MIchael Myers stuff.
Rob Zombie's Michael Myers is a very questionable one for me, I like the idea that they spin Michael into some aggresive beast but it's the Rob Zombie style and sometimes rips the appeal, the outfit and mask looks cool time to time.
The original Halloween is a classic the mask is cool, everything, some Halloween movies are a joke in how the mask looks, the outfit, overall.
George P. WIlbur's play in Michael Myers looked really cool, interesting movie.
James Jude Courtney was the perfect role of Michael Myers, he had the sole feeling of Michael, he captured it perfectly, he even played the role on set, quite observant.
I love Leatherface and Freddy Krueger, don't get me wrong, but I think Michael Myers is my perfect wish of the Slasher genre, absolutely love the guy.
I post this because it's absolutely funny, wish they made Michael's mask hair combed back and not sticking up everywhere. Make him look how he does in the movies when he walks, not as derpy, you should see how he looks when he moonwalks backwards, I got to admit though, I was rotating character models to see the body shapes of Killers, Michael is pretty thin, compared him to Trapper, he's a tall and built guy, Michael was not as wide though.
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The original classic Halloween is still chilling to watch. Too many movies today rely on CGI to impress the audience, but it's just not as effective to me. The sequels, not so much. I won't even mention H3...it doesn't deserve to be included for obvious reasons. I did think the raw brutality of Rob Zombie's Myers films were very effective and I thought they were pretty good. When you start adding dark comedy to a horror film it loses its fear factor, although it's still entertaining to watch. Example being Halloween 5 was a bit goofy.
I do agree that the original is by far the best of them all. I'm glad the devs added Him and Laurie to the game, along with the theme music 👍
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Myers main and lifelong fan here. I grew up with the character and series. He is my absolute favorite horror icon, let alone the whole reason I got DBD. The 1978 Halloween is my favorite in the series, and favorite horror film PERIOD. I HATE the Rob Zombie films, especially his Halloween 2 from 2009.
He basically turned Michael into Jason, a big mistake, and they seem to have continued that, though not quite as much, with the 2018 film, which I'm not a fan of by the way. My second favorite is Halloween 2 from 1981, and my third favorite is Halloween 4. I'm ok with Halloween 3 though, to be honest. If you realize the fact they were trying to make the series an anthology, than it definitely works. Needless to say, I'm glad the 1978 version is what they added to DBD, though there are a few visual inaccuracies, such as the hair and boots. I'd love to see them add the Halloween 4 version of Myers to DBD.
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Can we get this?
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Ghostface copied Michael, but now Michael's copying Ghostface!!!
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@TheShape78 same view of the movies again I see.😍 How do you feel about the rumours that there’s going to be two sequels after the 2018 one released a month apart in 2020. I really doubt they’ll go through with it if it’s more than a rumour, it sounds like they’re rushing it because the 2018 one did so well at the box office and if the 2nd part is bad it gives no room to fix the 3rd, apparently they’re filming it like this to keep a continuous story to the revamp trilogy (4 parts including the original movie). I’m kinda dreading it just a little though because of the not as smart/planning Michael and the “Jason Myers” direction. Plus as mentioned above it was kinda cringe in some moments with trying to be a comedy. That “peanut butter” scene was seriously bad, just why??
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@Kiskashi Yeah, I don't even want a sequel, let alone 2 of them ha ha. Doing them back to back in the same month is a recipe for disaster, if you ask me. If you recall back in 1988, Halloween 4 came out to some success, so they immediately jumped onto a sequel, and so, Halloween 5 came out in 1989, just 1 year later, and I think the film shows how that went. I personally don't buy into the rumors of this happening, as it just seems too crazy to be true honestly. Regardless, if they do indeed make a sequel, I really hope they finally kill Laurie like they should have done in the 2018 film so they can just end this franchise.As much as I love the franchise, it REALLY needs to end already. If they continue making sequels, you're just going to end up right where you were with garbage films like Halloween Resurrection.
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@TheShape78 There it is, I’m here thinking “am I a true Halloween fan if I don’t want anymore movies?” because everyone else is losing it that there’s a sequel to the 2018 version and I’ve been hoping for them to wrap it up, I was thinking maybe Laurie or Michael might win for good in the 2018 version and that’s why I had high hopes, a final confrontation thing but this...it barely needs one more part let alone two. It is a crazy rumour I know, it sounds really hard to believe but it does sound believable that they’d film the rest at all at once to have a “continuous” story compared to the previous movies so who knows, if that’s not the release and it’s 2020-2021 instead that would still make sense.
I’ve just felt so guilty for not being as excited as everyone else about it, but it just feels like with each revision it strays further and further from it’s original image and why I enjoyed it in the first place. It’s good to meet another fan that isn’t just blindly invested because it’s another entry in the series and just wants a final wrap up to the story too. I honestly thought 2018 would do that, would be a true continuation to the original and would really give us that intensity and a final fight in a modern era style of movie and it would be god tier but nope split into a series...again. I’ll stick with it, I’ll watch it but only because I still have some hope for a good conclusion.
I honestly thought that the plot of 2018 might be that he targeted Laurie’s family so she would be forced to fight him to protect them, potentially dying while being so close to winning only for her family to finish the job once and for all or some iteration of that. There’s just so much potential for an edge of the seat not sure who will win out kind of end to the series that I really want to see. I don’t honestly mind who wins, I love Michael’s character immensely and seeing either of them die for good would be painful but I feel the only way the series can really end is with his (and potentially her) final defeat otherwise he always comes back. Plus by loving his character seeing him become less and less of the character I initially loved is getting more painful than an ending.
