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Wanna see a crazy picture... that just might be Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter?

Very poncey by Aloy	Nov 17th, 2008 09:18:35 PM
..if it is real.
Oh my by HorrorFan81	Nov 17th, 2008 09:18:48 PM
Interesting
by ThomasServo	Nov 17th, 2008 09:18:59 PM
I love some Johnny Depp and Tim Burton.. but the Kabuki thing not so much. I hate the weird cheekbones and lipstick.
Neat by secretcylon	Nov 17th, 2008 09:19:44 PM

Toe Puckin Toopid by ChezKing	Nov 17th, 2008 09:20:24 PM

Somehow I don't think a fake would look that cool by YotzVonFrelnik	Nov 17th, 2008 09:24:17 PM
Methinks there's a little too much creative flair in this for it to be a Photoshop moment. I say "legit".
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that's really a picture of Helena Bonnam Carter by future help	Nov 17th, 2008 09:25:23 PM
i guess Tim really desires Depp.
Good to see Bernadette Peters getting work. by Flim Springfield	Nov 17th, 2008 09:27:15 PM

Not really, by AJH313	Nov 17th, 2008 09:27:28 PM
sorry, I just don't get it. It looks overly busy and unnecessarily ugly. God I hope that's not real...
I'm still grumpy at Burton for not making Great Glass Elevator by YotzVonFrelnik	Nov 17th, 2008 09:27:32 PM
When CatCFactory came out a few years ago I was so looking forward to GGElevator and all the way-out visuals they could now realize with todays effect capabilities. I mean, c'mon, you don't make the first part of a two-part story and NOT MAKE part two. Well, guess it'll take another generation.
Now AICN posts shit from perezhilton.com? by FuckMichaelBay	Nov 17th, 2008 09:28:23 PM
WTF!
The cult of Depp by jimmay	Nov 17th, 2008 09:29:01 PM
It doesn't matter what he looks like, they could slap a tea cozy over his head and make him do all his lines after sucking helium and 98% of the world public would still gush over his character.
I dunno by danthemagnum	Nov 17th, 2008 09:31:03 PM
looks pretty dumb to me
I think it's real... by Zardoz	Nov 17th, 2008 09:33:02 PM
it looks like a pic from someone's camera phone and seems legit. The shadows behind him seem to match. This could be an interesting film, and a welcome return to form for Burton...
More like Sweeney Todd's retarded sister. by JonRD463	Nov 17th, 2008 09:34:46 PM
yeah.
Why... by banville	Nov 17th, 2008 09:35:09 PM
...is he shoving his fingers up the bunny's arse?
Yeah, it's actually Bernadette Peters by xevoid	Nov 17th, 2008 09:36:07 PM
Depp is nowhere in this picture. God, I had forgotten about her.
by unkempt_sock	Nov 17th, 2008 09:40:00 PM
fuckin stupid. fuck depp
Sweeney Todd is the first Burton film. . . by jimmay	Nov 17th, 2008 09:41:43 PM
I haven't abjectly hated or, worse, found myself completely indifferent to in years. That said, Depp's performance in it was completely unremarkable, which lead to my post above. I mean how hard is it to brood for 90 minutes, seriously?
Just as surprising... by sewiz	Nov 17th, 2008 09:47:33 PM
As the casting of Depp in the first place, which is to say...not at all...if this is indeed legit.
very impressed either way by Obscura	Nov 17th, 2008 09:48:39 PM
a great look, or a photoshop impress-o-gasm
Either real or EXTREMELY good photoshop by br1947	Nov 17th, 2008 09:56:15 PM
shadowing, image blurring, hues.. it all looks pretty legit. but I do have to agree with YackBacker, it does look like Data after a night on the town
Crap by Fing Fang Foom	Nov 17th, 2008 09:56:34 PM
Looks really bad. Too much blush
Everybody will want to be him for HALLOWEEN next year by JasonGrey	Nov 17th, 2008 09:58:51 PM
Just like everyone wanted to be JOKER. With that said, he looks fuckin badass. It's like a mixture of edward scissorhands, toshi from x-japan, boy george, and the fairy godmother
HOLY SHIT by PirateEmery	Nov 17th, 2008 10:01:37 PM
I nearly fell out of my chair...
