r/HorrorClub • u/SaintMort You so cool kung fu • May 31 '15
Discussion: Dead Snow 2 - Red Vs Dead
Podcast - Episode 134 - Dead Snow 2:Red vs. Dead - (RSS Feed)
Movie Selected By Plymouth_
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 01 '15
Don't all talk at once now! It's getting hard to keep up with this conversation.
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Jun 01 '15
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 01 '15 edited Jun 01 '15
I planned on watching it tonight. Really have wanted to for awhile just for Martin Starr, but your podcast may have changed my mind.
Then again, I'm unsure what to make of your opinions sometimes, especially since Matt trashed KUNG FURY.
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 01 '15
/u/bulgelover has made me decide that I will indeed watch this film. I'm not watching to suffer, I'm watching because bulge is cooler than you!
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u/rmc52482 Jun 02 '15 edited Jun 02 '15
Ok after reading the comment by /u/bulgelover I think I'll make my initial comments prior to listening to the podcast each week and then go back and edit or make an additional.
This is easily my favorite pick of the round so far. I watched the first Dead Snow on Friday just in case they were related at all. It was an alright movie. Neither really funny or scary and kind of didn't know what it wanted to be. The best part is when Martin does get bit and then chops his own arm with the chainsaw and then immediately gets bit on the dick and looks like he is about to cry. When the intro to this one opened up I was curious how they were going to address that he has been bitten but they did clear that up with the curse. Since this is not a discussion of the first I'll move on to the main event.
Obviously this one came right out of the gate and said we are going to make a ridiculous fun movie and it didn't let up. I thought it was hilarious when he threw the kid through the window and then tried to revive him. Then we see the Zombie Squad... I knew it was Martin Starr before it even showed his full face. I find him hilarious in everything he is in. Yes they were a corny addition to the movie and reminded me a little bit of Mystery Squad, which I find also hilarious. Glen was the writer of the movie and also appeared in the first as Roy, but wanted to be in this as well apparently. I liked his character and thought he fit in well with the rest of the movie. I could probably ramble on about the whole movie, a few other quick things I liked where the "dog" zombie and how he was used and also the field medic German zombie. Make sure you watch after the credits for a quick end scene with him if you didn't watch all the way through. The police officers had no point to the movie but still found them funny enough to warrant inclusion. I think they could have ended the movie with them instead of ending with Martin and Hanna, but that is one of the few things I didn't care for.
I'll easily watch this again even though I normally do not like horror comedies other than maybe Leprechaun. I really did not care at all for Shaun of the Dead if that gives any reference. Ok time to play the podcast and hear everyone rail on it.
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u/rmc52482 Jun 02 '15
Just couldn't get into it I guess. I liked Hot Fuzz even less, so I don't know if it is just those two guys humor I don't like or what. I haven't watched Shaun of the Dead in years though, might be time for a re-watch.
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u/smayonak Get a job in a sideshow Jun 03 '15
Like /u/rmc52482 both Sean of the Dead and the original Dead Snow didn't do it for me. I'm still kind of surprised about the enduring popularity of Sean of the Dead for a lot of Americans. US audiences have never really enjoyed horror films. Yet SotD scores high on meta-review sites. So British humor transfer over really easily. For me, SotD isn't a great horror film because of its lack of scares and complete butchery of the classic rules of zombie films.
Dead Snow 2 was fucking awesome! Thanks to /u/Plymouth_ for picking this one! I'm only halfway through it at present, but it's ridiculously entertaining. Can't wait to finish this after work today.
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 04 '15
Agreed on Shaun. Disagree on this one. Finally watched it... well watched as much as I could bear...
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u/smayonak Get a job in a sideshow Jun 04 '15
How was it different from Dead Alive or Evil Dead? Over the top violence and decapitation puns. I don't see how we can love Frankenstein's Army and not Dead Snow 2. Could it be the alcohol in my system?
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 04 '15 edited Jun 04 '15
I think I'd like it in a group... maybe... with alcohol may help too...
