Burton and Depp keep on Burtoning and Depping in...Dark Shadows!

if I'd seen Alice or the original Dark Shadows I bet I'd be more annoyed by this trailer

Okay I forgot about that scene, I guess that does push AIW over C&TCF as the worst Burton, but its still really close.

t/s: "Fudderwacken" vs "the same CGI Oompa Loompa over and over"

As I understand it, the Fudderwacken one of the tweaks they made to Alice In Wonderland in the wake of negative test audience reaction to the original version of the film (which was mostly just two hours of Tim Burton urinating on Lewis Carroll's corpse).

I have not seen a Burton movie since . . . which came out more recently, Mars Attacks or Sleepy Hollow? Whichever of those.

Guys its only going to get worse:

On January 19, 2010, it was announced that after Dark Shadows, Burton's next project would be a Wicked-like film that showed the origin and the past of Sleeping Beauty's antagonist Maleficent. In an interview with Fandango published February 23, 2010, however, he denied he was directing any upcoming Sleeping Beauty film.[21] However, on November 23, 2010, in an interview with MTV, Burton confirmed that he was indeed putting together a script for Maleficent.[22] It was announced in The Hollywood Reporter on May 16, 2011 that Burton is no longer attached to Maleficent.[23]

Sleepy Hollow was more recent, '99 vs '96.

I still think my idea for Alice (The White Queen and the Mad Hatter are actually villains duping Alice into destroying Wonderland) would have been a more interesting movie

xp: oh no, Tim Burton had an idea for a movie that he is no longer attached to, the future is so bleak now

the worst thing about the fudderwacken was that the instant they mention near the beginning that the mad hatter has a famous dance or something you can see it all so crystal clear and you have to sit there for 90 minutes with it hanging over you

xp: oh no, Tim Burton had an idea for a movie that he is no longer attached to, the future is so bleak now

congrats for not reading all the way through, he's still involved

uhhh

or not, lol jokes on me

Sleepy Hollow and Planet of the Apes were the one-two punch that pretty much TKO-ed Burton out of my favor.

the worst thing about the fudderwacken is EVERYTHING

the constant back and forth confused me, still the idea of the film is awful, Burton or no

I kind of liked Sleepy Hollow, but Apes was awful.

Apes was okay, I enjoyed it enough while watching it but have zero desire to ever see it again

i don't understand why Hollywood launched 900 "dark reinterpretation of a fairytale" tv shows and movies before a single one succeeded. Sure, it's a logical follow up to hit superhero and vampire movies, but it really does seem like a thousand ships were launched before we'd ok'd a single one. Unless Alice counts.

from best to worst:

Batman Returns
Batman
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
The Nightmare Before Christmas (i know he didn't direct this, but still)
Edward Scissorhands
Mars Attacks
Ed Wood
Beetlejuice
Corpse Bride
Sweeney Todd
Sleepy Hollow
Big Fish
Planet of the Apes
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alice in Wonderland

Oh, god, I did see Planet of the Apes. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

lol never realized two of his movies are "Johnny Depp IS Ed..."

I saw Big Fish, too! Obviously I have repressed all memory of having seen these movies why because they are terrible.

Gonna start working on my fantastical script for Edison because seriously how could Tim and Johnny resist

I don't remember Sleepy Hollow, does anyone care to say more about it, pro or con?
Planet of the Apes was so awful.
I didn't see AIW.

I think I still own Big Fish, I bought it at one of those Blockbuster sales where you could buy DVDs for like $2. Still overpaid by about $3, imho.

Sleepy Hollow had Johnny Depp doing a Doctor Who impersonation and was chock full of comedy decapitations; it was great!

otm

comedy decapitations

yes, this is pretty much what I remember

also Christina Ricci making like zero impact as the love interest

oh no, Tim Burton had an idea for a movie that he is no longer attached to, the future is so bleak now

2012 is a bittersweet year

btw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure > Batman Returns > Batman

Sleepy Hollow was the last time Burton made a movie that I didn't find outright offensive. "Doctor Who impersonation and was chock full of comedy decapitations; it was great!" is about right.

OMG thanking Abbbottt for that clip. That's one of my favorite trex trax and I have NEVER seen that particular Bolan look. O_O

xxpost

Yeah, no kidding! Pee-Wee was Burton hitting his apex right out of the gate.

I wish I could find a clip of Christopher Walken going "RAAR!" like a scaaaary monster. That's the thing I remember most from Sleepy Hollow.

DJP I AM SO GOING TO FLAG POST YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THE FUDDERWACKEN GOD DAMN YOU TO HELL

Depp has some really funny beats in that trailer, but the 70's joeks are definitely, definitely played out.

Apes was kind of worth it for the art direction. I'll never see Big Fish because the Spaulding Gray thing freaks me out.

Big Fish is gorgeous. I love it.

I had no idea about the Spalding Gray connection until just now.

(which was mostly just two hours of Tim Burton urinating on Lewis Carroll's corpse).

― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, March 16, 2012 11:38 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol thats still what it is

Yeah, the "Fudderwacken" scene just ratchets it up to defecation for the finale.

arrgh beaten to the punch

Got to say this looks ok!

I got a sort of Wes Anderson vibe from bits of it.

If Big Fish hadn't finished Spaulding the fudderwacken would have.

(sorry couldn't resist, hate myself)

this looks fun!

^ gets it

for a horrifying instant I thought you guys were still talking about the fudderwacken

grr Burton's Alice in Wonderland just makes me ANGRY

I got over the Depp/Bonham-Carter/Burton triangle a long time ago (I think the last thing I saw was Willy Wonka), but this looks positively awesome. Will see!

I hear Burton was going to remake Charlie's Angels with dead corpse ladies that shoot tiger claws from their anuses when they laugh but then he decided instead to save the world by Destroying Alice in Wonderland and leaving the charming spot it once occupied in the collective mind with a substance fouler than any the universe has ever knowed

that trailer sucked, all the jokes had a real HAHAHA RAP LYRICS BUT LIKE ALL STODGY AND PROPER ENGLISH AND SHIT THANKS FOR THE EMAIL FORWARD DAD vibe to 'em

thanks to how I have my web browser sized, I am going to be haunted by the phrase "DAD vibe" for the rest of the day