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07/23/2007: Summer Megaparty: Make My Monsters Grow!

Sorry, yesterday was just one of those days, and I didn't feel like making an entry just to say that. I'm also going to blitz through today's entry, as I've stumbled onto enough material for a full-length article and want to get as much of it done this afternoon as possible.

Grow-In-Water toys have really evolved into something special in recent years, expanding in size, color and general awesomeness. Such toys were formerly mundane and almost always generic, but as you can see above, today's options are limitless. Even in their small, original shapes, Humble Bumble and King Kong look so great that I'm halfway tempted to just leave them like that. After all, the exquisite detail work will certainly be diminished once I drop these fuckers in water to swell overnight.

On the other hand, both packages claim that the creatures will grow up to 600% larger if left to drench for 72 hours. Kong is already almost two inches tall, and the thought of owning a sopping wet, foot-long gorilla makes 72 hours sound like a lifetime. In Bumble's case, I just want to see how his individually painted teeth and jarringly blue mouth look after a three-day swim.

There was more than a small part of me wanting to put Kong and Bumble in one single container, as such efforts would surely deliver some kind of mutant, hybrid, Brundlefly-esque monstrosity in the realm of outsider art. But I have far too much love for King Kong and Humble Bumble to subject them to such psychophysical torments.

Various dictionaries tell me that "psychophysical" means "the time required for the mind to transform a sensory impression into a motor impulse," but since it's just so obvious that it should really mean "affecting mind and body." I'm hereby redefining the word and rallying the like-minded to my cause.

When my pals are done growing, I'll show you the results. Meantime, you can grow (ha!) more acquainted with Grow-In-Water toys with my old review of the Gremlins Water Hatchers.

I haven't thought about grow in water toys in years. My granpa used to bring them for me and my sister all the time (cheap little suckers, though, very flimsy. The cat ate them…)

Happiness is a new article, fourth post, and being let off from jury duty at 12:00 so I don't have to go to work for the day!

Speaking of which did you ever get to try those horribly reviewed grow your own carnivorous plant kits?

Yes, these are from Christmas…finally getting their day to shine. I have not tried out the Carnivorous Plant kits mainly because of the terrible reviews…would rather just pretend that I'm days away from flesh-eating plant fun than find out for sure that I'm not.

I dont think I can wait 72 hours for the results. please aim a webcam at them so I can monitor their growth.

I used to grow various creatures in 2 Litre Pepsi bottles as a kid…then when they were huge and flimsy, we never quite knew what to do with them!

I hooked up my SNES and I have been playing 'Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past' for a few days now. I got the 3 pendants and the Master Sword, and now I am trying to get the first crystal…but I cannot figure out how to beat this damn castle! Do I need the hammer to do it? If so, how do I get the hammer? I can't find it on the mountain…I am kind of in limbo in the game right now and very frustrated!

If nobody remembers this, it's cool- I just thought it was worth a try to ask. I called my brother but he couldn't remember.

I feel like I am just waiting for the entire world to be done reading HP7 so I can be free to talk about it!

Off Topic:
You guys remember how "Lazy Dazy" was made by the company Ideal? Look what I just ran into, check out the top left corner of this intertesting toy (click my name).
Did Ideal make nothing but creepy things?

I agree with you. i don't know why more people don't just stay up all night and read the damn thing. I was done by Saturday morning and now my friends all keep saying shhhh. jerks.

At my son's previous daycare, if he had a "good week" he would get one of these as a reward. Before the figure ever reached full size he would rip the limbs off and I never got to see just how big they could get.

You don't really need to put margarine or vaseline (WTF?) on wax paper to shrink these guys back down. Just put them on some paper towels to collect the excess water and wait a day.

Matt, have you tried out the Test Tube Alien yet? I'm curious but I just can't buy it for myself.

One of the great joys of being a teacher is that special day right around December 20th, the day before Christmas Vacation (or, as the ridigly non-denominational public school system calls it, Winter Break). On this day young buys and girls from all sides of the poverty line find in in their hearts to bestow a gift upon their teacher. As an inner-city public school teacher I am constantly amazed by the gratitude which I am shown. These families have very little but some find a way to give a gift nonetheless. My favorite presents are the ones that were obviously just picked from around the house. I have gotten knick-knacks of tigers with the ears chipped off, a James Lofton Hall of Fame Bobblehead in a severely damaged box, and a 1/16th scale replica of a Lamborghini Countach.

