tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33535132930051385342024-03-12T20:09:18.812-07:00Eviltwin's Zombie-RamaThis is where the eviltwin from the hit internet radio blog show "Twinsanity" will further rant about Zomblies and wich ones she likes... more than likely there will be alot of spelling mistakes and grammar issues to poke fun at!Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-2149070227679474012012-04-06T07:23:00.001-07:002012-04-06T07:24:46.982-07:00Long time, no SEE?Has it really been this long since I posted a blog? What a SHAME! Well folks, if you are still interested in my zombie opinion, then stay tuned!Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-5839008657650731522010-06-14T04:52:00.000-07:002010-06-14T04:59:04.322-07:00Night of the Living Dead: ReanimatedSister and I contributed to this, and now it is gona be at San Diego Comic-Con!!<br />Please please please repost this on your own blogs!!! Thanks!!<br /><br /><br />Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated Screening and Panel at Comic-Con<br /><br />( Key Art: http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5593/sdcc.png )<br /><br /><br />Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated ( http://www.notldr.com ) has proven itself to be one of the most experimental projects to hit the horror genre in recent memory. Taking the existing film, Night of the Living Dead (1968), gallery curator/ experimental animator, Mike Schneider, extended the invitation for anyone in the horror community to take scenes from this seminal work and respond to them through their art. As Schneider explains, 'We, as fans, accept the film as an absolute. Changes would be alienating and copying would be pointless. Instead, what we have done is what artists have always done.. responded to the world around us and offered others the chance to see it as we do.'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />With nearly 150 artists and animators taking up the cause, thousands of pieces of art and segments of animation were created through media ranging from oil paintings to comic illustrations and digital animation to sock puppets. Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated forgoes the dubious comforts that a singular style may provide for the chance to showcase the wide spectrum of visual media. The resulting collection was then hung directly on top of the original film leaving the its audio track and story completely unmodified.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Since it first screened in September 2009, Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated has shown in venues including film festivals, theaters, colleges, cinema bars, museums, horror conventions, and even in virtual spaces like the Facebook Comic-Con and in the Phantasmagoria Theater (a virtual movie theater build within the MMORPG, Second Life). Perhaps most notably, Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated has quickly become a favorite amongst TV and web based horror hosts with many of them presenting it to their local audiences via streaming and public access shows. As the project finally nears its long awaited DVD release ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003GUGB8G ), Neoflux Productions is pleased to announce Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated will be screening this year at San Diego Comic-Con ( http://www.comic-con.org/cci/ ).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Join a panel of contributing artists as they screen Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated on Thursday July 22nd at 9:30pm in Room 5AB at Comic-Con. Directly following the screening, the contributing artists will hold a panel discussion covering their varied media and involvement in NOTLD:R. They will also be taking questions and signing autographs. Confirmed panelists include : John Chesnut and Josh Barnett ( claymation and cut-out animation), Jacquelyn Bond ( watercolor paintings ), Grant Fuhst (mixed-media artwork ), Sean Williams ( hand drawn animation ), Zina Lahr ( toy modification/ experimental animation ), Brad Uyeda ( stop-motion animation ), Anthony Amos ( digital animation ), and Eric Schock ( comic book illustration ).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />What Comic-Con event would be complete without swag to giveaway?<br /><br />The giveaways at the screening/ panel include:<br /><br />- Pre-Release Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated DVD's by Wild Eye Releasing ( http://www.wildeyereleasing.com )**<br /><br />- DVD's of Monster Madhouse presents NOTLD:R ( http://www.monstermadhouse.com )<br /><br />- DVD's of Friday Night - Fright Night presents NOTLD:R ( http://www.fridaynight-frightnight.com )<br /><br />- DVD's of World of Weird Monster Show presents NOTLD:R ( http://wowmonstershow.com/ )<br /><br />- LTD Edition NOTLD:R Teaser Poster 1 ( http://notldr.com/teaser1.png )<br /><br />- LTD Edition NOTLD:R Teaser Poster 2 ( http://notldr.com/teaser2v13.png )<br /><br />- LTD Edition NOTLD:R DVD Poster ( http://files.dvdnote.com/images/300dpi/MVD5015D.jpg )<br /><br />- Special Edition (SDCC Exclusive Cover) Comic: 'Sick as a Dog' Mike Schneider/ Terry Callen<br /><br />- Buttons, Pins, Keychains, and other NOTLD:R materials provided by contributing artists<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Please note, many of these giveaways are in strict limited editions so get there early and stay alert as they will be given away throughout the event. So remember, the Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated Screening and Panel is Thursday, July 22nd at 9:30pm in Room 5AB at San Diego Comic-Con.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />**Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003GUGB8G<br /><br />Produced by Neoflux Productions<br /><br />Released by Wild Eye Releasing<br /><br />Release Date: 7/27/2010<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated is a collaborative artistic mash-up of George Romero's cult classic. Nearly 150 International artists and animators chose their favorite scenes and re-envisioned them through their own artwork, with no restrictions on style, media or process - resulting in an eclectic 'art show' interpretation of the seminal 1968 film, all placed over the original's audio. With work ranging from oil paintings to comic illustrations and sock puppets to CGI and stop-motion - NOTLD:R not only pays the respect due to this most important work in horror history, but encourages viewers to experience the film in a brand new light that bursts with the humor and horror of a new generation of artists. Art is dead...yeah, it's all messed up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />DVD Special Features:<br /><br />- DVD Cover Art by Mike Schneider<br /><br />- DVD Label - Functioning Phenakistoscope ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenakistoscope )<br /><br />Layout: Mike Schneider Animation: Calum MacAskill<br /><br />- Liner Notes by Peter Gutierrez ( Rue Morgue )<br /><br />- DVD Hosted by Legendary Horror Host, Count Gore De Vol ( http://www.countgore.com )<br /><br />- Commentary 1: With Guests Peter Gutierrez and Stoker Award winning author, Jonathan Maberry ( http://jonathanmaberry.com/ ) ( Patient Zero; Zombie CSU; Marvel Zombies Return )<br /><br />- Commentary 2: With Guest Corpse S. Chris ( http://www.horrorhostgraveyard.com )<br /><br />- Documentary about the various PD releases of Night of the Living Dead entitled 'Boxart of the Dead' by Rob Hauschild<br /><br />- Surreal Animated Short, 'Silo' by Anthony Amos<br /><br />- Zombie Cartoon, ' Ape of the Dead' by Andres Silva<br /><br />- Pacman Parody, ' Night of the Gaming Dead' by Voodoo Velvet<br /><br />- Demonstrated Animation Processes by Calum MacAskill, Mike Boas, and Ryan Sigg<br /><br />- Zombie Encounter Panel with horror authors including Jonathan Maberry and Dr. Kim Paffenroth ( Gospel of the Living Dead )<br /><br />- Artist Slide Gallery<br /><br />- Call-In Messages from 28 of the Contributing NOTLD:R Artists<br /><br />- Select Uncut Scenes<br /><br />- Short Horror Comics (by NOTLD:R artists)<br /><br />- and more...