H2, Plays and such....

First of all let me just squash anything negative you may have heard about Halloween 2. It's amazing from the first frame to the final frame. Rob Zombie's work is not for everyone. I for one love everything that he has ever done, from White Zombie in High School to his solo Career as a young adult, to his film career now.

He has made it clear that this is HIS version of the Michael Myers story, not a remake. So to all of those people complaining about it...SHUT UP! I think a lot of the comments come from the fact it is not a "fun" horror movie. You can't root for the bad guy, and the characters/victims in it are not disposable faceless teenagers, but actual people with back story and purpose and, dare I say, feelings.

We have been so desensitized to violence from all the gore porn, such as Saw and Hostel, and even the slasher films I grew up with, that to see something as brutal as what Zombie has put on the screen is not fun. The opening sequence where Lori is on the operating table after the attacks from the first film, is Zombie's way of saying...this is what happens, people get hurt, and you rarely, if ever see that in a film. Bravo, Rob.

As for the back story and new elements, I usually hate that, watch Ron Howard's abysmal Grinch, or any of the Star Wars prequels and you'll see what I mean. But Rob Zombie turned "The Shape", into a person with feelings and sympathy, but also succeeds in making him completely unlikable and unsympathetic at the same time. Brilliant.

GO SEE IT!!!

On another note...I've cast Wait Until Dark at RBC! I had an amazing turnout of students come out and audition. Some of them I've worked with before, others are brand new. I look forward to this process very much. I'll post more on this soon.

I'm going tomorrow to take the police test for the City of Richmond. I'm excited about it, and need to rest up for it, so all for now.

Feel free to comment so I know folks are actually reading this thing!!

- Jack