I bought first showing tickets for tomorrow so I'll let you know when my girlfriend and I get back our showing is at 10pm. I've seen and love the original series hopefully its not fucked up too bad seeing as some of the original cast and writers are actually giving it praise.
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Welcome to the 21st century. Remake everything! Never mind that classics are classics precisely because they stand the test of time, modern audiences need updated versions! To be honest I can't think of a single film remake that has ever surpassed their original except for Ocean's Eleven. -Edit- And Evil Dead 2. How the hell did I forget about that one...
Also this is indirectly why I think modern copyright laws in the western world need to be cut back down to size. So many needless, uninspired remakes/reboots made solely to cash on nostalgia or trademark awareness could be averted if only the originals were Public Domain.
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Only thing I've seen on it so far is a short preview from when it was a makeup challenge in the show Face Off. It looked like it took itself seriously... which, with Evil Dead, is exactly the wrong thing to do. On the other hand, they did have Bruce Campbell on that episode of Face Off, so it might not be terrible.
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I disagree. Evil Dead should definitely be -having fun- about itself, but taking itself non-seriously would make it a parody, which is exactly what Evil Dead wasn't. It was straight up horror/black-comedy, not a joke.
It's that kind of difference that distinguishes, say, Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns to Blazing Saddles.
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not so good as original.(and none of them as good as army of darkness but thats me) if it doesn't have Bruce Campbell almost getting stabbed for real (because real daggers are apparently somehow cheaper than props and white eye lenses are more expensive when they don't make you blind and the director/producers were cheap asses(and also crazy enough to think being in real danger just makes the scene feel more real)) it isn't really evil dead :)
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The original Evil Dead took itself so seriously it came off as silly towards viewers but it was meant to be an actual horror film.
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I'm not sure how to feel. It looks okay, but I feel like a high-budget remake of a film that gained its following and all of its charm from its extremely low budget, practical effects-driven approach is a bit of a slap in the face. I can understand that not being an issue to 90% of movie-goers, but I have my reservations.
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