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Contact press@notldr.com for interview, questions, or review copies.<br /><br />Contact robjh@wildeyereleasing.com to inquire about the NOTLD:R DVD.<br /><br />Contact screenings@notldr.com to setup a screening near you.Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-1711259037865355572010-06-05T04:33:00.000-07:002010-06-05T04:39:35.074-07:00Centipedes, Glory Holes and Ugly StoriesSO no post for May huh? Boy am I getting lazy! Actually I think it was because I did not come across anything worth posting about. I am not trying to be cynical or anything. Trust me, when I am you WILL know it! I am just not finding a lot that is good and zomblie related!<br /><br />However, there are a few things out there that are good and just plain weird! Take for example the new “Gonzo” style book put out by the miserable author whom I tore a new a-hole on my last post. Stand back folks… I am not sure how big this book will get. I was surprised after my reaming of his ‘diary’ book that he contacted me about test reading this one. I assumed that he must be some sorta glutton for punishment. But, you are probably NOT gona believe me when you read this, but… ahem… I liked it just fine!<br /><br />The story is called “<a href="http://amzn.com/1452862036">The Apocalypse and Satan’s Glory Hole</a>”. Yes, you read that correctly. It is actually a collaboration between both Zombie Wilson’s turd of a writer Timothy Long (smooches Tim) and a fellow named Jonathan Moon. It follows the coming Apocalypse and all its “glory”. Seeing as how it is impossible to describe the story without getting a nosebleed I will just do the deplorable thing and cut and past the description from Amazon:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">“Armageddon arrived on a weekday, which was really inconvenient for a lot of people, including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. After their appearance on The Kayla Mangrabler talk show, they decided to go their separate ways and cause as much havoc as possible.<br />Jesus has been stuck at the craps table for three days, sipping vodka and Red Bull, completely missing the end of the world. But he is about to meet up with Death and go on a road trip that will test their resolve and their blood alcohol content.<br />Meanwhile, an unlikely band of heroes are headed to Las Vegas to fight the Apocalypse. Creepy Chuzz and his one-armed, addict monkey Phil are flying there in an ice cream truck. Chuzz's best friend Leon plans to lend a hand, assuming he can escape the clutches of the insane Father Maniwhore not to mention Pestilence, who has designs on the janitor's bathtub-LSD-addled brain.<br />Along the way they will encounter bouncing glory hole boxes, militant lesbians, an undead general, a flying demon named Princess Sally, hordes of zombies, and a trio of secret agents hellbent on delivering a Cease and Desist order to Lucifer himself.<br />They'd better hurry, because the Devil is rising in the desert, and he is hungry to start the Apocalypse that his son could not. But only if he can get it on with his giant floating glory hole.”<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>See what I mean? This book is surprisingly enjoyable. I have not read the final copy but I am trusting they fixed a few of the mistakes from the test-run that I read so I can’t say for sure if the editing is up to snuff, but hey with a story like this I would think a few mistakes would be on the plus side! WTG boys, you have managed to make my brain bleed with your nonsense!<br /><br />Then there was the insanely out of the way movie sis and I watched last weekend called “<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1467304/">The Human Centipede</a>”. WTF? Go on, look it up. I don’t think I can even begin to describe this film. I will say that the subject matter was handled very well and that they were tasteful in what they did show. Overall, the movie was actually quite good. A little slow, and very very depressing. Like watching Quills, Requiem for a Dream and Dancer in the Dark all back to back! And considering we watched it in between playing a horror survival game- well it was quite the Sat night!<br /><br />Then there is the nightmare of a book that I cannot bring myself to finish. I don’t do that you know, I try my best to finish books. I feel like I have invested the time and I need to bring myself to read the whole thing in order to complain competently about the material. But, I have hit a wall. And I cannot finish this abomination of a story. “Dead: The Ugly Beginning” is the worst book I think I have read in a looooooooong time. First off, the author has seen fit to flip flop from first person to third person and back to first, no wait, third no wait… ARRRGH! The there is the lack of any real threat. I mean sure the zombies are there, but I am not motivated to be the least bit afraid of them. Time after time all the characters have to do is just blow the heads away or use a sword? Have you ever tried to us a sword? Neither have I but I am pretty sure I just can’t pick one up and start knocking off heads with it!<br />The zombies are always described as “the thing who was once blah blah blah”. That got old after the second description. And if I read one more thing about the smell… whoopty freakin doo, they all smell bad. Does everyone in the book have to puke? I am hoping that the smell is coming from the INFECTION and not from DECOMPOSITION, because that would mean someone did very little research for his opus.<br /><br />I am convinced that he did not do any research at all.<br /><br />I got to the bit about Wal-Mart. See what I did there? Big W, squiggly, BIG M!! If you are gona use a small M you leave the squiggly out. Ok maybe I am just splitting hairs, but when you make ugly comments about the unnecessary size of our bay doors and call the backroom a “warehouse” then you can expect me to be a bit cranky!! Newsflash folks: Wal-Mart does NOT have an ENTIRE store located in their backrooms. We barely have enough room to cram the overstock that we have now, but that overstock isn’t a 10th of what is on the floor. And the characters must have been just stooopid. I mean absolutely STOOOPID to spend time “tearing down” the bay doors with an axe instead of just popping off the lock and pulling them up like a sensible person!