Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Land of the Dead
One question. Where can I get Dead Reckoning? Today I watched Land of the Dead and I loved it. At first when I saw the zombie "playing" the tuba I wasn't to impressed. Like the zombie picking up the rock in Night of The Living Dead and hitting Barbra's window it bugged me. Then I figured I would just have to live with it to get through the movie. So when the good stuff started happening I was pumped. It all started when Simon Baker and some kid saw the mechanic zombie called Big Daddy. Big Daddy is kind of the leader of the gigantic horde of zombies and he can communicate with the others. Which makes it really creepy. Also Big Daddy learns to use a gun. Yeah, I'm not kidding. While on a trip for supplies a small group of survivors drive into a small town off of Pittsburgh. The town is totally dead. A kid gets bit by a police officer zombie. Saying that he doesn't want to become a walker he shoots himself in the face. It was the right thing to do. Riley (Simon Baker) thought that they could possibly could save him. First rule in the zombie apocalypse is cut all emotional ties dude. Clearly he didn't study up on the subject like some people. If my cousin was attacked by a zombie and turned zombie, he wouldn't live that long. I've had a talk with almost all of my family members getting their permission to kill them if they turn. I recommend you folks do the same thing.
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Thank you for such a wonderful review of this movie, one question though. ? What year did this movie come out . Also truth be told if your a zombie I wanna be one with you, it would make for a great father /daughter zombie day. Lol. Anyway thanks for your insight and reviews on this subject. Happy flesh eating.
Romero's "Dead" series of films (Night, Dawn, Day, and Land), has shown a progression of adaptation and intelligence of the zombies. The longer that they have been around, the more intelligent they have become. "Night" had somewhat intelligent zombies, it was the first night of the outbreak and brain function still worked slightly, what with the dude using the rock, and the daughter in the basement using the spade. "Dawn" had the dumb zombies, death was really starting to shut off any functionality, but when "Day" happens(and I'm going off of the original Romero directed films, not remakes), and the scientists are studying them, we learn that they still have brain function and remembrances of when they were human. Bub remembers how to work a cassette player, a gun, and even recognizes the military officer and salutes him. So with the progression of the films, it only makes sense that in "Land", the zombies are going to be smarter and do things that they used to do, such as playing the tuba, or upon hearing the bell at the gas station, the attendant would go out to fill a car up. I believe Romero is saying that no matter what happens to us as a race, the human race, no matter what form we're in, we'll still adapt, evolve, survive. He's also saying in a more direct, blunt manner that greed and elitism during times of disaster, will get you killed. Just look at what happened to Cholo and Kaufman.
And to living dead father, the movie was originally written in 2001, titled "Dead Reckoning", but it took 4 years of fighting with the studios to get it made. After the "Dawn Of The Dead" remake came out and was such a huge hit, the studios finally gave Romero the go ahead to make it, and in 2005, "Land" was released.
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