The Fog Remake trailer

Horrorfan · 07-31-2005, 03:24 PM

Anyone seen this? Looks really awsome!!!!!!!!

http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media...83/vids_1.html

Horrorfan · 07-31-2005, 04:14 PM

Oh my god nobody is bashing this??? Hell has frozen over!!!!!!

Bobbywoodhogan · 07-31-2005, 04:17 PM

I like it. I'm not gonna even think of it in the same vain as the original. I think it'll be good that first shot of the water with the trees in the background and that shot of the pier are awesome. I'm looking forward to it

Myron Breck · 07-31-2005, 04:26 PM

I think we've all (well, most anyway) bashed it in other threads already. I'm a big fan of the original, "dated" version but this seems like it might not be as bad as I thought. Carpenter did say that his didn't work so well, not as well as he wanted it to...so you never know.
I do loathe that Selma Blair is playing Adrienne Barbeau's role--she should be playing Jamie Lee Curtis's character. Hollywood is so fucking scared of having anyone over the age of 30 appear in a horro movie!!! Tiresome! It would be so much more believable to have a clan of ugly-ass thirty-somethings populate a movie every once in a while.

bigdaddyhorse · 07-31-2005, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horrorfan

Oh my god nobody is bashing this??? Hell has frozen over!!!!!!

Grab your coats and thermal underwear, that trailer actually looks really cool.

I'll probably give this one a try. I wasn't planning on it up to yesterday.
Of course a PG-13 rating will make me wait for dvd.

maybrick · 07-31-2005, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myron Breck

Hollywood is so fucking scared of having anyone over the age of 30 appear in a horro movie!!! Tiresome! It would be so much more believable to have a clan of ugly-ass thirty-somethings populate a movie every once in a while.

Uh..... I'm not sure how old Selma Blair is exactly, but I do know that she's a few years older than me, and I'm almost 32.

The trailer looks like it's going to be a lot better than I expected. Doesn't look like they're changing that stuff that works from the original, fortunately. Thankfully no shots of CGI fog making scary faces or skeletal hands are to be seen.

imdb says she was born in June of 72, making her 33.

07-31-2005, 05:09 PM

Even if the trailer is watchable (which I don't know yet, as I'm in no hurry to see it - it's a remake and I believe it has Smallville's Thomas Wooden), it means absolutely nothing as far as the film itself goes. In fact, this reminds me of the Michael Baysaw Massacre - its trailer was acceptable, yet everyone knows how wretched the actual "film" turned out to be.

maybrick · 07-31-2005, 05:13 PM

You thought the TCM trailer was acceptable? I thought it was 2 minutes too long and showed way too much.

I still feel remaking The Fog was a waste of time, but then again, I love the story so if they don't stray too much from the original I think it could still be great.

07-31-2005, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myron Breck

It would be so much more believable to have a clan of ugly-ass thirty-somethings populate a movie every once in a while.

Heck Yeah! It would be nice to have a scary movie where everybody was out of shape and ugly! I am so tired of all these pretty boys and super models getting parts in horror films, hell all films, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO REAL PEOPLE!!!!!!! Not everybody is in shape or Beautiful!

Horrorfan · 07-31-2005, 08:10 PM

I think the trailer really captures the feel of the original film. This should be a great remake.

07-31-2005, 08:20 PM

Hmmm. The trailer looks pretty good to me. It isn't as good as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer was, but still, it gave me hope that it will be a decent remake. Of course, The House of Wax had a good trailer and I ended up hating that, so I am not getting too excited about it...yet. Still, due to years of Smallville devotion, I really love Tom Welling, so this movie will always have that in its favor.

With horror doing poorly at the box office of late, I wonder if they are really worried about this one's chances.

rhett · 07-31-2005, 08:39 PM

Looks decent, it could be a lot worse. It is more than just a sell-off remake though, since Carpenter and Hill are both the big producers behind it. Maybe, with a younger director, Carpenter can achieve the kind of scares and success that have escaped him in his old age. Blair looks to be a good fit in the movie, and I was initially very against her casting. In retrospect though, Barbeau created such an iconic, wholesome character that really, nobody could fill her shoes. I was also surprised at how dark the entire trailer was, like no comic relief or even empty character development. Just a relenting atmosphere throughout, which I think bodes well for the film. The original had some amazing characters, but what still lingers are those foreboding shots of the fog just permeating the town. A lack of CGI is also nice too, although the shot of the fog through the air duct in the car was kind of cheap looking. Still, I am excited, even if I know it won't touch the masterpiece of the original.

07-31-2005, 10:04 PM

Colin has the following to say about the trailer...

The trailer is completely uninteresting and uses the "fade" technique about 953 times in the first minute.

Of course, I will still see this but I have extremely low expectations.

Myron Breck · 07-31-2005, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maybrick

imdb says she was born in June of 72, making her 33.

Wow. I thought she was much younger. Good for her, I suppose. I think she could have better fit this role (in my mind) if she'd kept her DIRTY SHAME tits.

08-01-2005, 01:13 AM

By the way, links do not hurt.
http://ffmovies.ign.com/filmforce/vi...005_qthigh.mov

Oh, and now that I've seen this MTV videoclip, it surprised me... as it was even worse than I had expected. Fast-forwards, speedups, zooms, cuts, not a millisecond of even a shadow of tension and ambience, Welling being stiff and unable to pronounce even one line with conviction, and, predictably, the dead sailors being shown in every detail, in "glorious" CGI. It probably has a full story of Blake's childhood, too.

