#remaking my love blah blah

[soft-kisss]

who do you love right now?

me.

[phykoha]

I was in the mha rp scene way back in like 2016 and i had muse upon muse. But now, I think about getting back into it and I feel like a tiny dog that needs a vest that reads "NERVOUS" on it

Is the mha rp community still thriving? I wouldn't know, I don't follow any rp accounts on this blog. Is the discourse discoursing? Probably. There's always discourse when it comes to My Hero 😭

[astrxealis]

whenever i see a ff fan who is somewhat close to my age and is into like. vi and x alongside xv ix etc it just makes me happy awhh

[wickedghxst]

the more i hear abt (remake of beloved animated film) the more i think we should kill disney executives in the streets.

[ratbugs]

okay. i’m going to take a few big, deep breaths, and try to explain this as eloquently as possible.

how COULD THEY do THIS how could they SPIT in the FACE of all BEAUTY and ART and WONDER how have we GOTTEN HERE why does MY BACK HURT SO DAMN BAD why are we SMASHING our artists into an AI HELL and DISRESPECTING all our mediums of CREATIVITY with a SADNESS born from a CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE

*cough* i mean,

look at the differences in how the emotions of toothless and hiccup are expressed in each scene. the animated verses the live action. yeah, reality (though we’re talking dragons here) is not at all as interesting as what exists within art mediums blah blah blah. but that’s kind of. . . the point? how to train your dragon is a beautifully animated movie (and it’s soundtrack regularly makes me cry, still).

it’s one of the few movie adaptations of a book that takes the original concept, makes it into something completely different - but still respects and celebrates the original work.

it’s enjoyable for all ages, it’s simple, but brilliant. it’s lovely, and it’s sweet.

all these shit live action remakes are not an attempt to expand on creativity or bring something new to the original it’s just a FUCKING CASH GRAB (and we all know it, but i still would like to yell about it. or i fear i may violently consume a corporate executive).

we, as the general society of powerless, relatively non influential average citizens, get fucked over in every aspect of literally everything in every possible way. the least they could do is make that SHIT they serve us ENTERTAINING.

[catbuspass]

Hi I love you it's Margie again. I'm remaking this becuz the old one had lots of notes and two dontions. I'll try and keep it short I have cancer, I have a surgery in a couple weeks, my wife broke her leg and can't walk for three months, I just found a new job but have some pressing matters like rent and eating to survive, blah blah etc.

So basically I could really use some help on this last stretch before I'm back to stable and donatin to others soon like before. I need $80 bucks as of right now. Share if you can please ily.

Ppal

Kofi

[h-worksrambles]

Sonic X Shadow Generations fascinates me. Because it feels like something I shouldn’t be excited for. And yet I absolutely am.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Sonic Generations. It’s my third favourite game in the series and my favourite 3D Sonic game (with Sonic Adventure 2 in a close second). I’m very happy to see it getting a re release to expose it to new audiences, and playing it in 4K60fps on my PS5 is a very enticing. Likewise, I really like Shadow as a character and I’m excited to play as him again.

And yet, his new bonus campaign promises to basically be a bunch of nostalgic pandering for Shadow the Hedgehog, a game which I consider to be, simply put, crap. It was boring, dull, colourless and embarrassing trend chasing. And pretty much everything I hated about it is on display in this trailer.

We’ve got gritty, grey cityscapes, we’ve got the rather blah alien villain, Black Doom returning, we’ve got the looming return of the series’…bafflingly executed lore. In a word, Shadow was a pretty much everything I didn’t want Sonic to be shoved into a blender. I’ve given my thoughts on revisiting past excesses and failures for the sake of nostalgia. I wrote a whole thing about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and my fears that it would go overboard pandering to the 2000s spin offs (which I dislike a for lot of the same reasons as a lot of Sonic stuff from the mid 2000s). A faux attempt at maturity that sacrifices Sonic’s camp and colour, and lacks the writing competency to make its tone shift work is pretty much my worst case scenario for the series. And now we’re invoking that for nostalgia? Again, I should hate this.

So if I dislike Shadow the Hedgehog so much. If it really is so emblematic of Sonic’s worst excesses that I want it to leave behind in the 2000s…then why am I so damn hyped for this? Why am I not feeling the same dread as whenever VII Remake implicitly threatens to bring back Genesis?

