Now Michael Bay wants to ruin the Halloween movies too :duh:
Let them reboot it. Despite the original being a classic but if they want to continue the franchise since it has nowhere to go but with another reboot, let them try.
Because really, I think fans stopped caring since 2009.
I’m with Movie- Brat. Let 'em have at it. It can’t be any worse than what Rob Zombie did to the franchise. I’m sorry, but while I like Rob Zombie as a musician, I find his work as a filmmaker leaves something to be desired. And me and another friend of mine who is a huge Horror fan weren’t particularly keen with what he did with it.
Personally, I think Michael Bay gets way too much hate than he deserves. He makes some solid action films, and for better or worse he knows what the audience wants. I personally thought he was a good choice to direct the Transformers films. Because when you get right down to it, what is Transformers about, really? If you said, “It’s about giant robots who Transform into cars and planes and blow the $hit out of each other.” Then you’d be right. Considering that Bay is known for filming cool vehicles and blowing the $hit out of them in every other movie he makes, I’d say he was a pretty appropriate choice.
As far as the quality of the scripts, let’s face it, unless you read the comics (which the general public hasn’t and doesn’t care to), Transformers wasn’t known for being particularly deep. Most people are more familiar with the cartoon. And I’d say Bay’s movies maintain a comparable level of breezy fun and mindless entertainment that the cartoon was known for; albeit making it more accessible to an older audience (and yes, that includes some the the gags everybody hates like Bumblebee “lubricating” on John Turturro, and Sam’s mom getting high on pot brownies).
I will however concede that Revenge of the Fallen was bad. But I attribute that to the writers’ strike as Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci couldn’t work on it, and when they were able to, they put their emphasis on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek instead. And you can tell obviously which movie turned out better. Dark of the Moon I’d say was of the same quality as the first movie.
And as for the whole “Turtlegate” thing, meh. The Turtles were ruined for me a long time ago by the '80s cartoon. What a lot of fans may not realize is that the version of the Turtles they grew up with was a b@stardization to begin with, as the comics they were based on were much darker and violent. The 2003 cartoon that came later was much more accurate, IMO. If Bay can make it more like the comics (which is what I think he may be going for), then I’m all for it.
And let’s not forget, he’s only producing it. Not directing. Jonathan Liebsman is directing, and I thought his Battle: Los Angeles was pretty cool. So I think things will ultimately turn out ok.
On TMNT- Regardless of who’s attached to this film, it sounds bad on paper. Whereas Bay’s Transformers was different from previous incarnations, it at least got the basic concept right; giant robots that transform into everyday vehicles and objects fight a secret war here on Earth. No one would argue that.
With TMNT though- they’re so far from the basic tenants of the concept, that it feels more like a name-slap than a genuine TMNT movie. Turtle aliens from a planet full of turtles come to Earth. Why? So they can add more turtle characters whenever they want? Who cares? Who asked for more turtles? And for that matter, being mutants born here on Earth never stopped them from adding more turtle characters anyway. It’s an unnecessary change that does more to convolute the story than add any depth to it.
On Halloween- This franchise ended for me with Halloween: H20. After that it’s been nothing but one excruciating disappointment after another. How Rob Zombie took Meyers, a guy who doesn’t talk and just walks around killing people, and wrecked his personality is beyond me, but he found a way.
Platinum Dunes handling of Jason and Freddy has been less than stellar. I actually liked the F13 remake quite a bit, though the jump scare at the end was the most idiotic thing ever. Otherwise good movie. Freddy’s reboot was 100% awful though. Not one interesting character in the whole movie. Freddy was lifeless and boring and SERIOUSLY OVERPOWERED to a degree that I don’t like. Nancy was a pale imitation of the original Nancy (and a complete bore even when not being compared). The whole movie was just absolute wasted potential pouring out everywhere.
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So I read the article, and there’s a bunch of red flags popping up all over the place for me.
Development on a Halloween sequel at Dimension Films has been stalled for some time and the movie, which was to have been made by the Drive Angry writer/director team of Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier (who were once attached to a Hellraiser remake) and filmed in 3D, now appears to be as dead at the studio as one of Michael Myers’ hapless victims.
Todd Farmer is a horrible writer and director. He gave us box office bombs like Jason X (a.k.a. Friday the 13th in Space).
Patrick Lussier is just an editor, and it looks like he’s got a few decent credits to his name, mostly all horror stuff. For me, being attached to Wes Craven’s New Nightmare is a plus in his favor. Still, I imagine his contribution to the “writer/director team” of Todd Farmer and himself is restricted solely to trimming the fat from whatever Todd writes. I didn’t realize they were attached to the Hellraiser remake, but from all reports I’ve heard, the script was so bad, that not even Doug Bradley (Pinhead) would commit to being in it.
Platinum Dunes heads Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are reportedly negotiating with Dimension, which has produced the Halloween series since 1995′s Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, to take over producing duties on future sequels. Dimension will continue to distribute the films.
Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are just producers and little else. I’ll give them credit - all the horror remakes that have been made under their watch look visually fantastic. Clearly they’re sinking some real money into making these movies look good. However, the shiny coat of gloss can’t hide the fact that all these remakes are pretty hollow and soulless, and lack that certain spark that made the originals stand the test of time. I don’t know if that’s anything that can be fixed by a producer, but there it is.