<br /><br />Then there is the character who was a fat-assed cow, then lost weight and became so grateful for compliments she became a redonkculous WHORE. Yes, you read that right. Look, I know that some folks, well MOST folks don’t see Big as beautiful. And that is just fine, you are missing out on a wonderful group of fine folks, but that is your digs. However, I am SICK to death of reading about fatties who either literally throw their weight around (I’m lookin at you Long and Moon!) or who do the shit in this pathetic excuse for a zombie book and put out because someone half-assed a compliment in their direction! I swear to you I wanted to puke when I read the passage: “She drove home with the unfamiliar feeling of semen running down her thigh.” WTF??? Okay I am 300 + pounds and I have seen more than one penis in my time. And you know what? I don’t have to BEG for sex. Even when I wasn’t married, I didn’t have to wait for someone to come along and give me the occasional pity-fuck. I know that not all big girls are confident and own their sexuality, but just ONCE I would love to see someone who is NOT a large person write a story about a large man or woman who is happy with who they are and can get laid without debasing themselves to do it.<br /><br />Granted, it was a very very small story in an otherwise laughable plot. The dude even mentions exactly what I was thinking: The Stand with zombies. YAWN! If I wanted to read The Stand, I would read it. I have a feeling that this writer considers himself on the same page as Mr. King. WRONG! You are not fit to lick his balls, much less compare your idiotic ramblings to his superior writing. And he claims there are gona be at least 5 books in this series? Well there’s 5 books I won’t be reading!<br /><br />Bottom line: Give up writing and go work at Wal-Mart… you might learn something.Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-38447619992039430962010-04-06T06:06:00.000-07:002010-04-06T06:11:53.444-07:00I must be a DICK!Okay, so I haven’t posted a blog in the entire month of March? WTF eh? All is well, just got a bit sidetracked and didn’t really find anything that interesting to bitch about. Till now…<br />My sister fopped a book on me a few weeks ago, gushing about how wonderfully funny it was. She guaranteed I would be LOL’ing at work, which is where I do a majority of my reading. Only one problem. I didn’t find it funny, in fact I think it is safe to say I didn’t like the book much at all.<br /><br />The story in question is “<a href="http://www.zombie-wilson.com/">The Zombie Wilson Diaries</a>”. The concept is that a dude washes up on a deserted island after a plane crash only to find himself in the company of another survivor who has become a zombie. He then ties her to a tree and proceeds to talk to her ala Tom Hank’s style from the movie Castaway. Sounds pretty good eh? Well, though the idea is novel, the notion gets OLD. I mean really OLD really quick! If he would have spent time actually TALKING to her that would have been one thing. But most of the book is spent lamenting about how she is no longer “hot” and how her tits are shriveling or the things he has to do to keep her rotting body clean.<br /><br />The most annoying thing is how the book is presented. It is written “diary “style. And not even really that well. The first person descriptions go from a surreal past/present/past tense that I think is supposed to give the impression that our survivor does not know how to write at all. However, all it left me with was page flipping and head scratching. Did you put the dress on her or not? Why is she naked now? It makes me think that a man who can write very well was trying to write like someone who never writes at all. It came off stilted and hard to follow.<br /><br />Then there is the FONT! It is printed in what I think may be <em>Comic Sans Font</em>. The idea was that it would be cute because it is supposed to be a diary right? This may be a novelty to some, but for those of us with any sort of vision problems, it quickly became a headache! I found myself having to put the book down every 20 minutes or so just to refocus my eyes before I picked it back up again and tried desperately to plow through the story to get to the ridiculous ending.<br /><br />I HATED the main character. And since he was the ONLY character alive in the (majority) of the story it was hard to like what was happening. There was NO character development. He was on the damned island for over a month and from start to finish he remains an immature, superficial, shallow, juvenile TURD. He laments about having to work for a living then goes on about his office. HIS OFFICE? Um, no… try slinging freight at Wallyworld before you bitch about your shitty job. You start the story off on a tropical island vacationing at your company’s expense and you want me to feel sorry for you? OMG, you get jealous over a dude flashing cash and showing off his trophy wife when you would rather buy a playstation then bring your own GF on holiday with you? WTF!!??<br /><br />I am trying hard not to be mean. I really love zombie stories, hence the name of the blog. But I think throwing zombies into any sort of situation does NOT make a good book. If this had been written a little more objectively, and with a little more background and forethought it may have been a much better read. As it stands, I hated it. And since everyone, and I mean EVERYONE on the <a href="http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/">Library of the Living Dead forum </a>thinks it is a magnificent work of art, I MUST be a DICK! Sorry sis… your twin sister is a DICK…Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-66035382248125121692010-02-28T05:38:00.000-08:002010-02-28T05:46:25.911-08:00I wana BE a Ghostbuster!<strong><em>Warning: Don’t like Spoilers? Don’t read this then!!</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br />Okay, so this is turning out to be a once in a while thing and that is totally fine with me. Not really enough time in the world I suppose, and there are other better blogs to read out there. So what have I been up to over the past month? Well let’s see…<br />I recently read and watched Shutter Island. Leme tell yah folks that was some good shit! Leonardo DeCaprio has never been big with me, but he did a helluva job. Oh I got the book Drood. Very very very long… still reading it, so we shall see about that one. Saw the movie Legion. Meh… wasn’t what I expected. A little too close to The Prophecy only without the benefit of Christopher Walken. I mean the dude that played Gabriel was pretty awesome, but still… meh… OH but wait, there was Wolfman!<br />Wolfman is my fave Universal Classic monster folks, my fave movie out of the bunch being House of Frankenstein. So you could imagine what I did when I found out that they were remaking it with no less than Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro AND Hugo Weaving. Yum Yum! I know I bitch about fanboys who watch movies because of certain actors, but there is a time and a place for everything kids and the time for Me to SEE that movie was OPENING WEEKEND! You will NOT be disappointed. It was truly a blast! The thing I appreciated the most was that the actors DID thier own wolf makeup. And the wolf getup is just, well just aswome.<br />Bought a copy of Zombieland! HA HA! Gawd what a great film! While my husband and I watched the movie with the commentary we came to learn that the filmmakers are not all that “into” Zombies. And I cannot help but wonder if that is what makes the movie so unique. It definitely stands out in the genre and has a life of its own. I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that it started life out as a TV show pilot. CBS opted OUT of making it. Thank you boys!