Shaun of the Dead

Anhaga · Post by **Anhaga** » 2004-05-09 03:57am

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum- it isn't technology based sci-fi nor is it fantasy so I thought I'd shove in in here.

How many of you have seen this brilliant film? I don't know if its out in the States yet but it's been out for at least a month or so here in the UK.

My friends and I went to see it last night. After that we spent a half hour or so debating the merits of our various local pubs in terms of defensibility against zombies.

"Reports that the virus was spread by rage-infected monkeys were complete bullshit"

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-09 04:26am

Should not the title be "Dawn of the Dead" ?

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-09 04:46am

evilcat4000 wrote:Should not the title be "Dawn of the Dead" ?

No, it should be Shaun of the Dead

I haven't seen it yet, but I love Spaced, and I'm trying to get some time to see it.

There's another thread about it in this forum, though.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-09 05:06am

My bad. I confused it with Dawn of the dead.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-05-09 05:41am

Whats it about? I've heard of it but i've never seen it.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-09 05:54am

The tag line is: A romantic comedy... with Zombies!

If you've ever seen Spaced, I imagine it's the same sort of humour.

IMDB

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2004-05-09 06:09am

Definately the best Rom-Com-Zom i've ever seen, the scene in the pub with the pool queues especially.

Anhaga · Post by **Anhaga** » 2004-05-09 06:36am

3rd Impact wrote:Definately the best Rom-Com-Zom i've ever seen, the scene in the pub with the pool queues especially.

And don't forget the little alfresco strobe light effects

InnerBrat wrote:There's another thread about it in this forum, though.

Yikes- sorry!

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-05-09 07:49am

That thread has sank for a while, so it'd probably get locked if you responded to it.

Yeah, I saw it, cool film all round. The whole cricket-bats against zombies was excellent. Going to have to steal that for my film.

The way the guy who played Bernard in Black Books died was excellently gory, and the whole thing, despite being romantic and a comedy, had some well done action scenes.

I also liked it how the woman from Spaced also had her own troup of survivors that she was leading.

What they did with the zombies after the problems was fucking funny.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-05-09 08:53am

It rocked! Rom-com-zom is now one of my favourite movie genre's.
Some of the little things were the best

"How many bullets have we got"
"Mate you've gotta call em shells!"

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2004-05-09 11:14am

Shaun was excellent. Not as far out as Spaced, but definitely a winner all round.

Now, get bact to work Pegg, we want From Dusk 'til Shaun

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-09 12:26pm

InnerBrat wrote:
evilcat4000 wrote:Should not the title be "Dawn of the Dead" ?
No, it should be Shaun of the Dead

I haven't seen it yet, but I love Spaced, and I'm trying to get some time to see it.

There's another thread about it in this forum, though.

YOU'VE NOT SEEN IT?!

And anyone confusing this with Dawn Of The Dead needs their head banging.

It's not really like Spaced since there are hardly any pop culture references (though one or two will crop up). It's based entirely on an episode of Spaced in the first series, the one with Vulva and when Tim is playing Resident Evil 2 enough to hallucinate it. And that's it.

Great film though.

Dorsk 81 · Post by **Dorsk 81** » 2004-05-09 12:59pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
InnerBrat wrote:
evilcat4000 wrote:Should not the title be "Dawn of the Dead" ?
No, it should be Shaun of the Dead

I haven't seen it yet, but I love Spaced, and I'm trying to get some time to see it.

There's another thread about it in this forum, though.
YOU'VE NOT SEEN IT?!

And anyone confusing this with Dawn Of The Dead needs their head banging.

It's not really like Spaced since there are hardly any pop culture references (though one or two will crop up). It's based entirely on an episode of Spaced in the first series, the one with Vulva and when Tim is playing Resident Evil 2 enough to hallucinate it. And that's it.

Great film though.

"Don't sneak up on me like that!" The episode is episode III and is called "Art".

And I've not seen Shaun of the Dead yet either sadly.

Anhaga · Post by **Anhaga** » 2004-05-10 04:53am

"But Big Al also says dogs can't look up."

after exhaustive research, I've determined that dogs CAN look up. Pigs, however, can't.
And elephants can't jump.
Which is probably all for the best.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-10 09:05am

Anhaga wrote:"But Big Al also says dogs can't look up."

after exhaustive research, I've determined that dogs CAN look up. Pigs, however, can't.
And elephants can't jump.
Which is probably all for the best.

Heh, there are one or two Spaced jokes reused such as the "He isn't my boyfriend!" and so on.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-10 05:56pm

Fine, I've seen it now, everybody happy?

Admiral Valdemar wrote:It's not really like Spaced since there are hardly any pop culture references (though one or two will crop up).

What are you, kidding, it's exactly like Spaced, only without Daisy and with Zombies.

That scene where they're making their plans? That was pure Tim and Mike!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-10 06:00pm

InnerBrat wrote:Fine, I've seen it now, everybody happy?

Admiral Valdemar wrote:It's not really like Spaced since there are hardly any pop culture references (though one or two will crop up).
What are you, kidding, it's exactly like Spaced, only without Daisy and with Zombies.

That scene where they're making their plans? That was pure Tim and Mike!

Actually, Daisy was in it.

And yes, it has aspects of Spaced, but you couldn't call it a proper episode, at least they intended for a different atmosphere to the series.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-10 06:15pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Actually, Daisy was in it.

different character, hon.

And yes, it has aspects of Spaced, but you couldn't call it a proper episode, at least they intended for a different atmosphere to the series.

No, it wasn't an episode, but it was the same humour (some of the same jokes).