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.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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Atropa - Mar 18, 2010 9:37:25 am PDT #7275 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2010 10:04:42 am PDT #7280 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Astin and Jones were the more iconic Gomez and Morticia for me, but Christina Ricci owns Wednesday.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2010 10:28:19 am PDT #7281 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Christina Ricci owns Wednesday.
The scene in Addams Family Values where she's forced to smile would have done that all by itself, but there was so much more.
Connie Neil - Mar 18, 2010 10:55:02 am PDT #7282 of 30000
brillig
"They made us sing."
-t - Mar 18, 2010 10:58:37 am PDT #7283 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'd love to see Bebe Neuwirth playing Morticia. Has that been on Broadway or was that just in my head?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2010 11:00:52 am PDT #7284 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'd love to see Bebe Neuwirth playing Morticia. Has that been on Broadway or was that just in my head?
That sounds so right and familiar that it might have been something someone said here, but it might have been Broadway too.