I think it’s because of the specific relationship Sonic has had with its past for the last decade. So much of the stuff from that time period is material that Sega has seemed actively scared to touch again. Sometimes with good reason. But I think that’s why some material from that time has gained such a strong nostalgic cult following, and why they’re held up as such bastions of missed potential. There’s never been anything quite like Shadow or 06 since they came out with how safe Sega has subsequently played things. And in many respects, that’s a good thing. But I can see how it build a sense of mystique around them. It was kind of sad to see 2010s Sonic so…scared of itself. Terrified to invoke its own history but not really committed to a new direction either. And this is pretty much the exact opposite of that hesitancy.

Basically, the reason I react to seeing Westopolis or Black Doom with ‘holy shit let’s go!!!’ rather than ‘why, god, why?’ is because I genuinely never thought I would see them again after this long. It’s just exciting to see Sonic Team throw caution to the wind and embrace all the parts of their franchise. Even the parts I personally dislike. Plus, Sonic Generations is kind of the perfect game in which to reimagine that stuff and make it..actually good this time. This was the game that made Crisis City of all things into a banger level. The game that took Silver, one of the most notorious boss fights in the series, and gave him a kickass encounter.

If they can fix that, they can do anything.

Plus, the fact that the trailers already show all these trippy stage effects and anime af boss fights and set pieces tells me we’re not just gonna be running through the same drab washed out burning cities that made Shadow 2005 so boring. Again, there’s evidently an effort being made to rehabilitate and reimagine this stuff, not just repeat all the same mistakes. And that’s exciting.

So yeah, Sonic X Shadow Generations has somehow managed to get me genuinely excited for all the parts of the series I typically balk at. And that’s pretty impressive.

That said, if I see Mephiles again, I’m leaving.

[palmettoshenanigans]

Aftg is really a Shakespearean tragedy. I’m learning about Titus right now and just.. Nora really checked all the boxes for a Shakespearean tragedy

Hello Anon Bestie, I've returned from war with my essay as promised! Okay, quick and dirty Betty Crocker Box recipe for a Shakespearean Tragedy (nuance and academic rigor not included):

A person with a flaw that can get em killed - spoiler: it gets em killed. (Tragic Hero + Hamartia)

Ghosts, witches, gods, oh my! (Supernatural Elements)

Good deeds go unnoticed and bad deeds go unpunished and everyone dies, hero included (Tragic Waste + Lack of Poetic Justice)

Look Anon Bestie, I took pages of notes, and I was almost going to talk about how everyone's Hamartia (Ambition, Devotion/Loyalty, Power, etc) were just functions of Love where Exy was the conduit everyone had in common. I even almost talked about the importance of how everyone's Deep Wounds had their origins in Parents (sins of the father, parental neglect and attachment, parents as one's first lesson on love). And THEN I almost talked about how neither villains nor heroes are born, they're made and the personal decision to remake one's self in the aftermath of the forge that shaped you-

But fuck all that honestly. All I care about here is the classic Tragic Hero and Tragic Waste hooplah. "The hero dies in the end" and all that.

I know what you're probably thinking, "But Tragic Waste doesn't apply to AFTG because the Tragic Hero doesn't die in the end! Neil is alive and so are all the Foxes!" I get it, I do, but here's my take. The Tragic Hero isn't Neil.

It's Nathaniel.

Which immediately brings me to my opinion on how AFTG manages to have a Supernatural Element as well. "But AFTG takes place in the real world!" stop interrupting me- listen- Neil isn't fucking real. He is not a real boy. Pinocchio in his wood state is more real than Neil is. Andrew knew Neil wasn't real from the fucking jump and was on that boy like white on rice. Nathaniel knew Neil wasn't real - how many times did he try to hold back his home grown Smart Mouth A La Attitude Problem for the sake of his store bought Meek and Mild disposition? AKA how many times did he suppress his Material because it would ruin the integrity of his Form? From page one our Tragic Hero was Nathaniel Wesninski trying to survive blah blah blah pretend to be Neil blah blah blah leave Nathaniel buried in Baltimore with his father yadda yadda roll credits- Throughout the entire first three books Neil Josten starts basically obtaining Life and haunting the narrative. He was a painting that triggered the uncanny valley, he was a statue that seemed like it was gonna reach out and touch you, he was a mask that accidentally welded itself to your face like that one movie from the mid-90s. Nathaniel is trying to beat this fake-boy back with a stick while also keeping his name but it doesn't fucking work that way. Neil wanted friends. Neil wanted Exy. Neil wanted a home. Neil wanted to stay. Nathaniel? He could have had friends and a home and Exy in another life. But Mary rewrote history and said "Put on these masks. Hide, Nathaniel. These masks will help keep you safe." And it was working tbh. But then one of them came to life. And our Tragic Hero died to make room for him.

