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Old 04-29-2012, 08:29 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger View Post
I AM DISAPPOINT!

Hey, I like Tim Burton's vision in general and Johnny Depp's deft ability to fully realise quirky characters. And the trailer is definitely very funny. But, with the exception of borrowing names like Barnabas Collins, it has.nothing in common with the source material. The classic daytime soap opera (and two theatrical spin-off movies) were straight Gothic horror. This looks like it should be called."Tim Burton's big jokesy vampire spoof."

For people who are fans of the original and had hopes of a serious theatrical remake, this is the kiss of death. If it does well, all future Dark Shadows films will have to be comedies because studios will say that's what worked. And if it fails, well, that's what studios will point to when a remake project is proposed.

I have the.same problem with this as I had with The Green Hornet being rebooted as a farce.

They just should have called it something else. Dangit!
Ah, see I knew nothing of the original series, but now you've mentioned what it was like then I totally agree with you Ben. I hate it when they make a remake of something and take away the original concept and make it into something else.

Maybe they had to call it dark shadows because of copyright infringements perhaps?

But that really sucks.
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