I'm not a hater, but.... by Xandar1977	Nov 17th, 2008 10:03:29 PM
rarely do I call bullshit on something, but this just looks bad. It looks like Depp at a halloween party. Burton could have come up with something better than that. I guess we'll wait and see. And Bernadette Peters? She's just a redheaded Madeline Kahn. Zing!
freaky by alice 13	Nov 17th, 2008 10:04:03 PM
i bet hes ruthless.
Oh come on. by Ironthorman	Nov 17th, 2008 10:05:15 PM
It's pretty damn cool. I think Depp is a great actor and there have been many an excellent moments of cinema birthed from his collaborations with Burton. Not a flawless record but close to it. Never did understand the Burton/Depp bashing.
A Very Merry Unbirthday! by PirateEmery	Nov 17th, 2008 10:06:27 PM
To You! To Me? Yes, you!
Visual Kei!!! by Anna Valerious	Nov 17th, 2008 10:10:45 PM
Definitely looks like Kozi from his Malice Mizer days. http://tinyurl.com/59mpzs I'm really hoping more Visual Kei style is used in films...preferably that "Phantom of the Paradise" remake.
i'm smelling another bad burton film. by coachaaron	Nov 17th, 2008 10:17:40 PM
i seriously haven't liked anything the guy has done since big fish and even that was very "burton." why can't he just do original works instead of retellings, or remakes, or whatever? this guy used to be my favorite film maker and now he's a joke. this picture looks ridiculously stupid, count me out.
Harajuku+Faux Gothic stylings= by conspiracy	Nov 17th, 2008 10:20:28 PM
this fucking mess. Who would'a thunk mid-90's thrift store chic, Color blind Japanese girls, and the hijacking of an architectural movement would have led us down this sad road.
Coachaaron... by slowgraffiti	Nov 17th, 2008 10:21:45 PM
You're dead right. Burton is the worst! A woman a care a great deal for loves him, but shit...Watch Batman Returns and try to defend him. I'm not saying 'remember' Batman Returns, I'm saying watch that steam pile! Enough, Burton, enough.
When I saw Depp and Mad Hatter in the same headline ... by Geekgasm	Nov 17th, 2008 10:22:48 PM
... I thought it was gonna be about a Batman sequel. Because Roddy McDowell was just. that. good. on the Batman animated show.
I will say however..... by conspiracy	Nov 17th, 2008 10:23:51 PM
it looks a damned sight better and more original than the Virus infected MONKEY RAPING JJ is giving Star Trek!
I always thought I was a Tim Burton fan by Frank Black	Nov 17th, 2008 10:26:25 PM
...but then I realized I liked the idea of Tim Burton movies better than what he came up with! His movies don't age well and aside from being quirky, they aren't terribly original and don't tell stories I haven't experienced before. I must confess that Pee Wee's Big Adventure is my favorite of his films in terms of pure entertainment but his serious efforts miss the mark (and I will never forgive him for the awful Planet of the Apes remake... they didn't need to make a remake, they just needed more Ape movies...) To be fair, I haven't seen Sweeny Todd and want to, but I do hope for the day when his films meet my expectations...
I never pictured Alice in Wonderland as dark by Crimson Dynamo	Nov 17th, 2008 10:27:30 PM
I always thought it more dayglo/psychedelic, like '67 era Peter Max and John Lennon
Shit, I thought this was about Depp as Mad Hatter in the next Ba by Chuck_Chuckwalla	Nov 17th, 2008 10:28:06 PM
Fuck Alice.
In the next Batman by Chuck_Chuckwalla	Nov 17th, 2008 10:29:00 PM
Damn word count went over.
I think this is real. by Kid Idioteque	Nov 17th, 2008 10:30:25 PM
Unlike those early Ledger pics, this actually looks like him. If it's not authentic, it's a GREAT fake.
