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[Krauser888]

Slender Man Full-Length Movie

[MichaelDj54]

I think this guy in the thread said it best.

[JustJim]

To quote King of the Hill: "I'm skeptical that you could, yet curious that you may."

That being said, everyone on this forum knows that if there was a Slender Man movie, we'd all be there to see it in theaters opening day, with popcorn falling from our agape jaws and notepads in hand filled with critiques.

[TheFallenenvoy]

I still think he is urinating on the creators collective heads.

[Krauser888]

[Cougar Draven]

I've made my opinion clear multiple times, I see no need to rehash it here.

But really, I still think he has a long, hard, uphill climb to put the "fanfiction" comment behind him.

[DaLadybugMan]

I'd actually react quite favorably to a movie, since I'm not one of the "going mainstream would kill Slendy" types of people. This is a chance for the internet to gain some validity as a culture by creating actual folklore.

But at the same time, this guy? I just can't get behind someone with absolutely no experience who knows so very, very little about the mythos. Deviations from the mythos I have no problem with. Hell, the current mythos is basically just a bunch of deviations everywhere, some better, some worse. If you want to make a Slender Man who talks, fine. Most people aren't going to like it, but if you can do it convincingly, I'll at least give you the time of day. But the thing with deviations is that you have to know what you're deviating from. It's the difference between an illiterate kid posting on the internet for the first time and e.e. cummings. They've both got a similar style of capitalization, but only the latter knows just what the hell he's doing.

[KamenZero]

He just doesn't really seem to care much about the creators at all, in my opinion.

Also, my theory: This is just an epic troll leading to a blog or vlog in which him researching SlenderMan for this film gets him stalked by the real thing.

[JiingJiing]

He doesn't seem to understand at all how movies are processed =\ does he actually think he's going to be both the creative designer, script writer, director, and producer?

Like what was previously stated, I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be a kid who just plans on having this open up to another Slender vlog.

EDIT: Though, I'm not so completely against a movie being made about Slenderman as I am against a video game. However, I do feel like in order for Slendy to keep his creepiness up a notch, it should still be filmed in the same style as found footage, that way it still feels real. Plus no CGI effects whatsoever, much like Paranormal Activity.

[Cougar Draven]

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[SublimeInsomnia]

I'm Reach over on the SN forums, so anyone looking for an in-depth explanations of my objections can find them there; I've only had to reiterate them ten times or so.

Like DaLadyBugMan, I'm not in the "mainstream oh noes" camp. I like seeing something I enjoy getting the recognition it deserves. I am, however, practical and can see plenty of practical concerns about what Mr. Simmons is planning to do, mainly concerning its effect on immersion.

I also have a serious, serious problem with his plans to make money off a Slender Man film. I don't mind, and, in fact, I applaud, those creators (mainly the MH crew) who make money from Slender merch, but I have a deep, ingrained opposal to someone who intends to make money from charging people to experience the story. It just goes against the spirit of the Mythos, in my opinion. I can't abide by putting a Slender Man film in theatres anymore than I could abide by the MH guys taking all their videos down from YouTube and then putting them up on a pay-per-view site. Both Simmons and the MH guys are, of course, perfectly entitled to do either of those things but it's not a question of whether or not they can, but whether or not they should.

To a certain extent, one of the reasons I keep arguing with this guy is because, at some point, I'm hoping he'll give up on this project, not just because of my personal objections to what he's doing but also because he has no clue how the film industry actually works and I, as an artist, hate to see a fellow artist wasting their time and energy on projects when that same time and energy could be better spent elsewhere.

As for being a troll...I doubt it. He wreaks too much of childlike naivety and idealism.

[The Kempest]

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