Respectfully, I would rather find out that my idea won’t be received well by fans BEFORE I spend my money on a project than AFTER the fact. Also, I’m assuming that IF these guys had the money (or were able to obtain a loan) to finance the proposed film then they would have done so with or without fan consent. So what I take away from this is that a small group of people (a director, a writer, a few actors – I have no idea who) wanted to spend a studio or someone else’s money to create a product (and essentially gamble) that is not guaranteed to generate enough revenue. Honestly, I’d thank the fans this time.

Have you seen any of the Krueger fan shorts where Roberto Lombardi plays Freddy? I honestly think he did a better job portraying Freddy in those shorts than Jackie did. Several others agree judging by their comments on message boards.

True. That is what he says now, but that wasn’t what he said prior to or when it was released. Robert has never said anything negative about the actor. Of course I think that is mainly because he is better than that and isn’t going to talk shit on anybody.

I had a chance to ask Robert about that at a Con. He’s retired himself from the role. So no, he wouldn’t have taken the role. Also we’re also not talking about a random actor. We’re talking about Jackie Earle Haley. Who did a fantastic job. If anyone was worthy to succeed Englund as as Freddy it was him.

I’ll agree with you that the story was garbage and the Freddy design wasn’t as good as it will be, but Haley’s acting was top notch.

What a horrible idea. Read the mountain of horrible Friday the 13th Fan-Fiction that’s out there on the internet and you’ll agree.
Having a “fan panel” is kind of counter intuitive to what John was getting at. The internet is basically the “fan panel”, if the studios really wanted input on what the fans wanted, they’d look online. That doesn’t cost anything.

“Seems like writing “WTF are you talking about” is a pretty good indicator of starting an argument with someone.” That wasn’t my intention, but if that is how you perceived it, my apologies. I didn’t say that the “go have a Faygo” was making fun of my username. I was referring to your comment, “…they need to be made fun of for anything and everything.” Yes, I am. Yes, it is. I still don’t see how that was or is relevant to the text in the conversation though, bro. Again my apologies about my wording, I was not attempting to offend you. Sorry.

P.S. I guess I lied in my last post about it being my last post. No hard feelings. :)

Seems like writing “WTF are you talking about” is a pretty good indicator of starting an argument with someone. Especially when we weren’t really debating the history of the internet. My point was always to reply to the comment saying internet comments changed the direction of the Halloween franchise.

And how is saying “Go have a Faygo” making fun of your username? You’re not a Juggalo? Isn’t “The Juggla” an ICP song?

Seems the only thing “twiztid” here is your logic.

I didn’t originally possess nor do I now possess any desire to argue with you about anything. I simply stated the internet was around way before 2002. I am sorry you feel the need to make fun of other people. By the way, I didn’t misspell anything. I don’t know why you presume to be informed on subjects that you are obviously ignorant of. Not that it is even relevant here, but my username is a reference to the 1992 song “The Juggla”. I can’t comprehend how somebody who thinks the internet didn’t come along until 2002 can make fun of another person’s intelligence any way. This is my last post on this matter. Hopefully one day you won’t feel the need to make fun of others. Peace.

My point was people were not on the internet making complaints about movies in the 80’s. The original comment claimed that fan complaints ruined the direction of the Halloween franchise. That’s simply not the case. The producers were the ones to make the decision to put Myers back in the films. None of this had anything to do with the internet, which – even though it had been “invented” – was not widely used by the general public. Especially not for things like gossiping about movies.

And come on – when someone can’t even spell “Juggalo”correctly, they need to be made fun of for anything and everything.

You are spouting off incorrect information and when somebody points it out to you make a remark about their username that has nothing to do with the subject at hand because you were proven to be misinformed or incorrect. Good logical argument there…By the way, it was you who brought the history of the internet subject up although you stated it didn’t come into existence until ~2002, lol.

Because my point was all about “The History of the Internet”. Good add, Twiztid. Go have a Faygo.

I did enjoy the Maniac remake. A Nightmare On Elm Street is my favorite franchise and the remake was horrible. You can’t just cast any random actor for a character as iconic as Freddy Krueger. What makes that particular remake even worse is that they didn’t even approach Robert Englund who would have more than likely been down to reprise his iconic role.

20 years? WTF are you talking about? Halloween 3 was released in 1982. The internet was invented in 1983 and the WWW came to fruition in 1990…

Ummmm…you realize Halloween 3 came out roughly 20 years before the internet was invented, right?

Halloween 3 ranked at the box office, and the producers made the decision that a movie franchise based off of John Carpenter’s “Halloween” was worthless without Michael Myers. Internet whining had nothing to do with it.