Maybe I'll watch Hot Fuzz right now. Day improver!
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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amyth - Jul 15, 2012 12:24:08 pm PDT #21637 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Frankenbuddha - Jul 15, 2012 12:27:18 pm PDT #21638 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, i love PAUL. But I somehow I'd missed Seth Rogen in every other thing he's ever done, so having his voice in there didn't throw me out of the movie in any way. It felt somewhat of a piece with SPACED, though a bit cruder.
dcp - Jul 15, 2012 12:39:37 pm PDT #21639 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
What the fuck is that stance about?
I think it's "I've hit my mark and I'm firing, but I can't see over the top of this car."
Consuela - Jul 15, 2012 12:46:48 pm PDT #21640 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So Ultimate Drew is rewriting World War Z. I think this is the third re-write after they started shooting.
So.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 12:58:38 pm PDT #21641 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just read a summary of a report on vulture.com that said that Brad Pitt and the director were not on speaking terms.
And.
le nubian - Jul 15, 2012 1:03:21 pm PDT #21642 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
how can this be possible and the project continue?
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 1:06:35 pm PDT #21643 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aha. The vulture article says that Ultimate Drew is one of a few writers approached: [link] -- Lindelhof is working on it too. Yay! That always works out.
Consuela - Jul 15, 2012 1:11:02 pm PDT #21644 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Lindelhof? Oh, dear.
That always works out.
Indeed.
Tom Scola - Jul 15, 2012 1:12:33 pm PDT #21645 of 30000
hwæt
Seriously, how hard is it to make a zombie movie? George Romero made one in his back yard.
Consuela - Jul 15, 2012 1:25:57 pm PDT #21646 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think the problem is the adaptation. WWZ is a novel without a hero, basically. It tells a variety of stories, many of which are only linked together by the zombie plague itself. The only through character is the historian collecting the stories.
There is no single triumphant moment. It basically fails to meet the standard story format, doesn't have any heroes or even a single protagonist, and the US ends up looking pretty bad. So it's hard to adapt without changing everything that made the book so interesting to begin with.