SheriResident FlufferMy Living RoomRegistered Userregular
edited February 2007
Thanks to my zombie lit class, I have finally seen Dawn of the Dead (the original) and can compare it to Shaun and I must say that I really enjoyed Shaun quite a bit. Dawn I enjoyed, but mostly for campy reasons -- like the way Flyboy runs. Or the fact that there's a goddamn Hare Krishna.
There was also that 90's movie with Ray Liotta about him being sent to a prison island and a rocket gun. It was awful, but I remember laughing at a lot of parts.
I think everyone is missing the point here entirely.
Did anyone at any time mention the news that J. Michael Straczynski is adapting World War Z for Paramount Studios and Plan B, Brad Pitt's production company?
The Ring was an ok remake, nowhere near as good as the original Ringu though.
And the Dawn remake was pretty decent. Fast zombies is like the ultimate nightmare.
I fucking hate it when people spout this bullshit.
I saw The Ring. It fucking scared the bejesus outta me the first time around. I heard all these people trying to sound cool and indie by claiming that the original Japanese version was better, so I decided to check it out.
What a load of crap. Ringu was lame as shit and had no scare factor in the slightest. You got to sound like you were more in touch with the movie industry by telling your friends the original was better, sure, but it doesn't change the fact that you're a douchebag.
I saw The Ring. It fucking scared the bejesus outta me the first time around.
So, I saw The Ring on DVD right after it hit the shelves a few years ago and I thought, "Wow, that was some intense shit! Not too scary, but a good ride. I'll definitely watch that later." Done.
Six o' clock in the a.m. rolls around and I wake up and kind of roll over, glance at the clock and take my bearings in the room and ohjesusdeargod, the bitch from the movie is at the foot of my bed, long black hair over her face, right at the foot of my bed, ohjesusdeargod, she's coming to get me, right at the...foot...of...the..bed...where my ironing board is and I had laid my black work slacks over the edge of the board, christthatwasfuckingscary.
Now, I can't readily go back to sleep, so I do what any red-blooded male would do to incite a state of drowsiness: masturbate.
I start thinking about the porno I had picked up the week prior and this totally hot dark haired girl from The Ring, ohjesusdeargod, I can't even jerk it without this bitch in my sex fantasy, she'sgonnabitemydickoff!
I showed up at work more than two-and-a-half hours early for my shift; when everyone else got to work and tried to find something to do, I had already completely opened the restaurant, by myself.
"Dude, you're here kinda earl-"
"FINE! I'M FUCKING FINE! NO PROBLEMS HERE! HOW DID YOU SLEEP?!? GREAT!"
I convinced myself to watch the movie every day for the next seven days, just so I could go to sleep and jerk off again.
~fin~
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SheriResident FlufferMy Living RoomRegistered Userregular
Knob, I'm gonna have to cut you now. It certainly wasn't a superb film but I did really enjoy it. I'm gonna hazard a guess that you didn't care for it due to breaking with zombie canon.
Knob, I'm gonna have to cut you now. It certainly wasn't a superb film but I did really enjoy it. I'm gonna hazard a guess that you didn't care for it due to breaking with zombie canon.
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I hate it for being a damn stunning film for the first half, and then the second half is this rushed, tacked on, heavy handed, george romero wannabe bullshit
OH NO MAN IS THE REAL MONSTER OH GOD NO SHIT I RAN OUT OF STEAM HALFWAY SO I FIGURE I'LL JUST RIP OFF DAY OF THE DEAD OR SOMETHING
director has his head so far up his ass that he changed the ending of the film (for the worse, even) POST-RELEASE
hey, when your movie hits theaters, you should probably stop working on it
he had an absolutely phenomenal film going, and then decided to gut it and spill his hackjob seed all over the corpse
reinstate the original theatrical ending, admit to yourself it's a goddamned zombie flick, and toss 80% of the puerile garbage that the film devolves into after they get to the military base, and it'd be amazing
as it stands, it changes gears so sloppily and hamfistedly (hee new word) that i'm disgusted that i enjoyed the first part so much
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SheriResident FlufferMy Living RoomRegistered Userregular
edited February 2007
I didn't know he changed the ending post-release. Huh.
