Confabulat: The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the most perfect movies ever made. I would always hold a banquet in its honor.

The original #2 was pretty frickin' great too, if you can deal with the wild swing into madcap surreal comedy that Tobe Hooper did.

The rest of them were mostly just horrible, not horrific. And the reboots were disgusting and without any redemption at all.

The original had its moments but Tobe Hooper is a hack. The acting and edits in the original are awful even for its time. Amazingly TCM was the apex of his career and directing abilities as future endeavors borderlined on unwatchable.

The Jessica Biel remake isn't bad at all. At times it lacked the gritty feel of the original, which is really what made the original engaging, but the remake is competently constructed and a very watchable film.

Confabulat: MayoSlather: The original had its moments but Tobe Hooper is a hack. The acting and edits in the original are awful even for its time. Amazingly TCM was the apex of his career and directing abilities as future endeavors borderlined on unwatchable.

The Jessica Biel remake isn't bad at all. At times it lacked the gritty feel of the original, which is really what made the original engaging, but the remake is competently constructed and a very watchable film.

I completely disagree, although Tobe Hooper probably is a hack, but who cares? The original movie out-Blair Witched "Blair Witch" decades before it was made, and the odd amateur style completely fits into the movie's storyline. The scene in the van with the looney tune hitchhiker is one of the best horror scenes (and most copied) ever. And I'll never get tired of watching that annoying cripple get what's his.

And you're really defending the Jessica Biel remake over that? You should be thrown down a flight of stairs and hammered out of your misery, sir.

I'm not going to deny the how influential the original was and groundbreaking in many ways, but it falls apart in places so much so it breaks the suspension of disbelief.

I'm also not saying the remake was a "good" film, but not bad either. It's just a watchable generic genre film.

The house the original was filmed in is now a restaurant in Kingsland, TX (new window). The 1st time I went there it was a trip walking in and looking straight ahead at the door leading to the kitchen where we first see leatherface.

/yes, I've had dinner in the dining room

Mugato: MayoSlather: The original had its moments but Tobe Hooper is a hack. The acting and edits in the original are awful even for its time. Amazingly TCM was the apex of his career and directing abilities as future endeavors borderlined on unwatchable

He directed Poltergeist. Although it's a common suspicion that Spielberg did most of the directing.

Don't you dare say anything bad about Lifeforce!

How about "no" subby

Bathia_Mapes: calbert: [www.blogcdn.com image 450x1055]

Looks like Yogi is giving Boo-Boo a upia.

Good things come in small bears?

cannibalparrot: Bathia_Mapes: calbert: [www.blogcdn.com image 450x1055]

Looks like Yogi is giving Boo-Boo a upia.

Good things come in small bears?

Good lord...what an awesome awful pun.

So this is the third remake of TCM?

LeafyGreens: So this is the third remake of TCM?

Second.

CarnySaur: Mugato: MayoSlather: The original had its moments but Tobe Hooper is a hack. The acting and edits in the original are awful even for its time. Amazingly TCM was the apex of his career and directing abilities as future endeavors borderlined on unwatchable

He directed Poltergeist. Although it's a common suspicion that Spielberg did most of the directing.

Don't you dare say anything bad about Lifeforce!


*nods head*

Jessica Biel was wet for 2/3 of the movie, I liked that

Mugato: MayoSlather: The original had its moments but Tobe Hooper is a hack. The acting and edits in the original are awful even for its time. Amazingly TCM was the apex of his career and directing abilities as future endeavors borderlined on unwatchable

He directed Poltergeist. Although it's a common suspicion that Spielberg did most of the directing.

