first FRIDAY THE 13TH, now he wants to remake A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!
why are the powers that be letting this happen???

and not even w/ robert englund as freddy but fucking BILLY BOB THORNTON! and whats worse is robert even likes the idea of BBT doing freddy,now i love billy bob but dammit! dont go screwing w/ a good thing! these movies are fine in all of their no special effects having, old school, horny teenagered glory. i shudder to thing of how these remakes'll be. i mean yea they may be GOOD if you've never seen the originals but gosh - dont go fucking w/ a good thing

ugghh, mr bay is slowly tarnishing my childhood memories [tear]

Moonwalkbjrain said:

agreed terrible idea its just shows that hollywood are fastly running out of ideas and need to remake classics

optimus said:

pretty much - i mean gosh if they're so damn starved for ideas then they should hold talent auditions or sponsor writing workshops or something! more ppl w/ great ideas need 2 be able to get in2 the game

imo people got a few good artistic ideas up their sleeve, but only at a certain period in their lives. After that they need to help people younger than them laminate their artistic visions and quit trying to be the be all end all.

maybe the big studio honchos have decided to wrangle up all the most wrongminded movie ideas and place them all on the shoulders of michael bay, who then laps it up like a caffeinated golden retriever and pees one gigantic standardized stream of hot steaming sissydiddle all over the world's cineplexes. that way nobody else has to do it.

It'll be 1.5 hours of teens exploding in slow motion as Freddie stabs them.

Yeah, I'm not a huge Freddy fan, but I was pretty pissed when I found this out. At least keep Robert Englund in it. He's gonna be at Dragoncon this year, btw.

What part will Nicolas Cage play??...

Byron said:

someone's dad
they should remake that movie he was in where his chest hair was shaved into a V
which one was that again? he could play his own father in that one.

I don't see how these can get green lighted. Bay can't do an action sequence to save his life!

I suppose if Rob Zombie can remake Halloween...one can be allowed to touch classics like NOES and Friday the 13th.

I'm just bracing myself for the remake of Wizard of Oz.

Texas Chainsaw was not bad, although I do agree Friday the 13th and elm st should not be touched!! I might not see either cause!! I struggled with Halloween remake cause Michael Myers should not have been touched too!! Next they will be remaking Chucky!!

Actually, Robert Englund LOVES to mess with the media. He's told all sorts of magazines and what-not that his next project is Freddy vs. Jason vs. Michael Myers, and that Jamie Lee Curtis would co-star. Not only is that BS, it never was even considered by the studio. Fact is, Platinum Dunes, the company that Bay owns, hasn't even secured the rights to A Nightmare On Elm St. yet, though they are trying. Casting is nowhere near happening. Bay ISN'T directing this (nor is he directing Ft13. Marcus Nispel is in charge of that one). He is a producer on this one, but that is the extent of his involvement.

Last I heard, they wanted to go with someone younger, so they could show more of Freddy's days as the "Springwood Slasher" before his death, so that would pretty much rule out Billy Bob (although, he could certainly play Nancy's dad). Wes Craven and his son are reportedly working on a script, and actually like the idea of revisiting the story.
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Oh, and as for Friday the 13th, it really isn't a true remake of the original at all. As I understand it, the whole story of the first film is told at the beginning as a sort of campfire tale, shown in flashbacks. The rest of the film is more in line with the tone of 2-4, with Jason hacking up horny teens who wander to near to Camp Crystal Lake. It's really more a way of restarting the series without having to have the baggage of things like Jason X and Jason Goes to Hell, which is just fine with me. There is no need for Jason turning into body swapping worms or cyborgs to be referenced.

That's why I stick largely to underground stuff or my 70's and 80's collection of stuff. There was stuff made for TV in the 70's ('The Initiation of Sarah', 'Summer Of Fear', 'Trilogy Of Terror' 'When Michael Calls')that was more imaginative and truly frightening then the majority of the crud thrown out today.

Mars23 said:

heh thats actually not a bad idea considering who the teens are
(hint2hollywood: get the jonas bros, hannah montana and those HS musical brats first!)

Moonwalkbjrain said:

WHERE. IN. THE. HELL. HAVE. YOU. BEEN???!!!?

Anxiety said:

o WOWWW

cheeseburger said:

yea i agree chainsaw was pretty good
and altho i had my reservations i didnt have TOO much of a problem w/ halloween - i kinda dug the approach rob took
but these are just gonna be str8 up remakes
wats the fucking point?
and about chucky: yea i was actually thinking that yesterday - [Bomb threat snip - luv4u] all of hollywood if they touch my beloved chucky
that was the first horror movie that i ever saw

Imago said:

lol around - mostly in non music tho not posting
sup my asian pot head brotha? haha

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Imago's a pothead?

JediMaster said:

These new movies with newly added back stories mess the movie up,imo. I didn't like TCM:The Beginning or Rob's Halloween. I just like the idea of them just being purely psychotic for no reason at all. It's always an abusive relationship with some relative involved too that caused them to be the way they are.

AnckSuNamun said:

duude all i gotta say is: prince music and more - so prince smokes a joint and...threads

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Just saw on Entertainment tonite that they are going to remake it but Billy Bob Thorton is not playing Freddy

AnckSuNamun said:

Well, there isn't suppossed to be anything new added to Jason's backstory at all. They will flashback to the events referenced in the first couple of films, but that is it. No new motivations or insights will be revealed, they are just returning Jason to his roots as a freak who kills to avenge his mother.

Moonwalkbjrain said:

No, they're definitely not, especially Ft13th. It isn't a remake of the original film at all.
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banks said:

omg THANK GOD! i saw that on 2 sites online so i was like OH NOOO! glad 2 kno its no true

JediMaster said:

thats good to kno but i still shudder @ the thought

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Billy Bob Thornton playing Freddy better than Robert Englund?!? Yet right, I like to see that happen.

I have no problem with the idea of a new actor playing Jason for the remaking of Friday The 13th. ONE CONDITION:

I want Glen "Kane" Jacobs to be the new Jason!

TonyVanDam said:

o wow
he'd be good
i still dotn want to see this happen tho lol

TonyVanDam said:

Derek Mears is the new Jason:



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