The reason I bring all of this up has to do with the Grow Bumble. Last December I received a gift from the same line of Rudolph products from a boy in my class. The fact that I can make someone cry by keeping them in from recess and they still want to give me a Blueberry-scented Bumble Chapstick for Christmas makes my head spin Like Matt's (up until today), mine has not yet been opened. I think it's in the Christmas Rubbermaid in the basement, but this will only be verified sometime shortly after Thanksgiving.

I feel deprived…I've never seen a grow-in-water toy in action. The closest I've gotten is one of those dried-out sponges that swell up real fast when you drop them in water.

These remind me of that episode of the Simpsons where Bart has the grow-in-water T-Rex and has visions of it growing into a real T-Rex. So he places it on the drive way, hides around the corner ready with a waterhose, and calls Lisa over and just as she makes it to the T-Rex he pops around the corner and blasts it with water.

Instead of growing into a real T-Rex and eating Lisa, it swells up to maybe a few times its size and floats off down the driveway.

Speaking of Simpsons, I drove to east Dallas this weekend to visit the Kwik-E-Mart there. I have a blog about it on Myspace (linked in my name) if anybody's interested.

Why dont you do a google search or something? Im sure the answer to your Zelda problem is on the internet.

I havent finished reading the book yet. Though I spent a considerable amount of time reading it this weekend, I kept a bit of a semblence of a life. And also, Id rather read, digest, enjoy, read….rather than blazing through it with tired eyes and a sleepy mind. Its not the ending thats important, its the journey. And Im relishing every last minute of it.

They had a couple of these in action up at the craft store a couple of weeks ago. One of them was a "mega" grow turtle, and it sure was massive. I'd never seen one get so large. I think we grew some at school once in a 2-liter bottle.

Meepy: I can't agree more; while I am reading this book faster than than I've read one since the first three, it has more to do with the sense of speed in the story rather than finishing it quickly. I want to enjoy every moment of this book that I waited seven years to read! It's weird to me that just about everyone I know that was so exciting about reading the book has turned reading the thing into some weird race to the finish, as if finishing it first is the prize over reading it and enjoying it.

I think if HP was just any other old book series coming to an end, I would've taken a more "stop and smell the roses" approach to reading it. However, I was SO TERRIFIED that someone would spoil some tiny element, that I read the whole damn thing in one sitting. Well, that and it was really good and compelling and all that jazz.

Muppet Baby, hubby could only talk for a sec and was ridiculously vague, but he said that to get the crystal you have to beat the boss. To beat the boss, you need to find the right key to the right door. You'll also need arrows to defeat the boss, so make sure you find those.

Keep in mind that I've never actually played a Zelda game and am basically just relaying info through hubby. If the directions are wrong or terribly unhelpful, I apologize on his behalf! I'll try to weasel out more info later tonight when he has time.

Hyrule Castle
On the west side of Death Mountain, you will find a cave that leads back down.
Enter the Lost Woods and go to the northwest corner. With all three pendants, you'll be able to take the Master Sword.
When you leave the glade, Zelda will tell you that soldiers are coming to the sanctuary.
Hurry to the Sanctuary. The priest will tell you that soldiers took Zelda to the castle before he passes away.
Enter the castle and climb up onto the walls. Use your sword to break the barrier in front of the door and enter.
Climb up the castle tower to the 7th floor. There you will watch Agahnim send Zelda to the Dark World and the seal of the seven wise men will be broken.
Go to the back of the room and sweep away the curtains with your sword.
You will have to fight Agahnim on the balcony. You can not hurt the wizard directly, but hit the magic he throws at you with your sword to rebound it back to him.
Once you have defeated the wizard, he will draw you into the Dark World.

