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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 27, 2019 11:32:56 GMT
Of course. Who "NEEDS" a remake? You could argue that we don't really NEED any movie, but clearly there's less of a need for something that's explicitly already been done. A remake needs to prove it's worthy of its existence more than other films do. Because that's not possible. That's only possible if you've never seen experienced story telling before. But once you've read a book, seen a play, watched a movie, etc. you've drawn comparisons and noted differences from one to another. This is obviously more explicit in an adaptation if you're familiar with the source material. It begs comparison. If you've read a book and then seen the film you have to at least note the similarities and differences. Even more so with a film remake since it's the same medium. That doesn't necessarily make it inherently worse, but these are points of comparison that they are not able to avoid. Especially since a movie like this is made and marketed for its name recognition. It relies on the fact that people are familiar with the story already. I kind of find it odd to have to explain this point of view. It seems so obvious. |
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Post by mszanadu on Mar 27, 2019 18:08:25 GMT
The new Chucky trailer actually looks well done, and they've wisely hidden Chucky throughout the preview to keep him mysterious. I'm happy the remake looks good, but kind of sad that the older model of Chucky is being retired. He had a good run. I have no information on who is playing Chucky, IMDB lists no one, maybe they've yet to cast a voice for him? 
I'm also wondering if this particular movie remake is going to be connected
with the upcoming new TV series that is in the works right now ? 
Thanks so much Lebowskidoo for this movie trailer and
your subject post here too  .
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 27, 2019 18:32:08 GMT
As I understand it; no they are not connected. They are being made by different people who hold different aspects of the rights of the property. For instance, I believe that's why one version is able to use the title Child's Play and the other is able to use Chucky in the title. Those are terms of the splitting up of the rights, for whatever reason.
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Post by mszanadu on Mar 27, 2019 18:47:41 GMT
As I understand it; no they are not connected. They are being made by different people who hold different aspects of the rights of the property. For instance, I believe that's why one version is able to use the title Child's Play and the other is able to use Chucky in the title. Those are terms of the splitting up of the rights, for whatever reason.
I agree that makes total sense
especially if these are made by two different people
which I didn't know that until you mentioned it here   .
Thanks so much masterofallgoons for this informative reply here too .
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Post by lostinlimbo on Mar 27, 2019 23:04:18 GMT
Why can't every film just be judged on its own merits irrespective of whether it has previously been interpreted for the screen? Because that's not possible. That's only possible if you've never seen experienced story telling before. But once you've read a book, seen a play, watched a movie, etc. you've drawn comparisons and noted differences from one to another. This is obviously more explicit in an adaptation if you're familiar with the source material. It begs comparison. If you've read a book and then seen the film you have to at least note the similarities and differences. Even more so with a film remake since it's the same medium. That doesn't necessarily make it inherently worse, but these are points of comparison that they are not able to avoid. Especially since a movie like this is made and marketed for its name recognition. It relies on the fact that people are familiar with the story already. I kind of find it odd to have to explain this point of view. It seems so obvious.Not particularly odd, if you go by their username.
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Post by gljbradley on Mar 28, 2019 0:40:21 GMT
I remember seeing the trailer a month or so ago and I think it's okay and creepy.
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Post by darkpast on Jun 20, 2019 5:08:57 GMT
anyone checking this out this weekend?
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Post by poelzig on Jun 20, 2019 6:28:29 GMT
Is it possible Aubrey Plaza can play a role other than that tired played out snarky annoying weirdo bitch thing? That got old by season 2 of Parks and Rec. She's playing Andy's mom so surely she will not act like an idiot teenager for once, right?
I'm guessing everyone here knows by now who is voicing Chucky?
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jun 20, 2019 11:52:32 GMT
I'm somewhat interested in seeing Aubrey Plaza play a mom and be in a horror movie where she's no longer April from Parks and Rec (I'd guess that some of her smaller independent movie roles have stretched her beyond her shtick, but I honestly haven't seen them).
And I'm also somewhat interested just for Mark Hamill's voice work, since he's one of the best in the game.
But early responses are not good, and the review embargo won't be lifted till the day of, which is always a bad sign.
I may or may not go, but I'll have very low expectations if I do.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jun 21, 2019 0:35:33 GMT
Actually, the reviews are surprisingly decent so far.
