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| But don't you agree there should be a time where you hang it up and let the series just rest?
Look at the ridiculousness of the Friday the 13th series. That has become a laughing stock now. I mean, Jason in space? In the Halloween franchise going to come to that?
I really just wish they would leave the series be. Even if they make a little bit of money, who cares. John Carpenter and company should have the mind to just say "Let's just let the legacy live on now" |
The films are still making money though. And now with Rob Zombie restarting the series, it's a chance to start all over.
The Halloween franchise doesn't need to go the route of going to space. Much like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre or with Bride of Chucky, a new start or change can really freshen things up.
Being such a fan of the original, I would think you would realize that Carpenter doesn't own the series and hasn't even had any part of the series since Halloween 3. With his death in 2005, Moustapha Akkad's ownership of the series goes to his family, but more specific, Malek Akkad.
Like I said in my first post, if James Bond can have so many films, why can't a horror series have a long series? Regardless of how bad some movies can be, nothing beats going to the theater and hearing that music play while I see Michael as he's meant to be seen. As a fan of the likes of Jason, Michael, Freddy and Chucky, I want to keep seeing them. They are the modern day version of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man. It has now been over 80 years since Dracula and the vampires first made their motion picture debut, yet pretty much every year a new one comes out.
The major problem with these series are fans viewing them as bits of a bigger story. If they would simply think of them in the James Bond sense, people won't need to want to see the series coming to an end.
In the end, movies like any other business is just about making money. As long as Michael Myers is still bringing money into Dimension, why should they stop making them? 2008 is the 30 year anniversary of Halloween. And yet Halloween and Michael Myers is still incredibly popular.