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Do you like zombies in movies?
- Thread starter Metalhead
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I liked this one:
Warm Bodies (film) - Wikipedia
Warm Bodies (film) - Wikipedia
Being in the medical field has ruined me on the whole concept of zombies. Heck, it's ruined me on anything with a medical component. Every time..."Would never happen", "Ridiculous.", "Doesn't work like that.", etc.
I can enjoy some "check your brains in at the door" productions, but for some reason I can't let go of my logic centers when it comes to certain things. One part of my brain understands that it's fiction, the other part of my brain is screaming, "Seriously!? You didn't even try to make it believable!"
I can enjoy some "check your brains in at the door" productions, but for some reason I can't let go of my logic centers when it comes to certain things. One part of my brain understands that it's fiction, the other part of my brain is screaming, "Seriously!? You didn't even try to make it believable!"
Sort of but I'm kind of bored with the zombie thing.
That said, I really did like 28 Days Later and the idea of the rage zombie. The slow moving zombies just aren't frightening to me.
That said, I really did like 28 Days Later and the idea of the rage zombie. The slow moving zombies just aren't frightening to me.
For zombie comedy, Shaun of the Dead, is unparalleled.
My greatest disappointment was World War Z. I read the book then saw the movie and the only common element is the title. From the book, the mass of zombies was frightening even though they were not fast.
My greatest disappointment was World War Z. I read the book then saw the movie and the only common element is the title. From the book, the mass of zombies was frightening even though they were not fast.
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After so many years of the "Walking Dead" Universe, why didn't most of them continue to decompose to a point of a pile of mush where they were unable to move at all?
I'm still watching Negan, Maggie and Daryl and Carol...but it got old a long time ago. With the story line gradually moving away from the terror of walkers to the terror of homicidal apocalyptic humans. Maybe they can surprise us with Maggie's son Hershel finally killing Marion Negan, who dies with a smile on his face as fate finally catches up with him. How else can this end?
I know! Lucille deserts Negan and elopes with a Louisville Slugger!
BTW, Where's Carl ?????
I'm still watching Negan, Maggie and Daryl and Carol...but it got old a long time ago. With the story line gradually moving away from the terror of walkers to the terror of homicidal apocalyptic humans. Maybe they can surprise us with Maggie's son Hershel finally killing Marion Negan, who dies with a smile on his face as fate finally catches up with him. How else can this end?
I know! Lucille deserts Negan and elopes with a Louisville Slugger!
BTW, Where's Carl ?????
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I loved "Dawn of the Dead" (2004) with all those zombies who could run full blast at the end.
Long before World War Z.
The new dawn of the dead was pretty good, albeit with fast zombies. That was definitely more scary than the original.
The original Dawn is my favorite horror and zombie movie of all time. It had so much going for it with the mall setting, back when malls were a thing and had diverse stores in them like groceries, restaurants, drug stores, gun shops, electronics, etc. it was a great concept for survival with comforts. A cool soundtrack helped
The original Day of the dead was in similar fashion with the subterranean bunker and caves. This one also had a cool soundtrack with a few songs in my personal library.
The original Dawn is my favorite horror and zombie movie of all time. It had so much going for it with the mall setting, back when malls were a thing and had diverse stores in them like groceries, restaurants, drug stores, gun shops, electronics, etc. it was a great concept for survival with comforts. A cool soundtrack helped
The original Day of the dead was in similar fashion with the subterranean bunker and caves. This one also had a cool soundtrack with a few songs in my personal library.
This is why the fast zombies are less interesting to me. Perpetual motion is not possible, same with perpetual energy. Without a supernatural influence zombies would be,,, short lived (pardon the pun)
Goes back to my comment about "The Walking Dead".
If they are decomposing, why would it be a process that seems to be hastened, enough for them to be falling apart yet still moving with the ability to bite and eat people?
But I suspect Hollywood expects everyone to check their brains at the door...allowing such considerations to be neatly swept under a rug no matter how implausible a plot may be.