Adam Ant leaving the homeless shelter by wash	Nov 17th, 2008 10:33:22 PM
Poor dude.
conspiracy... by Anna Valerious	Nov 17th, 2008 10:39:11 PM
The Gothic and Lolita movement is gaining momentum in the US and the rest of the world. You can't escape it.
Really interesting by buffywrestling	Nov 17th, 2008 10:40:10 PM
It's like a character from Nightmare Before Christmas or the Corpse Bride came to life.
Hey by Defrost	Nov 17th, 2008 10:49:13 PM
He looks like how he always looks in Tim Burton movies
Another big mistake, just like Wonka by quantize	Nov 17th, 2008 10:49:22 PM
Depp is utterly over rated as a character actor...that woeful and silly performance in the Choc Factory I would have though woke people up...the dude can kill it with some roles, but he is NO master of all characters.. Ya woulda thought those limp ass pirate movies would have further rammed the point home
Sick of Burton by ZeroCorpse	Nov 17th, 2008 10:49:58 PM
Sick of his self-indulgent, go-nowhere stories. Sick of his "look how creepy I am" attitude. Sick of his choices of same-old-same-old makeup, costumes, and film scores. Sick of his need to have EVERYTHING be a "re-imagining" in his style. Sleepy Hollow, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Planet of the Apes, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, WHEN WILL HE MAKE AN ORIGINAL FILM AGAIN?!?!
so fake! by crazy4dragons13	Nov 17th, 2008 10:51:18 PM

He's not the star of the film though. The chick from by GQtaste	Nov 17th, 2008 10:53:49 PM
the HBO series "In Treatment," Mia Wasikowska is Alice and I think he picked one hell of a young actor to play her!
Parody of themselves by rsanta74	Nov 17th, 2008 10:55:11 PM
Seriously. Burton's "style" is nothing more than a hollow & shallow mimicry of his greatest earlier efforts. He's going through the motions now. And Depp.... Awesome actor. However, he's pigeon-holed himself by sticking with Burton. Depp does some wonderful eccentric characters, but he's also capable of more ... normal stuff. Anybody remember him in "Nick of Time" with Walken? I want to see more of THAT Depp - intense without being odd. Under Burton's direction, he's turning into a one note player.
Also the film isn't coming out till March 2010. by GQtaste	Nov 17th, 2008 10:59:04 PM
Thats an eternity away from now.
3 little maids.....from school by Loosejerk	Nov 17th, 2008 10:59:46 PM
Where's Chevy Chase!!!!
looks TOO dramatic and fake... by BRUTICUS	Nov 17th, 2008 11:11:50 PM
the makeup just makes it look like make up...id really like to see him steer far clear of both jack sparrow and willy wonka for this..
He's mad! Wonderfully...funderfully mad!!! by Mr. Nice Gaius	Nov 17th, 2008 11:13:51 PM
My goodness, Depp. Where is Steve Buscemi when you need him?
I hate it. by cyberskunk	Nov 17th, 2008 11:18:59 PM
That was my initial thought. I think my reaction was a little strong, but I don't like it. Maybe it works wonderfully in context of the full movie, but I don't like the representation.
I honestly don't know what to think... by sonnyfern	Nov 17th, 2008 11:26:45 PM
It looks fucking crazy...
looks a little like chris walken by prunkhaft	Nov 17th, 2008 11:29:35 PM
and I don't give a shit about future Burton projects.
"Return to form for Burton" by Nasty In The Pasty	Nov 17th, 2008 11:30:34 PM
Burton hasn't made a "bad" movie since Planet Of The Apes (and I still liked that movie), yet everyone always piles on about how "awful" his last movie was.
I thought this was a Polar Express type electro-puppet show deal by Vern	Nov 17th, 2008 11:30:54 PM
not a live action David Bowie tribute band. If it was a real picture wouldn't it be Johnny Depp with a bunch of dots painted on his face?
Gay Zombie Harpo Marx by Deus X Meshuga	Nov 17th, 2008 11:31:41 PM
Honk BRAAAAIIINNSS!! Honk-Honk BUUUTTSEX!!
Burton is done. by The Ghost of Marcus Brody	Nov 17th, 2008 11:33:07 PM
pic looks aaight though.
