I just saw Shaun of the Dead, and I think it may be the most made-for-Buffista movie I have ever seen. It's like The Office meets 28 Days Later.

Isn't that the one that's a love story set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, with the protagonist suffering from a horrible hangover throughout?

Yeah, I'm with Beej. Alessandro Nivola was by far the best thing about Jurassic Park III.

It's even more fun if you watch it with the assumption that Nivola's character is more than just a protegé to Sam Neil's. There's just enough subtext early on that, once it's been mentioned to you, it's hard to look upon theirs as a platonic relationship.

Heh. Glad that Matt mentioned it first.

It was hilarious how my pals reacted once I brought up the possibility. All it took was Billy accepting the dinner invitation for both of them, and everyone was going "Aw, man, now you've got me seeing it!"

I just saw Shaun of the Dead, and I think it may be the most made-for-Buffista movie I have ever seen. It's like The Office meets 28 Days Later.

dies of envy, becomes zombie, lurches after Jessica

I just saw Shaun of the Dead, and I think it may be the most made-for-Buffista movie I have ever seen. It's like The Office meets 28 Days Later.

It's absolutely ace, but is pretty much a featurelength episode of Spaced. And if Spaced never made it to the US, you all pretty much need the DVDs. If only for the constant flow of subliminal Buffy/Trek/LOTR gags. To continue Jessica's theme, imagine the Evil Trio scenes from Buffy remade by the makers of The Office and you're close.

None of which is to say that Shaun isn't totally watchable as a standalone, cos it is - it's just the same creative team, much of the same cast, and very similar style. As well as the constant brilliant zombie jokes and some really hilariously vicious gore, it's also the most accurate picture of the London people actually live in I've seen on film.

I should say that the Office comparisons aren't fair to Shaun/Spaced, btw - they're actually much more laugh-out-loud funny and less existentially despairing.

It's absolutely ace, but is pretty much a featurelength episode of Spaced.

It never aired over here -- the press notes for Shaun were the first time I'd heard of it. But it's on DVD, you say? Hmmm.....

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If it helps you decided, Shaun isn't even an outstandingly good episode of Spaced. The episode it grew out of, "Art", is much funnier - Tim stays up for 48 hours playing Resident Evil on speed and then becomes convinced that everyone at a performance art exhibit is a zombie.

Tim stays up for 48 hours playing Resident Evil on speed and then becomes convinced that everyone at a performance art exhibit is a zombie.

Yes! That's the ep that was described in the press notes.

I really must get around to buying a multi-region DVD player.

Okay, I saw Freddy vs. Jason. And it sucked. But this...damnit, this, I might have to see:

Sources said the studio is in negotiations with director-producer Sam Raimi (the "Spider-Man" movies) for a project titled "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash." In the proposed sequel, Freddy (from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" films) and Jason (from the "Friday the 13th" pics) would go up against Ash, the cynical anti-hero survivor of Raimi's "Evil Dead" trilogy, which also includes "Army of Darkness."