quint
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4/26/2007 8:34 AM
posted awhile ago
Zombie Comedy
This movie Black Sheep sounds pretty funny, but has the zombie comedy been played out already? Shaun of the Dead was a hoot and Tokyo Zombie and Stacy certainly prove that Japan gets the Joke. Peter Jackson may be the inventor of the genre. Or was it Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead? What is the comedic appeal of zombies?
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Risselada
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4/26/2007 3:10 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
Well if you think about it zombies are essentially just disheveled looking people with no higher intellect, discernment, or self-control. I think all of those things often make comedic characters.
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Dr_Gor
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4/26/2007 7:53 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
Mr. Quint. You are a few years off with who 'invented' the"'Zombie Comedy"... Woudn't the original "Dawn Of The Dead" be the first? In fact, that is one of the FEW things that I did NOT like about this movie! There was just TOO MUCH comedy!
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quint
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4/30/2007 10:04 AM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
You're right. Combining humor with the intenstinal grab bag was perhaps playing to the drive-in audience. The blood pressure machine amputation was pretty hokey. I wonder if that was all Tom Savini's haming. I've always wondered the origin of the brain-hungry zombie. The definitive reference for me was the Simpsons and the Treehouse of Horrors zombie invasion where the horde passes on Homer because of his lack of brains. Where does this originate? I suppose it makes sense if the zombies are somehow suffering from a lack of grey matter and crave a refill.
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tmoney
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4/30/2007 3:01 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
I believe there is a film coming out soon called "My Pet Zombie" or something of that sort. Some comedy about a kid who has a pet zombie. hmm? Sounds endearing! I'd like one myself.
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Risselada
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4/30/2007 3:08 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
 quint: The blood pressure machine amputation was pretty hokey. I wonder if that was all Tom Savini's haming.
Yeah but that was definitely the most memorable part of Dawn of the Dead for me. I've actually forgotten almost all of the specific scenes of it except for that very moment.
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tmoney
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4/30/2007 3:09 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
its called "fido"
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quint
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4/30/2007 3:21 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
Man, I will recall the shotgun head explosion till my dying day.
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dodginnigels
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4/30/2007 6:04 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
a lot of my buddies talk about Biker Zombies From Detroit. i know that it's poorly made and everything, but that sounds like the funniest zombie movie that could ever be created.
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Dr_Gor
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4/30/2007 7:50 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: Zombie Comedy
"Chopper Chicks In Zombietown" (I can not BELIEVE that SPOUT actually had this one!) ... This movie stars Joan Jet (!) as the 'bull-dyke' leader of an all girl 'Motorcycle Gang' that invades a small town just as The Zombies (which are several miles away! ... AND they don't move too fast!) are awakened! There is all kind of fun mayhem between the "Chopper Chicks" and the townsfolk while The Zombies are S L O W L Y making thier way towards town...... I will not give away the ending! That and "The Return Of The Living Dead" series...
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