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The modern setting is a deal breaker for me. I miss the gothic horror of the classic Universal Monster movies. They were sort of set in their own fictionalized time period and universe with a kind of gothic Victorian look.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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^I see your point, but if they want these brands to remain vital, they have to appeal to a new audience. Based on the failure of every other attempt they've made, I can understand why they are going completely modern with this one. Plus Universal itself set The Invisible Man in 1933 when it was released, moving it up from the 1897 when it was published.
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Werewolf--not really. They all had contemporary ('30s/'40s) settings that feel dated today. The antiquated feel comes form the German Expressionist touches and the backwater (English & Mitteleuropean villages, rural New England) settings. IIRC, only The Phantoms of the Opera were period films.
It's the Poe and most of the Hammer films that have a gothic Victorian look.
The premise/spin of this new IM is interesting, but I'm not sure I want "modern" yet "classic" monsters. A character like the Invisible Man or Phantom of the Opera, basically a terrorist, resonates differently today.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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Chris types faster than I do...lol.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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I personally interpret the classic Universal monster movies, like the Batman 1989 movie, as kind of set in their own fictionalized time period and universe. That's just kinda me, I guess. BTW: I have nothing against the update and if people like it I'm genuinely happy for them. It's just not for me.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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[QUOTE=PNGwynne;1426852]Werewolf--not really. They all had contemporary ('30s/'40s) settings that feel dated today. The antiquated feel comes form the German Expressionist touches and the backwater (English & Mitteleuropean villages, rural New England) settings. IIRC, only The Phantoms of the Opera were period films.
It's the Poe and most of the Hammer films that have a gothic Victorian look.
What about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, movies, weren't they period films?Comment
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You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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Oop, you're right about Jekyll & Hyde & Quasimodo. Also the Man Who Laughs. All are "outside" the standard UM "universe" I guess.
And I do think that universe has a fictionalized quality, WW.Last edited by PNGwynne; Nov 7, '19, 9:55 PM.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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This version of the Invisible Man reminds me The Hollow Man instead of the Universal Studios version. Out of the Universal Monsters, the IM was not one of my favs. Since this movie seems to be coping Hollow Man I may wait till it gets its DVD release.Visit my wiki site:
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HG Wells never wrote a character by that name.
"Jack" was created for the film. In League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, his name was Hawley.Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figuresComment
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