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Re: Land of the Dead

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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

When I watched the ring I couldn't sleep properly for three days. Enough said.

Yep, I had problems going into the living room in the dark for about a week after :disturbd:
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I have 28days later on DVD.....haven't watched it yet :erm: :D

Re: Land of the Dead

I didn't find the ring to be that scary but I have heard the Japanese version is really scary

I didn't think 28 days later was much good and it definitely wasn't scary

Re: Land of the Dead

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I cant remember the original ending its either the main guy lives and runs out when they hear the plane or its just the woman and girl ,one or the other nothing special

I taped/watched this off sky movies the other day. In the original ending the woman, girl and bloke all lived. In the alternative it was just the woman and the girl.

Re: Land of the Dead

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Originally Posted by dr wadd

Grrr, 28 Days Later was *not* a zombie film. Even George Romero's films are not zombie films.

Zombies are corpses that are re-animated due to voodoo. These are not corpses re-animated by voodoo, in 28 Days Later they aren`t even corpses at all. Don`t forget, that apart from one exception in Dawn, not once are they referred to as zombies in Night, Dawn and Day, although it looks like Land has thrown that one out the window.

Sorry to be a pedant, but this is quite an important distinction for me. I was so happy when Tom Savini made the same point on the commentary track for the remake of NotLD. :D

Picky...

Yes I know 28days is not a Zombie film.

However, just because they are not referred to as Zombies in the Romero films doesn't mean they aren't.

Yes the classic zombies are made via voodoo (by the way they are not re-animated corpses) by druging the poor person with the poison extracted from the puffer fish thus paralysing them to the point of near death. They are buried and then dug up and given then given an anitidote,but they are kept drugged and made to work as mindless creatures.

However, the flesh eating kind in the Romero films are brought about by the "mythical" virus solanum.

Re: Land of the Dead

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Originally Posted by whyme38

I didn't find the ring to be that scary but I have heard the Japanese version is really scary

I didn't think 28 days later was much good and it definitely wasn't scary

The jap version of the grudge(jui jon) is better to although directed by the same guy

Re: Land of the Dead

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Originally Posted by Pierre

However, the flesh eating kind in the Romero films are brought about by the "mythical" virus solanum.

No they are not. Other than some background chatter about the returning probe from Venus in NotLD possibly being responsible the exact means of re-animation is never specified in the films. The concept of solanum is something that has been thought-up after the fact and I've seen nothing to suggest that this was by GAR.

Re: Land of the Dead

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Originally Posted by dr wadd

The concept of solanum is something that has been thought-up after the fact and I've seen nothing to suggest that this was by GAR.

It was trioxin 245 anyway :D

Re: Land of the Dead

:Sprint: I see enough blood guts and gore at work so I will be giving this one a miss, me thinks

Re: Land of the Dead

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Originally Posted by philip.j.fry

It was trioxin 245 anyway :D

You're not supposed to know about that? ;)