Michael Bay Wants to remake "Friday the 13th" (merged)
11-17-07, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
I look forward to a scene where Mrs. Voorhees walks away from an explosion towards the camera in slow motion.
OMG I dont know why but this post has me in TEARS! :
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11-19-07, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Seantn
So, it has been revealed that they'll show how Jason is able to jump around Crystal Lake unnoticed so much. He has
Also, this movie does consider him to be
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Also, this movie does consider him to be
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Now I do wish Bay was directing instead of producing. If that scene did actually happen and make it into the movie, it would be stuff of legend on the DVD Talk forums.
11-19-07, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by KillerCannabis
And as for the second spoiler: WHY? I guess the screenwriters didn't learn from the mistakes Zombie's Halloween made. Fans don't want you fucking with origins. There is a strict set of rules most every F13th has followed, and these developments are already fucking that up.
But yeah, I hate the tunnel idea. Next thing you know they'll have him running or driving a car.
11-19-07, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by joliom
In that old cabin in the woods that they find at the end of Part 2.
The real question is, why wasn't he living with his mother? Did she think he was dead? If so, why wouldn't he make contact with her? Afterall, he would have still been a child when he first survived the drowning, so wouldn't it be natural for him to go back to his mother? He just emerged on the bank of the lake and decided to wander off into the woods and live as a 10-year-old hermit? And if she knew he was still alive and was hiding him in that old cabin in the woods, what does she have to be so pissed off at the counselors for? "You assholes nearly got my retarded son killed - I'm gonna wait 10 years and take revenge on a bunch of unrelated teenage camp counselors!"
The real question is, why wasn't he living with his mother? Did she think he was dead? If so, why wouldn't he make contact with her? Afterall, he would have still been a child when he first survived the drowning, so wouldn't it be natural for him to go back to his mother? He just emerged on the bank of the lake and decided to wander off into the woods and live as a 10-year-old hermit? And if she knew he was still alive and was hiding him in that old cabin in the woods, what does she have to be so pissed off at the counselors for? "You assholes nearly got my retarded son killed - I'm gonna wait 10 years and take revenge on a bunch of unrelated teenage camp counselors!"
11-19-07, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DRG
But yeah, I hate the tunnel idea. Next thing you know they'll have him running or driving a car.
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Also, something similar to that tunnel idea was used in Hell Night, wasn't it?
11-19-07, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ChristopherS
The mom killed the two who weren't watching him (at the start of 1), as for the people 10 years later, she didn't want the camp re-opened, and was just nuts. She thought Jason was dead. In a novelization that does a great job of filling in all the gaps, Jason suffers some damage from his near-drowning, and lives for years in the woods like an animal. He is by the lake and sees his mother for the first time in years as she is killed in the first film.
11-20-07, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ChristopherS
Also, something similar to that tunnel idea was used in Hell Night, wasn't it?
11-20-07, 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by joliom
If that's the case then I guess the biggest plot hole for me becomes why, at ten years old, does he survive a drowning and migrate out into the woods? If he's lived his whole life with his mother, why would he suddenly go off on his own? Amnesia?
Part 7 has Jason battling a telekinetic teenager who resurrects her dead father from a lake to destroy Jason and save the day!
11-20-07, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Seantn
This series ain't for you if you're looking for logic.
Part 7 has Jason battling a telekinetic teenager who resurrects her dead father from a lake to destroy Jason and save the day!
Part 7 has Jason battling a telekinetic teenager who resurrects her dead father from a lake to destroy Jason and save the day!
11-20-07, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Seantn
This series ain't for you if you're looking for logic.
Part 7 has Jason battling a telekinetic teenager who resurrects her dead father from a lake to destroy Jason and save the day!
Part 7 has Jason battling a telekinetic teenager who resurrects her dead father from a lake to destroy Jason and save the day!
Don't take my musings on the plot too seriously...I was just having some fun trying to connect all the dots.