<br />But I will tell you something, when we went and saw it at the theatre I thought I was gona pee when Bill Murray showed up. You folks have got to understand, if Zomblies didn’t take up most of my love in the line of cinema material, then the one movie I would probably obsess over (more than I do already) would be Ghostbusters!!<br />I sooo wana BE a Ghostbuster! I have been perusing certain fan sites, looking at different homemade uniforms and such. Boy, those folks really have their shit together. Sister and I have been tossing around the idea of doing a Sontaran outfit for nerd conventions. You know, cause we’re short and look alike… tee hee… but if I had my way I would totally BE a Ghostbuster! I have an Orc outfit I wear to Renfaire every year, and that is loads of fun. It was also a lot of hard work to make so I figure making something as specific as a Ghostbusters outfit wouldn’t be too hard? We shall see yes? If I get around to doing it, I will certainly keep you all posted!<br /><br /><a onclick="location.href='http://horrorblips.dailyradar.com/post/url/?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title);return false;" href="http://horrorblips.dailyradar.com/post/"><img height="22" alt="HorrorBlips: vote it up!" src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/img/horror/button_96x22.png" width="96" /></a>Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-68595608700557002962010-02-09T04:50:00.000-08:002010-02-09T04:54:13.505-08:00Fucking Delicious!!!Okay, I have to point out a game that I have been hooked on playing over and over and over again! House of the Dead: Overkill is exactly what it sounds like! It is an awesome addition to an already awesome franchise. I LOVE rail games! I love the idea of not having to move around and just shoot shoot shoot and that is all there is in this game. Unlike the Res Evil games you don’t even get to play with the scenery that much, but with the way the zomblies heads explode, you wont worry about that at all!<br />Oh and then there is the smack talk! If you listen to Twinsanity at all you will know that sister and I have pretty dirty mouths. This game puts all our filth to SHAME! And I LOVE IT!! I am soo trying not to do reviews of stuff. There are so many sites out there that do that better, as I have said before. However, this game is like sooo totally kewl, sooo monstrously awesome that I HAD to let folks know about it!<br />OMG! I haven’t even began to talk about the music! Jesus, I sound like a girl, squealing about this shit but leme tell you, the music is totally BOSS!! Okay, so that’s it. House of the Dead: Overkill. Go out and buy it. Don’t just rent it cause you are gona wana have it to play whenever you get the urge to slaughter some zombie scum! And I seem to get that urge A LOT!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dAicftg5U7E&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dAicftg5U7E&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-35405991862437878102010-01-20T03:43:00.000-08:002010-01-20T04:05:44.485-08:00No Magic For Wong!!Recently I watched the movie called <em>Pontypool</em>. It left me with the same feeling that most Zombie flicks do: a heightened sense of wonder. I immediately pressed it onto my sister and her hubby. She loves Zed films as much as I (almost); he on the other hand, can take or leave it. So I was extra thrilled when he said that it was pretty kewl. I am stressing now that you must watch this flim! Yes I realize I said FLIM… that happens on occasion, or maybe I am trying to keep you from understanding me. You will sooo get that after watching the movie. <br /><br />Anyways, this is not a review. I swore that I would try like hell to keep from doing a lot of that. There are plen-T of <a href="http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/">wonderful blogs </a>on the nets that have reviews far greater than anything I could pull outta my ass! This is a lament, because after being affected so greatly by the movie- I got the book.<br /><br />Le-sigh… <br /><br />Let me see what words I can use to describe the thought process I went under from cover to cover. <br /><br /><em><strong>Excited</strong></em>. I figured if the book was as good as the movie I was in for a ride!<br /><br /><em><strong>Surprised</strong></em>. After just the first few chapters I could tell that this was a different animal entirely.<br /><br /><em><strong>Amused</strong></em>. I began to wonder what kind of movie it would have been if they had stuck with the book.<br /><br /><em><strong>Suspicious</strong></em>. This book is taking a surreal turn.<br /><br /><em><strong>Confused</strong></em>. Wha? Ok, I am still trying to keep up.<br /><br /><em><strong>Disoriented</strong></em>. Who are you? What is this book I am reading?<br /><br /><em><strong>Annoyed</strong></em>. Oh now you are just trying to shock folks.<br /><br /><em><strong>Desperate</strong></em>. Is this story not gona end?<br /><br /><em><strong>Incensed</strong></em>. You call THAT an ENDING??!!!<br /><br />My brother-in-law once read a comic book so bad that he threw it out the car window and repeatedly drove over it. I have, on occasion, wanted to do the same to several books I have read. For example, ANYTHING Charlaine Harris has ever written does that to me. This book was not that bad, it had some pretty good zomblie things going on, but for a second- just a brief second I nearly threw it to the ground and said “Take THAT Higher Power!” Ok, you will understand that once you have read the book. I am assuming you will read it, I am not telling you not to. I need someone to read it to take the edge off. I need someone else to read it and say “No Evil, you are not crazy… this book makes little sense.”<br /><br />Well I did need that… until I read the Afterward.<br /><br />The author (I shit you not) actually APOLOGIZES to the reader. He goes on to explain why the movie he wrote was soooo different. And then he goes into this: “And so, now that I have been asked to write this afterword, I realize it has to be an apology, not for the book, which can't be helped, but for the fact that I was unfaithful to its first virtue: I have asked you to read it, and now, sitting here at the end, I am telling you that it might be a mistake that you did" (278). Genius, fucking genius. He MADE me LIKE what I just read. He made me FEEL like some insider, having read something that he “never intended” for folks to actually read! I am a sucker for this sorta thing. Now I can look at folks with disdain and say “YOU. You have NEVER read Pontypool Changes Everything?”<br /><br />God Love you Tony Burgess… and yet Damn you in the same breath!<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RsGPsbAd7Dc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RsGPsbAd7Dc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://horrorblips.dailyradar.com/post/" onclick="location.href='http://horrorblips.dailyradar.com/post/url/?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title);return false;"><img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/img/horror/button_96x22.png" width="96" height="22" alt="HorrorBlips: vote it up!"