, that's all.
You get no argument from me there, I don't think it's possible to get Myers more wrong than in that wretched film lol.
I'm not annoyed with anyone here. That's for sure. I'm actually impressed at how much people love Carpenter's film. Sure, the new mask needs to look like the Michael we know and for me it really succeeds. I know it'll look great within the movie.