That is exactly my point
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That is exactly my point
My kids didn't REALLY do those specific type shows. They kinda missed teletubbies and barney
It was more cartoons nick jr disney sesame Street yo gabba.
So I don't associate them with THIS.
Sidebar: I actually appeared on one of these type show decades ago.
Holy sh*t that's VERY impressive
Very especially for the end of August almost no real promotion.
Sidebar: if WB had released Batman Knightfall for a limited theatrical release it would have done numbers.
Honestly, we should come up with a list of horror trends/tropes that are played out.
The first thing on my list will either be the monster-is-a-metaphor-for-trauma trope or zombie apocalypse.
That shit was fire
Can't wait for the next one
Anyone seen this?
Well, those shows were definitely influenced by Sesame Street, Lamb Chop, and Mr. Roger's but Barney was so influential he sorta invented his own genre of kids show.
I'm curious to know which one you were on though and in what capacity. lol
I wouldn't do that cause the beauty of horror is the there is always a sinners for vampires, last of us or bone temple for zombies obsession for cursed wishes even scary movie for horror comedy and primate for creature feature.
Thats what is so dope about the genre
JUST when you think its ALL BEEN DONE?
BOOM.
even Buddy I was already thinking it was tired because of Mr Crockett and the monkey merry go round and the Marty kroft stuff. But it was GOOD.
And specifically about the monster as metaphor? There was a very good one about eating disorders recently.
I knew ADULTS who watched Barney and his imitations FAITHFULLY. I swear more grown ups watched teletubbies.
Buddy captured THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF KIDS SHOW PERFECTLY.
people in my theatre thought about gullah gullah island, pee wee and blues clues.
I haven't heard about that last one. A horror film about an eating disorder? Was it a body horror?
And I get your point but I would never had put vampires on the list even if Sinners hadn't come out. They're too timeless at this point. Even if there's a lot of shitty vampire horror, they're too valuable to get rid of.
Blues Clues was a cartoon IIRC, so that one is a bit different. But there was Bananas in Pajamas and Mitzy's World (or whatever it was called).
I meant culturally not monetarily just for the record. I don't think all have the same cultural value.
Ah, yeah, there was a guy on it. I can imagine they borrowed from everything.
Hmmm....
It's a snobbish opinion I understand. I just don't believe some tropes have the same provenance as others.
That said, to your point, just getting rid of tropes wouldn't do the overall genre any good either. I was mostly being tongue-in-cheek about stuff that is kinda played out at the moment.
The first 3 Halloweens are returning to theaters this weekend
Along with Akira
Fall 2 and Onslaught also releasing
Along with Akira
Fall 2 and Onslaught also releasing
I wonder how widely they'll be released.
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I hate that i am always able to predict these things happening. I KNEW they were gonna kil him. I agree with Stoney OVERALL point. And understand the last few months these internet streets have been hell on him and his family.
But that's what comes with that job.
I disagree with the horror always killing kids. Because now he is trying to mix teenagers with little kids. Stop that. He knows better. There has always been rules to this sh*t. And horror always attracted fringe weirdos too. I get the complaints. And his whole people don't blame the studio writer director etc is bullsh*t too. Trust me. Go ask anyone who has worked on those type of projects.
I digress.
He is right people can't go SEEK OUT Buddy and then complain. I didn't find it overly gratuitous. Or some time of pedophile snuff film. And trust me I do NOT endorse this type of violence against children being the NORM. In context this works and straddles the line in my opinion. And anyone OFFENDED is well within their right to feel that way. But to CONDEMN anyone who LIKES Buddy is wrong too. Its a movie.
There are MUCH MUCH WORSE.
Horror is not for the faint of heart or sensitive or morality police. Its where you let your freak flag fly.
Now does that mean you should be free of all criticism? F**k no. But you are allowed to express yourself much mire freely in this genre.
don't like it? Don't support it
Terrifier 3 might be the one that put killing kids to the forefront
I don't know anything about the dude in the video, any controversy surrounding him, or his opinions on other things. That said, I agree with him completely here.
It's entertainment for one. Nothing that goes on in horror is acceptable in the real world. Murder, torture, dismemberment, etc are obviously morally reprehensible. That's why these films feature acts like this. They're supposed to show that the monster is just that, a monster.
And, yes, mixing teens and kids isn't the same when it comes to films. But that's only because teens in films are often portrayed by adults whereas young kids and adolescents are portrayed by actual children. In reality, they'd both just be minors. So killing a 15-16 year old high school kid would be just as reprehensible as killing a middle or elementary school kid. So, in that sense, he's correct that killing minors is pretty common in horror.
And, of course, killing children isn't new. It has been done before such as with IT. If people found that film acceptable, then they should have no problem with Buddy.
Obviously, people are allowed to feel offended about anything they want but that doesn't mean we should take their feelings seriously.
I didn't know kids were killed in that franchise at all. I saw the first film and thought it was stupid and didn't watch the second or third films.
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