/></a>Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-36538856124714773792009-12-03T03:42:00.000-08:002009-12-05T07:05:15.835-08:00Logan's TheoryI stated in an earlier post that I would return to a subject near and dear to my heart: The motivation of the Zombie. Does he eat to live or live to eat? Well, this strongly depends on what movie you watch or what book you are reading; don’t it?<br />Some folks are under the impression that the reanimation of dead tissue forces the host to seek flesh to curb the raging pain and anger within. In “Return of the Living Dead part Three” living dead girl Julie tells us that ‘the pain takes the hunger away’. So does this work both ways? In “I am Legend” the motivation is blood. And of course in movies like “28 Days” they just seem to want to kick ass, no real preference to eating or not.<br /><br />With a plethora of theories and different ways to serve your Zombie up it can be confusing to the common man with little to no Zombie experience to discern what motivations are best for what sorts of situations. What if there was a simpler version to the matter? What if someone could sum all this ugly business up with one unifying theory that could cross between the supernatural, comet-related and even the modern contagion created Zombies?<br /><br />In steps Dr. Logan.<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cSUdh1KBoU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cSUdh1KBoU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />In “Day of the Dead”, already stated as (in my opinion) the Best Zombie Film Ever, Doctor Logan reveals that the basic Zombie is just a boiled down version of us. “They are us,” he exclaims to Sarah as he shows off severed limbs and electrified body parts. The reasoning for their desire for flesh is that they are left with little or no brain function. What is left behind is what he refers to as “Primordial Ooze, that bit of Prehistoric Jelly we inherited from our ancestors.” And of course we all know what our ancestors spent all day doing when they weren’t seeking shelter? That’s right; EATING. Well mostly they were hunting, and cooking, and then eating, but you get the idea! Dr. Logan believes that Zombies are working chiefly off of instinct. So to this effect it could be stated that their drive to consume flesh comes from their need to fulfill the very bottom level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: Physiological. The basic ‘need to feed’, as it were, is being satisfied by attacking every living thing the Zombie comes in contact with. However, this theory is tested immediately by select film and literature where the living dead ONLY feast upon the flesh of other humans; the most recent case being the remake of Romero’s classic “Dawn of the Dead”. In this particular film the Zombies seemed to be ignoring the easy morsel of doggy in favor of the folks on the roof. We should keep in mind though that these cases of exclusive human preference are few and far between in the Zombie genre and should not be taken as the norm.<br />Go back to the Physiological needs in the Hierarchy. We could state that with the concept of homeostasis being on the bottom along with feeding; coupled with the idea that pain keeps the hunger at bay and visa/versa, one could conjecture that seeking human flesh could be considered a perverted version of homeostasis. That feeding actually perpetuates the systems needed to motivate the animated dead to continue to function.<br /><br />Dr. Logan also points out to us that because the living dead are so close to ourselves that they can be trained or tricked into behaving. “Just like we were all tricked into being good little boys and girls…” There are theories out there that outright contradict this idea. Max Brooks’ popular book “World War Z” has more than one person exclaiming that the Zombies have nothing in common with us. They seem convinced that the living dead in the pages of the story have no humanity left, that there is no previous memories or strong instincts forcing them to carry out their grisly mission. But one has to wonder, is this because giving the Zombie any kind of human qualities would put one in a moral quandary about destroying so many Zombies with so little remorse?<br /><br />I am not so sure about Logan and the whole “training” thing. However I totally dig the idea that Zombies are working on instinct and I do think that they are a dull reflection of our own lives as shown in the hilarious hit “Shawn of the Dead”. That what makes them so scary to me, they are one step away from us. Zombies are so close to ourselves but so far removed from what we know to be right and wrong. They commit the ultimate taboo without a second thought and want nothing more than us to join the party. Terrifying!<br /><a href="http://horrorblips.dailyradar.com/post/" onclick="location.href='http://horrorblips.dailyradar.com/post/url/?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title);return false;"><img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/img/horror/button_96x22.png" width="96" height="22" alt="HorrorBlips: vote it up!"/></a>Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-627264549839087902009-11-28T01:00:00.000-08:002009-11-28T01:08:27.131-08:00The Modern FanboyI am 36 years old. That makes me about 252 in dog years. And since I have been watching horror since I was a kid, about 30 in fanboy/girl years. Normally, I am happy to meet other fans. It’s nice to feel a bit ordinary in a room full of your peers. But lately, something has happened. Over the past, oh I don’t know ten years give or take, there has been a significant swing in the mind-set of the ‘average’ fanboy and now I am almost embarrassed to know any of them!<br />Now before I diagnose the problem, we must begin with the symptoms. And since you have many other things to do today I will try desperately to give you the short list. Although really, this is a subject I can harp on about all damned day! I am not sure what age group you fall into, and I probably need to clarify that not all of the current generation of fanboys falls into any of these categories.<br />Shall we begin?<br /><strong>Number One</strong>: Today’s average Fanboy has <em>STANDARDS.</em><br />I don’t mean higher standards. I actually mean “standards”… period. Do you remember a time when you were grateful to receive any kind of horror material, either paperback, comic book or the holy of holies MOVIE form? It was a treat, and whatever you got, no matter how bad it sucked, there was something about it that just said “hello little friend, I understand and accept you”. Now, fanboys are in sensory overload. There are movies on demand on satellite, direct to home movie mailing services, and then there is the internets! I am not saying all this is bad. I think the internet has made the world smaller and brought folks together who would have never known there were others like them around. But, has instant access to everything horror dulled our senses to the ‘novelty’ of the genre? Has it become less titillating to see so many choices on the shelves of the video store? I have to wonder.