# Beetlejuice Beetlejuice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 23, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985 "2024-05-23T20:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/21 "2024-05-24T23:39:43Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Believe from the trailer that she is the mom in this one and her parents are now dead. No the Mom is still alive, that’s Catherine O’Hara. In the original, the two characters played by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are childless and die in a car accident, then have to navigate the afterlife. The new owners of their beloved house trash the place, so they decide to haunt them. Beetlejuice is a troublemaking ghost who has bad ideas and just makes everything a mess. The new owners were Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and their daughter Lydia played by Winona Ryder. This time in the sequel movie, Mom, daughter (same cast), and granddaughter (played by Jenna Ortega) reawaken Beetlejuice and hijinks ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/22 "2024-05-24T23:40:54Z")
I wonder what happened to the original ghosts. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/23 "2024-05-25T13:19:06Z")
Maybe they moved on to a different part of the afterlife? I remember a line, I think said by Geena Davis’s character, about how they were going to be stuck in the house for the next 30 years or 40 years. Maybe that time was up and they moved on to the next part of their journey in the afterlife. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/24 "2024-05-25T13:23:52Z")
125 years. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/25 "2024-05-25T13:26:42Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Glenn Shadix > [@Boudicca90](#): > > > [@flurb](#): > > > > I hope they include some sort of nod to Otho. Glenn Shadix, who portrayed the character, had a truly tragic life. His parents gave him shock treatments when he came out as gay, leading him to attempted suicide. The home he bought to retire to burned down, and he died from hitting his head in an otherwise harmless fall. > > That’s really terrible. I didn’t know he passed away before this thread or how it happened, but I wish things in his life were much better. I know it is but a tiny sliver of a silver lining, but according to Wikipedia his parents came to accept his sexual orientation after his attempted suicide. mmm ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/26 "2024-05-25T13:42:27Z")
Dick Cavett is still alive, note. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/27 "2024-05-25T16:34:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’m guardedly optimistic. Speak for yourself. I’m fucking _stoked_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/28 "2024-05-25T16:42:29Z")
So, Jenna Ortega is being typecast already? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/29 "2024-05-25T16:53:58Z")
Tim Burton did _Wednesday_ and is doing _Beetlejuice Beetlejuice_, and he often reuses the same people in similar type roles. Jenna’s taking advantage of being the It Gothgirl with her own brand of Tarot cards: [‘Wednesday’ Star Releasing Her Own Tarot Card Deck And Guidebook](https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/05/24/wednesday-star-producing-her-own-tarot-card-deck-and-guidebook/) ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/30 "2024-05-25T16:59:14Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I wonder what happened to the original ghosts. Maybe they were sucked off or fell down a well. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/31 "2024-05-25T17:06:39Z")
I wouldn’t say she’s typecast but she certainly has a type she’s leaning into (and making a mint off of it). But maybe if they make a live action _Elena of Avalor_ she can reprise her role of Princess Isabel. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/32 "2024-05-25T18:47:22Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > So, Jenna Ortega is being typecast already? So it would seem (as Capt. Norrington would say). ---
**Author:** ![Boudicca90](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boudicca90/32/16818_2.png) [@Boudicca90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boudicca90)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/33 "2024-05-25T21:57:02Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I know it is but a tiny sliver of a silver lining, but according to Wikipedia his parents came to accept his sexual orientation after his attempted suicide. That’s good to hear at least. > [@ftg](#): > > So, Jenna Ortega is being typecast already? It does seem like she is being considered the new Aubrey Plaza. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/34 "2024-05-25T23:08:29Z")
Jenna Ortega played Wednesday Adams, a character previously played by Christina Ricci. Christina Ricci played Wynona Ryder’s sister in _Mermaids_. Wynona Ryder is playing Jenna Ortega’s mother in the new film. _It’s all connected, people!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/35 "2024-05-25T23:27:20Z")
I suspect they’re all the same person. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/36 "2024-05-26T18:45:19Z")
I read years ago, they wanted a sequel but Tim didn’t want to do one. So he came up with a ridiculous title, Beetlejuice goes Hawaiian, as a joke and the studio took him seriously. There’s even a script. [Scripts – Table Reads](https://tablereadspodcast.com/scripts/) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/37 "2024-07-19T03:58:09Z")
_Beetlejuice Beetlejuice_ trailer trailer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/As-vKW4ZboU/maxresdefault.jpg "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Official Trailer 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-vKW4ZboU) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/38 "2024-07-19T04:10:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > In the original, the two characters played by Geena Davis I didnt see Davis in the preview/trailer. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/39 "2024-07-19T08:21:44Z")
Neither Geena Davis nor Alec Baldwin are in the sequel, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985/40 "2024-07-19T14:15:22Z")
Man that trailer is dense. Several blink and you miss it things. E.g., around 1:14 a hand is shown crawling around Thing-like. (But is it attached?) Catherine O’Hara is shown a bit more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985.md?page=3)