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― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOGWbzUM-y8
this was comedy GOLD when i was seven
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
but i don't think the movie (except for a few passages) looks anything like the TV show!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, March 17, 2012 6:42 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this too
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
'PWBA' is just about perfect.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Even if Large Marge and "Tequila" had been the only funny things in the movie it might still be all-time, but yeah, it's amazing from start to finish.
http://www.caseengaines.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Large-Marge.jpg
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Edward ScissorhandsThe Nightmare Before Christmas (controverhul)Ed WoodBeetlejuicePee-Wee's Big AdventureSleepy HollowMars AttacksBatman ReturnsSweeney ToddBatmanCorpse BrideBig FishAlice in WonderlandCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryPlanet of the Apes
amateurist's list was pretty much spot on. i've moved things around a bit, but not much. and regardless of who gets the director's credit, i figure the nightmare before christmas deserved to be counted as a "tim burton movie". dude's made 10 or 11 films i at least like. in that list, it's only at big fish that i start to have strong reservations.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
Carol Channing is Johhny Depps Mom
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
You're johnny depp's mom
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
besides pwba mars attacks is the best...it's definitely his most cynical movie, and probably his funniest; it's like an alternate universe version of independence day (they make a great party night double-header btw).
― humba (NZA), Thursday, 22 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
also it's the one that least blatantly looks like a "tim burton movie"
I must admit, I am a woman and I did let a Depp got from my Utey
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 23 March 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
Not my idea of a successful publicity stunt.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
I am saddened.
And that movie looks so bad.
― MrDasher, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
there are posters ALL OVER buses and bus stops here in Chicago, kinda surprised at how big the ad campaign is so far
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
nobody in the US knows this show. movie is not going to do well.
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
dunno if that matters really
― Number None, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
what was the last summer blockbuster based on little-known material that succeeded
you can strike "summer" from that entirely if you like
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Iron Man was a minor player in the public's consciousness of the comic universe, methinks.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
but tbh this will do nowhere near the box office Iron Man did.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
again, remaking 40-year-old TV "properties" reminds me of Steve Martin's Sgt Bilko movie.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
nah - Iron Man cartoons have been in TV rotation in America for at least a decade, and he's all over the comics. Nothing about Dark Shadows has been in wide distribution in America for decades.
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Burton, Depp, vampires, comedy, how can it lose? I think the people that will stay away *are* the ones that are familiar with the source.
― nickn, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
The trailer's winning, the subject's of the moment, and the Depp/Burton team-up is still a big enough draw to get a good opening weekend crowd in the seats. If enough people come out thinking it is funny and charming, then the obscurity of the source material probably won't matter at all. It'll just be "that funny vampire movie with Johnny Depp".
nickn otm
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
And I'm an exception to my prediction, I loved the show in the original run (as a pre-teen, and probably into my teen years), and think this looks good.
The original developed a whole teen fandom thing, along with Bobby Sherman, Partridge Family, etc - the mags referred to it as "DS."
― nickn, Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Jonathan Frid
― Brad C., Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
what was the last blockbuster based on little-known material that succeeded
Eventually, John Carter.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
lol by what standards did that succeed...? I thought it bombed
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
According to boxofficemojo, counting worldwide receipts it made back its cost with a little profit, but since the studio only gets half of that, still a bomb.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Half of the profit, or half of the gross minus all of the cost? Obviously it's not what anyone there was looking for when they green-lit it, but I thought it was interesting that a staggeringly mismarketed film could overcome terrible first-week sales by dint of word of mouth (also, being a good film, which I do not suspect Dark Shadows will be).
Also likely to make a lot on DVD sales I suspect.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
the old formula was that a movie needed to make around 3x its budget in worldwide ticket sales for the studios to expect a profit. this has probably changed with the advent of dvd/blu-ray/netflix/etc.
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
The trailer for this was actually kind of....funny?
― I cannot host as my wife hates Walker (latebloomer), Friday, 20 April 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
is it true that he died becuase the new movie is terrible?
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 20 April 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, yes it is.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 20 April 2012 02:27 (twelve years ago) link
i have to admit the trailer made me realize i'll be watching this at some point in the next few years on pay cable whereas you couldnt force me at gunpoint to watch burton's last few trips up his own baroquely whimsical asshole.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 20 April 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
Have we posted this bit about the production of the show:
http://badassdigest.com/2010/12/14/terror-tuesday-how-burtons-dark-shadows-could-be-great-but-wont-be/
Also, an obit:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-jonathan-frid-dark-shadows-barnabas-collins,72682/
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Friday, 20 April 2012 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
While going into the offscreen lives of the cast members, that article didn't even mention that one of them was later the mistress of Claus von Bulow.
OTM about the "panic filled frames" of Frid's performance-so endearing! Also one of the main sources of suspense on the show.
― MrDasher, Friday, 20 April 2012 05:19 (twelve years ago) link
voting for Sweeney Todd in the horror poll btw
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 April 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
Am I the only one who remembers the early 90s remake of Dark Shadows? I've never seen the original series, but I really liked the remake as a kid. I guess it wasn't very popular though, because it only lasted for one season; frustratingly enough, the final episode ended with a cliffhanger, with the female protagonist discovering the guy is a vampire.
― Tuomas, Friday, 20 April 2012 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
I remember that the remake existed, but I haven't seen it.
I was thinking of nominating the earlier, Todd Slaughter version of the Sweeney Todd story in the horror poll, but didn't because I don't remember a thing about it.
― MrDasher, Friday, 20 April 2012 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
From wiki
In 1991, a short-lived primetime remake was produced by MGM Television and aired on NBC from January 13 to March 22. The revival was a lavish, big budget weekly serial combining gothic romance and stylistic horror. Although it was a huge hit at introduction (watched by almost 1 in 4 households according to official ratings during that time period), the onset of the Gulf War caused NBC to continually preempt or reschedule the episodes resulting in declining ratings. It was canceled after the first season.
The final episode ended with a cliffhanger: Victoria Winters (Joanna Going) learning that Barnabas Collins (Ben Cross) was a 200-year old vampire. It has been reported[who?] that the opening episode for a proposed second season would have had Victoria collapsing, after seeing Barnabas, and losing her memory of his terrible secret.[citation needed]
It also starred veterans Jean Simmons as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard and Roy Thinnes as Roger Collins, British character actress Lysette Anthony as Angelique Collins, Barbara Steele as Julia Hoffman, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as David Collins.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 April 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
Barbara Steele as Julia Hoffman sounds good, I think.
― MrDasher, Friday, 20 April 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
I remember the remake, and remember hating it.
― nickn, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
I doubt I would like it, but I'm curious to see it.
― MrDasher, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
more re: John Carter
sounds like a bomb to me
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
if only John Carpenter remade Dark Shadows
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
I keep forgetting this is actually about to be released.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 May 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k90hz1_9Amk/T5nC5zkrVHI/AAAAAAAABo8/shs6t0bSKf8/s400/450661-Dark-Shadow-12-display.gif
This seemed very random and strange to me.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
The dingier bowels of marketing.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
Whats weird is that they have individual character posters up all around Chicago right now, but I've yet to actually see one for Depp. The Chloe Grace Moretz one is near my office and I see it every day.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
OPI had a nail polish line for the last pirates of the carribean movie
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link