Depp for Pee-Wee 2 by Staldo	Nov 17th, 2008 11:43:14 PM
It looks completely unremarkable. It's so thrown together it almost feels like Burton had Depp done up like this and had the picture taken to throw people off how he'll really look, something completely un burtonesque. The Pirates movies seem to be a psychological experiment in actor saturation. Take a likeable actor and character (Depp) and see how much they can overexpose them until audiences actually wretch at the sight of them. I now hate Jack Sparrow with a passion and might find myself hating Depp if it weren't for a little movie called Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Depp, the children's entertainer is about in the realm of Pee-Wee Herman, adults find him grating but maladjusted kids can build their entire childhoods off impersonating him. There's an idea, Burton. Get a deal with Paul Reubens to have Depp play the Wee. A handsome Pee Wee for a new generation.
I think it's half CG half real... by sonnyfern	Nov 17th, 2008 11:43:44 PM
but I don't freaking know anymore...never can get a straight answer out of anyone nowadays...
I don't really like it. by jimbojones123	Nov 17th, 2008 11:52:54 PM
That is all.
So does this mean by Series7	Nov 17th, 2008 11:59:10 PM
That Meghan Fox is Wonder Women? Or was she already replaced by Don Cheadle.
IF it's fake... by Dominic-Vobiscum	Nov 18th, 2008 12:11:41 AM
IF...IF...wonder what would have been used as the source materials. That synopsis someone posted in a talkback a while back sounded stupid as hell. The one where this is a "sequel" to Wonderland and how The Hatter and Alice are star crossed lovers or some shit. Stupid as hell. I have no problem with Burton using Depp as his surrogate, but enough with the big budget mastubatory wish fulfillment fantasies already. We get it. You're a misunderstood outcast. Now go comb your hair and stop dressing like you shop at Hot Topic. I kid...but no...seriously...knock it off.
Good god, you had me worried there for a second... by Mindtrip	Nov 18th, 2008 12:13:40 AM
... whenI viewed that picture and thought not only, "That's the direction the next Batman is going in?" but, "The Mad Hatter is going to be in the next Batman movie?!" Eh, I guess it kinda works for Alice in Wonderland...
look at his tie/scarf/ascot/whatever that is... by MoseSchrute	Nov 18th, 2008 12:27:28 AM
Is the design on it Jack Skellington? I think there are little glimpses of Skellington in all Tim Burton movies (i.e. in a lure in Big Fish). Better reason to think it's Burton, or better reason to think it's fan made? Not sure which.
ok... by disfigurehead	Nov 18th, 2008 12:53:45 AM
Looks like typical Burton. So what? The goth retards are having a party.
Son of Mrs. Peacock? by finky089	Nov 18th, 2008 01:06:50 AM
just sayin....
whoa. by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.	Nov 18th, 2008 01:31:47 AM
me likes it.
Blow it out your ass, slowgraffiti by caruso_stalker217	Nov 18th, 2008 02:08:41 AM
1998 says: BATMAN RETURNS is DA BOMB!
That's him alright. by caltsoudas	Nov 18th, 2008 02:15:26 AM
That's what he looks lke in the Unit Photography images I've seen. I don't know where the rabbit came from though. That rabbit and the hand that is holding it seem like they may be photoshopped, because both the March Hare and White Rabbit are completely cgi and they both have white fur and clthes on.
What. The. Hell? by force_fed	Nov 18th, 2008 02:16:23 AM
Seriously? This looks like garbage. There's no way this is anything more than a high school art/ fashion project gone horribly wrong. If it is real then I have lost all respect for TB. Is he banging a seamstress? Kill me now.
Looks like Robert Smith joined Cirque Du Soleil by Dingbatty	Nov 18th, 2008 02:16:37 AM
with a touch of Darth Maul thrown in.
looks awesome! by billyhitchcock	Nov 18th, 2008 02:27:51 AM
can't wait
Leaked makeup test... by BurnHollywood	Nov 18th, 2008 02:46:57 AM
...I'm figgerin'. The face paint is probably an approximation of a more detailed appliance...the thing they were checking for here was to see how the color scheme came together. The gold contacts are a nice touch.
