Next On The Deathless List Of Franchise Reboots: Child's Play
Take a good look at the pile of 80s remake effluvia that includes Red Dawn, Footloose and Robocop, and then throw another turd on the barbie: MGM has announced plans to remake the Child's Play's film series, starring Chucky the homicidal doll. Must we? No one will claim that the original Child's Play was any great work of art, but is there any reason to update it and remake for today's audience other than a stirring need for cash? Besides which, do kids today even play with dolls anymore? Shouldn't it be about a demonic Nintendo DS that comes to life and starts snapping shut (demonically!) on people's fingers? Brad Dourif, the original voice of Chucky, is slated to return, as is the creator of the whole series, Don Mancini, to write and possibly direct. God only knows what Oprah will have to eat to get through this one. Just to stir your nostalgia, the original Child's Play trailer is below. [/Film]
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This makes no sense. Seed of Chucky is a near perfect film. Instead of rebooting, how about they just re-release that. Nobody will no the difference because nobody saw it the first time around.
Also, is there any way we can get a moratorium on the term "Reboot"?
Oddly enough, as I was writing this I was trying to decide between "reboot" and "remake." I chickened out and put one in the headline and one in the body, but can anyone honestly offer a qualitative difference between the two? The closest I can figure is, a reboot is something specifically designed to re-start a franchise or revenue stream that has grown moribund, whereas a remake is just a straight-up do-over.
And this is the most anyone in the history of the universe has ever thought about Child's Play.
The initial concept was stupid. The serial killer getting trapped inside the creepiest doll ever? My first reaction to hearing that there was a remake/reboot was that this could be interesting. But then two seconds later I realized there is no way a movie about an animated doll that kills can ever be scary.
This is one of those times when I don't care if they remake the movie or not. The original was dumb. There's no way, given the concept, that a remake could be at all interesting. If you want to remake something, why not do Stephen King's The Raft? (I think that's the title of the story.)
That story was scary as shit.