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rjwonline
11-10-2015, 11:17 AM
It's been recently confirmed that A Nightmare on Elm Street is getting a reboot, who do you think should play the new Freddy Krueger? I'd cast Willem Dafoe, William Fichtner, Jared Leto or Jake Gyllenhaal.......... BUT... Here's the article:

http://scyllar.com/11-10-2015/New-Face-of-Freddy/96.html

Morningriser
11-10-2015, 11:46 AM
I heard about this a while back. I thought Robert Englund was coming back though. The remake that came out a while back was horrible and I would only imagine having someone else playing Freddy wouldn't make it any better. If Englund plays Freddy I will check it out but otherwise, no thanks.

Jake.Ashworth
11-10-2015, 01:55 PM
I was actually really happy with how Jackie Earl Hayley played Freddy. Its not his fault the writing was terrible. He had the right kind of presence, maybe needed to work on the voice a little more, but otherwise he did a great job.

Robert Englund will not play Freddy again. There isn't even a remote chance. But I will never snub a remake because it doesn't run the same people. Remakes are a good thing and a necessity to keep the originals alive. I will happily see this when it comes out.

Roiffalo
11-10-2015, 10:14 PM
Remakes are a good thing and a necessity to keep the originals alive.
I'm sorry, friend, what...

You're surely entitled to your opinion, but I don't see how molesting a classic can keep the originals alive. (I'm speaking of remakes in general, not just the NOES series.)

Jake.Ashworth
11-11-2015, 07:18 AM
I'm sorry, friend, what...

You're surely entitled to your opinion, but I don't see how molesting a classic can keep the originals alive. (I'm speaking of remakes in general, not just the NOES series.)

Its not to terribly difficult. How many people do you think, young people, say 15-25 years old, saw the new NOES but had not seen the original? Odds are give or take 30% of the people who saw it had not seen the original. That 30% are a younger, much different crowd. After they see the new one maybe they are intrigued about the original and seek it out. You have to understand that an original slasher from the 80's will eventually fizzle and fade into oblivion as the people our age start to grow old and the movie is all but forgotten. To stretch that a little further and give you a feel for what I mean, there was a surge is sales for Bella Lugosi's Dracula following the release of Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992. Why? Because a lot of the people who saw the new one became newly interested in seeing older ones.

Despite what we believe, movies have a shelf life if they are not watched, and in order to keep them being watched, newer, younger, and in some cases dumber audiences have to be pulled in and shown where to find them. We are not a huge army, we cannot show the world movies we grew up loving, but a remake can reintroduce a character to a new audience that might not have ever seen them before.

Geordie9
11-11-2015, 11:47 AM
I heard about this a while back. I thought Robert Englund was coming back though. The remake that came out a while back was horrible and I would only imagine having someone else playing Freddy wouldn't make it any better. If Englund plays Freddy I will check it out but otherwise, no thanks.

Couldn't agree more.

Roiffalo
11-11-2015, 12:03 PM
Its not to terribly difficult. How many people do you think, young people, say 15-25 years old, saw the new NOES but had not seen the original? Odds are give or take 30% of the people who saw it had not seen the original. That 30% are a younger, much different crowd. After they see the new one maybe they are intrigued about the original and seek it out. You have to understand that an original slasher from the 80's will eventually fizzle and fade into oblivion as the people our age start to grow old and the movie is all but forgotten. To stretch that a little further and give you a feel for what I mean, there was a surge is sales for Bella Lugosi's Dracula following the release of Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992. Why? Because a lot of the people who saw the new one became newly interested in seeing older ones.

Despite what we believe, movies have a shelf life if they are not watched, and in order to keep them being watched, newer, younger, and in some cases dumber audiences have to be pulled in and shown where to find them. We are not a huge army, we cannot show the world movies we grew up loving, but a remake can reintroduce a character to a new audience that might not have ever seen them before.

In some cases it works, if a reboot is thought out with even a LITTLE consideration. But then you get shit Tim Burton raping Dark Shadows and people get the wrong impression about the show and thing the show's terrible when it's really the movie that was absolute crap. I guess I should have rephrased that reboots are fine if the writer/director doesn't have their head(s) up their ass.

But there are channels and people dedicated to getting classics out there and opening the minds of people who will give something made with care a chance. If someone's too stupid to follow the story or appreciate the cinematography, then oh well they don't deserve it. You're weeding out bad fans then.

And I think you underestimate our army my friend, I knew much of horror before watching it and getting involved with the fandom. A classic doesn't die out, remakes or not. Names like Freddy, Micheal, and Jason's are not so easily forgotten.

Morningriser
11-11-2015, 12:38 PM
I will say in defense of the remake that Freddy's makeup did resemble that of a burn victim more than Englund's makeup and he did have a darker side rather than a comedian with witty catch phrases. It would have been better if it had Rooney Mara's boobies in it.

Repo'd
11-11-2015, 01:17 PM
I will say in defense of the remake that Freddy's makeup did resemble that of a burn victim more than Englund's makeup and he did have a darker side rather than a comedian with witty catch phrases. It would have been better if it had Rooney Mara's boobies in it.

And worse if it had Mickey Rooney's boobies in it, I imagine.

