Hey #2 - I just Twittered him a link here as well.
This all makes me rather sad.
Zombieland is easily one of my favorite movies of 2009. I've been heavily recommending it to anyone who will listen (it's an endearing indie-roadtrip film without too much action-horror). In fact, I love it so much, I've been considering hyping it via my social feed - which really says something because I go out of my way to avoid advertising.
Here's my personal relationship with the film:
* Opening weekend, downloaded the OK-quality cam version. Skipped the first and last parts, skimmed through the middle, kind of liked it but decided I wasn't in the mood to watch the whole thing.
* Following Friday, put it on in the background while making dinner. Paid it more attention, got that it wasn't a "typical" zombie flick.
* While eating dinner, I re-watched the middle hour and fully paid attention. Unusually, I actually let the movie play without any skimming.
* After dinner, watched the "Bill Murray as Bill Murray" section several times in a row.
* The next day, I grabbed a higher quality rip and watched my favorite bits again.
* Then I read the Wikipedia entry, felt a real connection with the production and then literally started jumping for joy when I read they wanted to franchise the series - sign me up for the theme park ride, 2 t-shirts and the live experience.
* Yesterday I started organizing a group trip for a midnight showing. I dislike the entire movie theater experience but though this would be a fun exception,.
* Today I read this... but I'm still holding out hope.
In addition to the standard "an artist I like isn't getting CwF/RtB" disappointment, I'm upset because Zombieland appears to be one of those rare works that would actually benefit from an explosion of franchising. But that's going to be a lot harder with creators battling true fans.
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Bittorrent made me want to buy into the Z-land franchise
This all makes me rather sad.
Zombieland is easily one of my favorite movies of 2009. I've been heavily recommending it to anyone who will listen (it's an endearing indie-roadtrip film without too much action-horror). In fact, I love it so much, I've been considering hyping it via my social feed - which really says something because I go out of my way to avoid advertising.
Here's my personal relationship with the film:
* Opening weekend, downloaded the OK-quality cam version. Skipped the first and last parts, skimmed through the middle, kind of liked it but decided I wasn't in the mood to watch the whole thing.
* Following Friday, put it on in the background while making dinner. Paid it more attention, got that it wasn't a "typical" zombie flick.
* While eating dinner, I re-watched the middle hour and fully paid attention. Unusually, I actually let the movie play without any skimming.
* After dinner, watched the "Bill Murray as Bill Murray" section several times in a row.
* The next day, I grabbed a higher quality rip and watched my favorite bits again.
* Then I read the Wikipedia entry, felt a real connection with the production and then literally started jumping for joy when I read they wanted to franchise the series - sign me up for the theme park ride, 2 t-shirts and the live experience.
* Yesterday I started organizing a group trip for a midnight showing. I dislike the entire movie theater experience but though this would be a fun exception,.
* Today I read this... but I'm still holding out hope.
In addition to the standard "an artist I like isn't getting CwF/RtB" disappointment, I'm upset because Zombieland appears to be one of those rare works that would actually benefit from an explosion of franchising. But that's going to be a lot harder with creators battling true fans.
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