Nick Castle returning as the shape?

[shape_shifter1]

@mammer

@shape_shifter

Maybe because all of Michael’s injuries in the original, minus the rounds from Loomis in the final scene, were great money shots but nowhere near lethal.

And I’m really interested to see the alterations to the original’s conclusion. As I expect the powers behind the new film are going to shed some light on the details of Michael surviving the gunshots at the end of the film, maybe.

lol dude… if a giant needle was stabbed through the side of your neck you bleed out and die

Nah…

[shape_shifter1]

@the_shape_lurks

@shape_shifter

Maybe because all of Michael’s injuries in the original, minus the rounds from Loomis in the final scene, were great money shots but nowhere near lethal.

And I’m really interested to see the alterations to the original’s conclusion. As I expect the powers behind the new film are going to shed some light on the details of Michael surviving the gunshots at the end of the film, maybe.

To be honest, all three of the stabs could credibly kill someone (especially the clothes-hanger to the eye, depending on how bad it was). Having all three happen in a row would leave Michael in need of serious medical attention, even without the gunshots.

Nothing an acquaintance down by the river couldn’t take care of though, right?..

[zac_crook]

@MyTQuin

…In H1 Michael COULD be hurt and stunned…for a minute. Then, SOMETHING, who knows what, helped him to quickly regenerate and continue his terror…

My friend calls them Michael’s “hurty naps”.

[MyTQuin]

@zac_crook

@MyTQuin

…In H1 Michael COULD be hurt and stunned…for a minute. Then, SOMETHING, who knows what, helped him to quickly regenerate and continue his terror…

My friend calls them Michael’s “hurty naps”.

Lol! I like that! “Hurty Naps”!

[Nightstalker]

@shape_shifter

@DarknessBDJM

@shape_shifter

A lot of the fans who are praising the idea of a direct continuation to the first movie, also seem to be disregarding (in comments anyway) that Michael is 40 YEARS OLDER in the upcoming film. Lots of difference in 21 and 61. With that said, I’m not understanding all the weight and age concerns. Wouldnt make any sense for his function, BMI, overall physical make-up, etc to perfectly mirror his 21 y.o. self.

I have nothing against his age and weight, I mean George Wilbur was bigger in part VI than in IV and I thought his performance in VI was even better (and George was no spring chicken, he’d been doing stunts since the 60’s). However I don’t think The Shape actually ages like a normal person does, so I don’t think that that aspect should be an excuse for him looking different.

According to Carpenter’s comments and the crew at Blumhouse, you’re thinking is inaccurate. He ages exactly like the average person. There’s nothing paranormal, other-worldly, or super human about Michael Myers. He’s a psychopath. This is the focus of the character, as Nick will be playing him, in the upcoming film and what I was basing my post off of.

I think you’ve misread or misunderstood Carpenter’s comments. He considers Myers’s a “force of nature,” not a person. This is in light of his criticisms of RZ’s movies demystifying Myers by making him just another serial killer.

http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/05/23/michael-is-coming-home-blumhouse-is-co-producing-the-new-halloween-with-john-carpenter-onboard/


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[MyTQuin]

@Nightstalker

@shape_shifter

@DarknessBDJM

I have nothing against his age and weight, I mean George Wilbur was bigger in part VI than in IV and I thought his performance in VI was even better (and George was no spring chicken, he’d been doing stunts since the 60’s). However I don’t think The Shape actually ages like a normal person does, so I don’t think that that aspect should be an excuse for him looking different.

According to Carpenter’s comments and the crew at Blumhouse, you’re thinking is inaccurate. He ages exactly like the average person. There’s nothing paranormal, other-worldly, or super human about Michael Myers. He’s a psychopath. This is the focus of the character, as Nick will be playing him, in the upcoming film and what I was basing my post off of.

I think you’ve misread or misunderstood Carpenter’s comments. He considers Myers’s a “force of nature,” not a person. This is in light of his criticisms of RZ’s movies demystifying Myers by making him just another serial killer.

http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/05/23/michael-is-coming-home-blumhouse-is-co-producing-the-new-halloween-with-john-carpenter-onboard/


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BAM!!!
lol…had to do it.

[DarknessBDJM]

The original Halloween had it right by ramping up the supposed kill shot each time only for the Shape to rise from it making people think “Just how do you kill this guy?” and then the end leaves all doubt and says “You don’t”. Tough to do that after so many films.

If they use that approach and save the damage for late in the film and ramp it up to a final revelation, that would work. You have to give the audience a temptation of being able to survive and end the threat. Carpenter did this best. Halloween (The Shape is gone), The Fog (Blake and crew comes back for the priest), The Thing " Why don’t we just wait here for a little while… see what happens?"), Prince of Darkness (final dream and mirror scene), In the Mouth of Madness (after Trent is deemed crazy and the entire events of the film are in doubt, he wakes up to an abandoned asylum and the broadcast of the world overrun by the apocalypse), they all gave the audience and the characters a sense of hope they could stop the threat until the final moments where there is doubt.

[Dean35]

I hope whatever mask they use gives us that infamous castle stretch

[SamLoomis78]

@Dean35

I hope whatever mask they use gives us that infamous castle stretch

Agreed

[ILove10aflyViper]

What do you guys think Michael has been up to for the last forty years? No explanation? Got a job and a family? Eating rats in the basement?