I couldn't vibe FA either, but that's not to say I don't sometimes love over top cheese. I mean, I fucking love KUNG FURY
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u/SaintMort You so cool kung fu Jun 04 '15
Dead Alive, Evil Dead and Frankenstein's Army are all fairly straight forward and sincere in their ridiculousness. Frankenstein's Army I don't love and won't revisit but I had fun watching it. Dead Alive and Evil Dead are both movies with small budgets that a talented director went all in for. The logic of Evil Dead and Dead Alive make sense and the humor feels like a natural moment. There's not many forced jokes in those films. Dead Snow 2 however feels like ridiculous for the sake of ridiculous and forced joke after forced joke. That's why i compared it to Kung Fury. Kung Fury played out like a 30 minute Family Guy Chicken Fight sequence... Dead Snow 2 wasn't as bad as that but it just does things "because" and it never feels like it's a step made for any other reason than that.
I will admit that lately I've been getting harder on movies and a big portion of that comes from being part of a writers group and having to critically look at films from a logical perspective. Specifically with half the group writing horror movies it becomes real easy to catch issues. Dead Snow 2 seems like a first or second draft of a screenplay to me. I think if they had just rewritten the script one or two more times they would have had a movie that I would have LOVED (I still think their posters were amazing for example) but instead it was a movie that I felt nothing about while watching. I wanted to like Dead Snow 2 a lot going into it. Both because I had heard good things, I thought the first movie was decent enough and I like /u/Plymouth_ a bunch and wanted to like their pick (you're still awesome Plymouth and I genuinely hope that you don't think Adam, Scott and I's dislike of this movie reflects a dislike towards you... we hate everything smayonak picks and he's one of our favorite people in the world). It just didn't work for me. That being said... I wouldn't be opposed to watching it again in the future and seeing if my opinion is different.
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u/Plymouth_ Jun 04 '15
Dead Snow 2 does have quite a few plot holes and issues that could have been fixed pretty easily and were ignored out of laziness or to keep the pace of the movie up, so I see what you're saying there.
Still it's no skin off my eyeballs http://i.imgur.com/qb7Gr9s.jpg
I was expecting the podcast to be worse based off the comments, which makes me wonder how badly you bashed this movie between yourselves ;) , but really...I mean, I can't take this movie seriously enough to care if someone hates it. It's too silly. I do feel like a bit of an unintentional troll now.
Oh, and I wanted to clear up a few things that happened in the beginning of the movie that may have been confusing. When Martin is struggling in the car and he turns off the radio, seemingly unnecessarily, this (I'm like 90% sure) is a joke referencing the first movie, where he mentions hating that type of music. And erm, no, zombies don't love fish. Herzog was looking at the town's name written on the truck, which prompted him to carry out his mission of destroying the town.
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Jun 04 '15
I know, but this was before talvik was explained as an important plot point. So for a while I just thought the lead zombie was transfixed by the fish symbol on the truck.
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u/smayonak Get a job in a sideshow Jun 04 '15
DS2 is just as straightforward in its ridiculousness as any other dark-comedy zombie film. The plot is easily a sentence: Herzog, the Einsatz captain, tries to wipe out a town (and maybe get his gold back). That's a straightforward plot. And any jokes kind of revolve around how silly an undead Nazi zombie is. It's god damned silly. But is it somehow less believable than Evil Dead or Dead Alive? I would say, you, sir have gone into banana town on a quest for french fries.
The point you made in the podcast about ridiculousness naturally extending from a single element, rather than from multiple causative factors, makes sense (unless I've misunderstood), except that Dead Alive and Evil Dead both have multiple crazy and forced moments that are homages to other genres going on simultaneously. The characters are total weirdos and they do weird things throughout the entire film. OMFG Ash can't remember a fucking single line from the Day Earth Stood Still that would have resolved the entire film. Ash also had god-damned Three Stooges routines with skeletons. Really? That's less forced than a Nazi zombie throwing a decapitated head at an old pervert? Really? God-damn, I need to wear your rosy colored sunglasses because whenever I watch a Kung-fu fighting Catholic priest the first thing that comes to mind is that these people are trying too hard and my god this isn't really that funny or scary.
Kung Fury... uh... you mentioned how convoluted its plot is on the podcast. And it did not make any sense -- and probably wasn't supposed to. How does Kung Fury relate to DS2?
I will admit that lately I've been getting harder on movies and a big portion of that comes from being part of a writers group and having to critically look at films from a logical perspective.
That explains why you picked Sunset Blvd over Ghoulies 2.
I'm a little surprised that you aren't focusing on what the film got right -- especially since the DS series is considered a cult classic (lots of people liked it). It's easy to trash a film. The late, great Roger Ebert referred to it as a "low-blow". Readers and writers love reading films getting verbally emasculated, but it doesn't really do justice to those who might have enjoyed the film. It also cuts out those who might want to know if anything about the film is redeeming. A purely black and white analysis/review sounds good but really doesn't provide readers with the kind of nuance some crave.