Palace of Darkness
You will arrive in the Dark World on the top of the pyramid.
Climb down the pyramid and go east toward the Palace of Darkness which is marked on your map.
To get to the Palace, you need to find your way through the hedge maze. There is an arrow on the ground which points toward the entrance. If you look closely at the hedges, you should see the paths through them.
Inside one of the hedges, you will be joined by a monkey named Kiki. Give him 10 Rupees so that he continues to follow you.
When you approach the Palace entrance, Kiki will offer to open it for you for 100 Rupees.
Descend down the stairs on the left to find the key for the center doorway.
In the next room, push the block off the bridge on the right side and follow the block over the side where you will be able to find a key. Step on the teleporter to leave that area.
Return to that room again and place a bomb on the cracked spot on the left bridge. Drop into the hole you created and use the key to open the locked door so that you can get the Big Key.
Return again to the same room and cross the right bridge.
Go to the northeast corner of the level, to the dark room west of the room with the collapsing bridge and bomb a hole in the east wall to get to the chest which holds the Magic Hammer.
In one of the rooms on the right side, a switch will open the door, but as soon as you step off the switch the door will close again. Push the nearest statue onto the button so that the door stays open.
In the room after that, shoot the statue in the eye with an arrow to reveal a new passageway.
Use your hammer on the moles in the basement to get by them.
To kill the turtles, hit the floor with the hammer near one and they will flip over. Hit them again with the hammer or with your sword while they are on their back to kill them.
When you get to the boss, hit his mask several times with the hammer to destroy it. Once his mask is off, you can kill him with your sword.
After the boss has been defeated, you will receive a crystal with the first maiden trapped inside. She will tell you the locations of the other girls.

I still replay the game every now and then, but I figured the directions needed to be more direct than I could relate my own darn self.

I just had an idea. Holy shit. Grow in water deformed fetuses, you put the thing in a mason jar and let it swell and then bam a pickled punk, leave it sealed and on the shelf for a creepy display, alot easier than getting a hold of a real two headed baby and probably easier to transport. Holy shit… I'm gonna be a millionaire.

I agree with Paul, put a webcam on those badboys and lets watch em real time

. For those of us without a life. Fios should be able to handle the streaming traffic

Oh my goodness, nork, $50 in gas? I'm glad you enjoyed it, sounds like a fun road trip. I've got to get my own Kwik-E-Mart pictures uploaded (though of course they're just like Matt's and yours, with the addition of shots of the incredibly long line I had to wait in).
I can't wait to see these guys grow. Grow Kong was on the Xmas wishlist, wasn't he? I remember considering him before deciding on the tangentially more awesome Jimmy Buffet album.
I didn't rush through Harry Potter because of the accomplishment of it (though I admit after a few days of media blackout I was withdrawing and was eager to make it back for the SNT) but just because I NEEDED to know. It's been the same for all the others too, JKR just builds up such suspense that by the time the third act starts there's just no putting the book down. Though I admit I did get a kick out of spoiling people at work this morning (only the ones who asked, of course).

oh squee.. i shouldn't have clicked your link.. i shouldn't have quickly glanced at the text of your latest post…. i am only 100 pages into the book *cries*

After surviving a weird ban session, a family outing to south NJ and Atlantic City and not receiving HP7 even though it came Saturday but I missed the delivery confirmation I am back here with all of you. Hooray!

I'm really pissed off at the post office they were supposed to try and deliver HP again today but didn't. So I got myself and half my family playing phone tag with every post office on Staten Island trying to find the damn thing.

While in AC I found a lot of the dinosaurs from Dinosaur Beach and the the bumper cars from there. the Steel Pier outside trump taj mahal has them all.

That is why I always buy stuff on the day. Unless I can't get something otherwise. Speaking of which, I really need to scrape up some cash for an eBay splurge.

Target had some Halloween Grow-in-Water toys a few years ago, and I bought them all just because they looked awesome. Cool little Vampires, Frankenstein's Monsters, and Ghosts. I never wanted to ruin them by getting them wet though.

And I blazed through the last Potter book for the same reasons, I was terrified someone was going to ruin it for me. Parts of 'Half-Blood Prince' were spoiled because I took a week to read it, and I really didn't want that to happen again. I generally read pretty fast though, anyway, so a book like that is a weekend read if I don't have much going on otherwise.

Off-Topic but extremely funny: The Bo-Heman Rhapsody. Just click on the third Youtube screen.

It was just such an AMAZING read that I could not put it down. I still had lots of time to do lots of stuff this weekend since the book only took about 6 hours or so to read. I think I am going to go back to book 1 and read them all over again now that I have a complete picture.

