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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Amanda Taylor, Apr 26, 2012.

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  1. The Count Moderator

    Hi, fellow Tim Burton fan here. Uncle D wouldn't chase you away as he enjoys most Tim Burton films, at least the scary ones like Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow, though I've not seen Sleepy Hollow nor Sweeny Todd yet. I know, I'm a bit behind with those. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I just refuse to see.

    Also, some things I should clear up.
    1 He wouldn't have been working on Batman during Coraline, as that was the Christopher Nolin directed franchise.
    2 The upcoming Frankenweenie is a full-length feature film stop-animated version of the original short, which aired on Disney back in the 1980's, but was always an original short created and directed and owned by Tim Burton.
    3 Alice in Wonderland 2010 was a good Tim Burton-esque interpretation. I especially give him props for having the imprisonment and attempted hanging of Terrence Hightop echo the scenes from Pirates 1 involving Captain Jack Sparrow. But the best version ever of both Alice stories was the 2-hour 1985 star-studded TV movie starring Natalie Gregory as Alice. Look it up some time if you're an Alice fan like me.

    As far as future films I'm looking forward...
    Dark Shadows, definitely. BTW: Jonathan Frid and Laura Palmer from the original series are to have cameos.
    Then there's Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter coming in June and Pride and Prejudice and of Zombies in July, Frankenweenie in October.
    After those, Seth Graham Smith will work on a movie script titled Night of the Living and adapting his own book Unholy Night. Once those two are out of the way, he'll start drafting the script to what we're all truly waiting for... Beetlejuice 2!
    The Count, Apr 27, 2012
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  2. Hayley B Active Member

    Yeah, Coraline wasn't from Tim Burton.

    Just the director (can't think of his name) of Nightmare Before Christmas.
    Hayley B, Apr 27, 2012
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  3. Yuna Leonhart Well-Known Member

    His name is Henry Selick ;)
    Yuna Leonhart, Apr 27, 2012
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  4. Hayley B Active Member

    Thank you.
    Hayley B, Apr 27, 2012
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  5. Amanda Taylor Active Member

    When I meant chase, I meant a chase of him being in love with all us Tim Burton girls.
    In other words, he'd probly would want to be like Dracula with his wives. LOL
    Amanda Taylor, Apr 27, 2012
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  6. Sgt Floyd Well-Known Member

    I meant NBC...and I said I *think.* I know he was working on a different movie during NBC so he didn't have time to work on it
    Sgt Floyd, Apr 27, 2012
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  7. Yuna Leonhart Well-Known Member

    I think he worked on Batman Returns during the production of The Nightmare Before Christmas. But I'm not really sure.
    Yuna Leonhart, Apr 27, 2012
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  8. Amanda Taylor Active Member

    It may not be Tim Burtony but I love the Alien movies and I can't wait to see Prometheus. YAY FOR XENOMORPHS! :p
    Amanda Taylor, Apr 27, 2012
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  9. The Count Moderator

    Hmm... Batman Returns was 1992, Nightmare was 1993, so it could have worked out both ways.
    Really hope Beetlejuice 2 lives up to the hype when they finally start working on it.
    The Count, Apr 27, 2012
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  10. Amanda Taylor Active Member

    (spots Uncle Deadly and tries to hide giggling)
    I love being silly.
    Amanda Taylor, Apr 27, 2012
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  11. jvcarroll Well-Known Member

    While Tim Burton is a visionary, much of the vision attributed to Nightmare Before Christmas actually belongs to Coraline's Henry Selick. Does anybody remember those stop motion MTV interstitials? That was Henry Selick.

    I'm glad to see Burton going back to his roots with Frankenweenie and don't forget that Selick's ParaNorman comes out two months before that. This is a good year for animation!
    jvcarroll, Apr 27, 2012
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  12. Amanda Taylor Active Member

    YESH I TOTALLY AGREE! :D
    Amanda Taylor, Apr 27, 2012
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  13. The Count Moderator

    BTW: Is there truth to the tidbit I once read that when the Beldam cracked eggs when making breakfast for Coraline, the yolks sort of formed the image of Jack Skellington?
    *Loves the expanded Selick/Burton animated worlds.
    The Count, Apr 27, 2012
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  14. Amanda Taylor Active Member

    Speaking of Burton, I have the circles around my eyes like one of his characters and no it's not make up. LOL
    Amanda Taylor, Apr 27, 2012
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  15. Hayley B Active Member

    I hope so too. One of my other forum chats brought this up a while back. I'm excited that Michael Keaton is going to play him again. But I felt that he's too old now. One poster said "He's not old'. Well, in makeup no. But physically. I can't see him jumping around like he use too.
    Hayley B, Apr 27, 2012
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  16. Amanda Taylor Active Member

    I have one complaint about the animated BJ series. They should've kept Lydia as a teenager and not a kid. Other then that, I love the series.
    Amanda Taylor, Apr 27, 2012
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  17. Hayley B Active Member

    I can't think of anything that I found wrong about the BJ cartoon. Just that Claire was such an easy villain.
    Hayley B, Apr 27, 2012
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  18. Amanda Taylor Active Member

    Claire was a (not going to say the word.) :boo:
    Amanda Taylor, Apr 27, 2012
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  19. Sgt Floyd Well-Known Member

    I think Henry Selick is a much better stop motion director. I used to like Tim Burton but lately...

    ParaNorman is not directed by Selick. Chris Butler and Sam Fell are directing it. I don't think Selick has anything to do with the movie. It might be the same animators, and its the same studio, Laika, who apparently also did work on Corpse Bride
    Sgt Floyd, Apr 27, 2012
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  20. jvcarroll Well-Known Member

    I totally thought that was Selick, but you're right. :wisdom: It's the same Coraline company. I guess thats what confused me. I think Disney's snatched Selick up for all of his future endeavors so I'm sure he's up to something good over there. Coraline was so lush and beautiful and interesting and morbid while being something completely apart from Burton. I love that. Neil Gaiman's material is really hit-or-miss with me, but his book and the film were very much "hit!" :)

    Tim Burton seems to have lost his way since his telling of Planet of the Apes. His tale was interesting, but once again his style eclipsed a much richer substance. He did the same thing with Batman, but for some reason it worked there even though he discarded so many key elements. I still find him rather ungracious for not having anything nice to say about Nolan's work on the franchise. Not only did Nolan reinvent a character securely locked in the minds of the public, he took great creative care to respect the roots of that character. Tim Burton, on the other hand, is on record mocking those who read comic books and saying that he read very little for his work on Batman. (shivers) :batty:

    Burton's return to Frankenweenie and Beetlejuice give me hope that he's on the right track again. I was sorely disappointed in his Willy Wonka and Alice in Wonderland. I'm not sure what to think about Dark Shadows, but the ads seem fun. And of course there's the animated Addams Family reboot he's working on. Not sure if he's actually directing that, but everyone will think he did either way. :coy:
    jvcarroll, Apr 27, 2012
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