<br />Now all of this instant gratification has, in my mind, warped the fanboy. Now he/she expects better FX, a reasonable soundtrack, impeccable scripting and even (dare I say it?) STARS to appear in their fave films!! There was a time that most horror movies were chock full of unknowns, only certain names stood out and made careers of the business. To folks like Vincent Price and Boris Karloff; this was their bread and butter. Now it is chic. Don’t get me wrong, I don't think that the likes of Brad Pitt or Jessica Alba being in horror are the ruin of the genre. However, I don’t think we need to see star material to have a decent horror film.<br /><strong>Number Two</strong>: Fanboys are easy to <em>DISMISS</em> a film.<br />I have always thought about the world of horror as a sort of club. Not everyone can get into the door, and most folks don’t stay that long before deciding that they would rather bail out and join up with the action/adventure pussies. But those of us with staying power need to remain true to our school. I make an effort to watch as much in horror as I can. This can be hard these days with so many films coming out all the time, but a gal does what she can. I am not saying that all of it is worth watching, and I will definitely admit that most of the independent companies who churn out a new flick a week tend to be crap, except for Full Moon, who probably deserves their own post. What disturbs me is the fanboys who will ONLY watch certain films, by certain directors, writers, production companies. Who died and made you the horror movie gawd? I have been, on occasion pleasantly surprised by some films in the past. Movies that I thought probably weren’t going to be very good turned out to be sleepers and knocked my freaking socks off! But it happened because I gave the movie a chance. Don’t be a dick and look at the box and say “Oh so and so is in this” or “Geesh Michael Bay produced this” and then just put it back. Take some CHANCES!<br /><strong>Number Three</strong>: Fanboys tend to think “good” horror has only been around for the past <em>25 YEARS</em> or so.<br />My heart was broken online one day when an up and coming fanboy of a young age typed these words to me: “I think The Exorcist is a boring piece of crap. And I hate B&W films because they are boring also.” What have we become when we turn our backs on our fathers and forefathers of the horror genre? What monsters are we creating that can look at a movie like ‘Last Man on Earth’ and call it DULL?! This is not a world I want to live in folks. Most of the films I really like were all made when I was either quite young or just a twinkle in my daddy’s eye. (Did I just type that?) I think most fanboys today are so inundated with data in this ‘information age’ that they dismiss anything antiquated or outdated. We have evolved the horror film into a mess of snazzy effects and plot less killings that most fanboys don’t have the patience to take in the classic material. Now I am all for the plot less killings and kewl FX, and I can understand all about the generation gap and that kids ‘these days’ are into different things; But this is HISTORY, these movies are your ROOTS.<br />Horror did NOT start with Freddy or Jason. Horror has been around so much longer than that. Ever read any H. P. Lovecraft? Ever watched a Herschal Gordon Lewis film? He is considered the “Godfather of Gore”. Fourtyfive years ago he made a little film called ‘2000 Maniacs’. Watch it, be amazed at how crappy it is, but be impressed that these guys were doing this stuff long before Myers was stalking his baby sister.<br /><strong>Number Four</strong>: Fanboys have become unreasonably <em>SMUG</em>.<br />What is wrong with today’s remakes? Perhaps I am missing the point of turning your back on some pretty decent kills and all the titties you could ever see on screen (not that I swing that way, but it keeps my husband happy) just because they have revamped an older movie? What I find even more disturbing is that some movies that are being remade aren’t even acknowledged by most modern fanboys until the remake is announced.<br />To me, the remake is an excellent chance to educate your friends and family about the films in question. It’s also a great way for some wonderful lesser known films to become topical and get the exposure they ultimately deserve! Take ‘My Bloody Valentine’ for example here. Before, no one even knew that movie existed. If I were to bring it up in conversation around the ‘modern’ fanboy I would get the brush-off. Ever notice that the fanboy of today will do that if he is not a master on the subject at hand? Fast-forward to now. The remake has come and gone and now it is a martyr to the ‘anti remake’ community. There is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth because those Hollywood bastards can’t leave well enough alone.<br />Now I am embarrassed to admit I nearly fell into this mindset at the beginning of the remake trend. Back when the remake of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ came out I was more than a bit leery. But it was not because it was yet another movie being raped; it was MY movie being raped. I will state here and now that even though Zomblies are my fave subgenre in the great wide world of horror; my all-time fave movie is TCM. Ok, I was more than a bit leery; I was actually a little pissed. Alright, I was A LOT pissed! Then, saving grace: I discovered that they got John Larroquette to once again do the opening dialogue. I could not get to the theatre fast enough. And I was happy I did.<br />Now I know I just said fanboys spend too much time worrying about WHO is in the film, but this time it was about nostalgia. Larroquette did the V/O work on the original film. To me, this little bit of trivia was more like a seal of approval; it was the god’s way of telling me that this movie was gona be ok. More than likely I would have seen the movie, just so I could say I did. But having him in the opening- that was pure money for me!<br />Look, my beef with fanboys and their obsession with “stars” being in films is more about WHO is in it, rather than who is NOT. Get it? I have seen a lot of fanboys put a movie back on the shelf because someone they don’t LIKE is in the movie. Or some chick they think is ugly, or doesn’t have a good enough body, or some dude who they consider a douche bag. Who the fuck cares? I have watched a few films starring folks I consider pathetic and have enjoyed them a great deal. Hell, one of my fave comedies is “Beetlejuice”, even though it has that horrible little boy Winona Ryder in it.<br />Before this post gets just way too long I will end it with a quick diagnosis of the average modern Fanboy’s problem.<br /><strong><em>Fanboys of today are too damned SELFISH</em></strong>.<br />You should be grateful for what you have, where you came from and what direction the horror genre is taking today. You have movies, games, and music that we did not have 20 years ago. You have the world of horror at your fingertips and you continue to snivel because X star is in Y movie or Z film is getting the Hollywood treatment! Here is an idea, take it all in. Become a little more open-minded, and admit that the world does NOT revolve around you. But don’t ruin it for the rest of us by being a dick. Watch some classic films, use remakes as a tool to show folks how much better the original was, evolve your fanboy status beyond just what is coming to the theatres next week and, most importantly, grow the fuck up!Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-11786865893948389042009-11-22T04:33:00.000-08:002009-11-22T04:34:45.729-08:00Run v/s StaggerSince the advent of movies such as “28 Days Later”, folks in the Zombie community have been arguing back and forth about “Run v/s Stagger”. I for one do not give two craps about how the Living Dead perambulate around the promenade. In the words of Capt. Rhodes: “They are Dead… they are Fucking Dead!” To me the matter is equivalent to bickering about whether the lion is BOUNDING at you or just simply frolicking in your direction before it tears you limb from limb. The idea either way is obvious: YOU are FOOD… RUN!<br />I can understand the sentimentality of the traditionalist who clings hopelessly to the thought that all Zomblies intrinsically stagger. It is a piece of their youth. The old films like “Night of the Living Dead” and such don’t leave a lot of room for imagination when it comes to the motivation of the Zombie attack. The idea behind a lot of the most spectacular deaths in these films are the ones that come from the characters inability to pay attention to the situation. In the remake of “Night of the Living Dead”, Barbara even points out how slow the living dead actually are. Now considering in the original she was accosted by her dead brother and practically GAVE herself to the horde, you can see where this is going. Take away the threat of the chase, throw in some common sense and the ability to remain calm in a stressful situation and chances are no matter how FAT you may be (sorry Zombieland) you too can survive a Zombie attack.<br />The biggest problem with citing a film like “Night of the Living Dead” as the end all of Zombie activity is that folks assume the filmmakers were creating THE RULES. However, a lot of those rules had already been made. In fact it would be more accurate to assume that THEY were the renegades, that THEY were the ones changing the concept of the Living Dead. Until Romero’s film came along, Zombies were either slaves of the Voodoo religion or they were indeed ‘infected’ like Richard Matheson’s “I Am Legend”. (I should point out that no matter how much the term Vampire is bandied about; the folks in that book were freaking Zombies!) And we all know how that story goes. The living dead accosting Robert’s house on a nightly basis, calling to him to come out and die! So it is safe to assume that movies like Romero’s classic where the living dead meandered around the countryside and snacked on whatever was within reach, wound up being the Johnny-come-lately in the Zombie movement.<br />Then somewhere down the line, Zombies got mad skillz.<br />More than likely, the concept of the faster, sleeker, deadlier Zombie arose from the need to be even more frightened, more threatened than before. When we were being bombarded with the atrocities of war abroad, crime in our own streets and violence in our own homes; somewhere along the lines it was no longer just enough that the dead were coming back to life. Nope. We needed something more to show us that in a world where the dead rise or a rage virus infects, that there really is nowhere safe to turn. However, it is interesting to note that most folks turn to “28 Days” when they complain about the beginning of the Zombie revolution. This is an erroneous claim, since Zombies were, in fact, running about for quite some time. Some of them even talked! “Return of the Living Dead” anyone?<br />I can find great qualities on both sides of the fence, and this is one time where I truly enjoy sitting in the middle and egging both sides on. With the staggering dead you get the tense buildup. How will the folks in the film ultimately fuck up and die? Will little Billy forget that his mommy was bitten and they are hiding it from the rest of the survivors? Will she take his head off before she reveals herself to the others? Exciting! Oh but then there are the fast ones. The kind of Zombie that if you can recognize as one of your own friends you are most likely already DEAD!<br />I suppose the bottom line is this:<br />I would PISS my pants if a dead man started getting up from where he died and staggering towards me. Just like I would PISS while I was RUNNING from a rage virus Zombie trying to eat my brains!<br />They are both threats, they are both scary and I am happy to watch both kinds on the big screen and prey that neither will make their way into my tenuous and pathetic real life.Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-18480312541535405482009-11-13T14:40:00.000-08:002009-11-13T14:42:18.171-08:00A Brief History?Zombies have changed over time. From the African-Caribbean religion known as Vodou, the Zombie was a mindless slave. This slave was often an enemy or one who had committed an affront to the master intended. Created out of revenge and dominated with a combination of herbs, chemicals and/or some serious bad shit, these slaves would spend the rest of their “undead” lives in a fugue-like state. And in this state they were subject to the total will of their masters.<br />Fast forward to something a little more modern. Everyone loves to put everything in movie terms. And everyone loves to give credit to Romero for the modern Zombie. Yes, he has his place in the world of the undead. But there were some key players there hanging out once he had already arrived.<br />Take H.P. Lovecraft for example. Aside from being considered the greatest horror writer of the 20th Century, he was also pretty down with the concept of the living dead. Now, don’t get me wrong, I know your gona spring Mary Shelly and her Frankie baby on me in like two seconds, but hear me out. Doc Frank and his ‘son’ Adam were mere child’s play to what Lovecraft does with one of his greatest characters: Herbert West. A lot of folks will point to Frankenstein and claim that this is one of the true origins of the Zombie genre. WRONG. The Doc was trying to CREATE life. Herbert West was trying to BRING PEOPLE BACK FROM THE DEAD. Need I say more?<br />I thought so.<br />So Lovecraft pops up in the 20’s with this wild assed story about a geeky grad student who creates a formula for reanimating FRESH corpses. The emphasis is on FRESH here kids. The more deteriorated the body is, the more difficult it is to reanimate. Total bummer. Oh and did I mention that his subjects display violent behavior. Maybe he shoulda thought about that before he reanimates folks who are capable of TEARING HIM LIMB FROM LIMB! I mean I woulda been seeking out the paraplegics. Same results, less chance of death. What is interesting about this form of animated dead is that even though Romero’s version of the Zombie is universal, Lovecraft’s version is closer to the modernized “infected” Zombies in such gems as 28 Days or the remake of Dawn. Fast, strong and deadly. Yum!<br />It’s not fair not to give Romero his dues. He is the master, and deserves the praise. His 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead put Zombies on the freakin MAP! However, Romero confesses that he drew inspiration for the concept from another equally frightening story about infected displaying Zombie-like symptoms, the 1954 book I am Legend by Richard Matheson. And btw, don’t get me started on the embarrassment that was Will Smith’s remake. Go out and get yourself a copy of The Last Man on Earth (1964), which is actually 4 years earlier than Romero’s own film. Hell I believe it is public domain now so just torrent the hell out of it! Starring Vincent Price, the greatest actor EVER.