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Post by Michael West on Apr 23, 2006 11:02:08 GMT -5
There's a Q & A with director Fred Dekker and several cast members from his 80s classic The Monster Squad over at Aint It Cool News. They have also posted addresses where fans can urge the studios to release DVDs of Monster Squad and, one of my all-time favorites, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS. Here's the address for the Q&A: www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=23100With any luck, we can get a CREEPS with the alternate (and I dare say proper) ending! |
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Post by obliv326 on Apr 24, 2006 1:53:20 GMT -5
hey mike
was able to catch CREEPS a few months back. i was really surpriszed how much fun it was, esp given how few movies from that era and genre stand up.
i did notice the different ending from the video release in the 80s. so, which ending is the "proper" one, IYO? just wondering...
but yeah, those two would be nice to see again w/the magic of dvd!
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Post by Michael West on Apr 24, 2006 5:40:04 GMT -5
hey mike was able to catch CREEPS a few months back. i was really surpriszed how much fun it was, esp given how few movies from that era and genre stand up. i did notice the different ending from the video release in the 80s. so, which ending is the "proper" one, IYO? just wondering... but yeah, those two would be nice to see again w/the magic of dvd! SPOILER ALERT!!!! The proper one, IMHO, is the one where the two young stars kiss and everything is fine, then we see the burnt, re-animated corpse of the detective walking by. It goes to a graveyard and its head opens up, releasing the slugs. The slugs go racing toward the graves and, above the scene, the UFO from the opening flies overhead, searching for them with spotlights.  The ending in the film had the dog zombie coming up to the female lead and belching a slug at her. Hated that one. It was like, "Oh, so we want these guys to be together through the whole movie and now your gonna kill her off at the last second?" Hated that.  |
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Post by obliv326 on Apr 24, 2006 15:46:01 GMT -5
yeah...thats the "new" ending that i saw. i have to say i like that one better as well...funny that they would change from that ending to the dog one. i mean, if this was the result of some kind of testing, or even a studio heads push for a more "hollywood" ending, thats hardly w3hat they got...i cant see why they would go from one downer to another, more cruel downer. its not like the new ending gave them anything more to work with...certainly doesnt help the sequel possibilities any, which didnt happen anyway, so why not just restore the old one, esp if it gets a nice, extra filled dvd release.
does dekker expound on the reasons for the change n his interview (i say, showing my laziness...yes, i could read it myself, but that would require some effort...)
anyway, ill go and sign the petition. those two deserve a release.
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Post by Timid Wily Lava Child on Apr 25, 2006 2:05:30 GMT -5
yeah...thats the "new" ending that i saw. i have to say i like that one better as well Well I'm lost. Did I see the Pretty in Pink ending, or the UFO ending? I seem to remember the guy kissing the girl ...and the dog thing, which doesn't jibe, I guess. |
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Post by Michael West on Apr 25, 2006 6:13:47 GMT -5
Dave,
You saw the theatrical ending. In both endings, the guy kisses the girl, but in the "good" ending, they then cut away to the charred detective zombie walking past the croud of onlookers, unnoticed. No dog in that one.
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Post by obliv326 on Apr 25, 2006 22:24:38 GMT -5
yeah...thats the "new" ending that i saw. i have to say i like that one better as well Well I'm lost. Did I see the Pretty in Pink ending, or the UFO ending? I seem to remember the guy kissing the girl ...and the dog thing, which doesn't jibe, I guess. yeah, dave. the one we saw on video back in the immediate post hs days was the "bad" ending...the only ending i was aware of until i saw it on cable recently. one things thats funny...i saw it on one of the movie channels...encore, i think, and it was the old ending, the "bad" one. then i saw it again a few weeks later on one of the basic cable channels, and it ws the other ending. that was the 1st i was aware of the two endings. still no idea why you would change to the one they used over the other. dont see what it gives you. |
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