I have to stop typing now or I will end up spoiling something for those of you who are still working your way through. Suffice it to say that the book is great…SO HURRY UP!

Matt - I don't really recall ever hearing you talk about the Potter books. Are you not a fan or are you a closeted fan who is perhaps afraid to come out???

Hmmmm…….

Gremlins water hatchers!? How could I have missed the chance to finally have my own Gizmo!? I'm going to go to sleep out of depression now.

Whenever a game gets me down like that, I always enjoy watching some Angry Nintendo Nerd, which I have spent the last hour doing.

Why do people post spoilers? What pleasure could they possible get from it? It boggles my mind.

I will not post spoilers to HP. It would be the equivalent of someone posting spoilers of the Simpsons movie for me.

Kinda reminds me of that Baby in a Bottle comic from The Far Side. The guy said he got it at a garage sale, didn't know how it was possible, but made a great showpiece.

Oh Primus I am so terribly sorry! I feel awful. I was all "click my name to discuss spoilers on my blog" in the last thread so I didn't think about how I should have warned again. You probably just got utterly and totally spoiled for everything, I'm so so sorry.
I'm sure Matt will clean up all spoilers as soon as he sees them. He's mentioned that he's not really into fiction novels so I don't think he's all that into HP. I do remember him reviewing the Chamber of Secrets movie favorably though, so I could be wrong.

squee thanks for checking it out. Yeah $52 and some change in gas. It was 430 miles round trip. Took my Mom's car, I was pleased to fill up the tank and it end at $52, my truck fills up from empty at about $75. Another conversation for some other time though.

Muppet, they do it because they want to feel smart that they know the outcome and you don't. It's a pissing contest to these people.

Hmmm, grow-dealies. Matt, think you could post pics of these guys daily, so's we could watch them growing? I don't want this to turn into another Chia Plot.

Hmm. I had one of those grow-in-water starfish back in college. My roommate named it Irwin and at the end of the year we gave him a burial at sea. Friend played taps and all in the girls bathroom.

When my sister moved across the country last year, she left me a growing HULK toy with a card signed something like "…and may our love grow like the mighty Hulk"
I've been fascinated by growing water toys since I was a kid, dinosaurs specifically- anyone remember Gro-Beasts? Those were the best.
I'd love to know where I can find a KONG, I had no idea they even made one, but now I must have it.

I can just see Matt trying to imitate Power Ranger villains, shouting the thread's title, and hurling pencils, soda straws, and Skeletor's Havoc Staff at Kong and Bumble, trying to speed up the swelling.

My friend bought me a "Grow Your Own Boyfriend" for Valentine's Day one year at Hot Topic. Turns out he was as disappointing as the real thing.

I had problems with UPS delivering my Harry Potter book as well. If it hadn't been for my stepdad I wouldn't have gotten it at 4PM. Yes, 4PM! It was pathetic; they just chucked it off at the post office. I finished it yesterday and I wrote a blog, with some spoilers, on my Myspace page. I've waited to talk about this book for ages and I was pissed to find my cable internet on the fritz all weekend. Now that my cable is up and running I can't receive messages about my blog seeing as my Myspace message center is down. Apparently it isn't in my stars to debate HP right now. I have the worst luck ever.

LOL at the boyfriend comment, iAMYou…LJ is running just fine, so you could always share your thoughts on my journal. I'm much more interested in what you guys all thought than some random HP forum members.

Thorzul Your story reminded me of in elementary school when we passed out valentines and some kids handmade valentines. One of them really wanted to make valentines it wasn't like she couldn't afford them like some other kids. I still have it someplace and I cherish the valentines I got now more then I did then. The handmade ones were a purple construction paper, glitter, marker filled mess. Awesome.

How's this for cool, completely unrelated to grow-in-water toy stuff? I'm going with my boss to NJ in August for training. The store we're going to is… right by Atlantic City! My boss likes to gamble, so I asked if we were going to go. She gave me a look like I was retarded for asking, and said, "Does a bear shit in the woods?" I'm so excited! I have the coolest boss!

Hey, you can put these in two liters?! I never thought of that before. I can screw the lid on super tight so my son cannot open it and I can see just how big they get. YAY new fun.

