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I'm also one of many who feels the new make-up makes perfect sense : re-inventing the classic look, taking it further with total respect for Jack Pierce, kind of like the Wolf Man on steroids, with enhanced elements like the lower jaw, brow area, and general ferocity of this man/wolf mutation. Newbie designs may have been overboard, too extreme, but this make-up is somewhat less is more, though not lacking in the least, and by doing so...enhancing the fear factor.
I have always wondered why Pierce didn't have some ear tips on Chaney, as he gave them to Henry Hull; and some subtle upper teeth too, but fangs are something absent from some of the other classics too.
Sorry for going on about this , but this character/movie is huge for me; it's like being a little kid in the 70's discovering it all again !
Also it makes me wonder about what the Wolf Man will sound like ? The 40's movies all to often had orchestra strings and brass kind of drowning out the Chaney growls, or what I assume were Chaneys growls. I wonder if the growls for this film will be some kind of amalgamation of wild animals, like they did for Chewbacca, etc.
Mar 21 08 10:16 AM
nofrets5 wrote: ... or what I assume were Chaneys growls.
... or what I assume were Chaneys growls.
Chaney did the growl live in real time in that ROUTE 66 episode LIZARD'S LEG AND OWLET'S WING, and very disquieting it was. He may have been overdubbed in parts of the Universal films, but he certainly could muster an effective snarl!
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Mar 21 08 3:40 PM
BixB thanks for turning me on to the Tim Lucas it was interesting even though he hates my American Werewolf wolf.
Thanks to all for the encouraging words
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The process is reversing itself!
Mar 21 08 5:28 PM
Like everyone else here, I am both astonished and impressed with the new Wolf Man makeup. My biggest concern (besides the quality of the story) is the rating. Pretty much everything I had been reading about the new movie indicated it was going for a very serious R which kind of puts the kibosh on taking any pre-teen monster kids for a night at the movies. Any one know if that's still the direction they are taking? I, for one, would rather see a theatrical PG-13 release and then the obligatory unrated, director's cut on DVD. I know that would make my little monsters happy.
Mar 21 08 5:41 PM
MonsterDad wrote: Like everyone else here, I am both astonished and impressed with the new Wolf Man makeup. My biggest concern (besides the quality of the story) is the rating. Pretty much everything I had been reading about the new movie indicated it was going for a very serious R which kind of puts the kibosh on taking any pre-teen monster kids for a night at the movies. Any one know if that's still the direction they are taking? I, for one, would rather see a theatrical PG-13 release and then the obligatory unrated, director's cut on DVD. I know that would make my little monsters happy.
I hope not. Let's face it the original Uni monster films were often cut by local censors (Frankenstein) or pre cut by the studios or given the X rating in England and still cut (ie Black Cat). As crazy as it sounds its more in line with history for it to be in R. Granted considering what you can get away with a PG-13 these days I guess its not a huge deal.
I want to say that growing up watching violent 80s action films actually left me as a person deeply concerned with the ideas of justice, liberty, and freedom. Yes, this was all the "corny" parts of the movies, but I think it made me a better person in a sense and no it didn't make me start voting Republican either, or the need to own mounds of guns . So I just want to thank my parents for being as cool as they were (dad was an ex-Marine, but they were and are both liberals, not hippies or such, intelligent middle classers, mom's a teacher and dad's a lawyer). My dad took me to see Die Hard 2 when I was only about 7 or 8 (depending on whens it original theatrical run was), first R rated flick I got to see in theaters. Even today they both recall when I had chicken pox that I watched Invasion USA and Delta Force over and over again. Honestly, I think its one of the reason I care about people as much as I do (I know it sounds odd) and in the end I certainly turned out quite well So remember 80s action films are an excellent and important part of a child's development.
Mar 21 08 5:52 PM
monsterbaker wrote: BixB thanks for turning me on to the Tim Lucas it was interesting even though he hates my American Werewolf wolf. Thanks to all for the encouraging words
Mar 21 08 6:23 PM
I hope not. Let's face it the original Uni monster films were often cut by local censors (Frankenstein) or pre cut by the studios or given the X rating in England and still cut (ie Black Cat). As crazy as it sounds its more in line with history for it to be in R. Granted considering what you can get away with a PG-13 these days I guess its not a huge deal. Plus why can't you take kids to an R-Rated movie? It's better than most mind numbing teen comedies
My kids love the Universal Monsters. We watch them together regularly (in fact, it's Friday; it's Monster Night tonight). However, I don't think I'd sit my five-year old son and nine-year old daughter down to watch "An American Werewolf in London" until they were a bit older (no offense to Mr. Baker). But then, I also wouldn't sit them down in front of a mind-numbing teen comedy, either. They'd much prefer Abbott and Costello.
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