Resurrection, that was...that was just...??? Really why was that even a movie, let alone where they left it off in the 2000s...😂 good point though, it happens to all horror series that drag on too long.
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You don’t wanna know
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@Kiskashi Exactly, I agree! One of the main problems with the 2018 film was how they handled Michael's character. They made him a Jason-like brute, showed him way too much, and didn't even let him stalk anyone. I hope they learn from those big mistakes with the sequel. I also think there should be more dark, blue lighting like the 78 original, but that's just me, it'd add a lot of very much needed atmosphere the 2018 film was majorly lacking. Now, for this next point, I don't want to step on any toes, or offend anyone or anything, but I think it's pretty clear the 2018 film was riding off the MeToo movement, which was yet another mistake, in my opinion.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having a strong female character to go up against the killer in one of these movies, heck, pretty much every slasher film over the past 40 years has done it, so it's nothing new, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that by any means, it's just that they seemed to crank it up to 11 due to the MeToo movement, and it's pretty obvious and slightly annoying if you ask me. We horror fans don't want agendas like that shoved into our movies where they don't belong, so hopefully, they will tone down that element with the sequel.
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@TheShape78 Yeah can only hope for a change in direction a little for the next movie. I don’t know if it was anything to do with a movement though, they did go overboard with daughter, daughter, daughter though, why couldn’t the youngest be a male I do get that however I think, or at least initially thought, that it was focusing on a generational thing, and thought the story might focus on or start with Laurie’s granddaughter because she was 17 and original movies Laurie was 17 etc. so it would be a new generation thing, that she would experience the terror Laurie did etc. BUT I do get she was raised by Karen who would NOT have prepared her and she was reacting in her own way to the experience.
The main part that annoyed me about it was how uninteresting those characters were, the youngest (Allyson) I don’t know what it was but in the end she just seemed really transparent and became so unimportant in the story despite having a close relationship with Laurie which could have been really interesting or developed further, her character needed serious work. Laurie’s daughter Karen was more interesting to me in the end though, she was kinda... like... wow I get Laurie wouldn’t have been the best mother with such a hard commando program but in the end it saved all of their lives because Laurie knew better, she had the foresight that it would never be over until he was dead and wanted to protect her, but also train her to protect herself in the event that Laurie might not be able to, so...? She has potential to me from her one badass scene but her character can only go forwards from here to me. (But I know a few in the fandom that really hate her)
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In my opinion what they need to do is:
1) Remove the "Jason Myers" thing going, Jason is a brute with his kills, and Michael is a patient artist, a quite intelligent mind, resilient and strong unlike Jason.
2) Give him the original fear factor he had back in 1978, keep the stalk and fear factor, but don't make it so "Oh I can just run from Myers to live lol".
3) Give more character spotlight, don't like the idea that some characters are only made to die by Michael, like the man that came to visit him and show the mask in the 2018 movie, give it a compelling gut wrenching story where you're in fear of the characters for their lives as much as they are.
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Wow another that sees Michael’s character is getting neglected, great points it’s pretty much all they need to do. He was smart and planned things so well in the first two movies, he’s always had a way of placing bodies to evoke fear in an intended target. I’ll never get over the two knives and some rope thing in the original movie because that’s exactly what he used in the setup.
Latest movie was just so disappointing for his character but I guess it’s only continuing the trend. Might also be that some people find the stalking thing and not seeing the killer all the time boring so they thought let’s make it super violent for a modern audience? Not sure but he’s meant to be patient and smart, waiting for the right moment, and that’s why I like him so much more than Jason, it’s just sad seeing him reduced to I’ll just stab everything that moves and fall for obvious traps every time a new movie comes out.
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@Kiskashi Couldn't have said it better myself, 100% on point, my friend ;)
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@Kiskashi Yeah I heard about that. Releasing them a year apart is certainly better than in the same month, BUT I think we all remember what happened with Halloween 5 when they did that. Doesn't mean it'll happen here as well, but still something to keep in mind. As for the titles, I'm ok with Halloween Ends, but I think Halloween Kills just sounds weird. I just hope they can fix the mistakes they made with the 2018 film. I never wanted a sequel, so I can't say I'm excited, but I will definitely be keeping an eye on them.
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@TheShape78 I agree that’s what I thought, I was kinda relieved the rumour was just that, a rumour, because if not it would have been bad design on their part. Good point, I thought the 2nd name was kinda cheesy too (even the reveal teaser was kinda cheesy imo), wonder if they’ll change it, in any case it’s nice to have an idea of when these will be released.
I don’t think I’m excited, more hopeful for what I feel was missed in the first part to be introduced because if it’s 3 parts, I hope it has a good enough story to fill those 3 parts otherwise it will fall into the same state as some of the other entries in the series. Definitely more hopeful than excited, it’s a nice thought to have some kind of structured, final storyline, even if it’s not perfect right now, we can only hope they improve. When considering it’s 3 parts this may also suggest things get serious from here on, the first part being just an intro to the characters, setting etc.
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@Kiskashi Exactly, I agree. They have a chance here to fix the issues with the 2018 film and improve, so I am hopeful as well. About the reveal trailer though, I actually kind of liked it, as it seemed like a nice throwback to older style trailers where there was a deep voiced narrator, so I thought that was a nice touch. And if you listen to it, notice they don't really show the scenes that you hear in the background, so it's also kind of like an old style radio spot too, which I liked.
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