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# so many zombie films
if you haven't already... see Dance of the Dead it is quite good :)
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:04, archived)
# Yes, I enjoyed that one muchly.
However my housemate preferred Night of the Living Dorks, and my girlfriend liked the stupid Samantha Mumba 'Boy Eats Girl' better. They're all teeny zombie flicks but nowhere near as good as Dance of the Dead.
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:06, archived)
# We've had a few good chats
about these films in the past and I'm sure you remember that I think 99% of them are pants.
But I'd be interested in your take on the whole Quarantine / REC thing.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:14, archived)
# REC is amazing.
Don't want to see Quarantine on principle really. I mean, a shot-for-shot remake just because the original had subtitles? Good grief, do they think we're all morons, or is that just for the Americans...
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:16, archived)
# I'm not a big fan of any of the
shaky, hand-held camera stuff, especially when it's pitched to me in a way that I'm expected to believe it's a true event. However I enjoyed REC ( I never shy from subs and my Spanish is ok enough to watch the likest of El Orfanato and El laberinto del fauno without them )
REC was quite good having said that but still not WOW enough for me. I can't get my head around the 'Dark and shaky' concept, makes me feel that the script must be weak and they have to employ gimmicks to bolster it.
As for quarantine? Yes you are correct. I could not understand the point.

edit:// apologies for the delay responding. I had a house full of kids descend upon me.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:37, archived)
# I rilly don't get zombie flicks
They're the rubbishest of baddies - defence is "Walk away quickly from them."

Obviously 28 days later made them a bit better, but they're still pretty rubbish.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:09, archived)
# Nah, you can only walk so much
then you need to sleep, eat, toilet. They can just keep on coming at you in larger numbers... They'll get you eventually.

/edit : 28 days later aren't zombies....
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:12, archived)
# 28 days later are zombies. come on - play clever.
And, with the use of one car and a full tank of petrol, you can get out of the way of zombies.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:19, archived)
# Not really.
I would say that it is a zombie film just without the Zombies. Hence why I have included the film in my blog. (Well, 28 months later anyway).

Same goes for Evil Dead. Not zombies.
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:21, archived)
# I see I've offended you. I apologise.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:26, archived)
# Pah, it's all good.
Everyone thinks one way or the other.
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:30, archived)
# I watched Doomsday
on blu ray the other day.

It did not make it any better ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:42, archived)
# the real horror of zombies is that there's always more of them
the don't sleep, ever. you can walk quickly away but they'll still follow you. even if you cross to an island they'll follow. zombies are scary because you can't kill all of them.

read World War Z. best portrayal of real life zombie apocalypse ever.

and fast zombies are shit.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:17, archived)
# Everything you just said is 100% correct.
(Except I'm ashamed to say I've not read that book yet.)
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:18, archived)
# no way? its bloody ace.
tell you what actually, the audiobook is cracking, mark hamill is the narrator. its really well executed.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:25, archived)
# real life zombie apocalypse? Hahahahahaha
So zombies can swim?
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:20, archived)
# Hell yeah.
Zombie Lake, Shockwaves, Land of the Dead to name just 3 films.
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:22, archived)
# So ... how come you never see them driving, or flying planes?
Zombie banger racing or something? Zombie Ultimate Fighting Challenge. Zombie Olympics?

How come zombies don't eat other zombies?

How come ...

Oh it's just too silly for me, I'm sorry.

I far prefer computers that mess with your sense of reality then break, and you don't know whats real or not, and so when you find yourself killing someone don't know whether to worry about being done for murder or not.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:29, archived)
# part the first: zombies retain basic motor functions and instincts
swimming is instinct, driving isn't.

part the second, zombies eat living flesh, perhaps they seek living flesh because it passes the contagion. viruses only exist to self perpetuate like the rest of us.

part the third: yeah those movies are cool too. check out cypher
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:34, archived)
# Hmmm.
Seems vere silly.

All one would really need is to find a military base to live on, then. Basic motor functions don't include how to get over an anti-climb fence.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:40, archived)
# exsitenz for the win
:D
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:47, archived)
# c'mon... broaden your horizons here.
after all, the premise for the Nolan Batman movies is "what if batman was real"
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:23, archived)
# Not really.
It's still just fantasy. Or at least - thats how I took it.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:30, archived)
# of course :)
i just like pretending it could be true. life's more exciting that way
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:37, archived)
# They don't need to swim,
they're dead so they can just walk.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:33, archived)
# So all one need do is cross a relatively deep, fast-flowing stream or river then
And one's home free.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:34, archived)
# unless they're on the other side too =D
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:38, archived)
# running zombies are pants
although Dance of the dead has an interesting take on it.

The fresher the corpse the quicker it moves.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:18, archived)
# i've posited this in debates with friends but i eventually decided i didn't like it
if they keep decaying then all you have to do is just wait them out.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:20, archived)
# Provided you can get somewhere safe to wait it out,
and have supplies and stuff then you're probably right. But nobody ever gets to that situation in the movies.
(I helped save b3ta! ArghZombies No longer has a Leaky QUIM, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:24, archived)
# well it wouldn't make a great movie if they did would it :)
land of the dead is set long enough after the original outbreak that you'd expect the majority to be decayed beyond threat.

though i don't consider that movie Romero canon. as they decay they get smarter... hmm..
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:29, archived)
# WHY CAN'T THEY JUST CO-OPERATE
damn power struggling swines!
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:32, archived)