Monday, February 16, 2009

The Wail of Disappointment

Mike Long:
Horror pictures have become an assembly-line operation. They rarely feature an original story and differ from each other only in the order in which they deploy the standard scary-movie tricks such as Loud Noise During Quiet Passage, Surprise Face In Mirror, Evil Child With Horrifying Prediction, and Creepy Image On Common Item.

There are young, will-work-for-cheap writers and directors out there who could have given Friday the 13th a surprising and engaging new direction.
Yes, they could totally have done that. Instead, THE REMAKE OF FRIDAY THE 13TH IS UNIMPRESSIVE.

UPDATE:

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15 comments:

  1. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©February 16, 2009 at 5:10 PM

    cutiegirlygrl28 (4 hours ago) Creed is the best band ever...its too bad they had to break up
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    I gotcher horror picture right here, RB!
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  2. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©February 16, 2009 at 5:39 PM

    Five groupies beats a Full House!
    *@(&*$&*!!!#
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  3. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©February 16, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    D00d it's just like Pammy.

    You can watch in high quality!
    ~

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  4. Another KiwiFebruary 16, 2009 at 6:15 PM

    Now that is good! I love the bit where he says "new hair".

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  5. herr doktor bimlerFebruary 16, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    ITTDGA: bad person, or baddest person ever?

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  6. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©February 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM

    Ahem, Herr Doktor

    OR SHOULD I JUST CALL YOU SMUT CLYDE?!11ONE!
    ~

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  7. J—February 16, 2009 at 7:35 PM

    I was unaware of this fine internet tradition.

    Paco de Lucía shreds!

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  8. Rusty ShacklefordFebruary 17, 2009 at 7:21 AM

    Can't figure out how that Mike Long piece got on Big Ho without him adding something like "...and it's all the liberals' fault!" at the end.

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  9. Righteous BubbaFebruary 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    Big Hollywood is a serious site featuring serious criticism of naked-teens-chopped-to-pieces movies.

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  10. Rusty ShacklefordFebruary 17, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    The Big Ho site has sucked me into explaining to the rabble why a particular Chris Muir cartoon isn't funny. Gah.

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  11. Righteous BubbaFebruary 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    I think the fun of it is that the talking points are simply assumed to be true and then aimed at trivia. The fun there seems largely harmless: it's better for them to be wasting time complaining about movies than engaging in real activism, which I suppose they don't do anyway.

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  12. clever pseudonymFebruary 17, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    That Big Hollywood site is turning out to be an incredible comedic goldmine.

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  13. Righteous BubbaFebruary 17, 2009 at 4:34 PM

    Mary Rosh is worried that there aren't enough jokes about Obama.

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  14. tigrisFebruary 19, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Needed more tiger: no one was shredded nearly enough.

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  15. Righteous BubbaFebruary 19, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    Alas, the shredding seems to have no permanent effect. YouTube is not yet compatible with VooDoo 3.6.

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