Escape to the Movies: Warm Bodies

[RandV80]

The problem with zombies is that while technically scary in any modern zombie apocalypse there's so many damned guns just laying around that any survivors can easily kill them. This is probably highlighted in Zombieland in that while a more or less serious movie they really made light of the zombie killing part.

So if a movie wants to make zombies scary again maybe they could try a different time period? The more primitive the survivors weapons, the more deadly the shambling hoardes becomes.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

Isn't this basically ripping off the premise of Otto, or Up With Dead People, but less pornographic and more cutesy?

On the subject of Entourage, I don't particularly mind the concept of a movie. I found the few episodes of the show that I watched (on an airplane) fairly innocuous and if they're planning it as some sort of conclusion for the series then good for them. They did it that way with a show I actually liked, The Inbetweeners (at least until the sequel was announced half a year ago), and it's not like they're doing a serious adaptation of the Springtime for Hitler broadway show from The Producers (the one from the original script mind you, not the one they turned it into to make a flop out of it).

Captcha: never give up

That's... ominous.

 

[shintakie10]

I've never seen any of Entourage and I'm only vaguely aware of it...I take it that's a good thing?

I enjoyed the hell out of Entourage until the last season. The first few seasons were genuinely clever and, outside of Vince who was the most borin person on the planet, had likeable characters. Even Turtle who was genuinely useless had his moments of awesomeness.

Bob probably just dislikes the idea for the same reason he hates the American Pie movies regardless of what its subject matter is. The people in it or the people who enjoy it remind him of the people that picked on him when he was a kid and therefore anyone who likes this type of movie/show and everyone potrayed in that movie/show are obviously dickbag jerkoffs who deserve to burn in the fiery pits of hell.

At least, thats what I assume based off how he trashed on American Reuinion for bein about the people that picked on him in high school.

 

[Redd the Sock]

I had that same "why" reaction to the posters for Smurfs 2.

As for this, the trailer came off why too stockholm syndrome for me.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm quite surprised by this, I thought it was gonna be horrible and be the next Twilight.
Girlfriend wants to see it, so I'm not too fussed that I'm getting dragged to the cinema to see it, I might enjoy it with an open mind.

And dat intro.

That picture made me laugh really, really hard, and I don't know why. (Dammit, I just made it worse.)

OT: Wow, you might have convinced me to see the film. I figured it would be Twilight-style badness.

 

[MaxwellMouse]

I am shocked this is any good. I was expecting it to be awful.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Sorry, I can't get over the undercurrent of necrophilia.

 

[leviadragon99]

Huh, well that does sound surprisingly good, won't quite get past my overall tiredness of zombies though.

nd I know next to nothing about Entourage... but I am now very afraid.

 

[leviadragon99]

Sorry, I can't get over the undercurrent of necrophilia.

Pretty sure that's part of the point of the "mosters as love interests" satire. Hell, you could point the exact same finger at Twilight and every bit of media that's ever had human/Vampire romance ever.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Sorry, I can't get over the undercurrent of necrophilia.

Pretty sure that's part of the point of the "mosters as love interests" satire. Hell, you could point the exact same finger at Twilight and every bit of media that's ever had human/Vampire romance ever.

Yeah, but vampires aren't walking decomposing corpses.

 

[Trucken]

I was interested and I still am. I'll be checking this one out.

As for Entourage I say yay. I really liked the show and considering how it ended it will be nice to see what happened to Ari Gold and Johnny Drama.

 

[Winnosh]

Sorry, I can't get over the undercurrent of necrophilia.

Pretty sure that's part of the point of the "mosters as love interests" satire. Hell, you could point the exact same finger at Twilight and every bit of media that's ever had human/Vampire romance ever.

Yeah, but vampires aren't walking decomposing corpses.

No they are just walking non decomposing corpses.

 

[Commissar Sae]

Sorry, I can't get over the undercurrent of necrophilia.

Pretty sure that's part of the point of the "mosters as love interests" satire. Hell, you could point the exact same finger at Twilight and every bit of media that's ever had human/Vampire romance ever.

Yeah, but vampires aren't walking decomposing corpses.

Depends on the lore, some are very much rotting ambulatory corpses.

 

[Falseprophet]

The vampires getting memories from drinking blood wasn't invented by Underworld; the Vampire: the Masquerade RPG did it first, which was one of the reasons White Wolf Publishing sued the movie at the time. Although, my memory's hazy, but the memories thing might even go back as far as Anne Rice's books. Whom we can ultimately trace most modern "vampire as sympathetic protagonist" stories back to.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Sorry, I can't get over the undercurrent of necrophilia.

Pretty sure that's part of the point of the "mosters as love interests" satire. Hell, you could point the exact same finger at Twilight and every bit of media that's ever had human/Vampire romance ever.

Yeah, but vampires aren't walking decomposing corpses.

No they are just walking non decomposing corpses.

Which makes it easier it ignore the corpse part.

Sorry, I can't get over the undercurrent of necrophilia.

Pretty sure that's part of the point of the "mosters as love interests" satire. Hell, you could point the exact same finger at Twilight and every bit of media that's ever had human/Vampire romance ever.

Yeah, but vampires aren't walking decomposing corpses.

Depends on the lore, some are very much rotting ambulatory corpses.

True enough, I suppose.

 

[MrGalactus]

And as for "why", Bob, it's because it good good reviews and made a boatload of cash, which is what you want in a movie-making property.

Yeeeeeah, but sadly, financial success and even positive reviews don't make it good for a movie. It's kinda difficult to watch...

...wait up...

Aren't you the guy from the Cracked comments section? Hm. Never knew you had a last name. Welcome to the Escapist, my incredibly quick-posting friend.

EDIT:
Waaaaaaaaait up. I misread your join date.
Well...Even so....Hi, Cracked guy.

OT: No Martian Manhunter, no Justice League.

 

[crimson sickle2]

I hope that's not the JL roster, or else they'll produce another Green Lantern to set up for the team-up. Does anyone really want that? I know Bob doesn't.

 

[idodo35]

this sounds like a really interesting film as a zombie junky and a big fan of parodys (when their done right) i thought this was gona be just another "vampires bite" but after this review im definitly going to check it out

 

[Rorro]

OK, so MAYBE I should read all the other posts, but how come no one has mentioned iZombie in regards to this movie? The premise is quite similar... Unless that too stole it from Underworld? That would suck, I don't think iZombie is bad at all, but maybe it's just me that thinks that.

 

[Don Reba]

I see that you liked the movie, Bob, but nothing you said made me want to see it. Which is good, actually.