The point is, needed more zombies in the second half.
Knob, I'm gonna have to cut you now. It certainly wasn't a superb film but I did really enjoy it. I'm gonna hazard a guess that you didn't care for it due to breaking with zombie canon.
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I hate it for being a damn stunning film for the first half, and then the second half is this rushed, tacked on, heavy handed, george romero wannabe bullshit
OH NO MAN IS THE REAL MONSTER OH GOD NO SHIT I RAN OUT OF STEAM HALFWAY SO I FIGURE I'LL JUST RIP OFF DAY OF THE DEAD OR SOMETHING
director has his head so far up his ass that he changed the ending of the film (for the worse, even) POST-RELEASE
hey, when your movie hits theaters, you should probably stop working on it
he had an absolutely phenomenal film going, and then decided to gut it and spill his hackjob seed all over the corpse
reinstate the original theatrical ending, admit to yourself it's a goddamned zombie flick, and toss 80% of the puerile garbage that the film devolves into after they get to the military base, and it'd be amazing
as it stands, it changes gears so sloppily and hamfistedly (hee new word) that i'm disgusted that i enjoyed the first part so much
Well, I respect your opinion more but don't feel nearly as strongly about it as you do. I guess because I didn't know anything about how the film originally ended. My opinion is that you should judge a film based on what you're actually seeing, not what it almost was or could have been or how closely it follows the source material. So I still enjoyed it and the criticism of the commentary about man being the true monster seems petty. Sure, Romero originate that idea but he pretty much started the whole genre and most zombie genre fans would (I think) agree that good zombie stories really focus on how the human characters deal with each other. I haven't read all of Walking Dead but wht I did read of it definitely hits on the same themes, albeit more intelligently.
although the premise is very 'core'ish, apparently its really realistic and is more about the journey to the sun and what goes wrong rather than some bombastic action film where they nuke the sun and win the day.
although the premise is very 'core'ish, apparently its really realistic and is more about the journey to the sun and what goes wrong rather than some bombastic action film where they nuke the sun and win the day.
realistic plot about the sun dying:
end of life
I hope it's realistic to the point where, before it dies, the sun grows huge and consumes Mercury, Venus, Earth and maybe Mars.
The original ending had cillian murphy being bitten and them trying to find a hospital or somewhere where they can try to get him a blood transfusion, but he dies on the table and the two girls journey forth into uncertainty
the revised ending has everyone living in a quaint british cottage, sewing a giant thing that says help and then flagging down a passing jet fighter
although the premise is very 'core'ish, apparently its really realistic and is more about the journey to the sun and what goes wrong rather than some bombastic action film where they nuke the sun and win the day.
realistic plot about the sun dying:
end of life
I hope it's realistic to the point where, before it dies, the sun grows huge and consumes Mercury, Venus, Earth and maybe Mars.
isn't that going to take like tens of thousands of years?
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Forever Zefirocloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered Userregular
edited February 2007
Are you fucking serious I saw the second ending man that is totally lame
Now I want to see the original ending because that is some horseshit.
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At the Theater the film broke
I rented the DVD and it was scratched
I saw original Dawn but I am going to rent or whatever the remake to watch
It got no funnier with explanation.
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Anyway, fuck yo' remake.
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Most other “horror” movies bore me to tears, but the moment you throw in zombies, it's awesome
We officially live in an advanced, spoiled civilization.
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!
Are you guys talking about that movie with Stone Cold Steve Austin in it?
The Condemned I think it's called?
Where they send these people on death row to an island to kill each other, and the last one left gets set free
Which is fucking dumb because someone who was on death row and just proved they're a fucking great killer is now free to kill a whole lot
Is this what you're talking about?
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Did anyone at any time mention the news that J. Michael Straczynski is adapting World War Z for Paramount Studios and Plan B, Brad Pitt's production company?
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/767/767703p1.html
what
I fucking hate it when people spout this bullshit.
