But he totally cheated...Tarantino made a basically 'normal' movie, with some meta thrown in to tease.

Well, yes and no. He took about several different grindhouse types (slasher flick, car chase/crash flick, chick revenge flick) and did a mash up with them and a ton of his usual dialog. But, really, that's basically what he usually does. In several ways, KILL BILL (especially Vol. 1) was more of a true "Grindhouse" movie.

Rodriguez was totally revelling in the cheese, though. And he makes me wonder where the hell Michael Biehn's been hiding all these years.

I'm still wondering how they got shots of London with absolutely no one in sight for 28 Days Later.

Not all of it was unlicensed -- they had to have that one shot with an overturned bus, which, I really hope they had a license for -- but it is a bit obvious that most of it is at dawn (probably on a Sunday) and tends to be short cuts, narrowly focussed, panoramic views of the river but not of the bank behind it, e.g.

Of course, what Londoners like to point out to you is that apparently Jim walked about 30 miles in the course of an hour, crossing the river twice, with several backtracks, just to make sure he eyeballed the most picturesque parts of center London on his lonely promenade.

Hey, people who've just woken up from four weeks of coma move faster than you would suspect!

Does Tarantino's half go first, or can I safely get up and leave when it's clear Rodriguez's stuff is done?

I wish -- my preference would be to skip the zombie gore and watch only Tarantino's meta-pretention-arama. But Rodriguez' is first, so if I go I have to sit through both.

Mainly I just want to see Edgar Wright's Don't! trailer. Hopefully some kind person will put it online for me soon.

The Don't trailer was the weakest of them all, I think. Thanksgiving was hysterical. Gross as all get out, but hysterical.

He took about several different grindhouse types (slasher flick, car chase/crash flick, chick revenge flick) and did a mash up with them and a ton of his usual dialog.

I think it was a thematic mashup perhaps, but once he got halfway through, it just seemed like normal old Tarantino. Stylistically especially.

but once he got halfway through, it just seemed like normal old Tarantino. Stylistically especially.

True that, and he couldn't bear to crud up the image, either. The car chase was seriously old school/low tech though. And Zoe Bell rocks.

I have a major girl crush on Zoe, let me not lie.

The Don't trailer was the weakest of them all, I think.

Noooo, it was hilarious! I loved that one. I've been doing that narration since.

In several ways, KILL BILL (especially Vol. 1) was more of a true "Grindhouse" movie.

And, see, I lurve Kill Bill, Volume 1. But I was really meh on Death Proof.

Planet Terror was cheesy as hell, but I also thought it was surprisingly good. I loved the main title theme that repeated itself throughout the movie in different forms.

I loved the main title theme that repeated itself throughout the movie in different forms.

I think Rodriguez composed that himself.

Yep. Which is another reason I love him more now after seeing Grindhouse.