Whoops.

There's nothing fancy about my arguement here, only that AFTG really does fulfill the Shakespearean Tragedy format, Supernatural Elements and Hero Dies and all. Anyway, here's a couple excerpts from my notes that didn't make the cut in my final essay: "The tragedy? All the villans are dead. Drake, Riko, Nathan, etc. But the ghost will forever haunt the house (flashbacks, nightmares, triggers, scars) and those who remain inheret the ruins they didn't raze (Ichiro, Exy)." "The hero dies and the villain dies but both good and evil still prevail so catharsis is bittersweet and yet that's what makes it the most realistic."

[sophsun1]

#every time i see a farscape set i get the urge to gif it again

DO IT! My friend, I love and miss your Farscape sets!

hey!

the amount of times i have actually gone to download some eps and then decided against it is a lot lmao.

i know gif because you want to blah blah etc but the lack of notes on sets in this era does kinda suck so it puts me off especially when it's for media that isn't as well known or popular.

but i think i will actually remake everything as i've gotten way better at making gifs and also some new stuff too.

[child0feden]

Are you liking the game so far? How it’s that?

୨୧ oh my goshhh, liking it is a huge understatement! i am absolutely loving it… let me ramble, let me ramble! i’m much better at rambling in person, through talking, but this will have to do

listen, when the remake was first announced, i really tried to be hesitant to get hyped for it because obviously so many people tell you to be wary of remakes blah blah blah… but my excitement for it always overtook me! i’ve played all of the silent hill games, i own every single one except for book of memories! i’ve been a fan of the franchise for so so so long and as i stated in an earlier post, the original silent hill 2 was the game that really changed my perspective of what games could be, the stories games could tell… so when the remake was announced? and the trailers began releasing? i was just always beyond excited! i remember literally crying from sheer joy when it was first announced and shown in the silent hill transmission…

i saw the hatred towards bloober team too and i never understood that at all! i do not think they’re a terrible developer, definitely not… there could’ve been way worse people to develop a silent hill 2 remake! i think a lot of the hate they received was just people jumping on a bandwagon of hate and most people likely haven’t played more than one game developed by bloober team… i actually thought their game the medium was incredible and took some very clear inspiration from the silent hill franchise

now that the remake is out though, yes, i am just completely obsessed with it and i am so fucking glad to see bloober team prove so many people wrong! i am so happy to see my favourite game, the game that means so much to me, get treated with so much obvious love and care… it is a remake so obviously made by real fans of the original game, so obviously made by people who know what made the original game so great!

the voice acting is just amazing in my opinion! i would actually say the voice acting in the remake is better than it is in the original, especially the voice acting for angela! urgh, her voice is just so heartbreaking… there is so much emotion in her voice but also so little… and maria! oh maria, i absolutely adore her in the remake! i’ve always adored maria as a character but even more so now… at first i was not a huge fan of her new outfit in the remake but it has definitely grown on me a lot and they put her old outfit in the game as an easter egg which was so so so sweet to see! maria actually interacts with a lot of things in the world now too, she doesn’t just follow you like a lost puppy character, she observes things, comments on things you do like smashing car windows and she even walks off on her own to look at things

the combat is another thing that i think they did just amazing on in the remake! combat was never ever a strong point of the original silent hill games, we should all be able to admit that! but the remake has definitely delivered on making the combat more fun and engaging whilst also keeping it simple and easy to remember

and the music! oh, the music… the revamped soundtrack is just beautiful, as i think we all knew it would be with akira yamaoka! i’m already obsessed with so many of the new tracks and i need the new soundtrack to be put on spotify as soon as possible! the revamped tracks just sound so fresh and he really managed to breath new life into songs that never even really needed it! the music just works so incredibly well, he made it fit the new graphics style so well!