Morningriser
11-11-2015, 01:23 PM
And worse if it had Mickey Rooney's boobies in it, I imagine.

you're just a regular buzz killington ::big grin::

Jake.Ashworth
11-11-2015, 02:03 PM
But they do, its hard to stand on the inside and see what something looks like from the outside. Next time your around some teenagers ask them who Michael Meyers is, see if they know. If they do, ask them which movie they saw. Its the way of the world, as the generations die off, so do their monsters. Unless they are forcefully kept alive.

Jake.Ashworth
11-11-2015, 02:04 PM
you're just a regular buzz killington ::big grin::

These two posts made my day as I read them in succession and the first image suddenly changed to the second in my minds eye... It was traumatizing.

Roiffalo
11-11-2015, 03:03 PM
But they do, its hard to stand on the inside and see what something looks like from the outside. Next time your around some teenagers ask them who Michael Meyers is, see if they know. If they do, ask them which movie they saw. Its the way of the world, as the generations die off, so do their monsters. Unless they are forcefully kept alive.

I do my best to avoid teenagers, but for curiosities sake I'll give it a shot should I see a group. ::wink::

Lord Voldemort
12-06-2015, 12:21 PM
I will say in defense of the remake that Freddy's makeup did resemble that of a burn victim more than Englund's makeup and he did have a darker side rather than a comedian with witty catch phrases. It would have been better if it had Rooney Mara's boobies in it.

Just watch Girl With Dragon Tattoo to them. If the remake is happening I will give it a go. The last one wasn't great but it wasn't that bad either.

horcrux2007
12-06-2015, 03:01 PM
But they do, its hard to stand on the inside and see what something looks like from the outside. Next time your around some teenagers ask them who Michael Meyers is, see if they know. If they do, ask them which movie they saw. Its the way of the world, as the generations die off, so do their monsters. Unless they are forcefully kept alive.

Most teens know who Michael Myers is and what movie he's from. We like horror movies, even the old ones. Maybe most teens wouldn't like something like Repulsion, but most of us have seen Halloween.

Disconser
12-28-2015, 01:59 PM
Most teens know who Michael Myers is and what movie he's from. We like horror movies, even the old ones. Maybe most teens wouldn't like something like Repulsion, but most of us have seen Halloween.

I'd like to know the people you know. No teenager I know has ever seen Halloween - neither the remake nor the original.

Although I'd really like the idea of Robert Englund playing Freddy I think this isn't going to happen. Someone I'd vote for would be Roberto Lombardi. I'm really satisfied with what I've seen from him.

But I'm really scared that it's going to be as bad as the remake from 2010. I'm not a big fan of remakes in general and the only one I really didn't have to force myself through while watching was the reboot of Friday the 13th.

Chevalier
12-29-2015, 06:34 PM
I don't think anyone could play Freddy other then Robert Englund. I watched the making of documentary, and the way he really brought Freddy to life and the little details he added such as how Freddy walks the way he does because of the weight of the glove. The way he speaks from the back of his throat, and how increased his voice, because of how it was going to get edited.

All the little details have to be perfect to make Freddy Freddy.

RRl
01-02-2016, 07:07 PM
Why do they keep remaking remakes of the same films? Fantastic Four , Superman, and Batman has been rebooted how many times? And now They are brining this stuff into the horror genre.

Chevalier
01-03-2016, 07:01 AM
Why do they keep remaking remakes of the same films? Fantastic Four , Superman, and Batman has been rebooted how many times? And now They are brining this stuff into the horror genre.

Money. It's all about money.

Disconser
01-03-2016, 12:41 PM
Why do they keep remaking remakes of the same films? Fantastic Four , Superman, and Batman has been rebooted how many times? And now They are brining this stuff into the horror genre.

A better question is: Why do they keep making bad remakes?

Chevalier
01-03-2016, 05:15 PM
A better question is: Why do they keep making bad remakes?

This is very true, a lot of times the remakes completely miss the original's concepts and spirit.

One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, Better lock your door Five, six, grab a crucifix. Seven, eight, Gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, Never sleep again.

Disconser
01-04-2016, 04:08 AM
This is very true, a lot of times the remakes completely miss the original's concepts and spirit.

One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, Better lock your door Five, six, grab a crucifix. Seven, eight, Gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, Never sleep again.

Indeed. Most of the time they just try to make it more brutal, more cruel instead of actually scary.

bats
05-16-2016, 11:52 PM
i don't know who i would want to play freddy but i just hope this one is better than the remake from a few years ago. that movie was so bland and uninteresting in every way, the acting the over all look of the movie and the plot. maybe he was just given nothing to work with but i didn't like jackie earle haley at all. he was not menacing in the least.

Kill Me, Freddy Krueger!
05-17-2016, 11:54 AM
I love remakes! It doesn't matter if they are bad or good to me (I enjoyed all of the slasher remakes so far).. it means we get to have more movies with Freddy/Jason/Michael in them, and I for one, love that idea. Having said that, it's been 6 years since we had a Freddy movie, 7 since we had a Jason/Michael movie. I am looking forward for a new one of each franchise, but so far we're only getting a new Jason movie. They were going to have a new Michael movie but they scrapped the idea, unfortunately. And no word on a new Freddy movie, which saddens me.