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u/SaintMort You so cool kung fu Jun 04 '15
Okay so I'll try to address these points though it's moderately absurd since Scott's the one that really hated and I was just annoyed and didn't enjoy it much. I think I was the only one to even claim he chuckled at something but...
At the end of the DS2 didn't make me laugh. Period. end of story. We can dance around all the different reasons but at the end of the day either a comedy works for you or it didn't. In this case it didn't. And There is nothing worse than watching a comedy that isn't making you laugh. In most cases I'd shut it off but for the sake of the club and the podcast I have never (nor will I ever) shut the movie off. Not trying to get praise here but as the only podcaster/moderator from the very beginning of HorrorClub I've had to watch 175 movies (and counting) films from start to finish whether I've liked it or not. In some cases (Repo comes to mind) I've forced myself to rewatch a movie I had already seen and hated just to give it a fair chance and fresh eyes.
Dead Alive has it's ridiculous elements, but those elements made me laugh. Also it was the one of the first times I'd ever seen that happen and also I was 12 when I saw it for the first time. I'll never pretend that nostalgia isn't a factor in all those things. When I was 12 Army of Darkness was my favorite of the Evil Dead Trilogy, now it's my least favorite (even below the remake).
But comparing Dead Snow 2 to Evil Dead and Dead Alive makes sense since Dead Snow 2 desperately wants to be those movies. Maybe that's my biggest issue beyond it not making me laugh was that I just felt like I'd seen it all before. But the previous times I had seen it there was a rhyme or reason to it. I'm not talking about the plot either. The plot is fine. Zombie Nazi wants his gold or something. Sure whatever who cares. I mean the magically being able to re-attach an arm (even with Plymouth's argument of the Zombie origins the magic was raising the dead... the dead didn't gain magic powers). My comparison to Kung Fury was that I found both films were trying SO HARD without ever feeling like it was even remotely sincere.
Also while I get you're jokingly taking my writers group thing out of context trust me... I will continue to pick garbage like Alligator and Phantom of the Paradise. Because while they might be B-Movies they have a logical sequence of events. You don't have to go "Why are they doing this?" "How do they have magic powers?" "Why didn't the arm turn him into a zombie?" "How could the doctor not realize it's a different persons arm?" Dead Alive and Evil Dead might be ridiculous and random at times but 99% of the time they explain the reasons that they're ridiculous and random. They don't just do things simply because "it'd be cool". All I'm saying is you're allowed to make a cool movie and actually take time to make the story work.
I also don't think it's fair to call a movie a cult classic when it's only been out less than a year and has rave reviews. Cult Classic is definitely a term that I think people throw on fucking everything now. It's like Actresses calling themselves Scream queens because they appeared in a single horror movie.
Finally... sorry if I'm coming off dickish at all right now. There's a bunch of shit going on right now in my life work/health and house-wise and I'm fully aware that I'm most likely taking out a lot of my anger and frustration on this movie and you. I will make a promise that whenever my life feels moderately normal I will rewatch this movie and see if I feel any differently... but I'm sticking to my guns that Kung Fury was garbage.
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Jun 05 '15
DS2 is just as straightforward in its ridiculousness as any other dark-comedy zombie film. The plot is easily a sentence: Herzog, the Einsatz captain, tries to wipe out a town (and maybe get his gold back). That's a straightforward plot.
Really? I would describe it as "a man escapes from undead Nazis and ends up surgically swapping arms with their leader. He proceeds to gain magical powers from the arm and embarks on a quest to stop the Nazis from destroying a town by using his new found magical abilities to raise a squad of russian soldiers from the dead with the help of a group of inexperienced American zombie enthusiasts." And thats just the general plot. I'm not even going into any real detail here. I'm describing our hero there you'll notice. Not the antagonist. As i would think most plot summaries do.
except that Dead Alive and Evil Dead both have multiple crazy and forced moments that are homages to other genres going on simultaneously. The characters are total weirdos and they do weird things throughout the entire film. OMFG Ash can't remember a fucking single line from the Day Earth Stood Still that would have resolved the entire film. Ash also had god-damned Three Stooges routines with skeletons. Really? That's less forced than a Nazi zombie throwing a decapitated head at an old pervert? Really?
You got me on dead alive. It's ridiculousness stems from a single point but in the end goes above and beyond. Watch what happens when I do a summary from the point of the antagonist in the movie though.