Hell, I’d love if they stole Dennis Etchison’s idea of him being willed into existence by fear, literally reborn in a pumpkin patch.

[shape_shifter1]

@ClickClickPow

@shape_shifter

@MyTQuin

Seriously, I don’t think I’d be afraid of any of these 60 yr old normal dudes. Good thing many of these killers were not your run of the mill “normal dudes”. We’ve been through this argument before.
Bottom line is JC himself stated that Michael Myers was something more than just a man.

…and yet that same JC has given his blessing to, and “green lighted”, a Myers character in this upcoming film who is totally mortal and susceptible to death.
Will be good to get back to Haddonfield. I can’t wait.

Do you have a specific quote from Carpenter recently saying he’s ok with Michael being a mere man now, or are you just connecting him giving his blessing to the film as proof of that.

Sorry for just now following up. I’m typing the quote. I got it from Halloween Daily News. It’s buried in their section called “Everything we know on Halloween 2018” or something like that. Here ya go…

“I feel the thing to do with Michael Myers is exactly what Green and McBride are attempting to do. And that is to take the Boogeyman back to the way he was intended in the 1978 original. Just an escaped mental patient in a mask stalking a 17-year-old girl for no apparent reason other than she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. The only “supernatural” elements to the original film are confined to the rantings of Dr. Loomis, and of course, that final scene when Myers disappears after being shot six times and falling off the Doyle house balcony.”

On a side note, if any of you are local to the Atlanta area, I’m in town with some friends for the national championship game Monday night. Anyone on here wants to link up with us for some beers and chow, give me a shout.

[shape_shifter1]

@MyTQuin

@Nightstalker

@shape_shifter

According to Carpenter’s comments and the crew at Blumhouse, you’re thinking is inaccurate. He ages exactly like the average person. There’s nothing paranormal, other-worldly, or super human about Michael Myers. He’s a psychopath. This is the focus of the character, as Nick will be playing him, in the upcoming film and what I was basing my post off of.

I think you’ve misread or misunderstood Carpenter’s comments. He considers Myers’s a “force of nature,” not a person. This is in light of his criticisms of RZ’s movies demystifying Myers by making him just another serial killer.

http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/05/23/michael-is-coming-home-blumhouse-is-co-producing-the-new-halloween-with-john-carpenter-onboard/


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BAM!!!
lol…had to do it.

Eeeeasy killer…I never said anything in my posts denying the famous “force of nature” description from Carpenter. I’m as familiar with it as any other fan. There’s a lot of “figuratively speaking” that goes along with that. Everything I’m discussing involves the upcoming flick, what I’ve read, and opinion straight from the man himself. Got to meet him at an expo almost five years ago in Vegas, and he was nice enough to give me and my girl a few minutes of conversation during and after signing my day bill/lobby poster from the H2 release.

As far as the demystifying of Myers goes, he’s speaking to the mistake of Zombie’s “origin” story and giving the audience a peek behind the proverbial curtain that is Michael’s childhood/past.

[ClickClickPow]

I see. I would argue that there are supernatural elements sprinkled throughout the movie, not just at the finale/climax. Michael often disappearing in a blink, heck lifting Bob all the way off his feet with one arm, etc…

[Knightblake]

I say just be grateful a movie is gonna be made and stop being so dang picky over this and that!

[ILove10aflyViper]

Michael is a force of nature, the embodiment of irresistible fate and untimely death for Laurie Strode and her friends. There’s nothing that says he has to be able to walk through walls or walk through a volley of gunfire, but like the original film there should be hints at something inhuman.

I think this is good discussion. Could be worse, we could be arguing over whether he should be wearing olivewood or charcoal coveralls in the new film, hahaha.

[Knightblake]

@ILove10aflyViper

Michael is a force of nature, the embodiment of irresistible fate and untimely death for Laurie Strode and her friends. There’s nothing that says he has to be able to walk through walls or walk through a volley of gunfire, but like the original film there should be hints at something inhuman.

I think this is good discussion. Could be worse, we could be arguing over whether he should be wearing olivewood or charcoal coveralls in the new film, hahaha.

true true

[Nightstalker]

Carpenter was briefly involved in the early stages of the production for Halloween 4. He and Hill had the idea that Haddonfield has repressed all things Halloween in light of The Night He Came Home. It’s 10 years later and that repression had led to the return of The Shape. I have a feeling Carpenter’s involvement in H18 may mean his H4 ideas are being used somewhat. So The Shape has returned, but wasn’t necessarily in hiding anywhere. He may have just disappeared after falling from the balcony. Carpenter’s idea for H4 was that he was a spirit, a supernatural force. Here’s more on the H4 we didn’t get, unfortunately.
http://halloweendailynews.com/2017/01/original-halloween-4-script/


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[ILove10aflyViper]

I saw recently that that Etchison script is finally out there. Can’t wait to read it.


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[redranger]

i think its very possible that Michael got apprehended at the end of H1 and was taken back to the asylum, where he’s been for the past 40 years.
im pretty sure thats going to be the the case with this new movie.
http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/david-gordon-green-s-halloween-is-looking-to-cast-the-criminally-insane-308

[Soulgypsy76]

Whatever happens. He is human and had to have had all those wounds fixed, bullets removed or he def would have died unless he is inhuman