Pajiba

No one told him it's already been remade?

Rob Zombie re-IMAGINES. He re-INTERPRETS. These are not remakes. They are something far more pretentious.

Johnny Drama needs the cameo work. So at least someone wins.

I actually used to defend Mr. Zombie, even after Halloween came out. The Devil's Rejects is one of my favorite movies and I was really hoping he'd make more in that gritty 70s drive-in sort of style. But now he's just doing re-makes which makes me sad. I will defend him no more...

These are not remakes. They are something far more pretentious.

I'm with you, TSF. "Remake" is losing it's sting.

"Rob Zombie to resynergize The Blob"?

Rob Zombie is still on my "List of People I Want to Drink With." The list, in no particular order, is:

Rob Zombie
NPH
Anthony Bourdain
RDJ
BoA (dude, shut up)

Sigh. Can we never speak of this movie again until the day of it's release? Please?

"...'The Blob' is more concept than specific storyline with characters..."

Concise. He's describing both the source material and his take on the film in one line.

I can't wait til Rob Zombie tries the rom-com re-envisioning!
When Harry Met Sally - and Ate Her!
Sleepless - and Dead - in Seattle!
Some like it Gory, Bloody, Pointless, and Way Over The Top!

Kolby - Perhaps the plural of Play D(')oh would be the Spanish "Play Dos"?

hehehe - "Blob Zombie".
hehehe

Who says you can't eat Play-Doh!?

Posted by: henchman for hire at August 28, 2009 11:09 AM
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So this Play-Doh ... eats YOU?

Uh-oh. We just bought out great-nephew a four-pack a couple weeks ago. I better warn his mother not to sleep, ever ... and for the love of Godtopus to keep the lid tight on the jar of paste, too.

(Semi-amusing aside: He's 3 1/2 and he took some of each of the four colors and mashed it all together into a sort of flat pile and declared it was "a burrito." Funny part is, it looked like a burrito.)

Rob, buddy, pal... we gotta talk. Even if it's not for real.

As another former resident of Haverhill, MA I think I have a unique position. I know where you came from. I know many of your family (it's not that big a city) and I know you were full of it when you tore down our shared hometown in an interview of Rolling Stone when you described it as nothing short of a depressing gateway to Hell itself-(It can be a boring bedroom community, but that's hardly grounds for a Hellmouth). Basically the showbiz persona that you've built over the years while entertaining is hardly a portal to the real person. That said, I always felt that movies were an opportunity to be a representation of the imagination of its creators- much like most artforms.

I don't know, I guess as someone who's been doing my best to get a foothold in the industry and still being true to myself, what I don't understand is why someone who came from a similar background is doing little more than aping other people's styles or stories. I think I speak for most people when I say that if I should be fortunate enough to have the chance that you seem to get in abundance, I will not be doing something that has already been done (and done better). I'd rather be brave and risk failing by speaking in my own voice. I know it isn't for lack of inspiration or sources of material. I realize we probably looked at the same people and places with different perspectives. But I mean seriously, Halloween was not crying out to be remade and neither was the Blob nor anything else that we might have watched on "Creature Double Feature" growing up. Clearly there has to be something in your psyche that's been left untapped, Honestly if someone wants to invest millions of dollars to let you say something- then let it be something from the mind of Robert Cummings. Yeah, I know you HATE being called that. But really without him there would be no Rob Zombie.

As I look at the collective works of my writings, I have to admit that there are times that my experiences growing up affected me in ways that even I didn't realize. I know to outsiders, Haverhill seems ordinary and insignificant (and to a degree they might be right). But I also feel that when you grow up in the same place for years, there is an exchange of energy, a part of your soul with a part of the collective. It's a feeling that can say with you even after you've moved away. I know the town and for that matter the region, has more to inspire than retreading someone else's dreams. So I will finish by simply asking you this; is there nothing from all your experiences that has inspired you to say something- anything that is truly your own thoughts?

Why The Blob? I mean if anything...
So this Play-Doh ... eats YOU? , (TCFKAB)
See, that's what he should re-imagine...The Stuff, tell me I'm not the only person to have seen that movie...or own it for that matter.

"and this really is a science fiction movie about a thing from outer space. I intend to make it scary"

Uhm, the original one and, you know, the REMAKE are science fiction movies about a thing from outer space and they are scary. What a dick. Do these "film makers" even listen to what they say once in the while?

Maybe not to modern audiences, TCF, but I think if you went back to the 50's when people freaked out at everything, then yes. The original Blob did scare audiences.

And there is no way in FUCK zombie will ever remake this movie and make a better death than than scene in the first remake where the guy gets pulled through the drain in the sink.

That is a fucked up death scene.