So, is it worse The Room?

/Can I bring spoons and throw them at the screen?

Eh, it's hugely shiatty, but not the epic level of shiat that something like The Wicker Man is.

/how'd it get burned?
//HOW'D IT GET BURNED, HOW'D IT GET BURNNNNNNNED!

Does that even pay for the theatre's copy of the movie?

It's called bad word of mouth. Even today's audiences have a breaking point for the shiat they'll put up with. That and there's been like a dozen exorcism movie in recent years. The Exorcist was already made almost 40 years ago. The topic's covered.

saw "haywire" yesterday. total awesomeness.

Mugato: It's called bad word of mouth. Even today's audiences have a breaking point for the shiat they'll put up with. That and there's been like a dozen exorcism movie in recent years. The Exorcist was already made almost 40 years ago. The topic's covered.

and yet the zombie garbage is never ending.

I have no desire to see this movie but lets see here.

Budget 1 mil
Domestic Gross per BoxOfficeMojo = 52,047,752

I bet the producers are pretty happy.

PizzaJedi81: beantowndog: and yet the zombie garbage is never ending

Because zombies, unlike "found footage" films, don't almost universally suck.

True. They never really commit to being either footage that we're supposed to believe was taken spontaneously by someone with a camcorder and a scripted movie that's just using the found footage thing as a gimmick. There's always that point where you just want to scream, "Drop the farking camera, idiot. You're being hunted by a witch/godzilla monster/aliens/demons. Drop the camera and farking run". It's a needless gimmick that like you say, almost never works.

Chronicle for example actually looks pretty interesting in the ads. Sort of like The Craft only with male douchebags instead of hot girls. But for some reason it has to be a found footage movie so forget it.

Mugato: PizzaJedi81: beantowndog: and yet the zombie garbage is never ending

Because zombies, unlike "found footage" films, don't almost universally suck.

True. They never really commit to being either footage that we're supposed to believe was taken spontaneously by someone with a camcorder and a scripted movie that's just using the found footage thing as a gimmick. There's always that point where you just want to scream, "Drop the farking camera, idiot. You're being hunted by a witch/godzilla monster/aliens/demons. Drop the camera and farking run". It's a needless gimmick that like you say, almost never works.

Chronicle for example actually looks pretty interesting in the ads. Sort of like The Craft only with male douchebags instead of hot girls. But for some reason it has to be a found footage movie so forget it.

Chronicle does look interesting. Or it did anyway. Now that I've seen 3 different previews showing different footage, I've lost interest. Every single time I've seen movie previews do that, the movie always sucks. I guess they throw all the "wow" footage out there and hope for a big opening weekend before word of mouth kills it. Plus it is the dead season for movies.

And am I missing something about zombie movies? I always hear people crying about too many, but besides "The Walking Dead" the most recent zombie movie I recall was 28 Months Later*.

* whether they are zombies or not is open for debate.

I saw One for the Money yesterday (husband's a huge Stephanie Plum fan, I've never read the books) and I was pleasantly surprised. It's got a 3% on RT.com but it was a fun movie, in a guilty pleasure sort of way.

alwaysjaded: besides "The Walking Dead" the most recent zombie movie I recall was 28 Months Later*.

The one where the guy wakes up in the hospital and everyone was a zombie was great.

MoronLessOff: Although, I have to admit, I've thought about what I'd do if I developed super powers. My answer is "nothing". Because undoubtedly there would be other people with powers. And no matter how good you are at something, there is always someone better.

That's a defeatist attitude. Although I don't have any real super-villain aspirations. Nor super-hero, that would be a major pain in the ass. I'd probably just use them to get as much money and pussy as I could.


alwaysjaded: * whether they are zombies or not is open for debate.

I barely remember the first one and didn't see the second but whether or not the infected are "according to Hoyle" zombies is somewhat a practice in semantics. It's an easily communicable disease that turns people into mindless violent assholes. I guess the criteria would have to be, are they impervious to death unless you destroy the brain and do they crave human flesh. That would make them certified zombies.

So even if you want to be pedantic and declare them not to be zombies, the story is still going to be the same. There is a group of survivors. The hero, usually female. The love interest, the complete and utter asshole who needs to get eaten as soon as possible. The wise minority (not trotted out all the time, but often) and the good guy who you really hopes will make it but doesn't, usually in some self sacrifice of some sort.

That's most zombie movies. They're more about painting broad archetypes who fight with each other than they are the actual zombies.

Mugato: MoronLessOff: Although, I have to admit, I've thought about what I'd do if I developed super powers. My answer is "nothing". Because undoubtedly there would be other people with powers. And no matter how good you are at something, there is always someone better.

That's a defeatist attitude. Although I don't have any real super-villain aspirations. Nor super-hero, that would be a major pain in the ass. I'd probably just use them to get as much money and pussy as I could.


alwaysjaded: * whether they are zombies or not is open for debate.

I barely remember the first one and didn't see the second but whether or not the infected are "according to Hoyle" zombies is somewhat a practice in semantics. It's an easily communicable disease that turns people into mindless violent assholes. I guess the criteria would have to be, are they impervious to death unless you destroy the brain and do they crave human flesh. That would make them certified zombies.

So even if you want to be pedantic and declare them not to be zombies, the story is still going to be the same. There is a group of survivors. The hero, usually female. The love interest, the complete and utter asshole who needs to get eaten as soon as possible. The wise minority (not trotted out all the time, but often) and the good guy who you really hopes will make it but doesn't, usually in some self sacrifice of some sort.

That's most zombie movies. They're more about painting broad archetypes who fight with each other than they are the actual zombies.

I wasn't saying they weren't. I just added that since that topic always starts a debate around here. I loved both of those movies.

But not enough to say 28 Weeks Later instead of months. Stupid brain.

MoronLessOff: alwaysjaded: * whether they are zombies or not is open for debate.

Nope. Just because they're "infected with rage" doesn't mean they're not zombies. Even if "rage" is super rabies, I still say they're zombies.

Also, Zombie Strippers.

Never saw that one.

beantowndog: alwaysjaded: besides "The Walking Dead" the most recent zombie movie I recall was 28 Months Later*.

The one where the guy wakes up in the hospital and everyone was a zombie was great.

Still better than yet another "government assassin betrayed by their superiors so they seek revenge" movie.

In an unrelated note, I really fell for this zombie as a kid.

alwaysjaded: Still better than yet another "government assassin betrayed by their superiors so they seek revenge" movie.

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

HI!!!
I am really stupid.
I came here to tell you what a real zombie is.
and what a real vampire is
and what a real werewolf is

derp derp derp!!

also
all aliens have big eyes like those photos you see in the enquirer
so lucas got it ALL wrong

bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha
/do people not understand the world fiction??
/LOL

Honest Bender:
I've always thought that if I got super powers, the first thing I'd be doing is putting on a mask and ripping ATMs out of bank walls.

How does that work if your super power is super-hearing or hair that can style itself?

I have a super power: I can't smell anything nasty, works great while I am working in the hospital.
I wish it was something else, but hey, at least I've got something.