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BurtonVerse Theory: Revised  Timeline and Stats & Trivia Abbreviations used are as follows: Fw 84 =  Frankenweenie  (1984) PwBA  =  Pee-wee's Big Adventure ES  =  Edward Scissorhands BR  =  Batman Returns TNBC  =  The Nightmare Before Christmas EW  =  Ed Wood MA!  =  Mars Attacks! SH  =  Sleepy Hollow POTA  =  Planet of the Apes BF  =  Big Fish CATCF  =  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory CB  =  Corpse Bride ST  =  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street AIW  =  Alice in Wonderland DS  =  Dark Shadows Fw 12   =  Frankenweenie  (2012) BE  =  Big Eyes MP  =  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children BB  =  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice While I chose to post the entire revised BurtonVerse Theory last time, updates to behind the scenes, statistics and trivia will be in one go. The origin...

BurtonVerse Theory: Revised Abbreviations used are as follows: Fw 84 =  Frankenweenie  (1984) PwBA  =  Pee-wee's Big Adventure ES  =  Edward Scissorhands BR  =  Batman Returns TNBC  =  The Nightmare Before Christmas EW  =  Ed Wood MA!  =  Mars Attacks! SH  =  Sleepy Hollow POTA  =  Planet of the Apes BF  =  Big Fish CATCF  =  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory CB  =  Corpse Bride ST  =  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street AIW  =  Alice in Wonderland DS  =  Dark Shadows Fw 12   =  Frankenweenie  (2012) BE  =  Big Eyes MP  =  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children BB = Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Since I began formulating my BurtonVerse theory , two seasons of the Netflix series  Wednesday and the sequel to Tim Burton's second feature film Beetlejuice , aptly named Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,...

BurtonVerse: The Tier List The whole concept of the tier list has always fascinated me. Its beginnings are as a means to rank how powerful the characters of fighting games are, particularly Super Smash Bros.  But it caught on to share the opinions on a wide variety of topics. For me, the appeal is the organization of something we all do to a point anyway. There are those with the notion that there should be one and only one [S] and one and only one [F], but I disagree. Otherwise, why not just make a list of 1., 2., 3., etc. I do agree with limiting the number to few, but it saves one from having to choose a single favorite and/or least favorite. While working on my BurtonVerse Theory , I devised the idea of a tier list of the films, considered as standalone as intended, below. It contains all twenty features, the nineteen Tim Burton directed plus The Nightmare Before Christmas . The images are snips from the theatrical release poster. The only ranking otherwise is release order. A ...

BurtonVerse: Statistics & Trivia II Behind the Camera Abbreviations used are as follows: Fw 84 = Frankenweenie (1984) PwBA = Pee-wee's Big Adventure ES = Edward Scissorhands BR = Batman Returns TNBC = The Nightmare Before Christmas EW = Ed Wood MA! = Mars Attacks! SH = Sleepy Hollow POTA = Planet of the Apes BF = Big Fish CATCF  = Charlie and the Chocolate Factory CB = Corpse Bride ST = Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street AIW = Alice in Wonderland DS = Dark Shadows Fw 12 = Frankenweenie (2012) BE = Big Eyes MP = Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Last week's post was all about statistics and trivia regarding BurtonVerse collaborators in front of the camera, the actors. Click here to read. This is about some other essential filmmaking components: writers, composers, studios and casting. Some of this I already knew, some I discovered as I worked through, and none of it may be anything new to you... The Writers' Room Despite his distinctive vis...