So Amazingly ahead of its time, it needs a remake
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Halloween III: Season of the Witch
rpcarnell — 10 years ago(November 01, 2015 02:16 AM)
Think about it, it is science fiction (androids) mixed with the occult. It could have been a lot better, but people back then were disappointed because they thought Michael Myers would eventually show up.
A remake would probably need better androids. Better masks, and a little more CGI.
The film has aged well, so the end result may make the old one still better because remakes are rarely better than the original. -
Kaliyugaforkix — 10 years ago(November 08, 2015 08:13 PM)
Its ahead of its time I think in the same way something like
They Live
looks prescient today (to some). For me its not the occult aspect but that in tandem with its paranoid outlook on corporate power and consumerism that makes it out-of-step with its own time, the greed-is-good 80's. Maybe the conspicuous lack of Michael Myers wasn't the only reason for its failure; demonic CEO's culling the Earth with their evil products is more in tune with today's climate lol. This kind of stuff is straight out of late night radio land, the alternative media scene takes alot of it as gospel already. And NO for the love of
GOD
don't remake it. We need to come up with our own statements and expressions, not continuously pilfer the past! Where are all the original masterpieces and oddities of today? This is as ripe a time as the 60's/70's when so many classics were born. -
enfilmigult — 10 years ago(December 21, 2015 11:57 PM)
You know, you're right! That's an interesting point about it being a 1980s movie in which a big, money-making company is actually a bad thing. I clicked on this thread ready to reply with something like "whaddaya mean 'ahead of its time,' it's Invasion of the Body Snatchers with a fresh paint job,"* but that never occurred to me.
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renatom1 — 10 years ago(November 14, 2015 08:55 PM)
The storylineas isprobably wouldn't work today. For one thing, practically everyone has cellphones, so Cochran cutting off the landlines would not stop Dan from reaching the outside world and foiling Cochran's plans.
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DrDanielChallis — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 10:43 AM)
Just remember that this came out at the later stages of the late 70s/early 80s recession period - not the mid to late 80s Charlie Sheen / Kirk Douglas Wall Street era
The movie reflects a bleaker time period and line of thinking in America - not counting the oil issue to the inflation issue for now, but, it wasn't until at least 85 - 87' that peoples' fears about nuclear exchange with the Soviets started to die down, and when the big bubble that we've experienced over the past 20 years was first built
im not going economical or political here, I'm just saying - the movie very much belonged in this time period, and could have been made from 77-83'.
Look at the isolation and bleakness of the first 3 Halloween films (78 - 82) then look at the sleeker, made for tv or soap opera / MTV look of Halloween 4 and 5 (88-89) -
dave626 — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 04:16 PM)
Exactly. Each "trilogy" 1-3, 4-6 were products of the their time. The sensibilities, the technology, etc. The feel was even different. When 4-6 came out it was at the height of TV teen show angst. Even the later 2, H20 and Res. took from their current themes, Scream in one, webcam fad the other.
I personally think this doesn't need a remake and is fine as it is and appreciated for what it was, a B movie pod movie as Wallace intended and has admitted. Not a thing wrong with that. Watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers, then this with a tub of popcorn and enjoy
"He came home." - Dr. Sam Loomis from the original HalloweeN -
YippeeKiYay_MF — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 09:02 PM)
I've been thinking about this remake question. I love this movie, and like other people have mentioned, I believe it belongs to a special time that is no more.
Thta being said, I'm very aware it is not a perfect movie, and some things could have been improved. So, sometimes I do feel like I would like to see this being remade. But these times it's just too much to ask for a decent movie to be made, much less a remake.
Still, someone like the director of The Guest (which nods to this one) could do something of justice.
I'll be good I swear I'll never see a movie ever again. -
dave626 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 05:55 AM)
Never saw it. Heard it wasn't good. Last time Cage was in something like that was Wicker Man. Pun intended, I got burned on that one too. As for a remake, yes, it could be, especially with surveillance and computer advancements that we have now. But that would take the cheese out of it. Which is what made this film so great. It wasn't meant to be thought provoking or topical, but fun and scary. You lose that if you go high tech.
So no, a remake would have to be paired down to capture the feel it had. Same with the Fog. The remake was utter garbage due to having very little to do with the original's story and the CGI upgrades. Some things are fine as they are and don't need an update. Halloween III is one of those films to let it rest.
"He came home." - Dr. Sam Loomis from the original HalloweeN