Frank´n´Further by CuervoJones	Nov 18th, 2008 02:58:20 AM
I see you shiver with antici...
is it just me.... by Zach_Talks_Back	Nov 18th, 2008 03:05:39 AM
But with Burton directing and all, wouldn't it be more befitting to call it "Through The Looking Glass" in some way? Alice in Wonderland just has no spooky tone to it. If that's the direction he is talking it. I not then whatever. Hope the pic is real.... looks cool.All i kept envisioning was a weirder Wonka. But this is cool.
I call fake by hamo455	Nov 18th, 2008 03:07:32 AM
Looks Photoshopped as all get out. Cool though.
This is exactly why I hate Tim Burton, and Johnny Depp. by Galva	Nov 18th, 2008 03:33:38 AM
"Hey, I gots a great idea to reinvent a classic! We'll make it dark and gothic and sprinkle in gayness! Nobody ever does that! Totally original!"
This is who I want to see as batmans mad hatter by mcavity	Nov 18th, 2008 03:35:12 AM
http://www.mtv.com/movies/phot os/s/sweeney_todd_070827/18.jp g I think he could pull it off.
Vivienne Westwood has lost weight. by Cameron1	Nov 18th, 2008 03:43:17 AM

It's Klaus Nomi circa 1978. St. Marks Place, NYC by IndustryKiller!	Nov 18th, 2008 04:03:20 AM
God rest his soul
Likely a fake by Auriellis	Nov 18th, 2008 04:06:38 AM
I'm fairly certain this is a fake based on just a glance. It looks like someone used a paint feature over it on Photoshop and there would be no reason to do that except to hide the fact that it was faked.
Edward Penishands 4: Rise of the Rabbit by Its a LION	Nov 18th, 2008 04:08:06 AM
No doubt about it.
It looks right by Captain RawBeard	Nov 18th, 2008 04:28:21 AM
I worked on the production when they filmed in Plymouth and saw a model of the White Rabbit and the actual rabbit hole (plus I have pics but I ain't sharing), and the Mad Hatter pic above fits the style I saw.
Tim Burton should stop 're-imagining' films... by Mr Gorilla	Nov 18th, 2008 04:34:24 AM
...and just frakking making one.
Ummmm...I like the hair by kafka07	Nov 18th, 2008 05:40:46 AM
but that's it.
Robert Smith Called, He Wants His Pancake Makeup Back by LaserPants	Nov 18th, 2008 05:47:56 AM
Robert Smith = Obese Goth Clown
Put it in the cornfield, Billy! by kingink123	Nov 18th, 2008 05:48:06 AM

Vivienne Westwood if you ask me! by fin_ished	Nov 18th, 2008 06:05:18 AM
This could be a fake and even an image taken of Naomi Campbell in a Vivienne Westwood creation. In short, too camp for such a dark twisted character as the hatter.
This looks shopped by smackfu	Nov 18th, 2008 06:10:51 AM
I can tell by some of the pixels, and having seen quite a few shops in my day.
Sarah Michelle Gellar is probably pissed... by sonnierjay	Nov 18th, 2008 06:21:49 AM
that Tim Burton is ruining her chances at making a movie off the rights to American Mcgee's Alice. http://tinyurl.com/6olm2w Mad Hatter: http://tinyurl.com/64sqlm
Characters and 'real' world = non-CG by performingmonkey	Nov 18th, 2008 06:41:22 AM
Wonderland backgrounds and, obviously, creatures are CG.
this looks legit by kgerm	Nov 18th, 2008 06:42:38 AM
as all getout
I think it looks like shit by Rat Fink	Nov 18th, 2008 06:59:45 AM
It looks nothing like I pictured a Tim Burton mad hatter would look like. He seriously looks gay.
The Beautiful People, by Karl Childers	Nov 18th, 2008 07:02:37 AM
The Beautiful People. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Holy cow, is all I can say by VoldemortWearsPrada	Nov 18th, 2008 07:26:31 AM
Original Willy Wonka + Edward Scissorhands = this. Hmmmm.
