Comments on: First Approved Michael Myers From Halloween 2

By: soda

soda — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:34:27 +0000

i liked the remake i thought it was really good i only had 4 flaws with it i didnt like that they didnt play the song until the end of the movie and i really wanted him to wear the white pure mask he should of jus taken the one he had off and put a nice white one on and i want michael myers always to win agianst ant1 even his sister and one more thing can someone atleast put a hot guy as michael…but over all i liked it

By: James Kearney

James Kearney — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:12:24 +0000

I agree that it isn’t what most would consider a “remake” but in film a remake is generally considered any piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium. This is especially so when the newer version is done by a different director/writer/creator.

So yes, not a remake in the strictest sense of the word but a remake nonetheless.

By: she

she — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:12:55 +0000

it’s not a fucking remake !

By: Jaavik

Jaavik — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:49:10 +0000

LOL..

I came across this discussion that I had before RZ’s Halloween II came out. Just to wrap it up, I saw it in the theater and was EXTREMELY disappointed. It seems like Rob took a lot of the criticisms he got for the original to heart and tried to make the movie they wanted to see. IT went right back to Michael killing people much more randomly (killing for the sake of killing and racking up the body count for the fans)than he did in the original, being involved with something Supernatural and even attempted to steal the ending from Halloween IV, by making Laurie take over the mask and begin talking to “Mommy” whom she has no memory of”. Wow..just awful…

By: CrazyAmazing

CrazyAmazing — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:21:42 +0000

Well, Jaavik, you make a very good point.

If done well, there is no reason remakes can’t thrive, but sometimes its just hard to accept. Remakes definitely have their place, and while they aren’t everybody’s favorites, they can really add to the property sometimes.

By: Jaavik

Jaavik — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:21:29 +0000

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/08/h2-halloween-2-update-rob-zombie-clarifies-to-film-on-the-mask-new-poster/

Here’s an article with an interview with Rob concerning the “maskless” Michael Myers.

By: Jaavik

Jaavik — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:16:32 +0000

Can’t agree… The white mask IS iconic, but so is the Hockey Mask for Jason Voorhees. But Jason started with a potato sack on his head, and in my opinion, he was way scarier when he looked like that with the overalls. The mask isn’t what makes him Michael Myers. WHO Michael Myers was wasn’t really explored until the remake, unless ou bought into the Thorn Cult scenario.

I think this is the problem. Before now, all Michael Myers really was, was “The Shape” or “The Boogeyman”, he was so underdeveloped that people are getting uset when the ONE major thing that defined him is being taken away, what else makes him Myers?

By: Ghost

Ghost — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:59:47 +0000

oh and another thing…in the trailer I did not hear one time the theme song at all….Is rob taking that away now to? It wouldnt suprise me if he put some song up there made by him like “Living Dead Girl”…Micheal looks like just some other crazy psycho that you see in just about every single movie you see now a days. He does look like “The Shape” as they originally called him. He looks retarded. Rob maybe you should just go back to making your head bangin devil worshipin music cause Directing is just not for you.

By: Ghost

Ghost — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:55:59 +0000

Okay this is retarded. Im a HUGE halloween fan and rob zombie has ruined it with this sequel. The remake was fantastic in my opinion. It gave you great insight on things that it didnt show in the original. But this sequel (H2) is down right a disgrace to Halloween. Why? Well Look at him in that picture. Does that look like Micheal in any possible way? Rob is creating an all new character and giving him the name Micheal Myers. Micheal has ALWAYS worn a Full White Mask with Coveralls and Boots. ALWAYS and thats what made him look creepy. But now look at him. Half of his mask is gone :/…its not even white…and hes wearing bum clothes that looks like he got out of a dumpster. This is just ridiculous. John Carpenter is STUPID for allowing Rob Zombie to even put this into production the way it is. ITS A DISGRACE!!!!!!!

By: Jaavik

Jaavik — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:47:32 +0000

I read over what i posted and I think where I’m going is that when you have a character that you sympathize with (say YOUNG Michael Myers in RZ’s Halloween), the character became multi-layered, becasue he was a cross between this ruthless bastard (when he killed the kid from Spy Kids in the woods with a tree branch) to seeing him caring for little Laurie as a baby, he loves his Mom and you feel the sympathy there, then he grabs the fork and slaughters the nurse in the hospital. It’s a new kind of horror from just the mindless killing machine. It makes you like him, then fear him, feel sorry for him, then hate him when he torures and mutilates a really likable character. It just makes it a deeper story for me.

If you just go to the horror film to see the blood and guts and laugh when people are butchered, that’s cool too. But that’s like 90% of the horror films out there. I like my Hannibal Lecter’s where you may understand what made him the horror of a human being he is, but still hate him for feeding brains to the little asian boy on the airplane..lol