Land VS Diary - the poll...

[AcesandEights]

Goddamn, this poll got a good number of respondents.

[MinionZombie]

Goddamn, this poll got a good number of respondents. Indeed, and the "double yay" is the biggest single category by a clear mile.

[clanglee]

Indeed, big response. Land got: 37 yays, 33 mehs, and 8 boos. Diary had: 34 yays, 25 mehs, and 19 boos. Land was obviously better received that Diary. But neither movie had a really overwhelming support from the fans.

[darth los]

I'm with JDED on this one. I really enjoyed DIARY, thought it was an entertaining flick and still enjoy it to this day. Is it anything great like the original trilogy? No. But, I still find it to be entertaining with some great insight into it on our society and culture today as well. Plus, it's fun to watch. I dig the professor especially. LAND just never really interested me. I saw both LAND and DIARY in the theatre. With LAND I left feeling really upset and disappointed expecting it to be up there with the rest of the original trilogy and it was clearly not. There are part of it I really enjoy, but for me it has always been the weakest of the series. I just don't really get into it at all. Every now and then I'll give it a watching, but overall it just leaves me disappointed. I can't stand "Big Daddy" either, he just annoys me to no end. Bub could have kicked his ass. DIARY, on the other hand, I've watched multiple times and really enjoy it every time. I especially like the "private recordings" in the special features and wish some of these "private recordings" could have been included in a director's cut of the film. With DIARY I'd like to see what all happened to these characters after the panic room -- did they escape? Where did they go? What happened next? I was interested in them and their situation, but with LAND I just didn't really care that much for any of the characters. If I had to rank the flicks (Not yet including SURVIVAL), I'd have to rank them thus: 1.) DAY 2.) DAWN 3.) NIGHT '68 4.) DIARY 5.) LAND and at the bottom of perhaps every movie I've ever seen including the craptacular CHILDREN OF THE LIVING DEAD would be NOTLD 30th Anniversary which was a complete and utter kick in the face to all of us. j.p. I would stick the night remake in there right after the original, imo. And Return of the living dead just to fuck with Bassman. But what you said about diary and LOTD pretty much encapsulate my feelings as well. Also, (not being sarcastic here) If you've been paying attention to his dead films the last 40 years, GAr has always left us on a cliff hanger or the fate of the protagonists unresolved so there's nothing unusual there.

[MinionZombie]

Indeed, big response. Land got: 37 yays, 33 mehs, and 8 boos. Diary had: 34 yays, 25 mehs, and 19 boos. Land was obviously better received that Diary. But neither movie had a really overwhelming support from the fans. True - however, the "meh" votes can pretty much be split down the middle and a half given to each side. For example, I voted "meh" for Diary, but I'm still on the side of liking it (likewise, some folk would be vice versa) - but for sake of argument, a clean split down the middle on the "meh" votes would mean: Land: 53.5 for it // 24.5 against it Diary: 46.5 for it // 31.5 against it

[Trin]

I think it'd be interesting to see the same poll with Night & Day just to see how the originals stack up. I think we can can assume doing a poll with Dawn is unnecessary. I actually liked the characters in Land. I thought the big name actors in Land were good. They didn't distract me from the roles they played at all. I actually liked the characters in Land quite a bit. I would've loved them if they'd been just a bit more clear in their actions/motivations. I felt like some of the better character had some confusion about what they were doing and why.

[bassman]

I think it'd be interesting to see the same poll with Night & Day just to see how the originals stack up. I think we can can assume doing a poll with Dawn is unnecessary. I would also like to see a poll on which is the favorite of the original trilogy. It will still probably be the same as it used to be, but it could be interesting...

[Trin]

I want to see the Yay vs. Meh split. See if it is in any way similar to what we saw with Land.

[Mike70]

I would also like to see a poll on which is the favorite of the original trilogy. It will still probably be the same as it used to be, but it could be interesting... ask and ye shall receive. i'll set one up.

[MinionZombie]

ask and ye shall receive. i'll set one up. I'm glad you'll do it, it bent my mind doing this one and making sure I had all the bases covered.