Land Gets Worse

[AcesandEights]

@shootme - couldn't agree more on the Dead Reckoning technology angle. Who builds GPS and remote controls into an A-Team hacked together metal behemoth? I always assumed the GPS locator was a piece of rare, but never the less extant, technology still functioning on what few satellites remained calibrated and in orbit a few years after the outbreak. Not something Riley or anyone in the current era cobbled together, of course. In that sense, I assume it would be a good decision to build the existing GPS unit into such a valuable piece of hardware, especially given that it seemed like a decision made by Riley (not the most trusting of souls) in a very....let's call it...decentralized command structure. Now do certain things like the service life of a current era satellite and the little handheld unit Riley runs around with seem like possible Hollywood hockum? Perhaps, but even if it is I can handwave that sort of stuff, especially given the backdrop & fairly fantastical nature of LotD and far more vital issues I had with the film. In a nutshell, not one of the things that I fixated on and not a sticking point, for me, compared to some of the other warts the film had.

[DEAD BEAT]

"Land of the dead, protecting GAr fans' wood tables from uncitely moisture rings since 2005!" I wouldn't be caught "dead" using another coaster! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Not to mention wiping asses since 2005...just watch out for paper cuts! lol ---------- Post added at 08:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 AM ---------- If you guys would just listen to me I could of saved you 97 minutes of your life. The movie has sucked since 2005, and it ain't going to change one iota in 5 years 10 or 20... It should go down in history as the worst zombie film ever made... yes even worse than Children of the Living Dead because at least with COTLD, you can laugh at the Over the Top stupidity on display Worse than Children?...now that's hittin' below the belt! lol

[bassman]

Worse than Children?...now that's hittin' below the belt! lol Yeah. You can hate it all you want and that's fine, but to say it's the worst out of all zombie films ever made just makes it seem like you're holding some kind of personal grudge against it. Worst Romero film? Sure...I could see that. Worst Zombie film? GTFO.

[darth los]

Yeah. You can hate it all you want and that's fine, but to say it's the worst out of all zombie films ever made just makes it seem like you're holding some kind of personal grudge against it. Worst Romero film? Sure...I could see that. Worst Zombie film? GTFO. It's not even the worst GAR film. I don't like it, that's no secret. But i give it shit because mostly because of the shit people give dawn 04' which people also make out to be the worst zombie film ever and in reality it's far from it.

[Wrong Number]

It's not even the worst GAR film. I don't like it, that's no secret. But i give it shit because mostly because of the shit people give dawn 04' which people also make out to be the worst zombie film ever and in reality it's far from it. Now that's just not true. Dawn '04 couldn't be the worst zombie film ever made since it's not even a zombie film. WN

[AcesandEights]

Dawn 04 is quite good and quite possibly the best raptor-zombie film made.

[darth los]

Now that's just not true. Dawn '04 couldn't be the worst zombie film ever made since it's not even a zombie film. WN Dawn 04 is quite good and quite possibly the best raptor-zombie film made. See what i mean?

[AcesandEights]

See what i mean? I'm serious! I really, really like Dawn '04. I've always been up front about that, but it does have a few things worth making fun of (a plot hole or two come to mind and the screechy-screech zombies for instance).

[DEAD BEAT]

Dawn '04 wasn't to bad, it's sure a far cry compared to the shit Day '08!

[bassman]

See what i mean? Yeah... I'm not a huge fan of Dawn04, but the worst zombie film ever it is not. Hell....you guys know how I hate Return of the Living Dead and I can admit its not the worst ever. There's a big difference between disliking something and then something being the worst of it's kind. Sometimes it's not so cut and dry, but in this genre.....there's no debating that there are way too many stinkers out there. It takes a hell of a lot to become the worst zombie film ever and of all these mentioned, none come close.

[dracenstein]

When I watch it now, I 'switch off' during most of the stuff I disagree with and basically watch for the action and gore. I agree BD is learning too much too quickly and that most of his zombie pack shouldn't be learning. I like Dennis Hopper's acting in it, but couldn't believe in the power of money staying, the scavenger parties could rob banks and shops and come home with more money than Kaufman had in his whole 'city', but thought Riley was miscast. He was such a 'good looking hero'. A bit more 'weathered' face would have helped and no way he should just have watched the zombie army walk away. They had proved to be too dangerous to allow to exist. And zombies still holding their instruments long after their 'death'? How many would still have been holding them when the zombies that killed them were coming at them? (Hey, there's zombies coming at me! Let me hug this trombone, that will help!) EDIT: Got the name right this time (I hope!)

[bassman]

And zombies still holding their instruments long after their 'death'? How many would still have been holding them when the zombies that killed them were coming at them? (Hey, there's zombies coming at me! Let me hug this trombone, that will help!) They could always "remember" and pick them up later. Bub didn't die with the razor or book, but he recognized how to use them.

[DEAD BEAT]

When I watch it now, I 'switch off' during most of the stuff I disagree with and basically watch for the action and gore. I agree BD is learning too much too quickly and that most of his zombie pack shouldn't be learning. I like Dennis Weaver's acting in it, but couldn't believe in the power of money staying, the scavenger parties could rob banks and shops and come home with more money than Kaufman had in his whole 'city', but thought Riley was miscast. He was such a 'good looking hero'. A bit more 'weathered' face would have helped and no way he should just have watched the zombie army walk away. They had proved to be too dangerous to allow to exist. And zombies still holding their instruments long after their 'death'? How many would still have been holding them when the zombies that killed them were coming at them? (Hey, there's zombies coming at me! Let me hug this trombone, that will help!) lol Dennis Weaver? ---------- Post added at 01:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:12 PM ---------- They could always "remember" and pick them up later. Bub didn't die with the razor or book, but he recognized how to use them. true but Bub didn't give off an annoying scream or call his zombie buddies by nodding his head! lol Big Daddy in short was no Bub....but your right Bass they did already explore the learning zombie, if you want to go even further the zombie in Dawn '78 that took Rogers gun or the dip shit trying to operate the cash register can also be looked at as a learning dead head as well!

[bassman]

true but Bub didn't give off an annoying scream or call his zombie buddies by nodding his head! lol Big Daddy in short was no Bub....but your right Bass they did already explore the learning zombie, if you want to go even further the zombie in Dawn '78 that took Rogers gun or the dip shit trying to operate the cash register can also be looked at as a learning dead head as well! Actually....I was referring to dracenstein's comment about the band near the beginning of Land. Not so much BD...

[Trin]

Now do certain things like the service life of a current era satellite and the little handheld unit Riley runs around with seem like possible Hollywood hockum? Perhaps, but even if it is I can handwave that sort of stuff, especially given the backdrop & fairly fantastical nature of LotD and far more vital issues I had with the film. I suppose I'm in the same camp. I can put up with a lot of little things not quite making sense. However, there does come a point... Like the people at the electric fences having NO WAY to turn them off. They literally have to call the power station. And assumedly the power station was already overrun even though the zombies had just barely entered the city. It's too bad Cholo never thought to take over the power station. Apparently it was easy pickins. And won't electric fences pretty much short out if they have a heavy load put on them? Now, let me see, what could possibly be thrown into the fences to overload them? Maybe.... zombie? Seriously, couldn't five able bodied people grab zombies by the outstreched arms and fling them into the electric fences until the things short out? Or, even better? "Okay, it's a wide street. Let's all stand to the left. When they all shamble over to the left we'll all run really fast to the right and then run past them." Okay, I'm being nit-picky again.