pferreira1983 wrote:I don't hate the movie, I just don't think it's a good sequel. I'll meet you halfway on this by saying you're probably right about the age thing. Since the original movie I'm sure it's built up a fanbase of people who weren't even born when the original was made although I can't help but think adding Buster was just to give Elwood something to do.
Well it's just that I read Tom Davis' book (he co-created the Coneheads on SNL) and he talked about the goal with Coneheads the movie was to appeal to both adults who remembered the sketch, and now their kids. I can believe BB2000 had the same goal in mind.
JurorNo.2 wrote:One of the reasons I enjoyed the original is because it's so overblown.
Well here's where I'll criticize the movie with you, hehe. The original works because of the brothers' oblivious attitude to all the craziness around them. In BB2000, the characters' reactions aren't the focus the way they should be.
JurorNo.2 wrote:It's just I've always found watching colourised movies as a incomplete experience of how the film should be watched.
I did learn that eventually. But initially, like in grammar school, I liked it better in color.
JurorNo.2 wrote:I'm sorry to get annoyed like that but as a film fan I can be a purist about this.
Hey, I'm right there with you, I've been a purist many a time. I guess lately I realized, A. It wasn't making me happy, in fact I was quite miserable because nothing was ever living up to my exceptions. And B. I realized it took a load off my shoulders giving other people the benefit of the doubt, maybe they were seeing good things I wasn't aware of.
Some would probably argue it wasn't the same.
Sure! I mean, I would hope nobody argued otherwise, lol. I mean those two songs they did with John's voice, they were OK, but almost like a weird Frankensteiny job, if that makes sense. It was just cool seeing the guys working together again.
JurorNo.2 wrote:Would there? Do you know if the sequel had any conflict with the studio?
Well like there's this interview with John Landis: "The studio insisted we have a kid as a co-star, and we had to have it rated PG-13. We didn't like that. The foul language was an integral part of the original movie, but we had no choice, if we wanted to make the movie."
http://www.thewag.net/film/landis.htmJurorNo.2 wrote:You've highlighted changes made that weren't even part of the original SE. The Darth Vader "Noooooo!" was added to the blu-ray version. In some cases he's added new scenes or added a couple of extra lines that work really well so I'm thankful for that.
Hmm, fair enough. I definitely won't pretend to know all the details of the changes and which issue they were made in, etc. And I can understand enjoying new scenes.
This is all different to colourising movies because the original creator is in control of what's been changed, the colourised versions had no one giving their blessing.
Well that's true, the colorizing wasn't a creator's decision, that's a good point. I guess that's where my purist instincts come in though. I don't like the idea of going back and altering history. How will film students, for instance, learn about the old ways of film if Lucas goes and "fixes" everything?
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