Zombie Movies

[J_UNTITLED]

I will respectfully-disagree with anyone who calls the "28" series' "zombie-films." They're viral-horror (and post-apacolyptic, obviously).

[Audiophile_At_Birth]

Originally Posted by J_UNTITLED

I will respectfully-disagree with anyone who calls the "28" series' "zombie-films." They're viral-horror (and post-apacolyptic, obviously).

I was totally going to say that, but I thought I would get thrashed for saying it.

[J_UNTITLED]

Originally Posted by Audiophile_At_Birth

I was totally going to say that, but I thought I would get thrashed for saying it.

Why would you care even if you did? You have a right to express your own opinion(s) just as anyone else.


Side Note: Danny Boyle (the director of "28 Days Later," obviously and a producer on the sequel) has stated quite a few times that what they made was not a zombie-film and it baffled and/or perhaps even frustrated him a bit that when it was released it was branded that way.

[zombieking]

Not sure if its a zombie flick, but Quarantine is out next week on blu

[JamesKurtovich]

Quarantine was good, I just hate the camera used (wannabe Blair Witch style). I don't think it's a zombie movie, though. It's a virus. Same with 28 Days/Weeks and I Am Legend.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Quarantine was good, I just hate the camera used (wannabe Blair Witch style). I don't think it's a zombie movie, though. It's a virus. Same with 28 Days/Weeks and I Am Legend.

The actions of the camera have nothing to do with what camera was used... Unless I missed the point of your statement.

Logan

[J_UNTITLED]

Originally Posted by zombieking

Not sure if its a zombie flick, but Quarantine is out next week on blu

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Quarantine was good, I just hate the camera used (wannabe Blair Witch style). I don't think it's a zombie movie, though. It's a virus.

The original film (i.e. "[REC]") is debatable as it has hints of a supernatural or otherworldly-culprit, but without-a-doubt the remake (i.e. "Quarantine") is viral-horror.

[Pondosinatra]

Not on blu, but in case you haven't seen it - Lucio Fulci's 'Zombie'

And maybe on blu? 'Fido' is quite original

[GORT]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Not on blu, but in case you haven't seen it - Lucio Fulci's 'Zombie'

And maybe on blu? 'Fido' is quite original

The eyeball scene freaked me out the first time I saw it

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by J_UNTITLED

Side Note: Danny Boyle (the director of "28 Days Later," obviously and a producer on the sequel) has stated quite a few times that what they made was not a zombie-film and it baffled and/or perhaps even frustrated him a bit that when it was released it was branded that way.

A virus spreads throughout the populace turning everyone it touches into a mindless flesh craving monster...

Nope... that doesn't sound like a zombie movie to me at all......... /sarcasm.

Logan

[Secretagentnumber6]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

A virus spreads throughout the populace turning everyone it touches into a mindless flesh craving monster...

Nope... that doesn't sound like a zombie movie to me at all......... /sarcasm.

Logan

Exactly what I was thinking. The movie is a zombie film period.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

Exactly what I was thinking. The movie is a zombie film period.

He {Boyle} must be quite the moron if he didn't see that one coming.

Logan

[opterasis]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

He {Boyle} must be quite the moron if he didn't see that one coming.

Logan

That is name calling as far as I'm concerned. But you obviously know what the director intended far better than he did.

I'm plenty caught up in the conversation. Please try to make a post without talking down to people though. I know you're going for the whole "condescending internet elitist" act, but it's getting old.

So people adding keywords on an IMDb page makes it true? I guess I should add "Goat sex potato farmer", and that would make it true.

Production companies constantly try to pass off movies as something they're not. Hell, Paramount tried to tell me Zoolander was hilarious, and that was far from true.

And honestly, you're description of zombie is so incredibly vague that a bunch of cannibals with hydrocephalus should be zombies. They have a virus and they eat flesh, so they must be zombies. For every million points for it, there's a million points against it.

[J_UNTITLED]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

A virus spreads throughout the populace turning everyone it touches into a mindless flesh craving monster...

Nope... that doesn't sound like a zombie movie to me at all......... /sarcasm.

Logan

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

Exactly what I was thinking. The movie is a zombie film period.

Originally Posted by jadedeath

He {Boyle} must be quite the moron if he didn't see that one coming.

Logan

... "The infected" do not crave nor eat human flesh; they are consumed with the most violent of rage and therefore lash out and attack people in various ways, perhaps biting victims at times (mostly just vomiting or hemorrhaging onto others so the virus is continually passed on...) but none-the-less they are not out to eat nor even necessarily kill people. They simply want to attack and (more importantly) spread the infection around.


Also, if you've seen "28 Weeks Later" in particular you will clearly notice that perhaps at least not all of the infected are as mindless or without a sense of self.


Again, agreed to disagree.

[JamesKurtovich]

A zombie is a creature of the living dead. Meaning that they aren't alive, sick, or infected. They're simply reanimated.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

A zombie is a creature of the living dead. Meaning that they aren't alive, sick, or infected. They're simply reanimated.

Correction, some movie zombies are that way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie

Here in realityland we have multiple definitions of zombie.

Logan

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by J_UNTITLED

... "The infected" do not crave nor eat human flesh; they are consumed with the most violent of rage and therefore lash out and attack people in various ways, perhaps biting victims at times (mostly just vomiting or hemorrhaging onto others so the virus is continually passed on...) but none-the-less they are not out to eat nor even necessarily kill people. They simply want to attack and (more importantly) spread the infection around.

Explain all the biting and ripping then.

Also, if you've seen "28 Weeks Later" in particular you will clearly notice that perhaps at least not all of the infected are as mindless or without a sense of self.

So you're saying that zombies can learn and become smarter... like the Romero ones?

Again, agreed to disagree.

Sure.

Logan

[J_UNTITLED]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

Explain all the biting and ripping then.



So you're saying that zombies can learn and become smarter... like the Romero ones?

I already did explain the biting and ripping -- they are consumed with violent rage and therefore attack and/or lash out in various ways (i.e. biting and ripping, among others).


No, I don't necessarily mean that the infected learn or become smarter as time goes along -- I more so meant that it seems possible that they actually maintain a bit of their identity or coherence amidst the very beginning of the infection.

Originally Posted by robertc88

Zombies, vampires or whatever. I like 30 Days Of Night.

Vampires and zombies are two completely different entities and "30 Days of Night" is, obviously, about vampires.

[opterasis]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

A virus spreads throughout the populace turning everyone it touches into a mindless flesh craving monster...

Nope... that doesn't sound like a zombie movie to me at all......... /sarcasm.

Logan

Sounds like you haven't actually seen the 28 Days/Weeks Later.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

A virus spreads throughout the populace turning everyone it touches into a mindless flesh craving monster...

Nope... that doesn't sound like a zombie movie to me at all......... /sarcasm.

Logan

The infected in both 28 Later movies don't eat flesh smartass. Nor are they dead.