Holiday Season is Upon us - what gives?

[lizard]

Omega Man!!!! haha Charleton Heston in his usual scenery chewing froth, battling the wird people led by the suitably deranged Anthony Zerbe. Of course, the remaining healthy woman turns out to be a hottie, and not some fat chick with frog eyes, hahaha.

 

[JayKeeley]

Do you remember the Simpsons spoof? I think it was a Halloween special. Bloody marvellous!

 

[J.]

Also, being a big fan of Night of the Comet (also not a zombie movie) and having it on video, the movies are not remotely alike.

Huh? Both movies had people going crazy after a cataclysmic event. Both had a few survivors that band together. Both ended in a supposed safe place, with the soldiers/doctors going ape on the main characters. Both had many run-ins with the "zombies". I could probably name a few more, but I haven't seen Night of the Comet in years.

 

[J.]

I think you just made that up!

http://www.res.com/magazine/articles/28dayslateraninterviewwithdannyboyle_2003-05-21.html

BOYLE: "Alex Garland [the film's writer] is a big zombie fan. But also he's a big fan of the sci-fi writing of J.G. Ballard. He also likes the The Day of the Triffids, the John Wyndham novel, and Boris Sagal's film, The Omega Man . We were not stealing, but nothing can stand on its own anymore -- there is always some reference point. So in a sense maybe, we do steal stuff and then try and put it together in a different way. We wanted a horror/zombie film, but we also wanted it to be more emotional than horror films normally are. We wanted you to genuinely care about these people."

Director Danny Boyle's latest feature, 28 Days Later, spins contemporary paranoia regarding disease and viral infection into a frightening tale of post apocalyptic horror, survival and rampaging zombies. We caught up with Boyle, whose past work includes Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and two digital shorts shot with DP Anthony Dod Mantle, for a chat during the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

 

[JayKeeley]

What a piece of shit this res.com site must be if it calls those infected LIVING people in 28DL "rampaging zombies". I would have to disagree with them, simply because I know better. I also know Malcolm X was a black man fighting for civil rights, not an Imperial White Wizard of the KKK. That's how different it is.

Here's my definition of a Zombie (and one that Romero would agree with): Resurrected from the dead, eats living flesh, works on instinct alone, the only way to kill it is to destroy it's brain. Furthermore, in some novels, Zombies need a necromancer to control their existence.

As for Danny Boyle, he might have "wanted a horror/zombie film" when he set out to make it, but it's a shame he never got one! At least he admits to stealing from Day of the Triffids and The Omega Man however, neither of which are living dead movies.

Write an e-mail to George Romero and ask him! I'll go with whatever Romero says.

 

[J.]

You need to understand that almost every paper, website, movie review TV show, etc called 28 Days Later a "zombie movie". But like said, I can understand why purists would not consider it a zombie flick.

Apparently a zombie is a person with lame blue make-up covering their bodies, hahaha:

 

[JayKeeley]

Well, then call me a purist. But I honestly would never have called 'Day of the Triffids', 'The Omega Man', or 'I am Legend' Zombie flicks either.

You see this dude? He was once dead. Maggots took over and ate his one remaining eyeball. You can shoot him in his bollocks and he'll still want to eat you. That's a motherfucking zombie.

 

[J.]

Well, the blue zombies above are from your beloved George ROmero's Dawn (or Day, or Night, or Evening) of the Dead. They don't look as if they've been dead. In fact, if I saw them, I'd laugh.

 

[JayKeeley]

meh, I don't watch movies for the special effects and make up, particularly those that were made 20-30 yars ago. Having said that, Tom Savini is a demi-god, and I'm not sure if a Zombie film has matched the effects brilliance of Day of the Dead yet, and that is nearly 20 years old.

 

[NAD]

You see this dude? He was once dead. Maggots took over and ate his one remaining eyeball. You can shoot him in his bollocks and he'll still want to eat you. That's a motherfucking zombie.

Oh man, that is awesome. You've finally convinced me to get some zombie DVDs, after countless threads on the subject.

 

[JayKeeley]

Oh man, that is awesome. You've finally convinced me to get some zombie DVDs, after countless threads on the subject.

