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I know this is movie stuff, but it concerns HHN as well. From Screamscape:
If Comcast turns down the intensity of HHN for no reasion it will be the biggest mistake they will make since buying Universal. Period.
(3/11/11) In a strange and twisted bit of bad news, it seems Universal’s new masters (Comcast) are apparently a bit squeamish when it comes to hardcore horror movies. Case in point, they just canned the planned Guillermo del Toro adaption of H.P. Lovecraft’s “At the Mountains of Madness” because the director was unwilling to dilute his vision of the film down to achieve a PG-13 rating. (Honestly, this is Lovecraft we’re talking about after all. Everyone knows you can’t do Lovecraft justice with a PG-13 in today’s world where even the latest Disney/Pixar films are given PG ratings instead of G.)
According to Guillermo del Toro, he wasn’t even going to big gore in the movie, just a desire to make it feel, “really, really uncomfortable and nasty.” That said… I do have to really wonder how this new squeamish streak could possibly trickle down into a more watered down Halloween Horror Nights experience at Universal Hollywood and Orlando. I’m really hoping otherwise, but when you’ve got someone as clueless as Comcast now pulling the strings, nothing is off limits.
If Comcast turns down the intensity of HHN for no reasion it will be the biggest mistake they will make since buying Universal. Period.
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