Robert Englund DragonCon 2008 on Nightmare Remake

Robert at DragonCon 2008 and a Q & A session .. He talked a lot but picked out this bit about what he had to say about the Remake ..

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[BlackToothGrin1966]

This is bullshit. Remaking is one thing, but replacing Freddy? Robert Englund is and will forever be Freddy.

[Ministerx]

How many times can one do Hamlet. We haven't improved the wheel. Robert Englund took my innocence and Wes Craven took my virginity. Original rule and remakes drool.

[sasumekyoto34]

@1993MovieMan Really? maybe that's why i didn't like those movies...I more used to Freddy with DARK humor and a B.A. villain...

[parkercadie1]

Listen close and you'll hear a groan when Michael Bay is named.

[ma10ti]

its funny that robert is in the new DLC for Black Ops.

[AgentFrootLoop]

without robert, its not freddy :/ sigh..........

[NancyThompsonOfElmSt]

@1993MovieMan

Oh I know those fan girls(dude I'm all over this ANOES stuff)....most of them are into the idea of sappy love-ridden Krueger too. Fred Krueger was NOT twisted by society.They're making wrong assumptions. He's a twisted evil man. Just like Craven intended(you'll learn all about it from Never Sleep Again)....then again, I'm talking about the bastard son of 100 maniacs that Robert Englund played, not the gardener of a preschool as portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley.

[1993MovieMan]

I mean , sure Fred was born mentally disturbed but I HIGHLY DOUBT he woulda ended up AS BAD as he became if he WASN`T surrounded by DYSFUNCTIONAL , INSENSITIVE INBRED MORONS !

[1993MovieMan]

@NancyThompsonOfElmSt Believe it or not , Fred Krueger`s got A LOT of fangirls who see him as A Tragic Villain who was twisted by society`s cruelty ! And having seen " Freddy`s Dead " and parts of The Remake , I see where they`re comin` from !

[NancyThompsonOfElmSt]

@1993MovieMan Sometimes....it isn't as easy as therapy. But the parents didn't want to have their kids up on the stands telling an entire room what happened to them.In the original, Freddy was let loose because "someone forgot to set the search warrants in the right place". In cases such as that, it makes you wonder if vigilante justice should be used against men like Fred Krueger. I wouldn't want that sort of blood on my hands but sometimes things need to be done.

[1993MovieMan]

@NancyThompsonOfElmSt Yes , Fred DID take advantage of innocence ! That`s what pedophiles do ! They CAN`T help themselves ! And yes , Fred WAS mentally disturbed ! EXACTLY my point ! You take a mentally disturbed person to therapy ! You DO NOT burn him alive as that ONLY makes it WORSE ! Oh but those DUMBASS , INBRED PARENTS DIDN`T give a damn , DID THEY ?!?!?

[1993MovieMan]

@NancyThompsonOfElmSt Guilty DOES NOT mean inherently evil ! As I said , Pedophilia IS a disease so burning Fred alive WAS a bit unfair ! I think he genuinely cared about the kids ! He just couldn`t control himself ! Remake Fred was basically a man with a disease ! Why is it that if a rich , famous person`s a pedophile like Michael Jackson , people make excuses for him if not OUTRIGHT deny it BUT if an average , working-class guy like Fred`s a pedophile , he`s the scum o` the earth ?!?!?