So Universal are planning to reboot all their stock of old monster characters.
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When I read that Tom Cruise is starring in [b]The Mummy[/b] and that Dwayne Johnson is to be cast as [b]The Wolf Man[/b], then I feel straight away these films are heading in the wrong direction.
Hopefully they will be entertaining in their own right..maybe.
However those monsters where largely a creation of [b]make up artist Jack Pierce[/b] who designed the characters looks that have become iconic.
Everyone knows what [b]Frankenstein's Monster[/b] looks like thanks to his designs.
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By creating versions that do not look like the originals you basically are making a whole new thing.
They did [b]The Wolfman[/b] in 2010 and although they made a good attempt to resemble the original design the movie itself was poorly directed and written.
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I feel the new versions will be similar.
Still I will wait for the reviews but I don't expect I will be surprised that they have "re-captured the magic" of those early movies. That would require talent and imagination to revamp it and stay true to the originals.
When you consider they can take [b]Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman[/b] and make a right mess of these decades old characters with a wealth of stories and development then why should the [b]Universal Monsters[/b] be any better served by modern Hollywood?
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