News - Weekend Round-Up

Hi all. MM back on a particularly bored night, thought I may as well share a couple of new tidbits with you.
First of all the staff of AICN have posted their first official opinion on Rob Zombie's Halloween 2. I don't plan on linking to every one of these but this is a particularly good read, a very interesting piece and this guy Massawyrm seems to know what he's talking about and have as much love and respect for the genre as we here do.
Secondly as you'll see in the review if you check it out it's been announced that Zombie will be helming a remake of seminal horror "classic" The Blob, only apparently without the traditional representation of the titular amorphous monster, which he claims is too cheesy and wouldn't be accepted by audiences today. I really don't like this idea, The Blob never struck me as a great film anyway except in terms of a certain trashy B movie aesthetic (and an appearance by the legendary Steve McQueen in the original), a remake might be more suited to the likes of Robert Rodriguez or a director with similar sensibilities who isn't afraid to embrace the kitsch and corny. My opinion of the one Zombie film I've seen, Halloween, is well documented on the site and not wholly negative, but does lead me to expect the Blob to be a misunderstood shape-changing alien bounty hunter who was abused by his step parent from a warring species of intellectual inferiors. Still it is happening, you never know it could be worth a watch. Up to now Im totally indifferent to this news though, sorry fans.
MM