Oh, I think the writer is just complaining about the "Fudderwhacken" (sp??) dance that The Mad Hatter does at the end of Alice In Wonderland.  I haven't heard of a single adult who likes that stupid dance    (Maybe some kids do).  Personally, I thought it was a really bizarre addition to the film, and it was not even Johnny so they actually went to the trouble of getting a stunt dancer (plus a lot of CGI) to do that!  But maybe the writer isn't against dancing per se.

Johnny hates to dance anyway, but he often gets roped into doing it.  It'll be fun to see if old Barn has some moves!  Too bad it's a little early for disco dancing  

^^^ Yeah, well, up til now she's kept a pretty low profile.  She can often be spotted at premieres or awards shows, but only in the background looking busy, and you'd only know it was her if you were looking for her.  Johnny doesn't talk about her often- I think this is mainly for the privacy of his family- but on the rare occasion he's basically mentioned that she's responsible for handling his whole career.  She's credited on IMDb as his assistant as far back as 1995 but in the early 90's, he was already mentioning her helping him. 

I just had a conversation with a few fans recently, wondering if she will actually give any interviews and press conferences now that her first few titles as a producer are coming out this year (Hugo and The Rum Diary).  Also, it'd be great to get a photo of them actually posing together for a change  She deserves so much credit- one of the unsung heroes, for sure!

^^^  In fact, he *did* win for Animated Voice.  Doubly sad he didn't at least get to submit a taped video.  Oh well, congrats to him!

i'm not super familiar with burton's work but doesn't he favor wigs in a big way?

Hmm, I think it depends on the movie.  Alice and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were heavy on the fantasy, so I think there were a lot of wigs and exaggerated looks.  But I think that for a lot of films, they use their own hair.  That's not to say a wig coudn't be used, though- I think that Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci used wigs for Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow, respectively.  I'm thinking that for the 1700's stuff, the men might be wearing wigs. 

Personally, I wouldn't mind Pfeiffer being a blonde Liz, especially having a blonde daughter, but I do hope that her hairstyle will be somewhat conservative and elite-looking.

I'm only guessing here about how the media are publicizing/discussing the film, but I think that in general, folks like to capitalize on the partnership among Tim, Johnny and Helena.  They've done a bunch of films together now, but Helena has not always had a starring role- for instance in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, her role as Charlie's mother was actually quite small, and even in Alice In Wonderland, I think she was billed as supporting actress.  It was only Sweeney Todd and Corpse Bride where she was really a lead. But I think the media like to emphasize her in Burton/Depp films, anyway, just because she's perceived as part of the package

All to say that while I wouldn't be surprised if Julia's role is bigger than Helena made it sound (if so, perhaps she was being sarcastic but I'd kinda take it as modesty),  I also wouldn't be surprised if it turns out more of a supporting role.  But I guess we just have to see!

Hi neiljohnson, thanks for the spoilers.  I've elected to read them, knowing there are always pros and cons of doing so, but I appreciate that the members here are given the choice by having a separate thread and a spoiler button!  

Realizing that these may be made up, and we should always take this info with a grain of salt unless we hear it from a credible source, these sound like reasonable plot points.  A few of them are already substantiated, such as

[spoiler]Alice Cooper's cameo and the "hippy" extras[/spoiler]

so we'll see if the rest is true.  I wouldn't be bothered by any of the changes from the original series (or film) if they do turn out to be true.

A couple of general thoughts,
[spoiler]The aspect of the hippies being in the wrong place at the wrong time, as well as Barnabas learning how to drive a car, and maybe not having complete mastery of his powers, sound like a lot of fun and could certainly account for the descriptions of the script being "funny".  They also seem right up Johnny's alley and I could see him having a ball with it!  However, I also like that certain aspects, such as Angelique dying and other major character(s) dying, sound very dark.  I hope they will not be afraid to show the dark nature of the story![/spoiler]

Cathy

I don't begrudge a price increase, but I do think that it's silly that they don't offer any discount for a bundled plan (ie., getting discs plus streaming is the cost of the two plans added).  I also think it's silly to initiate this at a time when not enough titles are available for streaming to be able to replace getting DVDs.  I guess it depends on what you want to watch, but I intend to drop streaming, at least for now, and stick with a 2 DVD plan.  I know they eventually want to eliminate the discs, and I would like to, too, but not yet.  Luckily, I've only had occasional trouble with DVDs being cracked, scratched, or otherwise not playing, and when that happens, they always send a replacement the same day or the next day after I report it, so I've had no complaints on that front.

I would not be at all surprised if LilyRose is an imposter.  It's a creepy trend to take the names of "celebrities" or other real people as one's online moniker/alias. 

Well, I have given my personal opinion.  Lily-Rose is 12, and Jack is only 9.  Both Vanessa and Johnny have spoken out often about not putting their children in the public eye, and giving them as much privacy as they can until they're old enough to make their own decisions. They do not attend premieres or other public events with him (at least not on the red carpet; they were at Disneyland the day of the Pirates 4 premiere but not with him, and it was only discovered when paparazzi got their pix).  Johnny has spoken out about what he thinks of paps that take their photos, and he will often walk separately or send his family around another way when they're out together to minimize exposure to them. Many Depp fan sites forbid pix of his kids on their sites because of his stand on this.  The only exceptions are a handful of "sanctioned" photos that have been taken by a professional photographer friend.  While it's true that they're getting older, I don't think they're yet at the age where they'd be permitted to have twitter accounts.  And I doubt they would be announcing their whereabouts to the public.  Just my opinion.