I saw The Ring. It fucking scared the bejesus outta me the first time around. I heard all these people trying to sound cool and indie by claiming that the original Japanese version was better, so I decided to check it out.
What a load of crap. Ringu was lame as shit and had no scare factor in the slightest. You got to sound like you were more in touch with the movie industry by telling your friends the original was better, sure, but it doesn't change the fact that you're a douchebag.
Read the book then you can complain about all of the movies.
So, I saw The Ring on DVD right after it hit the shelves a few years ago and I thought, "Wow, that was some intense shit! Not too scary, but a good ride. I'll definitely watch that later." Done.
Six o' clock in the a.m. rolls around and I wake up and kind of roll over, glance at the clock and take my bearings in the room and ohjesusdeargod, the bitch from the movie is at the foot of my bed, long black hair over her face, right at the foot of my bed, ohjesusdeargod, she's coming to get me, right at the...foot...of...the..bed...where my ironing board is and I had laid my black work slacks over the edge of the board, christthatwasfuckingscary.
Now, I can't readily go back to sleep, so I do what any red-blooded male would do to incite a state of drowsiness: masturbate.
I start thinking about the porno I had picked up the week prior and this totally hot dark haired girl from The Ring, ohjesusdeargod, I can't even jerk it without this bitch in my sex fantasy, she'sgonnabitemydickoff!
I showed up at work more than two-and-a-half hours early for my shift; when everyone else got to work and tried to find something to do, I had already completely opened the restaurant, by myself.
"Dude, you're here kinda earl-"
"FINE! I'M FUCKING FINE! NO PROBLEMS HERE! HOW DID YOU SLEEP?!? GREAT!"
I convinced myself to watch the movie every day for the next seven days, just so I could go to sleep and jerk off again.
~fin~
I believe you mean an awesome civilization.
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But I'm sure he has excellent taste in film.
I just liked 28 Days Later.
And not exclusively for Cillian Murphy!
Although the last hour or so of it kind of disturbs me.
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Yeah, but not for the right reasons.
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I hate it for being a damn stunning film for the first half, and then the second half is this rushed, tacked on, heavy handed, george romero wannabe bullshit
OH NO MAN IS THE REAL MONSTER OH GOD NO SHIT I RAN OUT OF STEAM HALFWAY SO I FIGURE I'LL JUST RIP OFF DAY OF THE DEAD OR SOMETHING
director has his head so far up his ass that he changed the ending of the film (for the worse, even) POST-RELEASE
hey, when your movie hits theaters, you should probably stop working on it
he had an absolutely phenomenal film going, and then decided to gut it and spill his hackjob seed all over the corpse
reinstate the original theatrical ending, admit to yourself it's a goddamned zombie flick, and toss 80% of the puerile garbage that the film devolves into after they get to the military base, and it'd be amazing
as it stands, it changes gears so sloppily and hamfistedly (hee new word) that i'm disgusted that i enjoyed the first part so much
The point is, needed more zombies in the second half.
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but a good film that turns around and shits in your lap?
that is the worst
Well, I respect your opinion more but don't feel nearly as strongly about it as you do. I guess because I didn't know anything about how the film originally ended. My opinion is that you should judge a film based on what you're actually seeing, not what it almost was or could have been or how closely it follows the source material. So I still enjoyed it and the criticism of the commentary about man being the true monster seems petty. Sure, Romero originate that idea but he pretty much started the whole genre and most zombie genre fans would (I think) agree that good zombie stories really focus on how the human characters deal with each other. I haven't read all of Walking Dead but wht I did read of it definitely hits on the same themes, albeit more intelligently.
tlk;dr - I'm not going to cut you anymore.
a few weeks later they rereleased the film with ALL NEW ENDING COME AND SEE
and I figured they'd maybe unshitted the film somehow, so I went again
and they'd made it worse
end of life
I hope it's realistic to the point where, before it dies, the sun grows huge and consumes Mercury, Venus, Earth and maybe Mars.
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the revised ending has everyone living in a quaint british cottage, sewing a giant thing that says help and then flagging down a passing jet fighter
Now I want to see the original ending because that is some horseshit.
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