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Old 05-09-2006, 09:24 PM
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I thought this movie was very watchable, in a cheesy sort of way. And the music from the Silver Shamrock television commercial really got into my head :confused:

I think this movie would have probably been less despised if it wasn't labelled as part of the Halloween series. I guess blatantly trying to cash in on the reputation of the series backfired, which is a shame.
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Old 05-09-2006, 10:20 PM
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The original plan was that the character of Michael Myers was actually killed off in Halloween 2. He was supposedly dead, end of the Michael Myers stories, but the franchise had intended to keep on going with different stories set around Halloween time. The franchise did this in Halloween 3. It was a completely seperate story from the first two Michael Myers ones. The 4th installment would have been completed unrelated to parts 1,2 and 3 if the general public hadn't reacted pretty much how you are right now. People went to Halloween 3 expecting to see Michael Myers. They didn't see him. They didn't like it. So the studio brought him back for the 4th (and subsequent) sequels.

Halloween 3 would have a MUCH better reputation if it had just been released under the title 'Season of the Witch' and not associated with the Halloween franchise at all, but how could the studios have known there would be such a public outcry to bring back Michael Myers?
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Old 05-09-2006, 10:42 PM
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...the franchise had intended to keep on going with different stories set around Halloween time. The franchise did this in Halloween 3. It was a completely seperate story from the first two Michael Myers ones. The 4th installment would have been completed unrelated to parts 1,2 and 3 if the general public hadn't reacted pretty much how you are right now. ...
Interesting info, thanks. Seems a shame that they didn't continue with the unrelated stories in parallel to the Michael Myers installments. Halloween III was fun, but as you point out, not what people wanted or expected from a Halloween film.
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Old 05-10-2006, 01:41 AM
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. I guess blatantly trying to cash in on the reputation of the series backfired, which is a shame.
thats what every single sequel after #3 did as well.....
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Old 05-11-2006, 09:48 PM
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I hated, loathed, despised, Holloween 3! And besides that, I didn't like it very much!

That damn music was like a 16 penny nail being driven into my skull with a 20 pound sledgehammer! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 3 more days till holloween, holloween, holloween...!!!!!

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Old 05-13-2006, 02:42 AM
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Halloween III was fun, but as you point out, not what people wanted or expected from a Halloween film.
There had only been two instalments - the series was hardly as anticipated and routine as it has become now.

Myers and Loomis were expected to die and stay dead at the end of Halloween 2, only to be resurrected to join trends at the end of the 1980s.

A shame (effective though Halloween 4 is), because Carpenter's experiment with the third instalment was bold and very interesting - this was not just a cheap cash-in riding on the success of the first two films.
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Old 05-13-2006, 04:16 AM
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A shame (effective though Halloween 4 is), because Carpenter's experiment with the third instalment was bold and very interesting - this was not just a cheap cash-in riding on the success of the first two films.
exactly ..

its a pretty sad statement that people are satisfied with 'getting what they expected' in #'s 4 though 8. - weak garbage that does actual damage to the integrety of the 1st couple.
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Old 05-13-2006, 06:20 AM
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Actually #3 was a very interesting premise from Carpenter, and I totally agree that it shouldnt have been named #3, and rather named anything else...

Fans loved Mikey though...and the overwhelming public outcry to a Halloween flick without Mikey in the lead was more than enough for the makers to run to Mikey for #4 and the rest...

I loved #3. But it was disappointing to see that it didnt get widespread acceptance like it should have...
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Old 05-18-2006, 09:53 PM
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My dog literally took a shit when he watched this movie.But the latest one suck,Curse of Michael Myers sucked.But 3 was just.........I'm not even going there.
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Old 05-19-2006, 07:40 AM
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"....so sucky that my dog sucked its shit straight back up its arsehole, then shat it out again when it saw Halloween 6"
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