11-20-07, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by joliom
If that's the case then I guess the biggest plot hole for me becomes why, at ten years old, does he survive a drowning and migrate out into the woods? If he's lived his whole life with his mother, why would he suddenly go off on his own? Amnesia?
I like that the first bunch of F13 movies resisted in giving away much information.
11-28-07, 01:48 PM
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Apparently theres a bit of new info that says this will NOT be a remake. As with everything from the net, take this info with a grain of salt.
From Shocktillyoudrop.com
From Shocktillyoudrop.com
After speaking to a source close to the project who wishes to stay outside of the spotlight (for now), we're striking the former term out of future reports on the film.
"It's not a remake," says our insider. Don't even expect an origin tale - as some production listings around Hollywood are pegging it as. Imagine if there was a story to be told somewhere between parts two and four, just add water (from Camp Crystal Lake, duh), insert a leaner, meaner, faster Jason Voorhees, set to "blend" and you've got the recipe for what Dunes, writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift and director Marcus Nispel got cookin'.
"It's not a remake," says our insider. Don't even expect an origin tale - as some production listings around Hollywood are pegging it as. Imagine if there was a story to be told somewhere between parts two and four, just add water (from Camp Crystal Lake, duh), insert a leaner, meaner, faster Jason Voorhees, set to "blend" and you've got the recipe for what Dunes, writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift and director Marcus Nispel got cookin'.
11-28-07, 09:11 PM
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Hollywood's afraid of the word "remake" they prefer "reimagining". 
I'd prefer that they DID stay away from an origin story. We already know everything we need to about Jason.
I'd prefer that they DID stay away from an origin story. We already know everything we need to about Jason.
07-28-08, 09:49 AM
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07-28-08, 10:57 AM
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That footage gets me fucking pumped. I know that Nispel's TCM remake looked great at first, but it's got little to no replay value anymore. THIS looks killer. That final shot of Jason running full force at that chick on the ground gives me a soft boner. I've been a HUGE fan of F13th for over 15 years, so if anyone should be over this remake it would be me. But I think that the series could use a reboot of sorts. Things got pretty out there with Jaosn X, even though it was a lot of fun, so I look forward to seeing ol' feral sackhead Jason getting back in action. So, for now, F13th 2009 can't come any sooner for me.
08-21-08, 10:13 PM
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08-21-08, 11:51 PM
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A Platinum Dunes remake doesn't look bad?
I'll be damned, it really doesn't!
See, Texas Chainsaw is classic and set a bar high for a remake, and The Hitcher is such an awesome little film that both were all too easy to drop the ball on. With Friday the 13th, what you see is what you get: dumb fun, nothing more. Tits, blood, gore, Jason, drugs and alcohol, that's all you need for a movie like that. I'll definitely see this one.
If only they could stop Near Dark from remake-land.
I'll be damned, it really doesn't!
See, Texas Chainsaw is classic and set a bar high for a remake, and The Hitcher is such an awesome little film that both were all too easy to drop the ball on. With Friday the 13th, what you see is what you get: dumb fun, nothing more. Tits, blood, gore, Jason, drugs and alcohol, that's all you need for a movie like that. I'll definitely see this one.
If only they could stop Near Dark from remake-land.
09-21-08, 07:24 PM
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From Bloody-Disgusting:
We confirmed today that you'lll finally be able to see the trailer for Platinum Dunes, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros.' Friday the 13th remake on October 24th with prints of Lionsgate's SAW V.
09-21-08, 11:17 PM
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The novelizations by Simon Hawke do a great job of filling in all the blanks but the books are hard to find and I haven't read them in years and don't remember the explaination for why Jason wouldn't just return to his mother at the camp. My guess would be he emerged on the other side of the lake, lost and confused on top of already being retarded and suffering some more brain damage from the near-drowning, and it doesn't seem too far fetched to me that he'd just wander stupidly into the woods and fend for himself, maybe waiting for his mother to find him.
I like that the first bunch of F13 movies resisted in giving away much information.
I like that the first bunch of F13 movies resisted in giving away much information.