Oh, lordy. I can't even bring myself to watch to the end of this, because I just know he's going to put those buttons up to his eyes and smile. I don't know if I can deal with that; my head might just up and combust. Neil Gaiman, you terrify me in the most wonderful ways imaginable!
You're right. Wybie isn't in the book. But I heard Selick wrote Wybie into the movie so Coraline has someone to talk to (because in the book, she talks to herself a lot, or thinks to herself). And maybe they modeled him after Neil for the reason you previously stated.
Oh Neil Gaiman, :] He's wonderful, they way he talks about buttons as being used for cute little things...and yet the way he uses them in the movie in such a creepy way...I Love it! :D
I laughed pretty hard. Very clever. I'm a huge fan of your work, especially your short stories. A Study In Emerald convinced me that you should be my favorite writer. 1602, Sandman and Coraline just confirmed it. Reading American Gods soon, hopefully.
Ooo this video is eerie. Reminds me of how when I was younger, kids on the playground would always talk about Coraline like it was the scariest film they'd ever see.
I absolutely loved the film Mr. Gaiman. I'm a big fan of your work and while I've never read the book Coraline, I'm making sure to fix that. Great video. You should make more videos like this.
Yhea... I almost believed it was irrational until you pulled THAT smile. *shivers* Oh and I'll willingly admit that Coraline gave me nightmares when I read it. I was 21 at the time and I watched X-files when I was 7 without getting nightmares... just goes to show a good book can out-scare a TV show any day.
You could do a coin trick with the buttons, since you learned it to write "American Gods"...or is there a great difference between coins and buttons on that? I deeply love your books. Thank you a lot for your work.
I hate how the movie was all "buttons, buttons, buttons"! Like, OKAY, we get it! I don't think the ghost children in the wardrobe even had button eyes in the book!
Neil Gaiman looks and sounds a helluva lot like Jeremy Brett here. But that was the best movie trailer EVER. Trailers should all be like this. Neil Gaiman just talking about nothing, lol.
Glorious. Somebody compared Gaiman to Hitchcock. I think there's a bit or Rod Serling here too! Some network needs to snap Neil up as the host of their sci-fi/horror anthology series!
I actually have a phobia of buttons! It's called koumpounophobia, and it's actually quite common. I can't wear clothes with them on with out feeling uncomfortable, and I have to wash my hands after touching them. I don't even like saying the word! It's strange, though, I wasn't too scared of Coraline. This video kinda freaked me though.
While I think Neil is a great writer, I don't think he's a very scary one most of the time, his stuff is often more awesome than horror. But his actual appearances, like here or with JoCo? Absolutely pants-wettingly TERRIFYING.
Yeah, but just LOOK AT THEM!! How can you not see even the slightest resemblance? Their hair styles look kinda the same, and they both have black jackets on.
@Shiek927 really? have you read any of tims poems and short stories? tims stories are more sad and beautiful, like the melancholy death of oyster boy, neils stories are more creepie and stuff... I mean, none of tims movies are really scary i think they are just beautiful but thats just my opinion
My heavens. He just exudes gallons of badass, doesn't he? And it's not just the coat. He could wear pink hotpants and a sweater vest and still exude gallons of badass. Actually, that sounds kind of interesting.
@dontleademsomuch Me too, I'd love to see a Garth Ennis video promo on the finer points of 'The Boys' (with props of course) although the humorless RU-vid thought police would likely go ballistic.
Nobody believes me when I tell them buttons are scary when I lend them my copy of Coraline. Three days later, and, well... (The background music in this just makes everything better/worse)
