H2; More Myers History

So, how many of you thought that Rob Zombie's Halloween remake would have been a lot better without all that young Michael bullshit. Like, old Michael kicked ass, that part of the movie was pretty sweet, but all the explaining about his troubled home life and how he was a weird white trash kid that started killin' just left me kind of dry. I don't need to know why Michael is as he is. I just want to know that he's ridiculously crazy and will kill everyone. Fucking everyone. The Shape doesn't need a backstory and history as to why he is how he is, right? You don't see them doing a Jaws remake and starting with the shark watching his mother get killed by some drunken teenagers out night shark shooting, do you?

Well, if you were looking forward to H2 hoping this would just be a straight up Michael killing people movie, you're straight fucked. Here's the casting call Zombie just put out;

[BOY] 8 to 11 years old, Caucasian, blond hair, blue eyes (long hair a plus), no taller than 4-foot-10. There's a veneer of innocence about him, but he's ultimately revealed to be very dangerous. We need a very capable young actor who is able to be both threatening and vulnerable...STRONG SUPPORTING ROLE

Fuck. So I already know that Daeg Faerch, the boy Michael from the first remake, will be on set for some flashback scenes. But Daeg is a growing boy. Fuck he grew during Halloween. From what I've seen of him lately, he's tall as fuck. So he'll be older flashback Michael, and I'm guessing this kid they're trying to cast is younger flashback Michael. Rumor is Zombie is doing this one with a lot of flashbacks, possibly why Danielle Harris is being brought back on board for this one.

So if you were looking for a straight up Myers slasher with him kicking ass without any apologising and letting you know what a damaged young man he was, and how it's probably societies fault that he's killing Halloween, you're fucked. Looks like this will be another film with more Michael young and out of the mask, than old and kicking ass in it. Sorry.