I don't know man... by Halloween68	Nov 18th, 2008 07:31:08 AM
He looks like the chick from the Thompson Twins in that picture
overly mannered by Bibliographer	Nov 18th, 2008 07:31:35 AM
a forced style foretells a likely lack of substance: lots of Burton is good, lots is not
Tim Curry is looking younger every year. by Stuntcock Mike	Nov 18th, 2008 07:33:09 AM

Tim Burton likes dressing up Johnny Depp by I Dunno	Nov 18th, 2008 07:36:43 AM
in fetish outfits. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Curse you, Depp's nameless teenage friend from the 80s. by JackPumpkinhead	Nov 18th, 2008 07:46:03 AM
If you hadn't asked him to accompany you to that "Elm Street" casting, which you failed so badly, we would've been spared John "I need a private jet for my pet monkey, or I won't show up on the set" Depp today. Speaking of which, how old is he, 45, 50? And he still wants to be called "Johnny"? Maybe that's why he loves that Michael Jackson look so much...
IMAGE IS FROM FANGIRL by jimdorey	Nov 18th, 2008 07:53:58 AM
C'mon guys! This was originally from fangirl (http://fangirlmagazine.livejo urnal.com/12269.html) - you really have to give credit where it is due!
WOW by jimdorey	Nov 18th, 2008 07:58:48 AM
Now that site's page is missing! Oh well. That was the source I reported yesterday: http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/ 2008/11/photo-johnny-depp-as-m ad-hatter-is-this.html
fuck tim burton by spidercoz	Nov 18th, 2008 08:22:37 AM
I hate him. I hate his gother-than-thou style, I hate his bullshit art fag attitude. He's a fucking arrogant, pretentious, narcissistic, poser douchebag. And he likes to fuck goats.
We NEED Great Glass Elevator! by 0007	Nov 18th, 2008 08:23:36 AM
I loved CatCF, and must have more of Depp as Wonka!
looks like a cross between by kingoflight	Nov 18th, 2008 08:29:17 AM
A gesiha and that terrible comedian carrot top. I have nothing more to say.
PLANT... oh wait that means something else... by darwinmayflower	Nov 18th, 2008 08:40:09 AM
FAKE-ety-fake-fake.
meh by teddanson37	Nov 18th, 2008 09:17:36 AM
if this is the real deal or even if this is sort of the direction they are going in, i'm kinda disappointed. i was imagining more of a "charlie and the chocolate factory" kinda feel. like the look of the room with candy grass and trees and the chocolate river expanded to fill an entire world but not made out candy. this looks a bit too gothic. i think it's the makeup mostly. especially the lipstick. i don't want to see a "modern dark" version, i want to see one that's more faithful to the source material, which was dark and definitely twisted, but in a cartoony kind of way.
That looks more like Helen Bonham pubic head by Knobules	Nov 18th, 2008 09:27:42 AM
Than Depp.
Stick a red smile on that face......... by Dolmes	Nov 18th, 2008 09:45:09 AM
Andy Serkis for The Joker. :-)
It's a shoop by mynamesdan	Nov 18th, 2008 09:57:30 AM
i'm firin up my lazer
The holding of the bunny would be hard to fake by Flip63Hole	Nov 18th, 2008 10:14:55 AM
between the position of the hands and the bunny, which is obviously being held and not Photoshopped in. Who knows...
Bull Durham II? by ArcadianDS	Nov 18th, 2008 10:18:40 AM
So the two main characters from Bull Durham had a son? He's definitely pitching.
Utterly fake by ScottinDC	Nov 18th, 2008 10:25:31 AM
I'm going to come down on the side of very fake..the photoshopper does a so so job conveying a Burton-esque vision of the Mad Hatter but the shadowing and expression is wrong...and it's rather dull and tired from a costuming perspective. I'm going with fake.
I hate it... by jupstin	Nov 18th, 2008 10:27:40 AM
not that anyone cares
Seems fake by AshyLarry81	Nov 18th, 2008 10:54:09 AM
It looks like somebody touched up a pic of Depp as Ichabod Crane from Sleepy Hollow to me
It would look better if... by AssassinWithSon	Nov 18th, 2008 11:01:50 AM
we hadn't already seen Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd, Willy Wonka, and all of Burton's other pale faced creatures. I won't 100% say it sucks until I see the look in the movie. I just hope he makes this darker than Willy Wonka seemed it was going to be.
