Comments on: 28 WEAKs Lamer http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/ Sat, 05 May 2012 18:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eros Welker http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Eros Welker Wed, 30 May 2007 00:54:08 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1688 <p>I’ve yet to see something by J. Michael Stracyznski that I’ve really fallen out of my chair over.  Maybe a He-Man episode or two… but seriously, why is he such the bees knees? </p> <p> I can’t see it making a good movie - but it’d make an awesome Band of Brothers-esque miniseries on HBO.  I was toying with an idea back in college about veterans recanting stories about the first alien invasion (a War of the Worlds style attack post-WWII), and when I saw Band of Brothers, I thought that’d be the perfect vehicle.  But I don’t have a number of bad TV series under my belt to make it a job. <img src="http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/images/smileys/wink.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="wink" style="border:0;" /> </p> I’ve yet to see something by J. Michael Stracyznski that I’ve really fallen out of my chair over.  Maybe a He-Man episode or two… but seriously, why is he such the bees knees?

I can’t see it making a good movie – but it’d make an awesome Band of Brothers-esque miniseries on HBO.  I was toying with an idea back in college about veterans recanting stories about the first alien invasion (a War of the Worlds style attack post-WWII), and when I saw Band of Brothers, I thought that’d be the perfect vehicle.  But I don’t have a number of bad TV series under my belt to make it a job.

]]> By: Roger http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1687 Roger Tue, 29 May 2007 01:24:59 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1687 <p>The pedigree and John Leguizamo is what keeps Land of the Dead up there, but it’s the worst Romero zombie movie. I never liked the Fulci stuff much beyond the visuals. </p> <p> World War Z is currently being made into a movie. J. Michael Straczynski is currently working on a draft of the script. It could be cool, or it could fall totally flat. </p> The pedigree and John Leguizamo is what keeps Land of the Dead up there, but it’s the worst Romero zombie movie. I never liked the Fulci stuff much beyond the visuals.

World War Z is currently being made into a movie. J. Michael Straczynski is currently working on a draft of the script. It could be cool, or it could fall totally flat.

]]> By: bake snaker http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1686 bake snaker Sat, 26 May 2007 12:06:47 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1686 <p>wow, you guys really like “Land of the Dead”?  Amazing.  Nobody has mentioned Zombie or any of the Fulci stuff. </p> wow, you guys really like “Land of the Dead”?  Amazing.  Nobody has mentioned Zombie or any of the Fulci stuff.

]]> By: Eros Welker http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Eros Welker Sat, 26 May 2007 00:01:21 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1685 <p>BTW, the greatest book I have ever read is WORLD WAR Z, an oral history of the zombie war.  If you have not picked this up, DO SO IMMEDIATELY!!  Dead serious. </p> <p> My faves: <br /> 1. Dawn of the Dead <br /> 2. Dead Alive <br /> 3. Day of the Dead <br /> 4. Re-Animator <br /> 5. Shaun of the Dead <br /> 6. Dawn of the Dead Remake <br /> 7. Land of the Dead <br /> 8. Resident Evil <br /> 9. Night of the Living Dead <br /> 10. Return of the Living Dead <br /> 11. Buried Alive (because it has a 40 year old midget playing a little boy who bites his mother’s nipple off - I may be f-ing up the name and I think they’re zombies) </p> BTW, the greatest book I have ever read is WORLD WAR Z, an oral history of the zombie war.  If you have not picked this up, DO SO IMMEDIATELY!!  Dead serious.