the fog is another thing that bloober team have done exceptionally well in my opinion! the fog and atmosphere have remained to be just so… eery and yet so beautiful! i was worried about how they would make the fog as thick as it was in the original but also make it fine to navigate but they have managed to do it very well whilst also making the fog absolutely gorgeous! the eery atmosphere of silent hill absolutely shines through in the remake

the only thing i have been upset about in the remake so far is the lack of a photomode… now that pissed me off quite a bit because it is just so obviously such a gorgeous game and yet no photomode… but there’s not much i can do aside from really hope they see the demand for one and add it in as a later update! i would just love to be able to get up close to the creatures to see all of their small details… and take beautiful pictures of the town, of course! speaking of the creatures, they look beyond amazing! especially the bubble head nurses, mannequins and pyramid head! seeing them in 4K just… wowee… the mannequins are such little bastards in the remake, i hate them but i love them

i could ramble about this remake for so long, about all of the new features and new details but this post would become a fucking essay lolol! i’ve already rambled to my mother about it for at least two hours but thankfully she really likes silent hill too so it’s no biggie… but just… urgh, it truly is all i could ever want from a silent hill 2 remake… i haven’t even finished it yet and it’s already at least a 9/10 for me!

overall, if you were feeling hesitant about the silent hill 2 remake but have never played the originals and want to experience the story, or even if you have played the original! take it from a lifelong silent hill fan when i say bloober team have done this incredible game justice, this is a remake crafted with so much genuine love and care, a remake crafted by real fans of the franchise! i would absolutely recommend it, ten time over… i’ve been playing it every day almost all day since i got it, it feels impossible for me to rip myself away from it and i find myself just standing still in the game so often, just looking around and admiring…

thank you so much for this ask, anon! i love talking about everything but especially video games lolol <3

[solar-halos]

okay i watched speak no evil (2022) and it was just as frustrating as u all promised. here are my thoughts

1. patrick seemed a bit more unlikeable in this one?? like even at the beginning when he was supposed to be in prime Manipulation Mode. idk maybe i’m biased to the 2024’s british-ness though

2. i also watched this one with my brother and right from the beginning he was being a certified complainer about the acting. i liked it though bc it felt less scripted in a way?? like idk they truly did just seem like an awkward little family that was excited to have new friends

3. i liked ciara here haha. im sorry im so awful with names (as u could tell by my last speak no evil rant LOL i couldn’t even remember ant’s name). i liked her in the 2024 version too, she was very (outwardly) bubbly and sweet, but i like how in this was she lowkey was not monkeying around. like louise said their house was small and she went “sorry we’re not made of money :/ get fucked idiots.” if anything i feel like patrick was the one getting all 🥺🥺

4. speaking of abel… why did they change his name to ANT in the remake?? like okay. maybe they were worried about a name like abel sticking out but like… i don’t know. they’re eccentric i feel like they could pull off having a kid named that

5. the stuffed animal scene!! lowkey think i prefer the twist of it being in the car the entire time bc it made everything so much more pointless but in a good way. like. yeah of course everything they did was for nothing bc whether or not the stuffed animal was in the car the entire time they still would have met the same fate bc the parents have no BACKBONE. if that makes any sense

6. okay… i think in europe nudity isn’t really that big of a deal and stuff, but i still was like literally so shocked that louise let the whole “patrick sleeping next to my daughter NAKED” thing slide. like even in the 2024 version where he was (minimally) clothed and ciara went into her whole sob story i still was so upset that louise let it slide bc the fact of the matter is that they still shouldn’t have had agnes in their bed. i do think that “where were you?” line ate downnn though

7. with that being said, the parents seem to love each other a lottt more. i actually did like how in this version they heard agnes asking for them but ignored her, maybe that’s why they didn’t try arguing with ciara and patrick that much about it (but even then… girl. patrick was butt booty naked. how the fuck was that not something we lingered on)

8. so many of the scenes were shot for shot with the remake, except for the last leg of the movie. i won’t talk about how the americans changed it into a thriller instead of unnerving dark cautionary tale and blah blah blah but i am gonna say that i prefer the american one ONLY BECAUSE there was an attempt to fight back. like im not asking for this big action-y scene where they crack skulls and shank their captors. im just asking for them to at least TRY. the biggest example that sticks out to me was when patrick left the car to go piss and the husband literally just sat there and stared at they keys. i feel like if we tried to grab them but then he got smacked around by the wife (or even if the wife stabbed him w the scissors she had!!) it would have given everything more tension while still making u frustrated that the husband didn’t just try to stick it out even though it was a losing battle

does that make sense? lol like maybe he could be lunging for the keys and ciara stabs him but he’s still trying to squirm into the drivers seat. but he’s not fast enough. and we as the audience know he’s not gonna be fast enough—especially when patrick notices something is wrong—but we’re still screaming at the screen anyway to tell him to hurry the fuck up

