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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Hague" data-source="post: 1438505" data-attributes="member: 17550">I own all three original Dead movies, inlcuding the '91 remake of NotLD on DVD.&nbsp; I've watched 'em about a billion times.&nbsp; I've shaken George's hand personally and talked about zombies for hours on end.&nbsp; Y'know what?The original and the remake are apples and oranges, like Alien and Aliens.I enjoyed the remake, enough so that I've seen it twice.&nbsp; The characters were believeable, and despite their sketchiness, the primaries actually did have enough meat that you cared about them.&nbsp; And Matt Frewer's character (&quot;Don't you take your eyes off me...not for...one...second...&quot;).&nbsp; And Andy, the gun shop owner across the street (Sign: Hungry).&nbsp; I gave a damn when something happened one way or the other.&nbsp; If there's a fault with the characters in the film, its that the ones who're meant to be zombie chow are clearly marked as such.&nbsp; Bit of character bloat, IMO, but I can live with it.As far as subversive social and political commentary...think about it.&nbsp; It's there.&nbsp; James Gunn, the scriptwriter, was tricky...he didn't pin down the commentary to a single timeframe, but managed to get in shots at the intervening time from the end of the original to the 21st century.&nbsp; Steve looks like an extra from Wall Street, f'r chrissakes.&nbsp; The nastiest message, though (available only to folks who sit through the credits) is that the universe is written by Locke: life is nasty, brutish and short.&nbsp; Or as I like to put it: Nothin' means nothin'.&nbsp; Stripped of identity, the whole world descends into chaos and ultimately self-destructs.&nbsp; A nasty metaphor for how America is feeling right now.&nbsp; Are we the brave frontiersmen (Michael)?&nbsp; The caring souls (Ana)?&nbsp; Are we righteously kicking ass (Ken)?&nbsp; Are we just trying to make a better world (Andre)?&nbsp; Maybe we're breaking away from what doesn't work to something that does, abandoning the old predjudices (CJ).&nbsp; But ultimately, what the world wants is for you to just conform, don't ask questions, it's us versus them (cue zombies).But that's just my opinion. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim Hague, post: 1438505, member: 17550"] I own all three original [I]Dead[/I] movies, inlcuding the '91 remake of NotLD on DVD. I've watched 'em about a billion times. I've shaken George's hand personally and talked about zombies for hours on end. Y'know what? The original and the remake are apples and oranges, like [I]Alien[/I] and [I]Aliens[/I]. I enjoyed the remake, enough so that I've seen it twice. The characters were believeable, and despite their sketchiness, the primaries actually did have enough meat that you cared about them. And Matt Frewer's character ("Don't you take your eyes off me...not for...one...second..."). And Andy, the gun shop owner across the street (Sign: Hungry). I gave a damn when something happened one way or the other. If there's a fault with the characters in the film, its that the ones who're meant to be zombie chow are clearly marked as such. Bit of character bloat, IMO, but I can live with it. As far as subversive social and political commentary...think about it. It's there. James Gunn, the scriptwriter, was tricky...he didn't pin down the commentary to a single timeframe, but managed to get in shots at the intervening time from the end of the original to the 21st century. Steve looks like an extra from [I]Wall Street[/I], f'r chrissakes. The nastiest message, though (available only to folks who sit through the credits) is that the universe is written by Locke: life is nasty, brutish and short. Or as I like to put it: Nothin' means nothin'. Stripped of identity, the whole world descends into chaos and ultimately self-destructs. A nasty metaphor for how America is feeling right now. Are we the brave frontiersmen (Michael)? The caring souls (Ana)? Are we righteously kicking ass (Ken)? Are we just trying to make a better world (Andre)? Maybe we're breaking away from what doesn't work to something that does, abandoning the old predjudices (CJ). But ultimately, what the world wants is for you to just conform, don't ask questions, it's us versus them (cue zombies). But that's just my opinion. ;) [/QUOTE]

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