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Post by Flyboy on Sept 5, 2009 8:40:08 GMT -5
A friend of mine on another forum recommended the calling it "Rob Zombie's The Solid." Haha.
I highly doubt Don would let Zombie remake Phantasm. Zombie probably has condescending remarks to say about the series much like he's said bad things about the Halloween sequels despite stealing ideas from them. :X
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Post by The Chief Archivist on Sept 5, 2009 9:09:18 GMT -5
Zombie is an arrogant cockhat. Just re-read that interview.
Oh, right... because you're going to do it anyways. What a childish, arrogant view of his job this director has. Directors are not the free for all leaders of a film. They can and have been fired from films before. His vision for the film is not the only artistic vision that matters.
I love how he says "Whatever they did" as this suggests he hasn't even seen them. Whatever those two other flicks did, I'm not doing it. Again, ARROGANT. If you're remaking a franchise, you fucking need to see every film in that franchise to know where you're coming from. Sheesh. If you're not a fan of the concept, why remake it? DAMN IT!
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Post by The Dead Walk! on Sept 5, 2009 9:12:51 GMT -5
Rob Zombie will never touch Phantasm. He'll have to do it over my dead lifeless body.
What pisses me off most about Mr. Zombie is that he continually contradicts himself. He'll say one bold statement such as "I hate remakes" and then come out with his Halloween remake. There's a ton of these contradictions to choose from. Fucking dragula prick.
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Post by Flyboy on Sept 5, 2009 9:41:13 GMT -5
If you're not a fan of the concept, why remake it? DAMN IT! Seriously. He's not going to do either film any justice since he's doing something completely different. He's just a fucking moron that likes to pretend he's some intelligent filmmaker when half the time, he doesn't even know what he's doing. He still needs to read the memo about him being a joke because that's what he is. He believes his own hype generated by the hardcore fan boys that will praise him no matter what he does. He'll do a remake of Steel Magnolias & his cock will be polished by the legions. I know I'm sounding like a former member here but it's really the truth. And we're talking about Rob Zombie here, not someone talented like George A. Romero. I like the original Blob. It's fun & campy. I love the remake even more. It's a rare case where I prefer the remake to the original. I don't even mind the idea of another remake since this is a concept that can be done over & over again. But enter Rob Zombie into the equation. He has no idea what he's doing but likes to wax intellectual while looking like a complete cock smoker in interviews. Remakes are for assholes, right Rob? Well you're an even bigger asshole. I honestly think studios are scared to give him money to make original movies so they're just going to sign him on to do remakes. Haha what a loser. I just hope people start to wake up & stop signing him on to do anything so he can just stick to music. His music sucks but is better than the movies he makes. And I like how he talks about doing what he wants in a movie. That's why the Weinsteins made him cut a lot of shit for the theatrical release of Halloween. He sounds like one of those skanks on Maury that say "Whateva whateva! I do what I want." His wife was probably on that show.
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Post by Flesh Eater on Sept 5, 2009 13:10:11 GMT -5
Zombie is an arrogant cockhat. Those were my thoughts exactly after reading the interview. He is getting a silver spoon mentality. All of this is going to collapse on him soon enough. The casual horror fan will eventually ask themselves why they are watching his crap.
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Post by omer135 on Sept 5, 2009 13:39:59 GMT -5
. There is no good reason why a Halloween sequel wouldn't dominate the box office. Halloween H20 beat Saving Private Ryan to open at #1. Halloween Resurrection was a step down in quality and audiences saw that. It opened at #4. Then everyone got excited about Rob Zombie's remake and that filmed opened at #1. Now that we've been disappointed by it, fewer were willing to try out the sequel. Box Office Mojo reports that the original Halloween II sold more tickets than Zombie's films opening weekend. Ouch. That opening weekend likely made the budget back, but they spent a small fortune on marketing. Frankly, this was not the blockbuster the Weinstein's were hoping for. It had a quite good opening considering its competition (Final Destination 3D and Inglorious Basterds).
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Post by The Dead Walk! on Sept 5, 2009 13:54:45 GMT -5
A Halloween sequel should easily top a Final Destination film. Easily.
