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Why did they set this movie so long ago?

posted 15 years ago by kredibilitai
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I know the original is an old movie, but the remake and the remake's prequel could have put the story in modern times. I know they wanted to have the whole vietnam war back story but instead of having the Hewitts being big fans of the Vietnam war, they could have made them big supporters of the Iraq war. Instead of them freaking out over a burned draft card, they could have discovered an anti-Bush button. In fact having the Hewlett's be hardcore Bush fans would have made sense since Bush is from Texas.

[–] wallacesawyer 15 years ago

The remake was set in 1973 simply to be like the original. And probably to make people think it was a true story.

They're planning a modern set reboot. Hope its made, and not a remake filled with torture porn.

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[–] kredibilitai 15 years ago

They're going to remake it again???

[–] Dear_Oderus_Urungus 14 years ago

Bush is from Connecticut and his father is from Massachusetts. I don't know why they claim to be Texans.

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[–] DannX68 12 years ago

Good thing they didn't update them, then we didn't have to have that tired "Oh, the cell doesn't have a signal out here" line.

...just sayin'...

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[–] wallacesawyer 11 years ago

You've probably seen it by now, but no TEXAS CHAINSAW 3-D is not a remake. But it was set in modern times, even if that did cause a huge continuity error with the original movie. :/

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[–] ScorpionTDC 11 years ago

Well 3D sucked hard
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[–] ElectricWarlock 11 years ago

I don't mind it at all, actually. If it weren't for the Vietnam subplot, you wouldn't even be able to tell. That's the only thing that gives away that this movie is set in 1969.

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[–] CGlMDB 10 years ago

I think in a lot of ways, this story wouldn't work in modern times. Horror movies are trickier to write now that we have cell phones, GPS, all of that stuff. It was way easier to be isolated from the world before all of that technology.

[–] longcooljolie 10 years ago

For me setting it in 1969 totally worked. I was a little kid back then, but remember it as a really weird year. And it was a decade where we all lost our innocence so to have it end with something really horrible happening in Texas makes sense.

And no, a reboot of TCM in present times totally and completely would not work because of cell phones and GPS and the lack of a completely secluded part of Texas anymore.