9. they drowned abel!!!! :o

10. as u can prob tell i’m not very smart so when i watched the 2024 version and ant showed agnes the shed of all their victims i lowkey didn’t understand the specifics. like i knew that they were tryna kill the parents + take agnes but that was only bc of context clues. so when this scene came on in the 2022 version i felt like i could enjoy the creep factor much more as it showed the progression of their victims

11. i lowkey did not understand that scene where their car got stuck. like i guess they ended up calling patrick but personally if that were my family my dad would be like “hold up… im pushing the car forward” which would arguably be a worse plan than leaving ur wife and children in the vicinity of literal murderers but. yk. if me and my family were in this movie there wouldn’t BE a movie bc my dad does not fuck w the white man

12. lowkey louise was so robbed of agency in this movie. no wonder she started stripping without knowing what was up, in her pov her husband was acting strange and then her daughter got ripped away from her she literally had none of the desperation her man did to escape!!

13. the babysitter being a part of this. yall can’t tell me that what they’re doing isn’t some sort of cult-y community thing bc wtf. the same could be said for the 2024 version i suppose but i think the most american thing about this was we went “oh a brown immigrant man assisting in murdering and abducting children…? we have to scrap that” (which just to be clear i am glad we did scrap that. it’s just interesting seeing what other countries are doing esp since this movie was only made 2 years ago)

14. them stripping and getting stoned to death wtf!!!! again i don’t have a problem with this ending trust me. i love how dark it is. i just have a problem w the fact that they didnt TRY to do anything even though they knew patrick and ciara didnt have weapons. when they took agnes away louise started hitting at things instead of ciara and patrick, and my brother took a real big problem with that (he called it a temper tantrum lol) and yeah it made me roll my eyes too but i didn’t mind it bc at least she was given SOME fire. but idk maybe im just too american it seems like every time ur like “i just wish they would have pushed back a lil more” film critics are like “classic americans… not everything needs a big action scene to be considered cinema” like trust me im not asking for that. even when patrick threw like two (2) punches at the husband it would have been so much better if the husband got a blow in. not bc it would have turned the tide but bc they’re all already in too deep that a lil punch wasn’t gonna fix anything by a long shot

15. oh! my brother pointed out that at the end when they were getting stoned to the death the same italian opera song came on to parallel the beginning

16. okayyy i think that’s it

[viccharine]

my love my life 🍎

more commentary about my fav princess under the cut (including all the stuff about the live action):

(long post)

i dislike the girlboss-ification of Snow White as much as the next person but omg leave Rachel Zegler ALONE!!!!!!! ppl act like thinking Snow White was “boring and/or anti-feminist” was an unpopular opinion���literally EVERYONE and their mom HATED on Snow White but the MINUTE Rachel Zegler says the SAME THING everyone comes for her????? smells like misogyny. (not even mentioning the fact that maybe PR has something to do with what she’s saying??)

(also, people hating on Rachel Zegler for THE COLOR OF HER SKIN?????? blah blah blah “it’s snow WHITE!!! she has skin as white as SNOW!!”— i think we as a society can move on from the idea that a character’s defining characteristic is the color of her SKIN. it’s just as easy AND ACCURATE to interpret the “Snow White” thing as her being pure of heart/pure as SNOW in order to remove her skin color from being such an important part of her character. don’t act like everyone saying that Rachel Zegler can’t play Snow White because she’s “too tan” isn’t racist/colorist)

more about Snow White as a character: i think she is a wonderful character and not at all “anti-feminist” or boring!!! she’s just a girl!!! while her age isn’t mentioned in the movie, she’s referred to as “little princess” which obviously indicates that she’s pretty young—she’s a young girl who’s been abused for most of her life yet still manages to be kind and empathetic!!! sure, her primary dream is to meet her true love, but MOST YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO WANT THIS!!! there’s nothing wrong with wanting love or with being sweet and kind!! Snow White first and foremost survived abuse and several near-death experiences (INCLUDING TWO ASSASSINATIONS) and managed to come out kind-hearted! she’s silly and kind and a little naive but also optimistic and a romantic!!!!! leave her alone!!!!

and even saying that, sure she’s from 1937 and very stereotypical—so there’s nothing wrong with adding aspects to her character that make her more modern/three-dimensional! it’s ok guys, you can admit that the original Snow White is not necessarily the best representation of women while also acknowledging how game-changing her movie was AND how Snow White is a wonderful character!!

characters can be sweet, kind and gentle but still strong and independent!! they aren’t mutually exclusive!!

