Norma’s wardrobe is reminiscent of the ‘60’s, but no more than many women today are inclined to wear. Norman’s clothes are slightly awkward, but so is he, and they work almost as well for a small town kid in the 21st century as they may for a man in the 20th. There are little nods to the source material in Bates Motel and shifts to account for the changes in this time period. We don’t question the new Bond, in the new era, we just enjoy the things that are different, as well as those that are the same. It’s like Norman, and even the motel itself, has become a modern icon or archetype – like a Bond, in a way – and this is just the latest version of him/it.
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The series captures the essence of the character, and to some degree the film, but it doesn’t ape, dilute or bastardize it. Very quickly into the pilot’s open, however, it becomes clear that that fear is groundless. I worried that my mind would, of its own volition, be doing mental gymnastics to try and place an adolescent Norman Bates in 2013 when I know that an adult Norman Bates is going to rip open a shower curtain to reveal a doomed Marion Crane in 1960. The Contemporary Setting WorksMy biggest concern coming into the pilot was that the contemporary setting would detract from the experience. I’ve seen the first several episodes and can say that for horror/thriller fans this show is absolutely worth a look. It disregards any of Norman’s backstory as outlined in the Psycho follow-ups and transplants him into our time period. In this case, Bates Motel really is its own animal as Cuse and Ehrin intended. It’s also true that if they are it never makes me love the original any less. It’s true that there are films that I feel precious about, that I don’t want touched. Though, for some, the strange 1998 shot-for-shot remake and a few of the sequels have already done that a bit. No one wants to see its legacy tarnished. Hitchcock’s film had a tremendous influence on the horror genre, cinema in general and on many film fans lives over the years. There are those who are intrigued by the connection to Psycho, and those who are resistant to it. The response to the marketing for Bates Motel has been telling. Over the course of the series, Bates Motel will unveil how mild-mannered Norman splintered into a butcher knife-wielding slasher-in-drag. The series follows a teenaged Norman (Freddie Highmore) who has just moved to a small town with his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) to open a work-in-progress motel.
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