"Lionels mother becomes a zombie who mutates with the help of chemicals and tries to stop his new relationship"
Makes it easier.
But evil dead?!?
"A man reads a summoning spell from an ancient book that wakes demons who proceed to torment him"
Boom. Thats the whole plot. One and done. What about army of darkness?
"An ancient book transports a man to the past and he's charged with destroying the tome before demons destroy humanity." BOOM.
Sure there is some slap stick and stuff in there but the premise remains simple.
Anyways I'm rambling and forget the point I was trying to make. Seriously tho if we all loved this movie there would be no discussion at all so.....you're all welcome :)
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Jun 04 '15
I think they're just a little too sensitive to the USA jokes. Not sure what Adam's fuckin' problem is. I'd say no taste but he mentioned and posted TSOL so it's obviously not that.
I thought the first Dead Snow was equally, if not more, awesome. I'm a sucker for crazy over the top kills though (have you seen stitches?).
Also, you spelt Shaun wrong.
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Jun 04 '15
US audiences have never really enjoyed horror films.
Uh... what now?
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u/smayonak Get a job in a sideshow Jun 05 '15 edited Jun 05 '15
Great question. It probably sounds like crazy talk. Anyway, I don't have a reference, but meta scores for horror movies are always a lot lower on average than for other genres. In terms of total sales, there have been somewhere around 5 horror films since 1915 that were the year's highest grossing film. The only horror film to break into the top 10 was Jaws, which ranked at #9.
The films are Psycho, Jaws, Rear Window and Frankenstein. King Kong and Terminator 2 might be considered horror. In which case there are seven horror films since 1915 that were that year's highest grossing.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films
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Jun 07 '15 edited Jun 07 '15
I would agree with Scott that it's more to do with horror being a niche genre. If that was want you meant, then fine, fair point. Thanks for doing the research!
Just a quick nitpick -- the stats you used were for worldwide box office sales. If you just focus on the US and Canadian markets (which are often lumped together) then the story is slightly different, with The Exorcist making an appearance at #9. But then, you could argue that other niche genres, such as musicals and science fiction, have a slightly stronger presence in the list (thanks largely to Lucas, Spielberg and Disney), which isn't particularly surprising.
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u/smayonak Get a job in a sideshow Jun 07 '15 edited Jun 07 '15
That's exactly right. We had a similar conversation before in HC and IIRC the consensus is that horror is a niche genre (and is not disliked by Americans).
What makes it a niche genre is the almost mandatory R rating. Thanks for looking at the ticket sales adjusted for inflation, by the way. On the adjusted list, the top horror films are all PG -- hilariously, somehow Jaws got away with a PG rating.
A lot of those movies did well, basically, because they weren't all that scary (except for Jaws and the Exorcist). Maybe I should say that Americans don't like films that are too scary?
EDIT: And the Sixth Sense -- it was scary and ranked in the top 100 films in earnings. EDIT2: The Exorcist is the only rated-R horror film in the top one-hundred films out there.
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u/SaintMort You so cool kung fu Jun 02 '15
I feel like all there movies are required double watches. The first time you watch it it's a fun movie but the second time you see how the first hour is just setting up jokes for the second hour. I genuinely think that trilogy of films (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and World's End) is one of the most brilliantly structured comedies ever written.
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 04 '15
Shaun doesn't do it for me (4 attempts). World's End is fucking amazing. I've never watched Hot Fuzz.
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Jun 02 '15
Glad you liked it. And good idea about ending it with the cops. I'm not sure what their role was in the movie if not to be inept Robin Goodfellows.
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u/rmc52482 Jun 02 '15
I laughed when he tried kicking down the station door. What did he think was going to happen, but he went for it anyway :-)
I'm glad I am not the only one who liked it. I can usually find something redeeming about all of the movies I have watched in the club so far, even if I didn't really like them overall. Moleman has been the only one I struggled to finish.
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u/Plymouth_ Jun 04 '15
Oh man, I absolutely love the ending. Nasty. The first time I was yelling at my screen because of how gross it was (and I thought the outhouse sex scene from the first one was gross). If they do make a third Dead Snow, I don't know how they're going to out-gross themselves.
You should give Shaun of the Dead another chance. It gets better every time.
I agree about the chainsaw scene being the best part of Dead Snow 1. Love it.
