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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell

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Kate P. - Apr 22, 2007 6:00:42 am PDT #8218 of 10001

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

ita, I just saw that a couple days ago too! I liked it a lot -- more than I was expecting to, considering I'm generally not a big fan of horror, gore, or any movie that I have to watch half of through my fingers. But I really loved all three of the main characters, and the zombies were super creepy without being over-the-top.

The DVD had two filmed alternate endings and one more storyboarded alternate ending. In both of the filmed alternate endings, Jim dies, and in one of them, we see Selina and Hannah in the same cottage at the end, making the HELLO sign, and there's a scene with Selina talking to someone offscreen that I think we're initially meant to assume is Jim, but then turns out to be a rooster.

The storyboarded alternate ending veers off from a much earlier point in the movie and turns it into something quite different, with a SUPER bleak ending. I really liked the actual ending that made it into the movie, myself, but then, I'm a fan of (at least somewhat) happy endings.

edit: I probably don't need to whitefont that alternate ending stuff, but whatever.

§ ita § - Apr 22, 2007 6:05:53 am PDT #8219 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, now the rooster thing makes more sense. Thanks.

I'm doing my homework. Need to see 28 Days Later before 28 Weeks Later and also before Shaun of the Dead. But I think we're allowed to see Hot Fuzz before Shaun.

Narrator - Apr 22, 2007 7:43:19 am PDT #8220 of 10001

The evil is this way?

But I think we're allowed to see Hot Fuzz before Shaun.

Yes, but there are some inside jokes in "Hot Fuzz" that reference "Shaun of the Dead."

Melpomene - Apr 22, 2007 7:55:27 am PDT #8221 of 10001

Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'

The new Harry Potter trailer is out.

Narrator - Apr 22, 2007 11:43:50 am PDT #8222 of 10001

The evil is this way?

I just saw the trailer. Want. Movie. NOW.

esse - Apr 22, 2007 1:52:34 pm PDT #8223 of 10001

S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

okay, either dan radcliffe has a weird, weird face, or his haircut in OOTP is actually *less* flattering than his GOF haircut, which is kind of a feat in and of itself.

do we wf for trailer?

SailAweigh - Apr 22, 2007 2:44:51 pm PDT #8224 of 10001

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Yes, but there are some inside jokes in "Hot Fuzz" that reference "Shaun of the Dead."

Well, dang, I guess I'm going to have to rent SotD to find those. I just saw Hot Fuzz, but I have such a crap memory. I can tell you I've seen a movie and that's about it.

Jessica - Apr 22, 2007 2:49:18 pm PDT #8225 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I definitely caught the shortcut through the gardens bit - what were some of the others?

SailAweigh - Apr 22, 2007 2:57:21 pm PDT #8226 of 10001

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Ah, they referenced so many cop flicks, I didn't realize that one was a ref to SotD.

Jessica - Apr 22, 2007 3:04:36 pm PDT #8227 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh, and of course there was the shootout in the bar.

Sail, that scene was lifted almost verbatim from Shaun, except for Pegg's character actually being able to jump the fences this time.

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