<br />Where was I? Oh, yes. Zombies. With Romero paving the way for the modern concept of what the Zombie is ‘supposed’ to be, movies flooded into our cinemas and once the VHS player was available, into our homes. I won’t waste time listing the entire database of Zombie movies out there. You can use the internets. You have gotten this far, figure it out for yourself. I won’t even be tedious with highlights of some of my personal faves. I just thought it was interesting to point out how much film and literature has changed the concept of what the Zombie is now as opposed to what it used to be. Zombies were once in service to US. If you were vengeful enough or had what it took to pursue the cause, a slave was in the making. But now, Zombies are our enemy. We fear the idea of our own friends and family rising against us. We fear losing control.Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-4804776718685280162009-11-08T02:15:00.000-08:002009-11-15T03:43:16.563-08:00Day of the DeadThere seems to be two camps in the Zombie loving community; those who LIKE the 80’s installment in Romero’s storyline, and those who DON’T. Some ride the fence, as folks always will, but who cares about what they think? This is about absolutes- the “Big Picture”. So, it would go almost without saying (if you read my first blog) that in the grand scheme of things I fall dead center into the camp of the “LIKES”, and I will tell you why.<br />There are SIX episodes in the ongoing story of Romero’s world of the undead: Night, Dawn, Day, Land, Diary and the upcoming Survival. Everyone on the planet who has a taste for rotten flesh will have at least one movie above all the others that will stand out as a masterpiece. One movie that has that “certain something” the other films do not. Most of the time, the decision is unexplainable- just a preference towards a specific film. Sometimes, however the impact of the film can be so strong that the viewer is left thinking “This is the bestest Zomblie movie I have ever seen!” This was what I immediately thought when I saw the Day of the Dead. Unlike other folks though, I knew exactly why I fell in love with this segment in the series.<br />Day is very methodical. It’s grim. It feels a damned site more realistic than its two predecessors. There is no freaked out catatonic chick on a couch. No living dead with the urge to go shopping. Nope. This movie puts us into a realistic situation and then tells us that there is no way out. Romero claims that his movies are about the human condition, and this movie is closer to the issue than any other before or since. "My films are about the human condition more than the dead condition," says Romero. "I got news for you: You can't save the world. The world is going to do what it wants to do, that's what I think. We'll see what happens, and then see what happens after that. The zombie plague could be a hurricane, or any kind of catastrophe or disaster, really. It's all about humans and how they respond, fail to respond or respond stupidly." (For more on the interview go here--> <a href="http://www.hour.ca/film/film.aspx?iIDArticle=18454">Hour.ca</a> )<br />Ever watched Day? For those a little rusty with the material, allow me the chance to catch you up.<br />Day takes place after the dead have begun to rise. The movie has military and non-military personnel holed up together in an underground missile silo. The object of the grouping is to instigate some tangible research into the living dead phenomenon. However, just like all of Romero’s films not everyone in the group gets along. The characters are larger representations of society’s problems. There is Capt Rhodes, the dominating asshole in charge. Apparently he is running this monkey farm. Then there is his jerk off grunt Pvt. Steel, who has a penchant for cursing. The Pilot John and the booze swilling Communications Tech McDermott; both of who want nothing more than to fly to a beach somewhere and sit the whole thing out. We have the innocent and overworked Research Scientist Lady- Sarah, the only one in the whole movie who seems to keep a level head. And of course the macabre, brilliant and oftentimes spooky Research Scientist- Dr Logan, or as the crew refers to him Frankenstein! The characters fuss and fight and bad things happen as a result. They take a unique situation where they could have lived for years and years together as a single unit and blew it all sky high. But they are human, and this is what humans do. We cannot get along, especially under duress.<br />I love the film for several reasons. As stated it is the most realistic out of the Dead series. From the way some folks in the movie crack up, to how others surprisingly keep it together, there is a seedy reality to the storyline. You can just see folks in a situation similar to this acting just like this. Aside from the drama, there are some great effects and wonderful zombie scenes. Hell, the movie even has an Alligator for Christ’s sake! Now, some folks will cite the cheesy music or the overlong bickering scenes as down points, but I love booth the 80’s era soundtrack and the arguing. But mainly, it’s the Doc that keeps me coming back for more.<br />I will admit I have a crush on Doctor Logan. He is seriously disturbed, but sexy in some sort of bloody mad scientist way! I won’t go into details, because I know you are not here to read about my sordid fantasies, but let’s just say that he is on my ‘list’… *wink wink nudge nudge, know what I mean?* Aside from being total sex, the Doc is also quite the genius and proposes a concept that I have embraced and since initially watching the film have maintained as the basis for my idea of what the living dead are about. “It wants me! It wants food! But it has no stomach, can take no nourishment from what it ingests. It's acting on INSTINCT!” More on that in a later Blog…<br />Overall, the movie is superior to me because it explores the scientific aspects of the problem. It just doesn’t throw some folks together with living dead at their door and say “Do something”. It treats the Zombie menace as an actual MENACE and not just a monkey wrench in an otherwise perfect day. These folks are together specifically to deal with the problem, but instead spend their time fucking up each other’s lives. This concept coincides with my rather low opinion of human beings overall. I am positive that if given the opportunity, mankind, when faced with a chance to overcome such insurmountable odds will spend more time pissing on each other than doing their job.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQGqUC707e0&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQGqUC707e0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353513293005138534.post-30331111402766854302009-11-07T05:55:00.000-08:002010-01-18T03:47:54.616-08:00First PostZombies are BOSS! If you don't like them you are either lame or you just suck. How could you not be fascinated by the idea of the walking dead? It is scary and brilliant at the same time!<br />My fave Zombie film of all time is Day of the Dead. That is the OLD one, though the remake is pretty neeto. My fave book is World War Z. <br />On future blogs I will explore lots of different ideas and theories put forth by not only myself, but those around me pertaining to the Zombie genre. Stay tuned, you will NOT be dissapointed!Eviltwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154231785038653249noreply@blogger.com1