tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post5701949495960041918..comments2024-03-28T01:09:15.056-07:00Comments on Horrorthon: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D trailerOctopunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948127593611773731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-12833951301961829922012-09-14T21:13:37.596-07:002012-09-14T21:13:37.596-07:00I had the exact same reaction! That has to be one...I had the exact same reaction! That has to be one of the worst summaries of anything ever. Although I think my version of the right answer is a little different from yours, JSP.<br /><br />First of all, do it in chronological order for dang sake! Second of all, there's no such thing as "two originals."<br /><br />It's the original TCM (1974), and then the sequel (1986). Then it's two more sequels: the one with the number 3 at the end of it (idiot!) and then the loony tune <i>Next Generation</i>. Content and continuity don't matter here; it was the 90's and nobody would be talking about rebooting franchises until <i>Casino Royale</i> in 2006. Those are sequels. If you don't believe me, observe <i>Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge</i>, a movie so bad the next sequel just decided to pretend it never existed. There were no "reboots" back then; you stuck another number on the end of your title and moved forward.<br /><br />Then you have the TCM remake in 2003 and the prequel in 2006 -- which is not a prequel to the 1974 movie but the 2003 one, duh. (I remarked in my review of <i>New Beginning</i> that making a prequel of a remake had probably not been done before, but I'm not sure.) <br /><br />Now I ask myself what the difference is between a reboot and a remake. It might be like squares and rectangles; every remake is a potential reboot, but a reboot is not necessarily a remake (as every square is a rectangle, but not the other way round). So I guess Johnny and I can agree.<br /><br />Whew! <br /><br />So I guess this new thing can be whatever it wants; with this new backstory involving an angry torch-bearing mob it seems like it has to be a reboot. I'm kind of into it because it stars the chick who played Alex Rousseau on <i>Lost</i>.Octopunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948127593611773731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-76971833832666855662012-09-14T16:09:20.472-07:002012-09-14T16:09:20.472-07:00Sweet Fucking Jesus, another one?
"Lionsgate...Sweet Fucking Jesus, another one?<br /><br />"Lionsgate has created a new sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 horror classic. If you’re keeping score: There are two originals The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Platinum Dunes remake in 2003, one prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), two kinda-reboots, Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), and now two sequels, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986), and Lionsgate’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D (2013)." <br /><br />Bullshit. Texas Chainsaw: The Beginning was dubbed a "prequel" but it was the same damn story. It was a reboot. Texas Chainsaw: New Begginning was nothing of the sort. It was another reboot. Enough already. I don't see how they can top TCM: The Beginning but I suppose I have no choice but to see it anyway. <br /><br />Johnny Sweatpantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096734271846528993noreply@blogger.com