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Post by The Chief Archivist on Sept 5, 2009 14:34:31 GMT -5
. There is no good reason why a Halloween sequel wouldn't dominate the box office. Halloween H20 beat Saving Private Ryan to open at #1. Halloween Resurrection was a step down in quality and audiences saw that. It opened at #4. Then everyone got excited about Rob Zombie's remake and that filmed opened at #1. Now that we've been disappointed by it, fewer were willing to try out the sequel. Box Office Mojo reports that the original Halloween II sold more tickets than Zombie's films opening weekend. Ouch. That opening weekend likely made the budget back, but they spent a small fortune on marketing. Frankly, this was not the blockbuster the Weinstein's were hoping for. It had a quite good opening considering its competition (Final Destination 3D and Inglorious Basterds). WHat? No, it didn't! Halloween is the king of slasher franchises. It should have beaten this comparatively recent upstart series FD4 by a country mile at the box office. And Inglorious Bastards was in its SECOND week. H2 couldn't even topple a second week film. That's embarrassing. If you haven't been paying attention, the Weinsteins are in serious financial straits. They've been closing offices worldwide and firing staff since the failure of Halloween 2. They didn't need to break even - they needed the franchise to perform like it's always done and bring in some good solid cash. Halloween has traditionally been low-cost, high-yield. Not this time. Not this time at all.
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Post by Flyboy on Sept 5, 2009 14:35:04 GMT -5
A Halloween sequel should easily top a Final Destination film. Easily. Yes indeed. I'm glad FD topped H2. Even nicer that Basterds is still doing well.
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Post by omer135 on Sept 5, 2009 14:48:10 GMT -5
It had a quite good opening considering its competition (Final Destination 3D and Inglorious Basterds). WHat? No, it didn't! Halloween is the king of slasher franchises. It should have beaten this comparatively recent upstart series FD4 by a country mile at the box office. And Inglorious Bastards was in its SECOND week. H2 couldn't even topple a second week film. That's embarrassing. If you haven't been paying attention, the Weinsteins are in serious financial straits. They've been closing offices worldwide and firing staff since the failure of Halloween 2. They didn't need to break even - they needed the franchise to perform like it's always done and bring in some good solid cash. Halloween has traditionally been low-cost, high-yield. Not this time. Not this time at all. Final Destination is one of the most succesful horror franchise of the 2000s. So what if it's recent? Earlier Final destination movies also made more money than the Halloween movies. I think Rob Zombie is not to blame, it's really the silly decision to release 2 of them in the same date. It did hurt both films performance.
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Post by Flyboy on Sept 5, 2009 14:52:16 GMT -5
I blame the Weinsteins for being idiots thinking that H2 could top FD. Pretty funny stuff. I think people are finally seeing through Zombie's bullshit facade & not wanting to pay to see his garbage movies. I'm sure that came into effect after more & more people were watching it whether it was in theaters or on DVD.
I also blame Rob Zombie for being a poor filmmaker. If he made a good movies, maybe the box office turnouts would be a lot better.
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Post by Flesh Eater on Sept 5, 2009 15:16:19 GMT -5
All of the blame goes on Zombie. Why you ask?
Welllll... if he could actually direct and write, then maybe the film would gain a following and actually make money. But it didn't. Maybe if Halloween I was worth a shit, then the sequel would have done better.
The Weinsteins are idiots for re-hiring the cockhat, cocksmut, cockbag.
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Post by Flyboy on Sept 7, 2009 7:57:30 GMT -5
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Post by Flesh Eater on Sept 7, 2009 8:09:07 GMT -5
Fucking brilliant.
Sid Hack being directed by the hack of all hacks, in an exact opposite of "what those last guys did".
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Post by Flesh Eater on Sept 7, 2009 8:14:07 GMT -5
"Q: How do you feel about big budget remakes of Dawn of the Dead and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?
Zombie: I feel it's the worst thing any filmmaker can do. I actually got a call from my agent and they asked me if I wanted to be involved with the remake of Chain Saw. I said no f***ing way! Those movies are perfect - you're only going to make yourself look like an a**hole by remaking them. Go remake something that's a piece of s**t and make it good. Like with my movie (House of 1000 Corpses) I have elements of Chain Saw in it because I love that movie so much, but I wouldn't dare want to "remake" it. It's like a band trying to be another band. You can sound like The Beatles, but you can't be The Beatles."
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