as one of the first feature length animated films, of course Snow White isn’t going to have a lot of dimension (NONE of the characters do), and that’s what remakes are for!! stop coming for Rachel Zegler for saying things that aren’t at all wrong. like omg, you guys are acting like she hates all women or something. i would love it if she became a leader and took control of her kingdom!! I would love it if she took more action against the evil queen!! that DOESN’T MEAN Snow White is no longer kind and gentle and pure. Rachel Zegler is NOT demonizing Snow White or changing her character!!! is it so hard to believe that a girl who is kind and gentle and a romantic ALSO wants to be a leader????

also, I think her and the prince are cute!!!! yes he is VERY one-dimensional, so i would love it if the live action Snow White expanded on the prince’s character like the live action “The Little Mermaid” did!! his age is NOT mentioned in the film, there’s no reason to claim that their relationship is predatory. he searched for MONTHS for her, and once he found her “dead” he cried and kissed her goodbye (which is how I personally interpret it!!!)

the kiss can just as easily be changed to a kiss on the cheek/forehead, or removed overall, and the story will still stay the same!! the prince’s love for Snow White is what saved her, and that can be conveyed in a way other than a kiss. for all intents and purposes, they are just two kids in love!!

the prince was not the one who saved her from her evil stepmother—snow white was the one who ran away and made a life for herself, the prince just woke her up and the VERY END of the movie, stop ignoring all of snow’s actions throughout the film for the one (1) thing the prince did at the end.

tldr; Snow White is dated but not necessarily anti-feminist, and Rachel Zegler is justified in how she talks about Snow White and doesn’t deserve all the hate she’s getting.

[yourlocalsonia2]

I HAVE A SECURITYWAITER AU!!!!

Basically, it's a minor crossover with FNAF the musical and the movie.

(this sounded better in my head tbh)

So y'know how people have all agreed that Ness is obsessed or is interested with the whole missing kids case. But what if it got to a really big point, where he would want to repeat the case.

My idea was that after the movie timeline, Mike would meet Ness in the restaurant and they would keep meeting and eventually fall in love. But, during their meetings Ness would explain and tell Mike about his theories about Freddy's and the whole missing kids case. While Mike would just listen (because he knew Ness was right but not comment). Even though Ness and Mike were happy, Mike noticed that Ness started to get really obsessed with the case, but it wasn't just some small interest. It was getting really concerning.

After a few months, Ness moved away unexpectedly. He didn't tell anyone why or where he was going. His coworkers were surprised and confused but Mike took in the worst, he was in a deep state of depression.

Skipping over to Ness, he got so obsessed with the case he decided to remake the case but make it even better. And that's where the whole Fnaf musical thing happened, blah blah blah puppets Markiplier and Nate. Eventually they caught Ness and put him in a prison then an asylum or something idk. In some point, after years of Mike trying to find Ness, he does. But we'll, you probably can think about how Mike finds out.

UHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's it. Yeah 😅

[talbot-larry]

Rant about Wolfman 2025 and the Whannellification of monsters

Ok so I've been doing some critical thinking about Wolfman 2025, and comparing it to Invisible Man 2020, if that can help predict what's in store for Wolfman fans. Honestly I can't remember which I saw first, 1931 or 2020 Invisible Man, while I haven't delved into reviews of 2020 by universal monster fans (scared it would be a wank about feminism in movies) I'm seeing how it was hardly an adaption of the original movie, they kept the name Griffin but that was it? So, I wasn't the devoted universal monster fan I was then as I am now, and thought the 2020 movie was brilliant. I'm sure there will be plenty of people who will view Wolfman 2025 the way I did Invisible Man 2020, because hey, Invisible Man had its moments and maybe Wolfman will too? It's ok to be inspired by the monster movies, but taking what makes them great (monsters) out of them and replacing them with more vaguely reality grounded/sci fi/frankly boring alternatives is well, boring. It may be a 'fresh new take' but is it enjoyable?

That's not to say the originals are perfect, inspiring, compelling master pieces, but I've watched the 2 og films mentioned a lot more than Invisible Man 2020 (might be because I lost the dvd tho) It's not as though the originals weren't trying to 'say something' about society, they just weren't so ham-fisted about it. Wolfman 2025 was written during quarantine, which influenced it to be a covid-esque film (trapped in a house, degenerative disease, losing loved one to said disease) which sure. Fine. As implied by Whannell, with how its influenced by 80s horror, particularly body horror there's probably a healthy dose of Cronenburg's The Fly and Carpenters The Thing in there. All of which there's nothing wrong with, I LOVE body horror and I love those 2 movies. But why make this mishmash combination a Wolfman movie? Why not a separate werewolf movie? 2010's Wolfman adaption, while flawed, was still a wolfman movie. I will say lycanthropy as a degenerative disease is a dope idea! I've been working on a story that follows a similar theme for a couple years now.

