Comments on: Creature From the Black Lagoon Again

By: steve

steve — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:08:22 +0000

“If it ain’t broke, break it!” seems to be the modern treatment of classic monsters. Not only is the Gillman my personal favorite humanoid critter of all time, I am amazed at the story about a co evolution of man from the aspect of fish life. I mean, if this new novel tries to explain this away as though it were a Russian experiment on a human subject, it will destroy the magic of the original 3 movies that have a marvelous continuity, not to mention being absolute artistic perfection in cinema. As well, the fossil Gillman, or Homo Devonius as some fans have tagged him, hand that started the whole trilogy of movies would have to be thrown out the window since the fossil was from Devonian times. In Hollywood and the publishing world, chaos seems to be the rule of the day anymore. *sigh*

By: Georgia_Bigfoot

Georgia_Bigfoot — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:02:32 +0000

Man I loved that movie. I’ll never forget my dad taking me to see it in 3-D.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:50:01 +0000

It is unfortunate that these creatures get demonized, but short of a real sasquatch video, who is going to pay money to watch them just cavort about in peace? Who wants to read about the creature from the black lagoon just going about life, minding his own business? This is entertainment and the people who buy this stuff want to see monsters doing what they expect them to do, namely run amok and reak hovoc.

By: Roboo8

Roboo8 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:32:40 +0000

John Carpenter was suppose to remake it after he made “The Thing”. Ebay was selling a copy of the script. I agree they will probably end up remaking it.

By: thegoblinking

thegoblinking — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:57:41 +0000

I believe we are going to see a remake of the classic film. Every other classic monster film has been remade, this most likely will be the next.

By: Lordofshades70

Lordofshades70 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:34:25 +0000

Stonelk is right. Hollywood has a tendency to demonize and vilify the unknown. They made Bigfoot kill people, Chupacabras hunt people, nessie overturn boats and the devour the crew. I’d hate to see what they make this poor creature do :(. Even the recent “KING Kong,” film had the gentle giant portrayed as a serial killer in a monkey suit. It’s a shame.

By: stonelk

stonelk — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:28:02 +0000

The book sounds like a stinker. Ole fish face is still one of my favorites. I turn the local school into a haunted house every year for Halloween. This year we did up one room as a gruesome living room complete with a TV showing old horror films. The kids were piling up in there to watch Creature From the Black Lagoon. I have not seen it in a while but I don’t remember seeing any blood in the original film. I have heard rumors of a remake and you can be sure Hollywood will teach “Gill Man” to use those wicked claws.

By: jasonpix6

jasonpix6 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:54:49 +0000

Loved the first 3, sure hope this one makes it to the silver screen!

By: Tobar

Tobar — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:05:55 +0000

Ugh, that book still sounds awful.

By: stillserchin

stillserchin — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:38:35 +0000

My favorite movie monster of all time,”The Gill Man” with it’s sequels. The new book sounds interesting.