I tell you what, since I now have the European cut of Dawn of the Dead, and I'll obviously be getting the upcoming deluxe version of Fulci's Zombi 2, you can take my original DVDs of those films for a bargain. I mean, where else are you going to see a Zombie take on a fucking shark (and win)?

 

[Dead_Lioness]

speaking of 28 days later...
here is a thread i opened in th nevernore forum.

Dec, 11th 2003

"why oh why did i rent this movie why ?
and dont tell me you liked it, or that "it was ok" because it is by far the most dumb movie I’ve ever seen, and believe me, i watched a lot of trash movies in my life to know what a dumb movie is...

so anyways, 28 Days Later, ladies and gentlemen, what can I possibly say ?
those Zombies movies are much better than this shit, and this movie comes to you in
a “so called” quality movie package, but its nothing but a dumb zombie movie!

first of all this whole story is a complete rip off from Steven King’s – The Stand.
And when you steal someone’s idea.. it just cant be any good, u know?

Now lets see what was stupid about this movie:

1) the infected people had Rage- so how come they work together and go after the healthy people? Why wont they attack each other if they have rage ??? Zombies work together, but infected people? OH PLEASE.

2) So a bunch of hippies broke in this lab where those infected monkeys were in cages, and set them free, and this is how this whole plague started. BUT since when does a country keeps a highly risk sick animals in just a small lab down town that anybody can break into ?? where is the military ? where is the guards? Like WTF ???

3) This whole story behind that military base they found was so dumb, my god.

4) The movie took place in London, England.
It cant be.
All movies happen in Amerika.


Thankyou.

I just had to take some steam out after wasting 90 minutes of my life for nothing"

 

[NAD]

I tell you what, since I now have the European cut of Dawn of the Dead, and I'll obviously be getting the upcoming deluxe version of Fulci's Zombi 2, you can take my original DVDs of those films for a bargain. I mean, where else are you going to see a Zombie take on a fucking shark (and win)?

Okay. After the holiday madness subsides I'll have 3 empty bottles of scotch and some spare pocket lint for trade.

 

[jimbobhickville]

Anyhoo, I knew who Danny Boyle was, but thanks for assuming I didn't. And I don't give a shit about what Romero says.

 

[J.]

and dont tell me you liked it, or that "it was ok" because it is by far the most dumb movie I’ve ever seen, and believe me, i watched a lot of trash movies in my life to know what a dumb movie is...

If 28 Days Later was the "most dumb movie" you've ever seen, then you've seen nothing but high quality cinema.

 

[NAD]

Frontrunners for Worst. Movie. Ever.

(Plan 9 and Time Bandits are fun sometimes though)

And then the winner, for absolutely HORRID movie that nobody could possibly enjoy, even on a "boy this sucks, hur hur hur" kinda way:

Seriously, if you see this in the $0.99 bin at the liquor store, and even if you're incredibly stoned and buying some Nightrain to cap off a perfectly wonderful excursion into stupidity, do NOT buy this movie!!!

 

[JayKeeley]

And I don't give a shit about what Romero says.

Heh, that explains a lot.

 

[J.]

I enjoyed Vampires. It's John Carpenter, what do you expect. Lots of violence, over-the-top characters, dumb one-liners, etc.

SPider-Man? I really enjoyed this one. Much better than X-Men 1 and the turd-fest that was The Hulk.

But worst movie ever goes to:

If the US Gov't wants Saddam to talk, make him watch this movie. It is pure torture and I still have the scar above my eye where I tried to cut my eyes out within 10 minutes of pressing play.

 

[JayKeeley]

Thing about John Carpenter was that he jumped the shark at Big Trouble in Little China. I can't believe that the guy who directed The Fog, Halloween, and The Thing went on to direct Ghosts of Mars, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, and Escape from LA.

I didn't mind Vampires so much. Wasn't there a Vampires sequel with Jon Bon Jovi? Now that's gotta be a straight-to-video clunker...

 

[NAD]

I was really high when I watched Vampires (the only time I saw it), and I remember getting really angry at the TV because I hated it so much. That's saying something because NAD + weed = not angry.