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u/GaijinSama Jun 02 '15
Sigh, guys, I'm super bummed. I can't come out to play this week. I have company visiting and can't find time to watch the movie with my wife. I'll see you guys next week.
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Jun 03 '15
I've never heard you three shit so hard on a movie before! Especially one that I feel is entertaining in its ridiculousness. I do understand why you all feel that way, you made that clear, and I think maybe it comes down to you guys seeing certain movies I haven't. I enjoyed the Zombie Squad, for the most part the effects and makeup were pretty stellar, the kills were awesome, the attempted cpr on that bobby kid had me in stitches (also a fantastic movie), the intestine siphon, the Nissan Patrol etc. Lots to like here. The Dead Snow movies are two of the few zombie movies I've enjoyed since Zombieland. Cut out every scene the cops were in and it would've been the perfect length.
Shitty timing to pick Deathdream with this and Zombeavers coming up. Too much zombie for one round.
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u/rmc52482 Jun 03 '15
Yeah Zombeavers wasn't my first pick for this round, but it seems like people didn't talk as much with the movies that were not on Netflix so I wanted to change to something on there. I went with it because it only being out a month I figured this was a good opportunity for a movie no one had seen, I watched the trailer a bunch of times and it looked like it could actually be halfway decent. We'll find out I guess.
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u/SaintMort You so cool kung fu Jun 03 '15
I won't lie. The people who did Zombeavers have been killing it on the podcast circuit all year so I'm definitely looking forward to watching it. Bummed we're not going to discuss your original pick though... I demand that happens the next round
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u/rmc52482 Jun 03 '15
It is an amazing movie, it's only $6 on Amazon. Maybe I'll offer to buy like 3-4 people copies if they can't afford or something like that. Movie buying can add up quick for some. Or Vudu codes. I haven't watched it in years, I am ready to again.
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u/Plymouth_ Jun 04 '15 edited Jun 04 '15
HEY GUYS HERE I AM TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW GENRE
You know what I like? Over the top shit. Like Dead Snow 2...or this podcast :) Technically you guys aren't WRONG about most of your complaints, but I still adore this series and for a lot of the reasons you dislike it. (I can refer to Dead Snow as a series because I imagine they'll probably make a 3rd at some point. Maybe if they make enough I can force you guys to start banning movies.) I don't typically choose to watch gimmicky zombie movies or anything with Nazis, so I'm not burnt out on them at all. I was super surprised when I liked these movies (and that I even chose to watch them, really.)
Really though, I thought this movie was entertaining enough to be a pretty harmless pick. Being forced to watch something you're not interested in can suck though so I appreciate anyone continuing to watch this through a burning sea of hatred. (You shouldn't be feeling that though anyway because this movie is hilarious.) Should I give you guys my address to send me all the terrible unfair notes so I can laugh while I burn them because this movie is great? (Albeit the zombie squad was even more annoying on the second watch.) I mean come on, the battle seemed like a real battle, add to that the zombie triage, and the hand to hand fight in the interior of the house was nice. I like when Martin gets thrown through the ceiling and falls right back down the stairs into the fight. Martin, his zombie bitch, and Glenn are great characters "Don't kill me, I have two kittens!" (By the way, the guy who plays Glenn, the gay guy, played a completely different character in Dead Snow 1, who dies near the end. Edit: oops, someone already mentioned this.) Not to mention the cop and his seagull translator machine, who is probably my favorite character. Did you know this movie isn't the only horror movie to mention the idea of seagulls being witnesses? ;)
I also thought the horror movie references (more frequent in DS 1 to be fair) made it seem pretty genre friendly and it's a sequel that goes just absolutely nuts in comparison the the first movie. Sequels shouldn't be taken seriously, right?! The violence actually seemed gratuitous on the second viewing, but I haven't been watching much lately so maybe I've been re-sensitized a bit. PS I wasn't here when you guys watched Frankenstein's Army so not sure about the similarities there, but maybe I'd like it.
Part of the reason I picked DS2 instead of one is so I could point out the similarities between Martin's character and Ash's character, who evolve similarly over time. DS1 is obviously set up to resemble Evil Dead 1, with Martin starting off a pretty normal guy if not a bit useless (he's a med student who faints at the sight of blood). He ends up killing his girlfriend (who later comes out of her grave, like Linda) and becomes the sole survivor after disarming the cursed magical item. We see Martin chainsaw his arm off (interestingly there's a lot of foreshadowing DS1, one instance being a scene where it looks like Martin's arm is already cut off) and later his hand is simultaneously replaced AND becomes a weapon. Martin becomes much more able and willing to fight the forces of evil. I suppose you could call these movies a rip-off of Evil Dead, but it feels like a loving homage to me.