Wow…I knew this was coming, i just didn't know when. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman are back together again for a reality series on A&E starting next week. I wonder if Haim is going to talk about how he sold his teeth?

Matt, I will proudly join you in redifining psychophysical. Let the revolution begin!

Bill If you couldn't figure that out yourself it's fake. It's made to be a reality show it's a comedy. Don't remember the term they use but it's like the word Mockumentary. I bet you could figure that out yourself but I don't like the thought of people going around with false info in their heads.

And for some odd reason these put-in-water-2-watch-grow things remind me of a toy of tony the tiger I got in a box of frosted flakes he's shaped as a bullet kinda and you put him in a bottle of water and with the cap on you squeezed and let go to watch him go up and down. Probably still have the lil guy.

Don't know if anyone here's a Morrissey fan,but I just got back from a fine Morrissey performance. He missed the original date (2 weeks ago) but he had a makeup concert tonight and it was fantastic.

I was just coming here to post just this, finally realizing this at 2:30am after a long day. Being away for the compy for most of the day helped too.

And Rita's Wand Throwing was one of the better "Monster Growing" cut scenes. Zedd? He just gave his monsters grenades to make them grow.

Although after Rita & Zedd teamed up/got married, they crossed their staffs together to make it grow. So that was nice.

Phew, I thought I was going to be the only one to get the Power Rangers reference when I first read this. It's reminders like this that make me want to go back to 1993.

It's fitting that Invader Norbert should be talking about Rita and Zedd, because tonight they aired a brand-new two-parter on power rangers featuring Rita and Zedd's son as the main villain. It's a cross-over that brings in a group of rangers from past teams, including Adam as the black ranger. Anyone interested can watch part one on Disney DXD at jetix.tv.

Alright, it's been breached. For those of you who can't get enough of Juggernaut Bitch (I can't be the only one), here's Power Rangers Bitch

Thanks Knegative someone had a link to their blog that posted here once that had a touching story about when they were a kid about 6 or 7 they loved power rangers and had a power rangers birthday party (the article showed pics of the party) and a foreign exchange student they had over for a year that lived with them gave him an early birthday present (because she was leaving before his birthday) of the red power ranger (his fave) on a bike. He was tickled at the effort on her part to buy him something power rangers related even though she had no clue about the whole show. If any of you wrote that article, I hope you enjoy my summary

I was a bit old for the power rangers I was about 11 or 12 at the time, but I enjoyed watching it in all of it's cheesy goodness. And it was a boy thing and I loved boy things being a tomboy.

I cannot wait to get Monster Squad! I never saw it as a child, but my freinds constantly recounted it to me, I feel like i missed out on an intergral part of growing up. Finally, i can see the 'nards shot in all it's glory.

the thing i don't get about spoilers is why movie reviewers these days feel the need to describe the entire plot of a movie to review it! there's no need to reveal every plot twist just to convey your feelings on the quality of the direction, acting, effects, story, etc..

saw corey haim and feldman on larry king the other day and they oddly made it a point to state that their reality show pretty much all consisted of scripted or forced situations. i think we all know that these reality shows are fake by now but it still kinda takes some of the fun out of it when the people behind it openly say so

Goob: I think you are right. I just saw a snid bit on A&E. They were talking about the Lost Boys sequel and how they are not going to be in it.

Dr Worm: You should read the review of Monster Squad that Mystie did. It got kudos from one of the actors. I believe it is on Retro Junk.

Drew Carey is the new host of "The Price is Right." I like Drew so I think this is a good choice.

Yeah, I think Drew is a pretty good choice. I hope he invents a little touchdown dance to do whenever someone gets to turn a hole-in-one to a hole-in-two.

My girlfriends Mom was on the Price Is Right. She bet closest and won a chair. Every time we go back to visit I have to sit in it and watch the Price Is Right. It just feels right.

I'm a little disappointed with Drew as a choice. It wouldn't have made good PR, I know, but I was hoping they'd go with an unknown. TPIR has been around for so long now that it doesn't need someone to be a draw. I'm afraid that Drew will overpower the show instead of complementing it. I couldn't stand him on "Whose Line…". The prize was doing improv with him, and he was the worst one at it. I could be wrong about all this. I hope I am. I love TPIR. It was the best part about staying home sick from school.

