Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Everything You Probably Didn't Know About Dawn of the Dead (1978)

  1. 24-May-2022 #1
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England

    Everything You Probably Didn't Know About Dawn of the Dead (1978)

    Stumbled on this...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73ZdORyVM0
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 24-May-2022 #2
    JDP
    JDP is offline
    Rising
    Member

    Join Date
    Jul 2014
    Posts
    1,461
    United States
    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Stumbled on this...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73ZdORyVM0
    @5:34 "Peter is the second person in the franchise to refer to the undead as 'zombies'. The term is only used by a reporter on the radio once in Night of the Living Dead, 1968."

    I don't recall this. The word "zombie" was used in a description of a scene in the Night of the Living Dead shooting script, but as far as I can tell, no actual spoken line in the movie itself mentions the term.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 24-May-2022 #3
    MinionZombie
    MinionZombie is offline
    Team Rick MinionZombie's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    The Mandatorium
    Posts
    24,193
    UK
    I already knew like 98% of that, and the other 2% I think I'd just forgotten.

    But then again, I've been fascinated with this flick for over twenty years at this point.

    RE: the word "zombie" ... I don't recall it being used in Night, either. I re-watched the news clips on YouTube and they don't use it there. The radio report during the scene where Ben lights the chair on fire? Nothing. The TV news reports (just in case)? Nope. Only the word "ghoul" is used numerous times.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 25-May-2022 #4
    JDP
    JDP is offline
    Rising
    Member

    Join Date
    Jul 2014
    Posts
    1,461
    United States
    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    RE: the word "zombie" ... I don't recall it being used in Night, either. I re-watched the news clips on YouTube and they don't use it there. The radio report during the scene where Ben lights the chair on fire? Nothing. The TV news reports (just in case)? Nope. Only the word "ghoul" is used numerous times.
    I've been wondering if it was referring to perhaps some scene that was shot but not used in the final film.
    Last edited by JDP; 25-May-2022 at 03:12 AM. Reason: ;
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 25-May-2022 #5
    MinionZombie
    MinionZombie is offline
    Team Rick MinionZombie's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    The Mandatorium
    Posts
    24,193
    UK
    Quote Originally Posted by JDP View Post
    I've been wondering if it was referring to perhaps some scene that was shot but not used in the final film.
    Hmmm ... that's probably unlikely. For that kind of video I can't imagine they'd be digging that deep, especially as most of the stuff you "probably didn't know" is in fact stuff you already did know.

    Are there more radio scenes or just the one? I can't recall off the top of my head. There's various TV reports (none of which mentioned "zombie", only "ghoul").
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 25-May-2022 #6
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    I already knew like 98% of that, and the other 2% I think I'd just forgotten.

    But then again, I've been fascinated with this flick for over twenty years at this point.
    Agreed.. It's nice to revisit this stuff
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules