I just ... okay, fine, I will go see Dark Shadows when it's released, because there is no way I will be able to resist vampires + Tim Burton. But I don't automatically trust him with gothy icons anymore. Which feels very strange, like I've been going through a bad break-up.
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Atropa - Mar 18, 2010 9:27:09 am PDT #7270 of 30000
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Amy - Mar 18, 2010 9:28:43 am PDT #7271 of 30000
Because books.
And I love the Angelica Huston/Raul Julia versions so much. It's sort of been done, in my mind. Why bother?
DavidS - Mar 18, 2010 9:30:59 am PDT #7272 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'd be way more excited if Henry Selick were slated to do a stop-motion Addams Family.
Hell, even Wes Anderson.
tommyrot - Mar 18, 2010 9:31:59 am PDT #7273 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why bother?
Because this version will actually show them making Girl Scout cookies out of real Girl Scouts?
OK, I got nuthin'.
DavidS - Mar 18, 2010 9:32:51 am PDT #7274 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know who could do a good voice for Gomez?
Nathan Fillion.
Maybe Msr. Depp would prefer to do Fester?
Atropa - Mar 18, 2010 9:37:25 am PDT #7275 of 30000
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Well, all the info I've seen says that Tim is going to take his inspiration directly from the Charles Addams cartoons, not any of the other media. I don't know if that makes things better or worse.
DavidS - Mar 18, 2010 9:38:23 am PDT #7276 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, all the info I've seen says that Tim is going to take his inspiration directly from the Charles Addams cartoons
I kind of figured. Oh well, I want to see the Addams house done that way. And that super gaunt Morticia.
Burrell - Mar 18, 2010 9:43:50 am PDT #7277 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Tim is going to take his inspiration directly from the Charles Addams cartoons
I see the cartoons as their own thing, then there's the tv show (which was actually my personal intro to the Addams family until my mom slyly slipped the cartoons my way), and the movie was based more on the tv show.
Amy - Mar 18, 2010 9:51:31 am PDT #7278 of 30000
Because books.
The movies did use the original material more than the TV show, though. The house design, a lot of the tone, even the stuff for the baby.
The TV show was my introduction, too, which is weird simply because Charles Addams was from the town where I grew up, and the house itself was right there in town.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2010 9:54:53 am PDT #7279 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And I love the Angelica Huston/Raul Julia versions so much.
This. And John Addams and Carolyn Jones were great too. That's two sets of indelible interpretations to try and outdo.