Hi,
I have been watching George Romero's day of the dead. And I was thinking that there are some things in zombie movies that bother me. Like there is a character McDermott who gets into it with a character Steele about laying off of the booze. And the exchange went kind of like McDermott saying that there are no others left. That they searched and couldn't find anyone.
Then someone says, How can that be McDermott. And McDermott says they are using old rotting equipment from the second world war.
Well then Steele sarcastically says, "Well it's up to you to get it working right, lay off the F*%king booze why don't ya!"
Then McDermott responds back, "Well if we stay down here long enough, I'll have to stay off the F#%king booze steele because there won't be F#%king any of it F#%king left."
Then Steele says, "Well your best isn't good enough!" Like put up your dukes.
Then McDermott accuses Steele of having a nasty mouth. And then he talks about how the fact is that maybe there aren't any survivors and that they are the only ones that are left.
I notice that these are pivotal points in Romero movies. Where they wonder who is left on the outside world. And there is an argument. And people look divided and there are factions. And they talk about strategy on how to fight the zombies. But things begin to fall off the rails.
I notice this also in shows like the walking dead. Well I hope this isn't how it is going to play out if there is a zombie apocalypse. But I see how McDermott the F#%King with the F#%king has the worst nasty mouth of all of them. But he accuses the other military guy (Steele) of having a nasty mouth. And from that moment on it is set up that the military guy who was just asking McDermott questions about what his job was now becomes the bad guy.
McDermott (the guy with the real nasty mouth) is the good guy and Steele is the bad guy.
So that annoys me. I see this recurring theme in other zombie movies and shows. Where sometimes bad is just maybe a character who is stressed out too much. Maybe a little hawkish. And who isn't the best communicator. And who maybe has the best interests out for others, but he is misinterpreted. Like he isn't in the cool click or something. This isn't as annoying as which bachelorette is going to pick up which bachelor (like on the Bachelor.) But for a zombie movie I have to listen to the dialogue. And try to understand what it is that leads to the end where things fall apart.
Also, I notice that it is kind of covered up in Day of the Dead that McDermott John and Sarah look to me like United Nations workers. Like what you send in to a war torn region in a helicopter. Peace keepers. So throughout the movie they have this mightier than everyone type of image. And they even have their own little bungaloo to live in. But they wear helmets too. And Sarah is involved in the horrible macabre experiments they are doing to the zombies. (And yeah like she didn't know that Dr. Frankenstein was feeding them human flesh, whatever.) That's like Jeb Bush saying that he doesn't remember if his brother was in charge during 9/11.
So I don't 100 percent see how they are the good guys! But that is how zombie movies I assume are. The people who live (don't get bitten.)
I have been watching George Romero's day of the dead. And I was thinking that there are some things in zombie movies that bother me. Like there is a character McDermott who gets into it with a character Steele about laying off of the booze. And the exchange went kind of like McDermott saying that there are no others left. That they searched and couldn't find anyone.
Then someone says, How can that be McDermott. And McDermott says they are using old rotting equipment from the second world war.
Well then Steele sarcastically says, "Well it's up to you to get it working right, lay off the F*%king booze why don't ya!"
Then McDermott responds back, "Well if we stay down here long enough, I'll have to stay off the F#%king booze steele because there won't be F#%king any of it F#%king left."
Then Steele says, "Well your best isn't good enough!" Like put up your dukes.
Then McDermott accuses Steele of having a nasty mouth. And then he talks about how the fact is that maybe there aren't any survivors and that they are the only ones that are left.
I notice that these are pivotal points in Romero movies. Where they wonder who is left on the outside world. And there is an argument. And people look divided and there are factions. And they talk about strategy on how to fight the zombies. But things begin to fall off the rails.
I notice this also in shows like the walking dead. Well I hope this isn't how it is going to play out if there is a zombie apocalypse. But I see how McDermott the F#%King with the F#%king has the worst nasty mouth of all of them. But he accuses the other military guy (Steele) of having a nasty mouth. And from that moment on it is set up that the military guy who was just asking McDermott questions about what his job was now becomes the bad guy.
McDermott (the guy with the real nasty mouth) is the good guy and Steele is the bad guy.
So that annoys me. I see this recurring theme in other zombie movies and shows. Where sometimes bad is just maybe a character who is stressed out too much. Maybe a little hawkish. And who isn't the best communicator. And who maybe has the best interests out for others, but he is misinterpreted. Like he isn't in the cool click or something. This isn't as annoying as which bachelorette is going to pick up which bachelor (like on the Bachelor.) But for a zombie movie I have to listen to the dialogue. And try to understand what it is that leads to the end where things fall apart.
Also, I notice that it is kind of covered up in Day of the Dead that McDermott John and Sarah look to me like United Nations workers. Like what you send in to a war torn region in a helicopter. Peace keepers. So throughout the movie they have this mightier than everyone type of image. And they even have their own little bungaloo to live in. But they wear helmets too. And Sarah is involved in the horrible macabre experiments they are doing to the zombies. (And yeah like she didn't know that Dr. Frankenstein was feeding them human flesh, whatever.) That's like Jeb Bush saying that he doesn't remember if his brother was in charge during 9/11.
So I don't 100 percent see how they are the good guys! But that is how zombie movies I assume are. The people who live (don't get bitten.)