My faves:

1. Dawn of the Dead

2. Dead Alive

3. Day of the Dead

4. Re-Animator

5. Shaun of the Dead

6. Dawn of the Dead Remake

7. Land of the Dead

8. Resident Evil

9. Night of the Living Dead

10. Return of the Living Dead

11. Buried Alive (because it has a 40 year old midget playing a little boy who bites his mother’s nipple off – I may be f-ing up the name and I think they’re zombies)

]]> By: Roger http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1684 Roger Fri, 25 May 2007 17:51:47 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1684 <p>1) Dawn of the Dead <br /> 2) Night of the Living Dead <br /> 3) Day of the Dead <br /> 4) Dawn of the Dead remake <br /> 5) Land of the Dead <br /> 6) everything else </p> 1) Dawn of the Dead

2) Night of the Living Dead

3) Day of the Dead

4) Dawn of the Dead remake

5) Land of the Dead

6) everything else

]]> By: bake snaker http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 bake snaker Fri, 25 May 2007 04:04:12 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1683 <p>okay… everyone chime in!!  My vote for best zombie movie ever...obviously “Dawn of the Dead”, 2nd “Night of the Living Dead”, 3rd “Day of the Dead”, 4th “Re-Animator”...everything else = bullshit </p> okay… everyone chime in!!  My vote for best zombie movie ever…obviously “Dawn of the Dead”, 2nd “Night of the Living Dead”, 3rd “Day of the Dead”, 4th “Re-Animator”…everything else = bullshit

]]> By: Roger http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Roger Fri, 25 May 2007 03:49:06 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1682 <p>"This is the best zombie film ever made in my opinion.” </p> <p> Your opinion would be valid if the only other zombie film you’d seen was the Thriller video. </p> <p> I liked this sequel less than the first movie, and I liked the first movie less than the Dawn of the Dead remake. It delivers 9/10 of what could have been, and that missing 1/10 really makes you feel like you should have just skipped the whole thing. </p> <p> (And technically, they’re not even zombies, they’re crazies, but I think we already had that discussion a few years ago.) </p> “This is the best zombie film ever made in my opinion.”

Your opinion would be valid if the only other zombie film you’d seen was the Thriller video.

I liked this sequel less than the first movie, and I liked the first movie less than the Dawn of the Dead remake. It delivers 9/10 of what could have been, and that missing 1/10 really makes you feel like you should have just skipped the whole thing.

(And technically, they’re not even zombies, they’re crazies, but I think we already had that discussion a few years ago.)

]]> By: Eros Welker http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Eros Welker Thu, 24 May 2007 21:57:41 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1681 <p>I want to hear Burnt weigh in here… Mister Rules himself finds himself in the opposite corner???  What’s next, a re-consideration on The Frighteners? </p> <p> Jeers to Burnt.  I think he just likes it because he keeps using it as his diet rally cry. </p> I want to hear Burnt weigh in here… Mister Rules himself finds himself in the opposite corner???  What’s next, a re-consideration on The Frighteners?

Jeers to Burnt.  I think he just likes it because he keeps using it as his diet rally cry.

]]> By: cybergosh http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 cybergosh Wed, 23 May 2007 16:49:00 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1680 <p>This is a good one - we have Bake & Eros in 1 corner and Burnt, FatAss & Cybergosh in the oposite corner.... </p> <p> MDHUFF? </p> <p> Junk Zombie? </p> <p> Only they will determine if EG supports this film or not! </p> <p> Stay Tuned… </p> This is a good one – we have Bake & Eros in 1 corner and Burnt, FatAss & Cybergosh in the oposite corner….

MDHUFF?

Junk Zombie?

Only they will determine if EG supports this film or not!

Stay Tuned…

]]> By: bake snaker http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 bake snaker Wed, 23 May 2007 12:42:14 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1679 <p>"the best zombie film ever”?!?!?!?!?  No offense but you are a retarded fuck-head, loser cunt for writing that. </p> “the best zombie film ever”?!?!?!?!?  No offense but you are a retarded fuck-head, loser cunt for writing that.

]]> By: cybergosh http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2007/05/22/28-weaks-lamer/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 cybergosh Wed, 23 May 2007 06:20:18 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=949#comment-1678 <p>I put your review in the extende text, but i have to say you are just infected.  You clearly saw a different film than i did.  This is the best zombie film ever made in my opinion. </p> I put your review in the extende text, but i have to say you are just infected.  You clearly saw a different film than i did.  This is the best zombie film ever made in my opinion.

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