[Doc Faustus]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Thanks for the feedback, NE! I'm not sure if you've read the "Return to Wonderland" mini-series, but they're also a personal favorite of mine.



Thanks for the feedback too, Doc! To tell you the truth, this challenge was ridiculously difficult because I wanted to come up with something that was ridiculously edgy and "in-your-face" (my original concept when thinking this out was to go for a more subtle and macabre Jean-Pierre Jeunet-inspired surreal piece as opposed to a Guillermo del Toro-inspired surreal piece). However, what kept stopping me short was demand for "blockbuster" and "general audience appeal." Though V suggested that I put myself in the shoes of "a young Kubrik or Polanski," to tell you truth, in this alternate universe they would have already failed (if the concept is that all horror-to-date has failed, that, unfortunately encompasses Kubrik and Polanski too).

Not that I'm talking back to the judges or anything. :o I just feel like I have to at least defend it slightly as I felt as though I was selling a piece of my soul trying to think of big-budget-blockbuster horror that hasn't been done and that will appeal to the masses. I think that, unfortunately, the masses as a whole shy away from the in-your-face, never mind in a world where they've already shunned horror. Of course, this could just be my pessimistic world view, but, hey, it's my big budget horror movie, damnit! :p

... Cheers, guys. :D

Cynicism is both an asset an a weakness when approaching tasks like this. The public will surprise you. We now live in an America that's clamoring for a Watchmen movie, where vintage horror DVD sets are commercially viable. The Deep Discount store near my home sold out of Paul Naschy box sets in two days. The heroes that change genres are distinguishing fans with unique visions like Tarantino, Dante, Landis, Rodriguez and Scorcese. Take this to heart. The above blockbuster's might have failed because of a more jaded intellectual audience or they might have failed because people want something harder. Maybe this world has hardcore porn in every newspaper so Jaws is like camomile tea. Maybe in this world Svankmajer has been hailed as the savior of film and people eat Jodorowsky Flakes. In the future, none of you should stifle your voice or be afraid to go out on a limb. Genres change when artists with grit and savvy change them and fans with grit and savvy can be artists with grit and savvy. Balls to the wall, people!