Blogcritics: Comments on The Munsters remake: Another nail in the coffin

Comment by Bryan McKay

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:59:29 EDT

"...they should just start from scratch instead of trying to suck in fans of an old TV show..." This would imply that some sort of - dare I say it? - creativity would have to come into play? Hollywood? Creativity? Parser error.

Comment by Vic

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:27:45 EDT

I guess I just believe that if someone wants to make a crappy movie, they should just start from scratch instead of trying to suck in fans of an old TV show by basing it on that. Saves them half the work of creating characters I suppose... Vic

Comment by Bryan McKay

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:50:04 EDT

I don't think the problem is necessarily that the television series will be tainted by the presence of the film version, but just rather that the film itself will suck ass.

Comment by Cale Corbett

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:12:53 EDT

Vic, I certainly understand your point of view. My feeling about remakes of old TV classics is the same as my feelings on gay marriage. Remaking a TV classic as a modern movie in no way ruins the TV series. They are inviolable bits of history that will never change. Just like if a few gay people get married, my wife and I are not suddenly *less* married.

Comment by Vic

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:38:26 EDT

You're right CC, we should take all family-oriented fare from the 60's and do PG-13 remakes. Maybe someone should do an R-rated version of "Gilligan's Island"... make it more like "Cannibal Holocaust", hmm? It's not your fault you've grown up in a culture where it's impossible to make something funny without having it be A.Sexual or B.Gross. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a stick in the mud... I absolutely LOVED "Kill Bill" 1 & 2, along with classics like "Animal House" and other such fare. Some of those old shows from the 60's were (and still are) hysterically funny and we can watch them as a family without worrying about adult content. I shudder to think how a remake of "I Dream of Jeannie" would be done today, and I'm sure that somewhere out there a script *must* be floating around for that. Sure, at the time it seemed naive, but there was something endearing about the guy never taking advantage of his situation. I also agree that the "Brady Bunch" remakes were very well done, but IMO that's the exception, not the rule, and not the way I imagine the Wayans brothers will make this film. Vic

Comment by Mark Saleski

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:05:58 EDT

some of what makes shows from that particular era great is: the general cheezzziness of the effect. i mean, come on, "Spot" under that stairs was cool because it was done, well, so badly. modern special effects just won't help.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:37:06 EDT

generalized ass-sucking is indeed worth railing against. I am particularly sensitive to this one, however, my daughter is named after Lily Munster.

Comment by Bryan McKay

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:35:38 EDT

CC, I think he is railing against the fact that most remakes or adaptations of classic fare generally suck ass. The fact that it's being helmed by the Wayans brothers, who, despite a few real gems, have a fairly spotty track record, certainly doesn't help.

Comment by Cale Corbett

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:24:39 EDT

You "puritan" cynics are also forgetting the fanstastic big screen remake of the "Brady Bunch" and an equally compelling sequel a couple of years later. The movies were filled with sight gags, inside jokes and even a few double entendres - and heaven forbid - a few references to the lust brewing between Greg and Marcia. You also forget "Maverick" which was a very good remake of the 60s TV series. For the record, not everyone who goes to the movies (a) Takes their children, (b) want to see cutesy "Good Ship Lollipop" G-rated pap. Are you really being a critic of a movie that hasn't even been filmed yet, or are you just railing against pop culture as a whole?

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:07:11 EDT

Vic, still, it's a fairly odd exception. Most likely this will indeed reek of suck.

Comment by Vic

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:34:01 EDT

Duke, Good point. You're always adept at pointing out the exceptions to my posts. ;-) Vic

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:35:16 EDT

well, then again, who would'a thunk The Adams Family would work? But it did, twice in fact.

Comment by kuros

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:38:12 EDT

there is only one munsters and that is the original tv show again hollywood is running out creativity and has to remake yet another tv show look how they trashed the wild wild west?