The origins of "zombies" is interesting. The horrors and anxieties of slavery in Haiti and other Caribbean islands and the constant threat of death became part of the African religions the slaves brought with them and the French colonizer/slaveowners' attempt to impose Catholicism on them. The resulting mash-up became known as voodoo, including the zombie belief itself.
Which makes me wonder if the really oldest "zombie" movie was "Zombies of Mora Tau" (1957). A plot that seems closest to what you describe. Knew about this one long before George Romero's films.
LOL...good one. Took a few seconds to reach back and recall she's not there. Oh well....
Dagan
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I am directly responsible for several zombie related projects. Some I did (still do) under my real name. Most are / have been done using pseudonyms, which I started doing in 2008. It's a complicated reasoning, but I assure you it was necessary. To summarize, though...people can really suck...and I chose anonymity to forge on and actually get more work. Live events, prose, screenplays, teleplays, practical SFX, camera work and some acting parts - I love the genre.
Of note: most forget that the first zombies to run in a film (and speak, use "tools" and such) came to us via RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (which is getting a re-quel film that is currently in production). I feel like it's just going to be a straight up sequel, but production folks are weird and sometimes just don't understand how to call it like it is, rather than attaching to the latest trends or trendy words and phrases out there. Meh.
It's hard to pick one set favorite because the sub-genres into comedy and such are all just as fun and enjoyable to me. I'll give a top ten, but I promise you that said list could change daily.
La Horde (French - uncut version)
Dead Set (UK mini-series)
Dead Alive (aka Brain Dead - New Zealand - uncut version)
Re-Animator (USA)
The Sadness (Taiwan)
Train To Busan (S. Korea)
Night of the Living Dead (USA - reissued Director's extended cut - Tom Savini remake)
Cemetery Man (Italian)
Dead Snow (Norway)
Fido (Canada)
Of note: most forget that the first zombies to run in a film (and speak, use "tools" and such) came to us via RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (which is getting a re-quel film that is currently in production). I feel like it's just going to be a straight up sequel, but production folks are weird and sometimes just don't understand how to call it like it is, rather than attaching to the latest trends or trendy words and phrases out there. Meh.
It's hard to pick one set favorite because the sub-genres into comedy and such are all just as fun and enjoyable to me. I'll give a top ten, but I promise you that said list could change daily.
La Horde (French - uncut version)
Dead Set (UK mini-series)
Dead Alive (aka Brain Dead - New Zealand - uncut version)
Re-Animator (USA)
The Sadness (Taiwan)
Train To Busan (S. Korea)
Night of the Living Dead (USA - reissued Director's extended cut - Tom Savini remake)
Cemetery Man (Italian)
Dead Snow (Norway)
Fido (Canada)
Somehow Zombies never appealed to me. Can't really explain why.
Maybe they just seem too unbelievable.
I like well- made Vampire movies. Enjoyed the Twilight sagas.
Not for the romance like a lot of girls did, but I found it well-made and a good story line.
I like Plants vs Zombies!
Maybe they just seem too unbelievable.
I like well- made Vampire movies. Enjoyed the Twilight sagas.
Not for the romance like a lot of girls did, but I found it well-made and a good story line.
I like Plants vs Zombies!
Dagan
Well-Known Member
I wrote a novel 20 years ago (geez, I'm getting old) about zombies / undead in a medically, scientifically possible way. I used to refer to it as pseudo-scientific, but the tech is real, now, so I'm always just a little bit concerned. A few years after, I then wrote two scripts doing the same thing with vampires, but I also made those comedies. I have always studied anatomy (initially for special FX reasons) but then got into reading medical journals and diving into medical rarities. These things have always found their way into my concepts one way or another, if not the primary plot point overall. Rambling, sorry. Anyway, I feel like that all plays into projects also already out there by others (and definitely why I like them) such as, The Crazies, 28 Days Later and the like. If you read The Walking Dead comics, it goes way more into it all being a medical lab creation, as well. Return of the Living Dead, even...the trioxin gas.