Does anybody have any info on that guy that tried to sue Saban all those years ago over MMPR? He tried to claim that he came up with the idea first. Had pictures of his "team" and everything. The photos were pathetic. Three word description of his "ranger" uniform: Spandex Doorman Nightmare. I heard mention of it a couple of times on Entertainment Tonight, then nothing. I pegged PR as adapted Japanese programming right off, so I wanted to know what happened when they hauled out the Sentai footage. One of the funniest lawsuits I ever heard of.

BILL! - You cryptic message sending son of a bitch. You know who fucking decided to rear his ugly head back into my life like hours after you send that message? My fucking ex with the Batman tattoo. And we almost immediately began quoting Batman Returns, after I got over the urges to punch him in the face. Ugh. As much as I hate the son of a bitch for what he's done, it's kinda hard to hit someone that just tried to off himself. Especially since I still harbor certain emotions for him. *sigh* I'm an emotional wreck right now. *shakes head*

I'm….sorry? I have a bad problem with jinxing people and myself. I think it was from an accidental electric shock I received when turning on a light with wet hands. Some superpower, huh?

could be worse Bill you could have the power to make your hands swell up painfully whenever you take a bite of a sandwhich

I think Drew Carey is an ok choice…as long as he doesn't make the show all about him, ya know?

I thought Drew Carey already had a game show. It sort of bothers me really, he's too broad and strong. I expect a bit of waifness and large teeth in my game show hosts. And there's no way in hell that he'll be able to carry off that scrawny microphone without looking like a pansy. Maybe the idea is that a contestant won't be able to break *his* ribs while trying to lift him in celebration over their new appliances.

Yeah, I'm really fucking jealous that Muppet Baby was eating a sandwhich over an hour ago because I still don't fucking have one.

i'm so excited for the new halloween movie (the one rob zombie is making) comes out next month!!!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_%282007_film%29

actually Andrew I heard Saturday night an interview with Rob Zombie talking about the movie, it sounds really good. He said he did research on what kids do the signs of a serial killer early on, and the details in the movie. He said they worked really hard trying to find the perfect young michael myers and how they didn't want a fake hollywood one but a real down to earth child and how the kid they found was perfect. Immature kid sometimes, and a serious mature side too. Sounds awesome. And august 31st is my cousin's b-day she'll probably see that movie on her birthday.

Halloween (2007)–no matter how good it may be–will be nowhere as good as the original. The audience already knows the story, so apart from necessary departures (of which director Zombie spoke of in interviews) it is the same. Worse is that the film will be compared to Carpenter's original (1978) and the discussion will center around how film and the industry have changed in the 29 years since release.

But Halloween will probably be the best "remake" this year in the scary movie genre. The Invasion looks like trash and I am Legend (a great book by the bye; likely 2nd or 3rd best on the subject of vampires) with WS will be technically and budget-wise better than the version with VP (1964 I believe; archive.org version cropped to 1.24:1), but shitty due to storigraphic changes making it more similar to the 1971 version with Charles Heston (but to be fair, the book does not end happily so I story could use work for transition to the screen.) Still I am not holding out much hope. It would appear from early releases of the screenplay that Neville survives and that is good for no one.

Why didn't anyone tell me I could download gigs and gigs of public domain movies from archive.org ????

Regarding the Halloween remake, why the need to explain Michael's motivations? I am not thrilled with what I have read concerning Michael's home life as a child. Supposedly he comes from an abusive home which of course is meant to be at least partially responsible for his mental problems.

Am I the only one that doesn't want to see that? Maybe it is just me, but I found it far scarier when Michael Myers was the faceless, evil being, with no true motive. Sure eventually the sequels tried to explain his story, but not the first film. The unknown is always more frightening that what we have had explained to us.

I'm having flashbacks to a young Freddy Krueger, being taunted by his classmates, as he takes a hammer to the classroom pet.

I'll still check it out, and I hope it is outstanding, but Rob has definitely made some choices I would not have.

Oh, one last thing about Halloween that I cannot stand. Sheri Moon Zombie plays Michael's mother, Deborah Myers.

Even though I actually found some enjoyment in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, I despise her. She finds entirely new ways to annoy me with each new movie. Her voice is like fingernails being run down a chalkboard.