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Post by James on Jun 21, 2019 0:51:21 GMT
I honestly didn’t think the reviews would be that good. Then again, I feel that it’s gonna be likely to see a lot more haters when it comes to the people you actually come across, sort of like Halloween (2018).
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jun 21, 2019 13:15:13 GMT
I honestly didn’t think the reviews would be that good. Then again, I feel that it’s gonna be likely to see a lot more haters when it comes to the people you actually come across, sort of like Halloween (2018). From what I've seen they're not overwhelmingly positive. It has a 49 on Metacritic and 66% on Rotten Tomatoes. Most of the reviews seem to be kind of luke warm. Not too many outright pans, and not too much effusive praise either. That is kind of better than I expected, and maybe you're right that horror fans will be less forgiving, but so far it seems the response is basically, "It's not as bad as you'd expect."
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Post by James on Jun 21, 2019 14:07:28 GMT
I honestly didn’t think the reviews would be that good. Then again, I feel that it’s gonna be likely to see a lot more haters when it comes to the people you actually come across, sort of like Halloween (2018). From what I've seen they're not overwhelmingly positive. It has a 49 on Metacritic and 66% on Rotten Tomatoes. Most of the reviews seem to be kind of luke warm. Not too many outright pans, and not too much effusive praise either. That is kind of better than I expected, and maybe you're right that horror fans will be less forgiving, but so far it seems the response is basically, "It's not as bad as you'd expect." Yeah, the diehard fans will likely be disappointed. I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. |
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Post by egon1982 on Jun 27, 2019 22:03:53 GMT
a surprisingly good reimagining! i like the character since i was a kid seeing the first 3 films in theaters as a kid and i felt the last good Child's Play film was 3 which was the last time Chucky was a scary and threatening character then after that Don Mancini lost his touch on writing after 3.
Bride of Chucky was the beginning of the downward fall of the franchise as with that, Seed, Curse and Cult the character and franchise became a complete joke no thanks to Don Mancini who's writing got worse. I mean at least Bride had some nice visuals and good direction by Ronny Yu but fell flat on the script and tries to be scary and funny but fails at that even with unlikable characters as the first 3 had likable characters you cared about and then Seed, Curse and Cult came along as Mancini proves he can't direct for crap and doesn't know what he hell he's doing as he's such an amateur director who became a hack and more unlikable characters and lame stuff. And Cult of Chucky was really awful as it killed the franchise even with that stupid cheat code crap, making Andy a complete idiot ruining the character, breaking the established rules of the first 3 films and all as it wasn't even scary, awful acting, poor production values and that image of Chucky about to be buried by an asylum patient to be buried as he flips off the camera and be buried is a foreshadowing of the funeral process of the franchise, it died after that and even Douriff sounded bored as Chucky in that movie as i can tell in his voice "i'm a talented actor and i'm tired of playing this stupid killer doll and need other roles".
I really enjoyed this new take on the franchise! the kid was quite likable and the mother too, i liked how Chucky was a practical effect and i like the idea of a killer AI than a possessed doll which was done to death already even after the third film. It really gave me a vibe of that Simpsons episode with Funzo and Small Soldiers, it was something fresh and new. Nice make up and gore effects and has a vibe of Stranger Things to it. Mark Hamil is quite good as the new voice of Chucky and all.
I like that it did different things unlike the Elm Street remake which was just a lame near copy of the original movie and added nothing new but also steal lines from the other films. I like that this made Chucky actually scary again. I hope for a sequel as that could be good and this is an example of how to do a remake right. It’s so nice to see a remake do something new and fresh instead of just copying the original like Poltergeist, Psycho, Elm Street and some. Nice to see Chucky be serious like the first 3 films, sure there's levity here and so did the first 3 and it's not a straight up parody like the last 4.
