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    Default World War Z - based on the novel

    This might be THE Zombie Movie of all time. Looks Scary as heck - Finally zombies are super-human, fast, lethal.</SPAN>


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    Quote Originally Posted by dmp View Post
    This might be THE Zombie Movie of all time. Looks Scary as heck - Finally zombies are super-human, fast, lethal.</SPAN>


    Seems to be taking a LOT of liberties with the book..... Have you read it yet??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nukeman View Post
    Seems to be taking a LOT of liberties with the book..... Have you read it yet??
    Am reading now. Am impressed with the movie's polish, and production value though
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    What ever hppened to th idea that zombies were decying humans, rather than super-humans =/
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    In the book they're slow, can't climb and rot in warmer climats.

    The follow-up is the zombie survival guide, also a fun read

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    I am looking forward to it. Whoa, that flowing effect of people swarming like bees!

    I'm a horror buff, but I have not yet seen either of the two great Romero ones!!!! I have them and I think I'll start this week.

    If the book is good --- I'll put it on the Kindle app and try it.


    Apparently it isn't going to be opening until next year sometime? I read that Brad Pitt and the director got on so badly that Pitt just about refused to cooperate (sulked in his trailer like....ahem....Achilles: hey, he DID know how to do that after making Troy!) and the movie had to have the whole second half remade, so that delayed it a lot.

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    It opens June 21, 2013, Google says.

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    "World War Z" is a fascinating, very well written book. It's basis is a future historian looking back at a war pitting humans against zombies. It is a series of oral histories told by survivors. I totally recommend it.

    As always, the movie will likely take only the basic premise of the book and use it. The movie looks good if it avoids being too melodramatic.

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    I'll try reading it.

    Zombies are an interesting metaphor (?). The idea is to have an enemy without being non-PC! A totally neutral enemy that isn't an ethnic group. Or outer-space aliens. It's even being used in disaster training now, I've read.

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    Weird zombie shit... Hey Mun...where did your get your name?

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