Rob Zombie's The Munsters

[MonsterBaker666]

Problem with reboots...they have to be good.  A Munsters cartoon...good idea BUT would you watch it with terrible animation, bad voice work and bad writing?  A live action reboot where they change all the characters...a comedy that isn't funny??? 

For a show to be successful everything has to click.

The original show was just right...the cast, characters, writing, b&w photography, set design...it all worked.  The Munsters Go Home movie didn't work for me...color...better in b&w.  The Munsters reunion film...something was just missing. 

And to me, this reboot is missing stuff.  The bright colors, the actors, the unfunny comedy...just not working.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't like a Munsters reboot, but this one just isn't working.

[gracebuster]

All, As a long standing member here, and someone with the honest to God inside scoop, I figured I would share a little bit. Ours is a unique fraternity, bound to one and other by this thing we love so much, Monsters. Thus I am speaking  to you, privately.
So first, the film was not a 40 million dollar movie. It was made on foreign soil for so much less than that and miraculously. It was NEVER going to be on PEACOCK. That was only a rumor. It was never going to be released Theatrically, that was a rumor. It was never going to be in B&W, another rumor. No major studio would allow a family movie to be made in anything but color in 2022. Arm chair quarterbacking won't change that.  It was made for Netflix and a day and date video release. Conceived for that from the very beginning. Netlflix is a HUGE thing, More eyes will be on it a one time than is ever possible with a theatrical run for a non tent pole movie.
Hope that clears things up. No conjecture needed. It wasn't dumped nor rushed. Everything is happening as it was planned and scheduled from the git go nearly two years ago. Universal doesn't listen to the internet carping because they are in the film business and not the FB business.
I think the film is a joyful romp. It will certainly bring new folks to the story and, in turn, perhaps back to the original series. Maybe some here won't like it because we are nostalgists and don't like things to be different. BUT maybe, just maybe, you will like it. A new and fun way to look at it. Colorful, just like MUNSTERS GO HOME. Silly, like the actual show was and filled with joy. Rob filled it with an amazing array of our favorite characters, ZOMBO, LESTER, UNCLE GILBERT, THE TIN CAN MAN. Even did an homage to the second year opening. No other version did any of that.   The  best news of all, the original series doesn't disappear. It'll be there, possibly discovered by a new generation, who had no idea what it was yesterday, but now maybe they will. Thanks for reading.

[aura of foreboding]

Thanks, Dan, for clearing all of that up.  I know studios and productions keep things under wraps and close to the vest, but there were a lot of information bombs dropped in the past week.  Pretty hard to take it all in.  It would have been nice to know a lot of this stuff sooner, but ours is not to reason why, I suppose.  So many YouTubers have been having a field day with speculation, way more than we have here, so more communication from the get-go would have been great on the part of Universal.  Then again, they probably don't really care all that much.  Not like we do... and, apparently, A LOT of the Internet.  It's kind of nice to hear how many people actually care about The Munsters!  If Universal doesn't listen to anything else, they ought to pay attention to THAT!

I read an article which featured an interview with Mr. Zombie, as you call him, a few months back, and he brought up the whole color and studio thing then.  It's just with so many people hopping on the black and white wagon across the Internet, it would have been nice for a studio to consider it, cause the first trailer looked great in black and white.  I can now see with the green screen backgrounds in the most recent trailer that black and white wouldn't work.  But it would have been cool.         

And, let me just say, your Grandpa is phenomenal.  I have enjoyed every clip of you in both trailers.  Not only is the acting on the nose, but the writing for the character also seems great!  Such a great homage to Al Lewis and the original show.  I am glad this most recent trailer features more interaction between Grandpa and Herman.  That's exactly what the doctor ordered.   

I've always been a Munsters guy.  Addams is great, but Munsters is where it's at.

[Mike Scott]

Thanks, again, Dan! 

Can't wait till we can put all the speculation behind us, though you just put a lot of it to rest.

[gracebuster]

Thank you both.

[Haunted hearse]

When it came to "Young Frankenstein", I don't think many people know how hard it was for Mel Brooks to shoot that film in Black and White. The studios tried what they could to have that film made in color. They even claimed they wanted it shot in color for a foreign release, but in the states, would be released in Black and White. Brooks refused, because he knew if there was a color version, that would be the only one that would be released. In the end, Mel Brooks got his Black and White release. I love black and white films, would have enjoyed seeing Rob Zombie's film in B&W. However, the TV series was the only version of the Munsters to be shot in Black and White, and that wasn't for reasons of artistic integrity. It was shot in B&W, to save money on an already expensive television production. If the series had had a third season, that season would have been in color, since the public only wanted shows in color, and RCA wanted to sell color TVs. Starting with "Munster Go Home", every version of the Munsters has since been presented in color, because public demand calls for it. From what I've seen with the trailers, I'm convinced I'll enjoy this take on the Munsters, and I'm looking forward to buying the Combo pack, and seeing it.

[marsattacks666]

Thank you, Dan. I am truly excited of Rob's vision of the Munsters.

[Haunted hearse]

  A Munsters cartoon...good idea BUT would you watch it with terrible animation, bad voice work and bad writing?

You described "Mini-Munsters" a 1973 animated pilot for a Munsters cartoon, that only had Al Lewis doing the voice of Grandpa, from the original cast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inmwdTywh8o

[MonsterBaker666]

"Young Frankenstein...in black and white - no offense!"

[Monster Bob]

"Young Frankenstein...in black and white - no offense!"

Not a kid's film-  no offense😃



I for one am really looking forward to this. A tip of the hat to the old series, and pal Dan is Dear Grand Papaa. Does life get better? And, new fresh toys. In an old vein.

"Yeah, we could use some fresh blood around here..."
                        -Al Lewis as Grandpops Munster

[zombiehorror]

Jeff Daniel Phillips Herman voice is just not connecting with me, it sounds like a mix of Gale Gordon (doing the, "Yes, may I help you?" line), Ed Wynn and possibly some Rip Taylor in there. I just don't get it? Is it supposed to be funny? Endearing? Grating? I know one has to bring their own take on a character but for me the voice doesn't work...at least not in the trailer.

[judd]

Theouterhaven website has posted a review of the movie.  Summery is four and a half out of five stars.  I think the review reveals a bit too much of the plot so be warned.

[michblk]

Jeff Daniel Phillips Herman voice is just not connecting with me, it sounds like a mix of Gale Gordon (doing the, "Yes, may I help you?" line), Ed Wynn and possibly some Rip Taylor in there. I just don't get it? Is it supposed to be funny? Endearing? Grating? I know one has to bring their own take on a character but for me the voice doesn't work...at least not in the trailer.

I believe he supposed to be Teenage Herman, so puberty is making him talk like that.

Brian K

[zombiehorror]

I believe he supposed to be Teenage Herman, so puberty is making him talk like that.

Brian K

That is my assumption as well....my other assumption is someone thought that it would be funny.

[judd]

I noticed the movie is available today on the spectrum cable on demand service for 6.99.  I plan on watching the film soon.