As for what I think we can expect, or rather not expect, I've been telling myself the following since the featurette. I am not going to expect a Wolfman remake. I am not going to expect even a good werewolf movie. What am I going to expect? From what Mr Whannell is promising, another 80s horror homage. A virus film. A film trying to 'say something'. I was watching a youtuber (nerdsquish) talk about the film and she said after the trailer and creature design reveal she's considering passing and waiting until streaming, unless there are rave reviews for it (tho I expect there will be from normies non-monster fans) and tbh I'm feeling the same way. I'll probably grab the first boot I find. I'll probably keep up with trailers and clips, hoping it will redeem itself and bitch about discuss it here. Which sucks cuz yall know I was looking forward to wearing that Wolfman shirt to opening night, but why give this movie money if its so...blah?

Closing remark, kinda last word here, Whannell's monster movies kind of bring that 'elevated horror' quote to mind, it goes something like 'Elevated Horror movies are for people who hate horror movies' (? I think?). Whannell's movie are for people who wouldn't be caught dead watching a movie with a rubber bat, a man covered in yak hair, Claude Rains in bandages. they're idea refitted into 'watchable' media, not 'remakes' but soulless 'fresh takes'. I'm PRAYING this doesn't become a trend.

As for my doubts, I hope Whannell can prove me wrong.

Rant over

[respectthepetty]

RTP in your post about gmmtv 24 you didn't say anything about the kieta remake? Unless I missed some other post. What are your thoughts on it?

Oh, yeah, the My Love Mix-Up remake! Oh, my gosh you're right. I did forget to mention it.

no I didn't

Warning: You opened a floodgate

@nothingsbetterthancoffee, you made a beautiful GIF set from Japan's I Cannot Reach You which I reblogged because I was so excited about the colors since I LOVE colors. I am a color demon after all, and color coding is my life.

So the very real possibility that GMMTV is gonna fuck up the colors as it remakes these Japanese shows has me feeling a certain way that I didn't think was possible.

Basically, I'm being petty. The shows are probably going to be good. The acting will be great. Everything will be amazing, blah, blah, blah.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE COLORS?!

If GMMTV is really making these series based off the written source, the colors should still be there because the mangas were color coded, yet I don't trust GMMTV to do it, at least not as well as the original shows did.

I know we have only gotten pilot trailers so far, but the pilot trailer for Peaceful Property had color coding.

So why didn't Cherry Magic (green x blue)?

If I squint, maybe I can see it in the ties. Maybe?

And why didn't My Love Mix-Up (yellow/orange x blue)?

Is this it?

The cinematographer for Cherry Magic, Job, also did the cinematography for Catch Me Baby, which had good color coding: the pens in their pockets are color coded, and the walls behind them are red and blue, with purple (a mix) in the middle as they learned to work together.

I trust him, but I don't trust GMMTV. It rushes shows. Its turn-around time from the beginning of filming to the air date is wild to me. It has to be difficult for people to be consistent under such time constraints, especially when the cinematographer (lighting) must work with the production designer (props and wardrobe) to make sure the visual storyboard is intact.

So I'm hoping GMMTV nails the color coding for both projects, but until then, I'm going to be quiet and wait for the official trailers to drop.

Then after that, I'll be really petty.

[the-s1lly-corner]

admin live reaction to the 2003 TCM movie lets gooooooo going to be one full post rather than a series of reblogs so i dont clog the blog

so like was there ever a reason for changing the family name in this reboot or was it just becaue

i never really thought about it but im quickly starting to realize how different horror was back then as opposed to the 2000s and to now- like obviously things change and evolve but like. tone and style so far feels different

3 miinutes in and theyre getting FREAKY hello!!!!

maybe im the weird one but how the hell can someone be so comfortable getting THAT into a makeout session in the company of friends- like a kiss is fine but these two are literally moaning and fondling each other in the backseat

oh theyre not even friends one of them literally just joined the group

WHYYYYY are you kissing your girlfriend while driving god i hate distracted drivers im glad this is a slasher movie

COOCHIE GUN?

oh!