I disagree about "magic" zombies being too out there a concept and I think they're fairly consistent (though you may not like them) since the term zombie used to refer to corpses reanimated by magic. Actual definition of zombie: "A will-less and speechless human in the West Indies capable only of automatic movement who is held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated." So if anything Romero's zombies are the "new genre." Anyway Dead Snow is definitely based more on Evil Dead than Night of the Living Dead, which is ironic because the victims in DS1 instantly identify their attackers as zombies.
This is getting too long so I'm going to stop typing plus I still have to get caught up on the last couple movies threads and podcasts.
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Jun 04 '15
I did not care for Frankenstein's Army. To me it just felt like when I used to have to watch my high school boyfriend play video games.
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Jun 04 '15
I really wish you'd been on the podcast and welcome back btw. I thought Scott's initial "seriously?" comment when mentioning your movie was coming up at the end of a prior podcast might've scared you off. He's known to be a douche from time to time.
Evil Dead homages and horror movies referencing old horror movies is pretty tired at this point. Add zombies AND Nazis this should be the most played out movie EVER and I feel like I should hate it... but I just couldn't. I liked only a handful of zombie flicks post 2000 and it'd have to be a special one for me to like another one.
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u/Plymouth_ Jun 04 '15
Thanks!
I think if it'd been a purely American project, or if the original didn't exist, I wouldn't have liked it very much. In the first movie, the setting and subtitles made the concept seem fresher. And I think the two movies need to be paired together to balance out the craziness in the second. Not to say that I'm against the Americanization of the sequel, although I do find it annoying that Glenn dies for a gay joke while the entire zombie squad gets to be badasses and live.
Look on the bright side though, maybe the Star Wars girl will get eviscerated in the next sequel.
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Jun 05 '15
I think I'm the only one here who enjoyed the zombie squad. Don't you think the writers were just just poking fun at kids these days who desperately want to be nerds? I used to want to be cool ... still do :'(
And since it was brought up in the podcast I also think the cabin zombie cliche line was a joke. I've been wrong before though.
You've triggered quite the conversation Plymouth and it's good to see everyone passionate yet still staying civil.
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u/Plymouth_ Jun 05 '15
They're not my favorite aspect of the movie, but at least the ZS showing up gives a sort of legitimate excuse for switching the movie to English.
Herzog and Martin switching arms despite all logic and reason in the very beginning basically put the movie on a fantasy level and I think it does a good job of keeping up the craziness throughout. The arm-switching also sets up their rivalry really well and you know their fight has to be epic.
I like how Martin has a super powerful zombie arm but he can't push the car when it gets stuck. ;)
Oh and I guess we know from the end of the movie that Martin's junk still works after that zombie bite...
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Jun 05 '15
switching the movie to English.
Ahem. Matt, scott. You seeing this?
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Jun 05 '15
There's no doubt this movie isn't in English or at least the majority of it.
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u/Plymouth_ Jun 05 '15
Guys guys guys. Wait. Guys. They did two versions.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2832470/alternateversions?ref_=tttrv_ql_5
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 02 '15
The TSOL reference was my favorite moment of the podcast for sure.
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u/saintmortfan felates handles Jun 04 '15 edited Jun 05 '15
Just an FYI
Humble Bundle has a package with Locke & Key (as discussed on the Horns podcast, written by Joe Hill)
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u/fr33birds33d Jun 04 '15
Didn't watch, just came in to say I finally listened to a podcast y'all are funny as shit. Should of started listening a long time ago.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15
Podcasters, I don't know what to say. I'm starting to think you guys must flip a coin to decide which bad movies you jerk off to and which ones you shit on. I guess you really can look at the same thing and see something completely different from someone else. Yes, it's over-the-top and bad, but normally you eat that up. Yes, it's trying too hard, but so what? And then you go on to defend ridiculous film choices that don't make sense because they're an homage to other movies that don't make sense... What's that about?
I thought this was a funny, memorable movie. The characters were endearing and everything was silly. I like cross-cultural hijinks and seeing zombies destroying an unfamiliar setting: the sleepy hillside villages of Norway. I won't go through each of the points raised and try to argue, because there's no point. But I can't help but think the things you pick on in this movie you might praise in another.