Should play the role nude. by mrfan	Nov 18th, 2008 12:01:15 PM

Johnny Depp Auditions for the Joker by SomaShine	Nov 18th, 2008 12:20:13 PM
"Tim..Tim..can I have some dark eye circles, lipstick and white face paint..it will so increase my odds at getting into the 3rd Batman"
looks awesome. by dingus khan	Nov 18th, 2008 12:20:46 PM
but, sweeny todd wasn't good. neither was CatCF. planet of the apes was turd dinner. depp's "lunacy" is getting olde. but, this looks awesome. and, i'll probably see it.
Looks like Helena Bonham Carter on a night out! by FILMFUNK	Nov 18th, 2008 12:26:21 PM
WHo cares anyway Burton films are cack!
Burton shamed me out of being goth. by ZeroCorpse	Nov 18th, 2008 12:32:05 PM
I was "goth" when it wasn't called "goth" and instead we were just "alternative" or "new romantics" or "gothic rockers" or even "goth-punk". Back in the early 80s, when shit like Hot Topic was just a bad nightmare for a truly alternative person-- When Marilyn Manson and Vampire The Masquerade didn't exist. When this was truly unique and interesting... And we loved Beetlejuice. We loved Pee Wee's Big Adventure. And then Burton thought he could keep milking that ideal and pushing his self-indulgent crap on audiences, and we started to become embarrassed. We wore less makeup. We leaned away from goth because guys like Burton and Marilyn Manson were fucking ruining it for us, making us look like chumps. They took all the creativity and individual spirit out of goth, and then Hot Topic came along and drove the last nail into goth's coffin, more than a decade after its official death (which was in 1989, when MTV and America's Top 40 started playing the Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees and people who used to ridicule them now said "Ohmigod, they're like, so cool!") Now, Burton's this overplayed, tired hack that keeps trying to make it seem like the goth audience gives a shit about his work, when only the most pretentious posers flock to him these days. He's one of the most embarrassing things about goth. He never evolved, never grew, never became any more than the same tired cliches. He dragged goth's image down with him, and now it lies rotting somewhere underneath emo, but a few feet above above disco, in a hole in the back alleys of Los Angeles, where it had been kidnapped, tarted up, and raped repeatedly by the usual suspects in the entertainment industry. If Burton had an ounce of dignity, he'd stop trying to make re-imagined gothy versions of classics, and go back to making original films in a completely different, somewhat normal style.
Tim Burton's a 1 trick pony by alienindisguise	Nov 18th, 2008 12:55:18 PM
I just wanna see an Anne Hathaway pic from this flick!
Edward BBQTongs Hands by robertplant	Nov 18th, 2008 01:28:47 PM
"Oh, my! Edward! Your ribs are just divine" "Thank you." Seriously, the guy who said Mad Hatter should be a villain in the Nolan-verse Batman, you're fucking retarded. And my vote on this is fake. I also vote Who Gives a Fuck, I'm tired of Tim Burton's predictable aesthetics.
Why don't Johnny and Tim just get married by Abominable Snowcone	Nov 18th, 2008 01:34:45 PM
and be done with it already
Um... Is it me or... by Codename V	Nov 18th, 2008 01:42:27 PM
are all Burton movies weird looking? Some call it stylish and in the beginning they were different enough to be deemed stylish but seriously-- shouldn't he move on and change things up? Both Batman movies were weird (first one cool in its own way second one sucked balls), Edward Scissorhands was bizarre, Nightmare, Sweeney, Corpse, Willy all feel the same even if they look a little different... It's like Oliver Stone's inability to get away from the "symbolic flashes" of the Doors, Natural Born, JFK, and others... Do something different. Stop beating a dead horse. And American McGee's Alice already "Gothed" this story awhile back...
that's a Photoshopped Edward Scissorhands by Cap'n Jack	Nov 18th, 2008 02:26:38 PM
picture for Christ's sake. Why was this even posted? It's obvious...
