thats a bad pic to be sure .. but think about him in History of Violence ..

he can go from normal to gritty ...

right. i really dug A History Of Violence. However Viggo almost seems a little too serious for the part.

Hey, after fighting all of those things in the RINGS series...a few zombied out babes in a cabin would be a piece of cake for Viggo.

Just heard what I had feared most:
New Ash will be none other than....
PATRICK SWAYZE :eek:

That's just not funny!

yeah unless you go back in a time machine and take him from dirty dancing

Ive heared that as well.

If they dont have Ash, Im 100% A-Ok with this idea. New characters, tweak the story just a tad, heavy involvment from Sam and Bruce (which both have already promised)...I think it could turn out damn good.

I've read this thread so many times, and have weighed everything very carefully, but I'm still not sure of how I feel about this. Maybe it was this put together videa I once saw called "Bruce Cambell: Man of Action" done up to some Oingo Boingo song.

I just can't make myself jive with this. How can you honestly consider Vigo Mortensen to play Ash?

I guess my question is: Are they keeping the intention of a honest to goddess horror film, or are the keeping the over-the-top style of the original?

Some side-story/partial sequel/"continuation in another place" to the originals might be alright...probably better than a remake...something like what "the thing" game did.
As for taking out the Ash character, sure...as long as the entire cast isn't made up of annoying little unfunny teenagers. I think Krotcher would fuck ED, as Ash, or not...trying to be funny, never pulling it off.
You gotta have the right kinda cast. Nick Brendon, I think would be good as Ash or otherwise, and Nathan Fillion (firefly, serenity, slither) could work really well too...as for females...the chick in the second Resident Evil movie would be alright as a "survivor", maybe Ali Larter in there somewhere, Brecken Meyer might work as demon fodder, that blonde guy from freddy vs Jason seems alright in horror type stuff...there's a few I can think of...
Of course, if there's no "Ash" main part...having a BC cameo/small role in there would be alright.

Oingo Boingo: Dead Man's Party