It was like:
- We have to call the police!
- No one would believe us. We can't.
- OK
-... Let's call paranormal researchers from the university instead!
- Great idea.
Then the oldest daughter says "Cool!"
That's how I recall that scene, while I was thinking WTF!!!
We have to watch the 1982 instant classic again just to forget this unbelievable piece of crap.
I COMPLETELY AGREE. THE ONLY BELEIEVABLE CHARACTER WAS THE BROTHER
shareIt was so bad it was painful to watch. Your kid is missing (stuck in a TV???) you call the police or at least Sony tv repair customer service line.
A story like this would go public and you could get all kind of religious people come forward to help and try to communicate with the dead. The afterlife stuff would be a miracle to those people. Scientists would also come forward to try and explain what has happened.
I don't understand why they would only pick this one option when their kid is missing. Too many holes in this film for me to enjoy it.
lol, agreed on everything.
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Omg THANK YOU! The original had crying, fear of a child missing and WTF is happening to us reactions!
These ppl (with the exception of the boy) are in chill mode. Especially the eldest daughter who was attacked in the basement and later found everything to be...cool.
You nailed it. They took the classic tv scene from the original and just totally trashed it. Those were literally some of the worst acting scenes I have ever seen on film. Sam Rockwell wasn't even shocked by it. He just accepts, in like 10 seconds, that his little girl is in the tv and then starts trying to calm his wife down, lol. My jaw was literally on the floor at how bad that entire scene was. I actually consider Sam Rockwell to be a very good actor. I actually loved Moon, but his performance was so bad in this film that it literally damaged my overall opinion of the actor. I like him a lot less after watching this film.
This was just a total piece of crap, in every sense of the word. The fact that there are people out there suggesting this was better than the original has convinced me that people's standards for quality movie and tv content have gone down the crapper, likely due to watching too much garbage reality tv.
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No you need to look in the mirror, gotmyorangecrush is right on the mark, the parents characters were patheticly underwritten in this movie
shareI think you mean "you're an idiot", not "your a idiot". If your going to call someone an idiot, make sure you don't make yourself look like one in the process. You have now attempted to call me an idiot twice, in 2 different threads, and in both cases you made mistakes in both the spelling and grammar of the sentence. You can't even call someone an idiot without making yourself look like a total idiot in the process, lol.
Honestly, I feel sorry for this upcoming generation. IQ's seem to be dropping almost as fast as middle class income. People can't even make a simple statement like "you're an idiot". without f'ing it all up, lol. Its actually kinda funny and sad at the same time.
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I thought that same thing.
shareAbsolutely spot on mate !
In the original,the parents were the same way.Even Steven says to the parapsychologists in the 1982 original: "That's the last thing in the world we want.We haven't even gone to the police", so in the original the Freelings too thought that it would be better to call in the paranormal researchers at the university over going to the police.
shareYes, but not right when they found out Carol Anne was in the TV. You can tell a considerable amount of time had past and that he was exhausted and under duress.
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