But at least it was set to a generic yet actual score rather than nu-metal or rap noise.

07-31-2005, 03:24 PM	#1
Horrorfan Stalker Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Goodlettsville,Tennessee Posts: 444	The Fog Remake trailer Anyone seen this? Looks really awsome!!!!!!!! http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media...83/vids_1.html

07-31-2005, 04:17 PM	#3
Bobbywoodhogan HackMaster Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Leeds, England Posts: 1,444	I like it. I'm not gonna even think of it in the same vain as the original. I think it'll be good that first shot of the water with the trees in the background and that shot of the pier are awesome. I'm looking forward to it __________________ Check out my opening credits for my upcoming fan film "Friday the 13th - The Possession" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpT6L7LX1xI

07-31-2005, 04:26 PM	#4
Myron Breck BOO!!! Gotcha! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Atlanta Posts: 3,605	I think we've all (well, most anyway) bashed it in other threads already. I'm a big fan of the original, "dated" version but this seems like it might not be as bad as I thought. Carpenter did say that his didn't work so well, not as well as he wanted it to...so you never know. I do loathe that Selma Blair is playing Adrienne Barbeau's role--she should be playing Jamie Lee Curtis's character. Hollywood is so fucking scared of having anyone over the age of 30 appear in a horro movie!!! Tiresome! It would be so much more believable to have a clan of ugly-ass thirty-somethings populate a movie every once in a while. __________________ The reason I'm poor... "In this Age of Grand Illusion, you walked into my life out of my dreams..."

07-31-2005, 08:20 PM	#11
onebyone Guest Posts: n/a	Hmmm. The trailer looks pretty good to me. It isn't as good as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer was, but still, it gave me hope that it will be a decent remake. Of course, The House of Wax had a good trailer and I ended up hating that, so I am not getting too excited about it...yet. Still, due to years of Smallville devotion, I really love Tom Welling, so this movie will always have that in its favor. With horror doing poorly at the box office of late, I wonder if they are really worried about this one's chances. Last edited by onebyone; 07-31-2005 at 08:23 PM.

07-31-2005, 08:39 PM	#12
rhett Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 8,882	Looks decent, it could be a lot worse. It is more than just a sell-off remake though, since Carpenter and Hill are both the big producers behind it. Maybe, with a younger director, Carpenter can achieve the kind of scares and success that have escaped him in his old age. Blair looks to be a good fit in the movie, and I was initially very against her casting. In retrospect though, Barbeau created such an iconic, wholesome character that really, nobody could fill her shoes. I was also surprised at how dark the entire trailer was, like no comic relief or even empty character development. Just a relenting atmosphere throughout, which I think bodes well for the film. The original had some amazing characters, but what still lingers are those foreboding shots of the fog just permeating the town. A lack of CGI is also nice too, although the shot of the fog through the air duct in the car was kind of cheap looking. Still, I am excited, even if I know it won't touch the masterpiece of the original. __________________ "It's a good scream...it's a good scream..."

07-31-2005, 04:14 PM	#2
Horrorfan Stalker Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Goodlettsville,Tennessee Posts: 444	Oh my god nobody is bashing this??? Hell has frozen over!!!!!!

07-31-2005, 05:09 PM	#7
MrVess Guest Posts: n/a	Even if the trailer is watchable (which I don't know yet, as I'm in no hurry to see it - it's a remake and I believe it has Smallville's Thomas Wooden), it means absolutely nothing as far as the film itself goes. In fact, this reminds me of the Michael Baysaw Massacre - its trailer was acceptable, yet everyone knows how wretched the actual "film" turned out to be.

07-31-2005, 05:13 PM	#8
maybrick HackMaster Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Keene, NH Posts: 8,711	You thought the TCM trailer was acceptable? I thought it was 2 minutes too long and showed way too much. I still feel remaking The Fog was a waste of time, but then again, I love the story so if they don't stray too much from the original I think it could still be great.

07-31-2005, 08:10 PM	#10
Horrorfan Stalker Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Goodlettsville,Tennessee Posts: 444	I think the trailer really captures the feel of the original film. This should be a great remake.

07-31-2005, 10:04 PM	#13
Noto Guest Posts: n/a	Colin has the following to say about the trailer... The trailer is completely uninteresting and uses the "fade" technique about 953 times in the first minute. Of course, I will still see this but I have extremely low expectations.

08-01-2005, 01:13 AM	#15
MrVess Guest Posts: n/a	By the way, links do not hurt. http://ffmovies.ign.com/filmforce/vi...005_qthigh.mov Oh, and now that I've seen this MTV videoclip, it surprised me... as it was even worse than I had expected. Fast-forwards, speedups, zooms, cuts, not a millisecond of even a shadow of tension and ambience, Welling being stiff and unable to pronounce even one line with conviction, and, predictably, the dead sailors being shown in every detail, in "glorious" CGI. It probably has a full story of Blake's childhood, too. But at least it was set to a generic yet actual score rather than nu-metal or rap noise. Last edited by MrVess; 08-01-2005 at 01:45 AM.

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