See, I always imagined Michael as having NO motivation. That's the absolute frightening thing. He's not abused. He simply one day decides to pick up a knife and kill his parents. Now THAT is scary.

mike meyers is the friggen boogeyman there is nothing to explain how or why. he just is.

yea i thought michael myers was just supposed to be a pure incarnation of the spirit of evil, which was why he could never be killed

dohopoki: We all had a pool to see how long it would take you to figure it out. And I had seventeen dollars on August 1st. I hope you're satisfied.

Jedoc- all the time you post things that make me laugh, I have always wanted to tell you that. Thanks.

I'm kind of excited about the Halloween remake/reimaginating/rewhatever. My only thing is that I'm not the biggest fan of Zombie's films. I appreciate what he puts into them and that they comes off as something "his" — but it's just not really my cup of tea. Not a complaint, just a personal preference.

Adding the Myers origin story may or may not work. It's risky, for sure. "Creepy kids" are not easy to pull off (see the Omen remake), but I'll reserve judgment. I'm not sure that Zombie is trying to establish a motive as much as he's looking for an excuse to film things that fall more under the category of "original content" than "remake." I mean, once it's Myers killing people, it's something that's been done, no matter how cool or stylized.

I'm also a little fearful that the movie's coming out just when its market is cooling off. Hostel 2 did not do well, and I think that's as much a sign of a passing fad as it is an indictment of Hostel 2. There will always be a core fanbase for these movies, but it's going to take a little luck to get up to Saw-level again.

I don't feel that these remakes hurt the originals' legacies at all. They can come out good or bad, but I can't see them hampering or affecting my enjoyment of the originals at all. Except for that Omen redo That was bad enough to make the original suck by relation.

I just wish Tobe Hooper would team up with Steven Spielberg to do a well made horror movie. I hate remakes of classics. If it isn't broke, there is no need to fix it.

I am almost mad at the fact they are putting a cause to Micheal Myers from an abusive childhood. Magic Toy, DannyJ ,Cameron T and Dallasmovie are right on. What made Halloween different was the lack of motive. He came home….and killed everyone. That is scary.

Nooooo! Not the News!!! JLAJRC, I was holding out hope that WWN had to refer to something else, but no such luck. Who will keep us abreast of Bigfoot and Bat Boy's latest doings now?

Hey, I am not the Harry Potter nut that many here seem to be, but I stumbled across this article at the Chicago Tribune's website concerning future works Rowling "might" have in the Potter universe. It is not your typical novel, but some might be interested. The (very short) article warns of spoilers for those that haven't finished the last book - SO BE WARNED.

It looks like the article I posted earlier just links to this new article, so I'll cut out the middleman and just give the direct link.

Oh Jedoc, when will you learn that I never learn anything on August the 1st. Someone update dohopedia.

squee.. no worries.. i didn't read the other thread about spoilers lol so its my fault that i didn't glance them over a little closer.. over halfway through the book now.. putting a mental block on what i did see on your site. I can't get over that people read this in 6 hours. I thought I was a fast reader and I'm probably at 5-6 now and only at half.

:P.. here i thought that Matt missed his deadline since it's 12:21am. I keep forgetting that I'm Atlantic time here in Canuckland so he's still an hour behind

It took me about 12-14 hours to read Book 7, and I'm an extremely fast reader. I have a feeling that those who read it in 6 hours were/are either A)on crack or B)speed reading and missing a lot.

Whew! Matt's here and he's got something planned! I was going to ask where he's been.

haha norbert that reference made me almost choke to death, sadly i don't think it would have been the first simpsons related killing mishap.

Thanks for the link, Magic Toy. I've been pretty much expecting that she'd probably do that, but I'm surprised she's talking about it so soon. Awesome news though.
Primus, I'm glad you're not too upset

Be sure to let me know what you thought when you're done. Not now though, because LJ is down (I guess I jinxed it earlier). It took me about eight hours to read Book 7, but I think I'm a pretty fast reader and of course I was highly motivated.

I heard Hostel 2 was pretty bad…I really thought the horror heads would have been into Grindhouse but I was way off on that one. I wonder if they'll even do the Scream Awards again this year.

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