Would they revive the classic monsters for the modern era or are they too corny now?
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Would they revive the classic monsters for the modern era or are they too corny now?
Would they revive the classic monsters for the modern era or are they too corny now?
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They’re all about to be entering the public domain starting with Dracula in 2027. The rest follow shortly afterwards.
Dracula is already in the public domain, people are already making Dracula movies NOW
The Universal Monsters version is what I’m referring to.
They have attempted. Recently Renfield, Last Voyage of the Demeter, and Abigail were all official Universal Monster movies. They've wanted to "reboot" the brand for a while but it's been nothing but unrelated movies because none of them have done well enough to actually start a new series.
The problem is though is they’re woke and moronic.
The universal monsters version isn't particularly interesting or even iconic. Christopher Lee Dracula probably is closer to the collective unconscious version of Dracula. The average person probably doesn't even remember or know that the Lugosi version doesn't even have fangs (or any sharp teeth at all.)
Hardly the same as Frankenstein where Karloff is the iconic version and any other version has to actively go out of their way to do something different.
I hope they will do it, and with the new park announcement it seems like.
They are public domain. Dracula, Frankenstein, Invisible Man and so on are all based on books.
Her design was very good and she was just like a mummy of an ancient queen. The script sucked.
The idea for each monster is pretty cool and could be rebooted in a modern setting, as much as Cinemaphile hated it invisible man was a successful movie
I hate these movies because they don't understand shit about Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Frankenstein is THE SCIENTIST, dr. Victor Frankenstein, NOT the monster. The monster calls himself Adam because he is "Adam" to Victor Frankenstein as Victor Frankenstein was "Adam" to the judeochristian god. The monster is intelligent and articulate and only starts lashing out when his own creator rejects him, in a parallel to humanity falling when cast out by the judeochristian god in the judeochristian texts.
What kind of absolute moron fricks this up something so obvious and in your face as this.
yeah bro their interpretation only became one of the most iconic movie characters ever in history but they fricked it up because they never stuck strictly to the book
Yeah so iconic if you ask anyone who's really the monster everyone will tell you dr. Victor Frankenstein is the real monster of the story.
most people haven't seen the movie because it's nearly 100 years old and most people will never watch a black and white movie yet the monster from frankenstein is still iconic, its like saying zelda isn't relevant because if you ask the average person who 'zelda' is they will think link is zelda
The movies don't call the monster Frankenstein either mongoloid.
>dr. Victor Frankenstein is the real monster of the story
Does this mean god is the villain too?
aye
>mase at a time when movies were a new concept
>oh its so iconic though
No shit, its easy when audiences are ignorant.
They needed a short dumb and thrilling movie. A proper adaptation of the character cannot be done in one hour.
That's because Universal's original Frankenstein and Dracula movies are based on stage play scripts, like most early talkies. That's why so much of the back half of Dracula is characters talking about events off-screen that would just so happen to be difficult to pull off on stage.
The monster finds a book by a roadside and learns French from it. Let's not get too into the quality of the writing huh? Shelley had her issues and got some deep things about human nature very right. The bit where the creature decides if he can't be loved he might as well be feared is good quality.
Some handsome bastard could be CGI'd super tall and made to be both fearsome and sympathetic if Frankenstein was done well. It's a timeless story that points to things in the human condition, that's why it's literature, nothing to do with marketing or politics for once.
Boomers didn't understand the concept of fear and horror
>WOW!!! A BIG BAD EVIL GUY!!! SCARY!!!
Meanwhile the modern generation understand that it's the setting, atmosphere, and the fear of the unknown that makes something scary.
A modern Dracula/Nosferatu/Frankenstein is goofy because it panders to boomers whose entire concept of horror is outdated and means some big bad guy simply exists.
The "modern generation" hasn't created shit either way
>people who just now come of age haven't made any blockbusters yet
wow what a great observation
you know most directors don't have a single feature film until they are over 40, right?
Spielberg was 26 when he made Jaws.
the exception proves the rule.
A big bad evil guy is scarier then an Empty Hobby Store you know.
>Boomers didn't understand the concept of fear and horror
They understand both you simpleton.
Bring back Van Helsing and make a series of movies with him hunting down the iconic monsters and killing them one by one, they will never be scary again but the aesthetics are cool just have fun with it.
I mean the 2004 movie, just do this shit as trilogy but make it actually good.
Absolute slop and garbage movie.
Filtered
Cgi slop-lover.
Relying on buzzwords because you can't articulate yourself properly is the slop of being a person.
Universal started trying with this crap TWENTY years ago, with that Van Helsing.
I still remember it, because the investment was apparently massive: There was going to be a new ride at the Universal theme park. There was going to be Van Helsing merch. There was going to be a Van Helsing TV series.
Then the film - a tentpole they marketed so hard I still remember it after two decades - tanked so hard it left a crater. I think Van Helsing may be responsible for all later failures. The movie turned monsters into a joke and they never really recovered.
I liked her design
they need gizmo
Did anyone watch that Abigail movie that came out two months ago? It was originally planned to be a reboot of Dracula's Daughter, and Universal helped distribute it.
It's decent but the third act is kind of lame.
After the collapse of shared universe plans they are trying to revive monsters in standalone movies that can be later connected back into proper monsters universe. Sadly they all flop one by one. Only Invisible Man and The Mummy were somehow profitable. The rest earned less than it cost them to make.
I think they would just modernize the monster and make it look all edgy and HD and soulless.
If we could be spared the CGI hordes of -whatever- and just get a good story well told, yeah, any old idea could be re-presented.
Terminator is the best modern take on Frankenstein.
That's Robocop.
>nooo not le corny-ness
I can't wait for Xers to finally die off.