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Torgo · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject:

Running zombies are terrifying.

And also so very wrong.
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Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2569 Location: Chambersburg

Personally, I don't consider the "28 Days Later" running zombies to be true zombies. I'm a George A. Romero purist and actually find the skulking, slow-moving zombies to be scarier than the running ones.

That said, I'm not anti-running zombies. I thought 28 Days Later was pretty good and I'm always open to new interpretations.

I'm also a fan of the Max Brooks (son of Mel) books The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z.

Doctor Kird Ape · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

Some of my favorites:

Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Big Trouble in Little China
Flash Gordon
Star Wars:Empire Strikes Back
Unforgiven
Donnie Darko
Star Trek II: KHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Borat
Dr. Strangelove
Alien
Aliens
That movie about the old guy and his sled
Dark City
Battle Royale
The Fifth Element
Three O'Clock high
True Romace
Usual Suspects
Akira
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Doctor Kird Ape · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject:

I agree about 28 days later being something different, but the remake of Dawn of the Dead brought in the runners.

For a remake it was pretty enjoyable.

I don't like the runners, because I like watching human stupidity prevail. In the original everyone would have been fine if they had not made stupid mistakes. I love it.

World War Z is slated to become a movie, I think J Michael Strackzynski is going to be handling the screen play.
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Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2569 Location: Chambersburg

You're right, the 2004 Dawn of the Dead did have running zombies; I have to say though, that is my favorite of the Romero remakes.

But yeah, the point of the zombie flick is to show that human emotion is what ends up getting everyone dead. The "smart" zombies in Land of the Dead was a bit of a disappointment.

I've been reading up on the upcoming World War Z film, and I'm pretty excited about it. I honestly didn't know who J Michael Strackzynski was without looking him up; I guess I'm not that much into the uber-nerd space series, but from what I've read, Babylon 5 is considered to be pretty good along modern sci fi standards.

Doctor Kird Ape · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:34 am Post subject:

I think JMS still holds a record for writing an entire season of tv by himself. (Maybe season 3 of B5).

I enjoyed that show.

Land of the Dead dissapointed me at first, but it has grown on me. Romero essentially started this whole thing rolling, so its his rules, lol.

Day of the Dead had the first smart zombie, so we should not have been too surprised.

Also if you go back and watch the original NOTLD, i think the first zombie that attacks Barbara uses a rock to try and bash the window of her car in. So there you have it.

<Side> I forget where I came across it, but I think Romero and Russo never intended for the monsters to be zombies, but they wanted the to me ghouls. I wish I could remember where I got that.
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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 2136 Location: shippensburg

have you guys seen shawn of the dead? dawn of the dead, above, triggered it...funny flick....

Torgo · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:21 am Post subject:

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Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2569 Location: Chambersburg

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Torgo · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject:

I'd guess they keep making because people keep spending money to see them?

Although I can't remember how long it's been since the last one came out, maybe we on the downside of the trend...
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Dragas · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 133 Location: Waynesboro, PA

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