June sixth will be here before ya know it!!

[wednes]

As I've mentioned in the past, I don't typically have a knee-jerk reaction against movie sequels. Even beloved horror movies can have excellent and entertaining remakes.

However...

I was not amused when I heard of plans to turn my oft-watched and highly reguarded The Omen into some kind of (presumably) PG13 crapfest. Obviously, I became quite concerned.

Later...

I saw who was cast. Liev Schreiber?!? Michael Gambon?!?
David Thewlis!! Mia Farrow?!? My hopes grew.
It was all too exciting. But what of the boy? What if it's some dorky whiney kid and I hate him? That would just kill it no matter how good everyone else is.

And then...

The Trailer.

I'm not worried about this movie anymore. This trailer is creepy as shit. For Serious. It's scary, which you will notice when you watch it. Scary. In fact, I think they should take this kid they are using and put him into a high quality remake of The Innocents quick before he grows up.

Speaking of The Omen, why haven't the 30 second bunny people done it yet?

Comments

[wurmwyd.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

[watches the trailer]

..That's it? That's all that happens?! You see a kid swinging, then he looks at you? No OMG jumpy monster scary go rarr scene?! Just a kid, swinging, then turns??


Holy CRAP, that's awesome!!

I was expecting the cheesy Hollywood: Kid swinging, then turns, then fast montage of people screaming cgi hellhounds demon people yad yada yada. But he just ...looks... at you. And Jesus fucking Christ, it's chilling.

And do I ever love the release date...

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yep.

It is the teaser trailer, after all...we might end up getting a flashier one later. But I'm pretty stoked.

[yshaloo]

that trailer is awesome!

[stranger-tales.livejournal.com]

A few of my friends had complaints after seeing the trailer for The Omen remake. With my drag ass connection, I wouldn't click their links to see what all the fuss was about. Fortunately I caught it at the theater when I went to see The Hills Have Eyes remake. And I'm with you. It was creepy and enough so that it gives me hopes that the movie will be as well.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Once you get past the basic premise that they are remaking The Omen, I don't see what there is to complain about.

[kjtoo.livejournal.com]

Apropos of (almost) nothing, you really ought to download the latest Thing a Week from Jonathan Coulton. It's a song called "Re Your Brains" that I think will appeal to you.

Apologies if you've already heard it.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Wow!!

That was the first I've heard of this. Aside from my usual complaint that "zombie eat brains" is a modern non-Romero construct, that was goddamn hilarious.

It's like if Zombies met Dilbert, except funny.

It's an important time for the undead anyway, as Max Brooks has a new book coming out soon.

[princezna.livejournal.com]

Aweee!! He's just a little cutie-pie!