Looks like another Mars Attacks. It will appeal to the people who have the sense of humor, and turn off everyone else.

I would almost find it funny if it wasn't supposed to be Dark Shadows. Almost.

I love Mars Attacks and I disagree with that comparison.

The opening had me thinking this would be another Sleepy Hollow for Burton.

I see I was wrong. Looks amusing, maybe, but likely a wasted opportunity.

I love it too. I just think it seems to be taking the approach to Dark Shadows that Mars Attacks did to sci-fi movies, tongue-in-cheek.

I think it looks funny. Unlike a lot of genre directors Burton genuinely has a great comedic sensibility. Some of his movies are more comedic than others obviously but even in the "serious" ones the jokes are generally well-done as opposed to the groan-inducing attempts at humor in most non-comedies. I'm sure someone is gonna come in and try to attribute that to the writers but Burton has routinely shown an above-average grasp of comedy in his execution as a director.

But yeah, it's nice to see my prediction from earlier come true: people bitch when they assume this is going to be the same thing as another Burton/Depp collaboration (in this case "Sleepy Hollow" seems to be what most people had in mind) and now people are bitching because it's not what they expected.

Fuck you, Tim Burton. Dark Shadows was a great show, with a rich cast of characters to pull from. This, this is just stupid. I wouldn't even necessarily have minded if they had called it "Vampire Blues" or something and not associated it with Dark Shadows.

This is the issue. Dark Shadows wasn't a POS show like 21 Jump Street. That made sense to be turned into a spoof. This deserved to be a serious flick with some darkly humorous flourishes. Not a live action Nightmare Before Christmas.

If he wanted to make a comedy about a vampire, he should have made a totally original production.

That trailer was so vastly different from what I expected I think I'm in shock. Part of me wants to hate on it but the other part of me hates when the tone of a Burton film doesn't match the crazy style of a Burton film. I must admit I'm curious but I hold little hold that it'll be funny....since much of the trailer wasn't.

After watching the trailer a few more times it is starting to grow on me. We'll see......

What the hell did I just watch??

I was young when Dark Shadows came out, so I didn't watch soap operas but I knew of the show. Other than the name and look of Barnabus this doesn't seem to bear any resemblance to the original show.

I've never seen the TV show, but I think the trailer looks pretty funny. I doubt I'll see it in theaters, but it doesn't look bad (going in with no context).

I thought the same thing watching the opening of the trailer. Tim, why WHY did you have to turn "Dark Shadows" into a slapstick comedy!? Couldn't you have just done a drama for fuck sake?

Or at least make it an original concept. When you remake something but then change it so drastically, you alienate fans of the original. I know the studio wants to cash in on the name familiarity, but I think a vampire comedy starring Depp would sell just fine on its own.

All I could think when watching the trailer was, WTF?

The original Dark Shadows was totally over-the-top ridiculous melodrama mixed with supernatural ho-hummery. I loved it as a kid, but I gotta admit, this trailer looks quite awesome.

Burton, Depp, and a supernatural comedy. I'm there.

I kind of like what I saw there... some parts Beetlejuice, some parts Edward Scissorhands and some parts Ed Wood. Me likey.

It looks like fun cheese, kind of reminded me of Good Omens for some reason.

Having watched it a few times, I am warming to the idea of it as a comedy. My mom saw the trailer and used to skip class in college to watch the soap opera. She said the soap was also funny, but more in an over the top sense. I remember when NBC aired a re-boot of the show in the early 90s and it was unintentionally humorous for the most part.

I hate Tim Burton these days

Actually, it looks more like this:

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Never mind.

Chris Alexander summed it up best in a recent Fango article:

"All of the participants are adamant this is not a comedy. Warner Bros. wants to market it as such because, well, they don’t know how else to market a blood dripping, hyper gothic and absurdist soap opera fever dream except play up the camp."

I'm sold. I just hope the 1970's pop music soundtrack isn't in the actual film.

WTF is this shit? They jus took a dump on the show.

Exactly.

Be careful, someone here is going to think that LAFB was hee-larious.


I wish Depp and Burton would go away.