ZeroCorpse... by Kid Z	Nov 18th, 2008 02:41:46 PM
...YEah, dude, feel your pain. It is sad what's happened to Burton. Although, thankfully, I was NEVER "goth"... I was just another ratbag who liked the Ramones, the Clash, the Stranglers, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, etc... Then later, in college, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, the Mekons, etc. But Burton used to be cool... and suddenly sometime in the 90s, got lame fast. Every once in a while he tries to pull out of it (Big Fish, Sweeney Todd), but never quite succeeds.
Way by Come_ON	Nov 18th, 2008 03:56:58 PM
to shoe-horn your musical tastes into a post.
I think I'd rather see Burton do a Dracula movie. by riskebiz	Nov 18th, 2008 04:49:40 PM
Straight out gothic horror ... that should be what Burton is doing next. Instead he's cashing paychecks doing drivel like "Alice in Wonderland". I see that he's going to be doing "Dark Shadows" at some point ... and that's great ... I hope he does straight horror more. Things like Frankenweenie are fun and all, but comedy/horror that has classic Universal Pictures nods makes me just long for a classic horror that plays it straight.
CARROT TOP AS MICHAEL JACKSON by Mullah Omar	Nov 18th, 2008 05:00:24 PM
This is some casting gymnastics!
I am done... by symon	Nov 18th, 2008 05:38:26 PM
...getting excited about Tim Burton movies. His last good one was Sleepy Hollow (which is being generous), his last great one was Ed Wood. The only people I know who liked Sweeney Todd have not seen the musical. The movie is okay, but only because the play is so good no one could completely fuck it up. To me, if you haven't made one good movie post-2000, it's time to give it up. And don't get me started on Big Fish, which was a movie full of squandered potential.
Probably fake... by Carl XVI Gustaf	Nov 18th, 2008 06:28:28 PM
But it's probably not far off from how it's gonna look. Burton is so boring.
fake...originally came from fangirlmagazine livejournal by Rindain	Nov 18th, 2008 07:25:12 PM
yeah, and it's ugly too
is Burton even trying anymore? by the milf lover	Nov 18th, 2008 09:41:43 PM
He used to be so creative, but this looks like total lameass crap.
Looks like Vivenne Westwood puked up Willy Wonka by 'King Brit!	Nov 19th, 2008 07:49:04 AM

that's how I'd hoped Wonka would have looked by StovetopStuffin'	Nov 19th, 2008 09:30:01 AM
if it's fake, it's not bad. Gives me new hope for this. I thought he was only doing voice work, and the mad hatter would be CG? Or was that misinformation?
You're all so gullible by shaft478	Nov 19th, 2008 10:39:04 AM
That's Johnny Depp on a Tuesday afternoon fucksticks.
Why is it..... by Mister C	Nov 19th, 2008 10:02:05 PM
that people bitch about an eyelash being out of place when things like harry potter or watchmen are being adapted, but then marvel at this shit design since it came from Tim Burton? thats NOT what the damn hatter looked like. This has just gone to far, im not as outraged by the design as much as i am the positive response it has garnered. WAKE UP! I'd thought most people have read the book, this is something that was designed by a 16 year old goth girl, its shite. This fucker would scare the piss outta me if i ran into him. Burton needs to deflate that big ass head of his and try to put out a decent adaption rather than Burtonizing the whole thing, art is about being bold, he's been too safe casting the same people over and over. 'cuse the typos or whatever
Tim Burton Movies=An empty, sugary high. by uberman	Nov 20th, 2008 01:35:07 PM
Talk about your empty calories. Burton should stick to set design-a director of any note he aint.
Is that Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter? by MilkyLicker	Nov 20th, 2008 09:52:42 PM

SHOOPED! by The Amazing G	Nov 25th, 2008 05:42:59 AM
actually I have no idea....
aicn gets something right by TheExterminator	Jun 22nd, 2009 02:42:47 AM
for once
No by Orcus	Jun 22nd, 2009 08:52:25 PM
several times. Maybe a decade ago

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