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After some deliberation, the deadline has been extended to 24 hours from the moment the question is posted.
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The second choice has been made.
Finalist MICHELLE has chosen Envelope E. And the envelope is opened... ...which reveals a green card, printed on both sides! One side says... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... JUDGE ... ... ... ... ...NEVERENDING!! http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/c...rney-Judge.png Door #1 of the Justice Chamber OPENS! ...And the Radio Man judge walks in, and sits across from Finalist MICHELLE. He then nods once quickly, never taking his eyes off from glaring at Michelle with full fury! The host takes the piece of paper and turns it around, and reads aloud from the other side of the card. Michelle's Query - "You're a producer who is going to "reboot" the Dr. Phibes movies. Will you do a sequel or a remake (and why) and who are you going to cast that will please the die-hard Price fans and younger viewers as well?" You have TWENTY-FOUR HOURS to think over your answer and post it in this thread, Michelle. Feel free to do any sort of research on the subject asked. Your answer will be then analyzed and awarded points on a scale of 0-10 by the Judge, who will then proceed to decide if you will incur any sort of punishment OR get any sort of reward for it. Good luck...think it over carefully, and then reply your answer IN THIS THREAD! FAILURE TO ANSWER WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR HOURS WILL INCUR JUDGE ZERO'S WRATH AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A BRUTAL PUNISHMENT!! Your time starts...NOW. |
11 hours and 51 minutes have passed in Roshiq's BR III clock. He is yet to submit his unedited answer.
...12 hours and 9 minutes remain for him. Michelle's clock has started just now. |
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Analysis/points to support my answer: Apart from a nice little boom of serial killer sub genre & some acclaimed original films like In the mouth of Madness, Candyman & Jacob's ladder two main problems pushed horror backward during 90's: 1. The proliferation of nonstop slasher and gore films in the eighties. 2. The young audience who feasted on the blood and morbidity of the previous decade grew up, and the replacement audience for films of an imaginative nature were being captured instead by the explosion of special effects possibilities with CGI. Directors and producers started to feel somehow as if they have to show more in order to get more from the audience and make sure it will appeal to as wide an audience as possible. Money-shark studios and directors alike tend to borrow successful scenes or effects from one film, and repeat it consistently throughout every subsequent film, relying on those said scenes and effects to provide entertainment in lieu of any originality or plot. What happened to keeping the audience in suspense by waiting until the finale to reveal the monster or the breathtaking big murder scene? Horror films then begin to producing a chain reaction, the more creatures and blood and guts that films show, the more the audience 'will want to see in the future'. Studios sacrificing substance for shock treatment. It was supposed to happen while the rapid commercialization goes in an expanding industry like entertainment and media, all that matters to the people that put up money to fund a project is cold hard cash or an assurance of secure & quick return. A blockbuster film is not always necessarily a good one, but under the hands of corporate culture studios seem to watch the numbers more often than the movies they produce, and one blockbuster is apt to be followed by five others bearing extreme similarities. Of course, this results in numbers dropping as audiences tire of the same drivel, leading the studios to find the next big blockbuster to reproduce into oblivion. New and eager filmmakers may in some case repeatedly turned away in favor of the next remake of a horror classic. This isn’t going to become an argument about how remakes nowadays are abundant and terrible; it’s just going to say that this is how it is now. This is the popular trend and people are sick of it. Of course, it doesn’t matter that people are sick of it as long as the money is made by the studios. Stuart Gordon once said that the investors for Re-Animator gave him these guidelines: Has to be horror, has to be feature length (which at the time was 75 minutes at minimum), and had to have a final cut delivered by a certain date, which was around a year after they were to begin principal production. Nowadays, these types of deals are unheard of. Independence of creativity have to fight & get its license under the seal of corporate demand. In the last note I like to add the following quote of Joe Dante said in an interview at Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2009..."There was not the same degree of freedom as there had been in the Seventies, but there was not the kind of studio interference that we see today with the corporate mentality. That was just coming in, but it hadn't fully taken hold. Now it's like working for a bank." |
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Nicely written, Roshiq.
Please DO NOT EDIT your post till the Simian Man Judge Zero sees it and sends in his evaluation of your entry. Good work. Michelle's BR III Clock says 8 hours and 17 minutes have passed. Still 15 hours and 43 minutes remain in her time. |
The third choice has been made.
Finalist STRAKER has chosen Envelope B. And the envelope is opened... ...which reveals a blue card, printed on both sides! One side says... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... JUDGE ... ... ... ... ...AUSTIN316426808!! http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/o...irtyHarry2.jpg Door #4 of the Justice Chamber OPENS! ...And the Unforgiving Judge walks in, and sits directly across from Finalist STRAKER. He tilts his head slightly towards the host and nods once slowly, continuously staring at Straker without a single blink. The host takes the card and turns it around, and reads aloud from the other side of the card. Straker's Query - "Does the resounding success of the Twilight series at the Box Office mean that today's horror has to aim at teenagers and romance to ensure success commercially, rather than be out-and-out horrific and scary, as has been the trend for most of the mainstream releases in horror history?" You have TWENTY-FOUR HOURS to think over your answer and post it in this thread, Straker. Feel free to do any sort of research on the subject asked. Your answer will be then analyzed and awarded points on a scale of 0-10 by the Judge, who will then proceed to decide if you will incur any sort of punishment OR get any sort of reward for it. Good luck...think it over carefully, and then reply your answer IN THIS THREAD! FAILURE TO ANSWER WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR HOURS WILL INCUR JUDGE AUSTIN'S WRATH AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A BRUTAL PUNISHMENT!! Your time starts...NOW. |
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I would like to cast Gary Oldman as the Doctor. Oldman possesses an otherworldy ability to transform himself into antagonists that you can empathize with, which is key to the character of Dr. Phibes. Plus Gary Oldman could grow a sweet moustache and he is extremely adept at working in an elaborate and fantasical setting. |
Twilight can suck my balls!!
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That said, there can be no doubt that movie makers will always look for safe investments and given the commercially success of the franchise, it is almost certain to spawn copies and dictate a certain desire to tap into the same market. I’m not convinced this will lead to a move away from what could be termed ‘traditional’ horror since the target audience is simply not the same. A good movie is a good movie and if you have a good movie it would not be necessary to throw a teen romance story in there to ‘ensure’ commercial success. That route, while it may be applied by some movie makers, demonstrates a lack of creativity and quality and serves only to highlight a complacent market. Commercial success should always be ensured through quality rather than following predetermined formulas of success. While there is a market for traditional horror or pure blood and gore movies they will continue to find their audience. The target audience of traditional horror would not be comparable to that of the Twilight Saga and as such is unlikely to directly affect the production of traditional horror. I think it’s fair to assume horror is here to stay, with or without the Twilight Saga. |
Nicely written, Michelle & Straker.
Let me go and see what the honorable Judges' verdicts are... All THREE Judges haven't turned in their verdicts yet. Please DO NOT EDIT your posts until they see it and send in their evaluation. |
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