He directed Poltergeist. Although it's a common suspicion that Spielberg did most of the directing.</i>

The scuttlebutt behind that is Poltergeist was Tobe Hooper's first big movie. Spielberg wanted to direct it but he was already doing pre-production at Universal for ET and had some issue with his contract (long gone I assume) that he couldn't direct another movie for a rival studio at the same time. Spielberg was a fan of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and hired Tobe Hooper to take over the director's chair. Hooper got his first big taste of big Hollywood money and a lot of it immediately started going straight up his nose. So being coked out and overwhelmed with a production of that size, he was pretty much lost. Apparently it was Craig T Nelson who had to call in Spielberg who then took over the production. He even reshot some scenes he wasn't quite happy with. Basically, Hooper was reduced to setting up shots while Spielberg made all the creative decisions and worked with the actors. Much of this was confirmed by Zelda Rubenstein in an interview with Quint and Aint It Cool. She suspected that Hooper was under "chemical influence" and it was Spielberg calling all the shots. Other actors when talking about the movie are kinder to Hooper but admit that Spielberg called the shots.

Poor quality but here is a feature from back in 1982 about the making of the movie. Why they never put on the DVD/Blu-ray I assume is because I'm sure by now, both Spielberg and Hooper are embarrassed about how it all panned out and now that story is common knowledge, didn't want visual proof on how Spielberg was the one really making the movie as a part of its lasting legacy.

DjangoStonereaver: MayoSlather: The Jessica Biel remake isn't bad at all. At times it lacked the gritty feel of the original, which is really what made the original engaging, but the remake is competently constructed and a very watchable film.

The only thing competently constructed about the remake was Ms. Biel herself:

That movie has the best slow mo butt shot of her, granted she's in jeans but still slow mo butt shot.

/rest of the movie was meh.

Mugato: No one who directed possibly the greatest rack put to film can be all bad.

In fact, is that on Netflix streaming.....

.....sigh. No.

It was a while ago. Second best part is Picard getting his nose bit off.

No.

Confabulat: The rest of them were mostly just horrible, not horrific. And the reboots were disgusting and without any redemption at all.

TCM4 was great.

Mugato: Bot v2.38beta: It was a while ago. Second best part is Picard getting his nose bit off.

I didn't even know he was in that. I saw it when I was like 12 and obviously the part of the tape that wore out weren't his scenes.

I so have to re-watch that movie. I remember sneaking into my living room and hiding under the coffee table while my dad was watching it on cable, I must have been 5 or 6. I had no idea what was going on, but I still remember those titties.

No.

Also, STOP.

Jessica B. mmmmm...
in 3d taboot...

litespeed74: Jessica B. mmmmm...
in 3d taboot...

No Biel in this one, but if Tania Raymonde shows her glorious rack in 3D, I might consider seeing it.

Another reboot? Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the theater.

CarnySaur: Mugato: MayoSlather: The original had its moments but Tobe Hooper is a hack. The acting and edits in the original are awful even for its time. Amazingly TCM was the apex of his career and directing abilities as future endeavors borderlined on unwatchable

He directed Poltergeist. Although it's a common suspicion that Spielberg did most of the directing.

Don't you dare say anything bad about Lifeforce!

Many kittens died when that movie hit HBO.

Is it a reboot? Or is it part 3 of the rebooted franchise?

Lord_Dubu: Is it a reboot? Or is it part 3 of the rebooted franchise?

Releathered?

I thought they would have gone with, "Aw, not this shiat again".

Vash's Apprentice: Lord_Dubu: Is it a reboot? Or is it part 3 of the rebooted franchise?

Releathered?

Leather. Rinse. Repeat?

serpent_sky: Lord_Dubu: Is it a reboot? Or is it part 3 of the rebooted franchise?

It is really sad that we even have to ask these questions.

And I'm honestly not sure, since they rebooted, and then they did a prequel, so there wouldn't really be a part 2 in there -- so I just don't know.

Also, I was really hoping 3D would finally be dying off, but it looks like we have a few more years of it.

The original is the best, but the "reboot" was tolerable, I guess, as modern horror movies go. But then again, I was kind of wasted and there was a cop in a brown uniform standing behind us the whole time, so that may have made it seem more scary than it actually was. It relied on blood way more than ambiance, which is what made the original.

I liked the reboot. Actually... growing up in the home I did I hadn't seen the original until much later in life, long after the age that would have added the luster of nostalgia to subsequent viewings of it. So strictly on spit and polish the reboot was a better movie going experience. And of course the only reason part 2 was a prequel is because R.Lee stole the spot-light in the reboot to such a degree that the producers had to figure out a way to put him in the second cash-grab.