Dawn of the Dead • Non-Gaming • Film • Eurogamer.net

DaisyD 27 Sep 2005 23:48:00 11,816 posts
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Romero's Dawn of the Dead is on BBC 1 now! YAY!!! And Dawn of the Dead 2004 just finished on Sky movies in time for me to turn over and watch the original.

Deleted user 27 September 2005 23:51:36

Anyone seen Land of the Dead yet?

The-Old-Bill 27 Sep 2005 23:55:34 5,101 posts
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Not me. Heard it's good for fans of the genre, but not great for everyone.

Deleted user 28 September 2005 00:00:25

I watched it last night - Land of the Dead - really enjoyed it too. I thought it was going to be more of the same really, and it sort of was but there was more to it and without giving anything away it was a lot of fun.

DaisyD 28 Sep 2005 00:02:24 11,816 posts
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I really enjoyed Land of the Dead. I'm sure Neodog and my other mates would say the same.

sam_spade 28 Sep 2005 00:16:55 15,745 posts
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Day of the Dead is on tomorrow as well.

DaisyD 28 Sep 2005 00:20:39 11,816 posts
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On BBC? WOOHOO!!! I'm having a real gorefest in my time off!!

Dagon 28 Sep 2005 00:23:57 385 posts
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They're coming for you Barbara!

..is the best one.

phAge 28 Sep 2005 00:31:53 25,487 posts
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Land of the Dead = mega-meh. Not scary, OTT gory (and not even in a funny way), so-so effects, crap acting and a lame storyline. The new dawn of the Dead was way better, IMO.

DaisyD 28 Sep 2005 00:39:34 11,816 posts
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I love the original. The zombies are so slow you just wouldn't be that scared of them. The little girl at the beginning of the remake, when you realise they can run fast - that's scary!!

phAge 28 Sep 2005 00:45:30 25,487 posts
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Me too - also, the whole "they're getting smarter"-thing in LotD is just lame. Gotta love a few of the SFX in DotD - the car crash in the beginning, and the exploding gas-canister later on.

sam_spade 28 Sep 2005 00:47:32 15,745 posts
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Doesn't that "getting smarter" run from I Am Legend/Omega Man?

phAge 28 Sep 2005 00:49:13 25,487 posts
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Dunno. I am Legend is about vampires, innit?

sam_spade 28 Sep 2005 00:53:32 15,745 posts
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Yeah but they ain't exactly the brightest bunch, relying on primal instinct. It's not until later that a new society is formed from more advanced creatures.

Edited by sam_spade at 00:57:23 28-09-2005

phAge 28 Sep 2005 00:55:32 25,487 posts
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Yeah - I remember that part. In I Am Legend it was a sort of Darwinian thing, and seemed plausible enough - in LotD it just seems... unrealistic (!).

DaisyD 28 Sep 2005 00:56:16 11,816 posts
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phAge wrote:
Me too - also, the whole "they're getting smarter"-thing in LotD is just lame. Gotta love a few of the SFX in DotD - the car crash in the beginning, and the exploding gas-canister later on.

I assume you're talking DotD 2004 there. I like the idea of George Romero using lots of putrid pigs guts in the original.

phAge 28 Sep 2005 00:58:29 25,487 posts
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Sure am. Don't think I ever saw the original.

DaisyD 28 Sep 2005 01:07:19 11,816 posts
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You really should! Especially as it is what inspired this thread! Of course you should watch the european version with Dario Argento's influence - got to love the music by Goblin.

phAge 28 Sep 2005 01:12:50 25,487 posts
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Maybe I'll give a couple of my film-collecting mates a call tomorrow - they're bound to have it.

DaisyD 28 Sep 2005 01:18:20 11,816 posts
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While you're at it, see if they have any Dario Argentos. Most of his films are well worth a watch.

Shrimp 28 Sep 2005 01:39:43 1,081 posts
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I Am Legend is a fantastic book... the revelation of the meaning of the title is amazing.

The good news is, there's a film in production.

The bad news is.... oh bugger. It's like name-dropping all the people who should never be allowed to touch the project with a bargepole...

Dagon 28 Sep 2005 02:04:22 385 posts
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What's wrong with music video guy?

Carrybagma 28 Sep 2005 02:15:26 3,904 posts
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Is the Goblin music the daft song at the end? The one that stays in your head for hours?

armyourfists 28 Sep 2005 02:32:58 917 posts
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"I see you chocolate man!"

Best line ever.

drumbaby 28 Sep 2005 06:52:19 2,688 posts
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cubbymoore wrote:
Anyone seen Land of the Dead yet?

DVD is preordered, and I'm seeing it next week at cinema. Oh, and I already dl'ed a screener of it and watched it!

MrTomFTW Moderator 28 Sep 2005 07:03:55 47,501 posts
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DaisyD wrote:
You really should! Especially as it is what inspired this thread! Of course you should watch the european version with Dario Argento's influence - got to love the music by Goblin.

Dario Argento... Is he the guy who made "Hell Of The Living Dead"? Regardless, that's one of the worst films I've ever seen, zombie or otherwise. Some people are in the jungle, then they meet cannibals, then some zombies appear, then the zombies and cannibals fight, then the people are back in a city and the zombies are there too!

Mix into that about 30 minutes of animal stock footage which doesn't even LOOK like the same film (cos it's stock footage - duh!) and you've got a huge clusterfuck of a movie.

I never EVER want to see that again!

[Slip] 28 Sep 2005 08:18:35 1,027 posts
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Cool... sounds like just the sort of film I'd want to see after a night at the pub!

Dagon 28 Sep 2005 08:26:12 385 posts
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DDevil wrote:
Dario Argento... Is he the guy who made "Hell Of The Living Dead"? Regardless, that's one of the worst films I've ever seen, zombie or otherwise. Some people are in the jungle, then they meet cannibals, then some zombies appear, then the zombies and cannibals fight, then the people are back in a city and the zombies are there too!

Mix into that about 30 minutes of animal stock footage which doesn't even LOOK like the same film (cos it's stock footage - duh!) and you've got a huge clusterfuck of a movie.

I never EVER want to see that again!

Please.. just.. what the fuck ... just read up on Dario Argento before you say another word. Do it.

Deleted user 28 September 2005 09:08:22

I was so pissed off about this last night. I saw this starting....but the 'pass out' effects of a bottle of wine were kicking in and no matter how much I fought...how much I struggled.....desperate to stay concious to watch the film....it was all to no avail. Passed out good and proper... :0(

drumbaby 28 Sep 2005 09:20:22 2,688 posts
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Carrybagma wrote:
Is the Goblin music the daft song at the end? The one that stays in your head for hours?

The Goblin music is the slow 12/8 march type thing that plays as they first pull into the mall. Also it's the one that has an acoustic guitar part in it very much like Sky, that's in 7/8, when they're rounding up the trucks. Plus the song with all the dramatic 'stabs' when they're driving the car inside the mall, after the guy's been bitten. There's a couple more...and it mostly sounds like keyboard driven 70's prog with a bit of fusion thrown in.

I think the daft song at the end is on a separate CD to the one I've got, which is mostly Goblin's music. Must check that out at some stage. It's only �10.99 in HMV.

The slow one I mentioned actually gives me chills. It sums up the apocalyptic nature of the film perfectly. Something about those Floydy 70's keyboard sounds that's so bloody cold and alien.