i know im only 13 minutes in but i do not enjoy this group the group from the og had more charm to me idk

i do not trust this old ass woman

unrelated but i looooooooooove cabin in the woods but i hate that it pointed out the "character types" you see in slasher movies because now im hyper aware of which character is gonna die and which one isnt before any slashing happens

A OPOSSUM :3 YIPEE

whos punk ass kid

can i pet the daaaaaawwwg

sheriffs got some fatass eyebrows god DAMN

random ass pigs in the house??

oh! the sheriffs a creep! i mean obligatory "its a slasher film theres always at least one creep" but like. you know

morgans easily the most annoying of the bunch though

obligatory "hes already been on screen" but this is our first full body shot but woo yeah leatherface mr thomas hewitt let me see why a bunch of people keep requesting you

epvfpmpfvmf the nails on the wall ripping off.. euuuchh... 10/10

this version of leatherface (or really the whole movie) feels waaaaay more brutal than the og and idk how to fell- maybe im biased because i fell in love with the og but i kind of prefer it, but i can see why people may like this remake more

chat can we kill the sheriff

*shoots multiple shots from a gun right next to their head* "you girls need to get yourselves under control!" chat i hate this man so much. like even without the "we know this group is innocent" knowledge id still be hating this dude. so so bad

"i aint never seen no weapon go off without somebodys finger on the trigger" dude how many fucking times do they have to say that she shot herself god damn. like i KNOW logically its because "oh he found a body and drugs, and one of the people is missing" blah blah blah and thats the thought process and thats not something to be treated gently but like. this just feels... too far? like literally making someone sit where someone committed and then making them put that same weapon in their mouth feels like its going waaaaaaay too far

"we got ourselves a killer!" and then its just a group of people scared out of their mind, one just got chased by a dude with a chainsaw and the other is getting his shit pressed and all three nearly got shot in the head ofc someone is not going to think rationally of course theyre going to want anything to get out. that doesnt automatically mean they killed the girl. curse of knowledge for knowing what happened curse of knowing the sheriff doesnt know raaaah raaaaaah divine death blast i still hate this dude so so much oh my god

actually pausing the movie to take a few minutes because the sheriff is pissing me off so much LMAO

hitting the sheriff with another death ray for drinking and driving god if theres anything i hate more than distracted drivers its intoxicated ones. "but hes not drunk" and he still shouldnt be drinking

"so what are you going to do with your tickets" "you can have them" "is that bribery!!! *smashes a glass bottle on the dudes head*" oh my fucking goooooooooood leatherface can you get this bitch.. i havent hated a character this much since carmody from the mist

SLUR MENTIONED/j

the tire flies off as they finally get the car to work be so fucking for real

OH AND HES WEARING THE BFS FACE TOO THATS MESSED UP (i love it)

the tea was drugged wasnt it

chat i deadass have no idea whats going on

I KNEW NOT TO TRUST GAS STATION LADY I KNEW SHE DIDNT ACTUALLY CALL THE SHERIFF I FUCKING KNEW IT

also like... so is it more than brothers this time? og was just them plus grandpa but it looks like theres more here- also baby snatching? hello? also are they still cannibals?

they got bros dogs on the piano

i would like to apologize for calling the kid a punk

maybe its sympathy but maybe morgan isnt so bad i think i just didnt vibe with the group when they were first being introduced. perhaps. i was too harsh

morgan has some balls i think hes my favorite out of the group- blode dude is also cool but i forgot his name.. tbh im starting to enjoy the entire group asides the boyfriend but tbf he got yoinked early

oh hey... thomas cut his leg... just like... side eyes

girl you are hiding in the lockers, hes walked past you. why are you screaming

lmao nvm i forgot she grabbed the cleaver but like wwwhhhhhhyyyyy not just sneak him

oh just casually chopped his arm off with a few swings

also why not just aim for the head? i know "shes freaking out, logic is out the window" but like ?Q?Q???!!?!?

TRUCK DRIVER!?!! JUST LIKE side eyes WOOOO MAMA

theres 10 minutes left of the movie i do not trust the truck driver

MIRRORING THE WOMAN FROM THE BEGINNING?

ok nvm the truck drivers just a dude

OOOOOHOOOOHOOOO THE CAR HOT WIRE BIT WAS SUCH A GOOD TWIST

YEEEEEEEAH YEAH RUN HIM OVER AGAIN YEEEEAAAAAAH

AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

i give this movie a 7 out of 10! i liked it, but not as much as the og- horror wise i think it hit better, style wise i personally prefer the og but i can understand why many would find this version appealing!