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Post by James on Jun 27, 2019 22:10:48 GMT
a surprisingly good reimagining! i like the character since i was a kid seeing the first 3 films in theaters as a kid and i felt the last good Child's Play film was 3 which was the last time Chucky was a scary and threatening character then after that Don Mancini lost his touch on writing after 3. Bride of Chucky was the beginning of the downward fall of the franchise as with that, Seed, Curse and Cult the character and franchise became a complete joke no thanks to Don Mancini who's writing got worse. I mean at least Bride had some nice visuals and good direction by Ronny Yu but fell flat on the script and tries to be scary and funny but fails at that even with unlikable characters as the first 3 had likable characters you cared about and then Seed, Curse and Cult came along as Mancini proves he can't direct for crap and doesn't know what he hell he's doing as he's such an amateur director who became a hack and more unlikable characters and lame stuff. And Cult of Chucky was really awful as it killed the franchise even with that stupid cheat code crap, making Andy a complete idiot ruining the character, breaking the established rules of the first 3 films and all as it wasn't even scary, awful acting, poor production values and that image of Chucky about to be buried by an asylum patient to be buried as he flips off the camera and be buried is a foreshadowing of the funeral process of the franchise, it died after that and even Douriff sounded bored as Chucky in that movie as i can tell in his voice "i'm a talented actor and i'm tired of playing this stupid killer doll and need other roles". I really enjoyed this new take on the franchise! the kid was quite likable and the mother too, i liked how Chucky was a practical effect and i like the idea of a killer AI than a possessed doll which was done to death already even after the third film. It really gave me a vibe of that Simpsons episode with Funzo and Small Soldiers, it was something fresh and new. Nice make up and gore effects and has a vibe of Stranger Things to it. Mark Hamil is quite good as the new voice of Chucky and all. I like that it did different things unlike the Elm Street remake which was just a lame near copy of the original movie and added nothing new but also steal lines from the other films. I like that this made Chucky actually scary again. I hope for a sequel as that could be good and this is an example of how to do a remake right. It’s so nice to see a remake do something new and fresh instead of just copying the original like Poltergeist, Psycho, Elm Street and some. Nice to see Chucky be serious like the first 3 films, sure there's levity here and so did the first 3 and it's not a straight up parody like the last 4. I'm on the same boat with this remake.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 27, 2019 23:24:08 GMT
a surprisingly good reimagining! i like the character since i was a kid seeing the first 3 films in theaters as a kid and i felt the last good Child's Play film was 3 which was the last time Chucky was a scary and threatening character then after that Don Mancini lost his touch on writing after 3. Bride of Chucky was the beginning of the downward fall of the franchise as with that, Seed, Curse and Cult the character and franchise became a complete joke no thanks to Don Mancini who's writing got worse. I mean at least Bride had some nice visuals and good direction by Ronny Yu but fell flat on the script and tries to be scary and funny but fails at that even with unlikable characters as the first 3 had likable characters you cared about and then Seed, Curse and Cult came along as Mancini proves he can't direct for crap and doesn't know what he hell he's doing as he's such an amateur director who became a hack and more unlikable characters and lame stuff. And Cult of Chucky was really awful as it killed the franchise even with that stupid cheat code crap, making Andy a complete idiot ruining the character, breaking the established rules of the first 3 films and all as it wasn't even scary, awful acting, poor production values and that image of Chucky about to be buried by an asylum patient to be buried as he flips off the camera and be buried is a foreshadowing of the funeral process of the franchise, it died after that and even Douriff sounded bored as Chucky in that movie as i can tell in his voice "i'm a talented actor and i'm tired of playing this stupid killer doll and need other roles". I really enjoyed this new take on the franchise! the kid was quite likable and the mother too, i liked how Chucky was a practical effect and i like the idea of a killer AI than a possessed doll which was done to death already even after the third film. It really gave me a vibe of that Simpsons episode with Funzo and Small Soldiers, it was something fresh and new. Nice make up and gore effects and has a vibe of Stranger Things to it. Mark Hamil is quite good as the new voice of Chucky and all. I like that it did different things unlike the Elm Street remake which was just a lame near copy of the original movie and added nothing new but also steal lines from the other films. I like that this made Chucky actually scary again. I hope for a sequel as that could be good and this is an example of how to do a remake right. It’s so nice to see a remake do something new and fresh instead of just copying the original like Poltergeist, Psycho, Elm Street and some. Nice to see Chucky be serious like the first 3 films, sure there's levity here and so did the first 3 and it's not a straight up parody like the last 4. Good write-up. I haven't seen the film yet, but I'm also OK with the idea of a re-imagining that does more than just regurgitate most of what came before (as opposed to a by-the-numbers remake). The AI angle is an interesting take on the character and I'm definitely curious to see how it all pans out.
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