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Homecoming

ab'd al'Hazred — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:52:53 -0800

- anti-war movie from National Amusements featuring the ungrateful dead. This will possibly invoke some controversy.

By: jungturk

jungturk — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:56:25 -0800

Republicans should have nothing to fear from a host of returning soldier-zombies because we all know that zombies feed on braaaaaains...

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:59:09 -0800

Joe Dante rocks so very, very hard.

By: ab'd al'Hazred

ab'd al'Hazred — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:59:24 -0800

This is rather too similar to my forthcoming opus, Ghost Nazis. Hands off my intellectual property btw.

By: ducksauce

ducksauce — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:01:39 -0800

Reminds me of J'Accuse.

By: Dr. Wu

Dr. Wu — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:11:10 -0800

I interviewed Joe Dante once, and was told by a colleague, before the interview, that Dante was "one of the good guys," and "the only nice man in Hollywood." The latter proved to be true during the interview: he was gracious and funny and extremely intelligent. He might not be the only nice guy, but he's one of very few. The former is proved true, I believe, by his quotations in the linked article, and by the very existence of this movie (which I'd love to see, but I don't have cable). I'm glad to know he's behind this. I also happen to think he's a great and extremely underrated director.

By: ab'd al'Hazred

ab'd al'Hazred — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:14:51 -0800

I'd love to see, but I don't have cable But you have Internet!

By: digaman

digaman — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:15:01 -0800

Delicious. And more here on Slate. His characters seem like people we've just watched on MSNBC. There's David Murch, a political consultant for an unnamed Republican president who sounds exactly like President Bush. His new girlfriend, Jane Cleaver, is a bullying pundit cloned from Ann Coulter's DNA. There's also a James Carville look-alike and a Jerry Falwell doppelgänger, complete with quivering jowls. Dante delivers the thrill of watching familiar figures spin the issues and dole out doublespeak, yet he doesn't stint on the satisfaction of seeing them have their brains eaten afterwards. He's the first horror director to take the bits of media flotsam and jetsam that have been drifting around—the flag-draped coffins at Dover Air Force Base, the talking-head cable shows, the internment camps, the Ohio and Florida recounts, the "Mission Accomplished" banners—and make something electrifying out of them.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:16:04 -0800

I’m not a big fan of preachy objurgate diatribes in my entertainment. And it’s irritating when “The Troops” are used self-righteously. But those kinky power fucks with attack-bitch pundit Jane Cleaver sound like something I’d watch. And I like Joe Dante’s stuff in general. I’d’ve thought though that Kurt Rand would have been getting it from “Jim Cannon” or some such.

By: ab'd al'Hazred

ab'd al'Hazred — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:17:00 -0800

I enjoyed Eerie Indiana as an 8-year old, but I don't have much experience of him elsewhere. What would you recommend?

By: ab'd al'Hazred

ab'd al'Hazred — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:18:15 -0800

Oh wait, I saw Innerspace. Everyone's seen Innerspace. That was great.

By: Dr. Wu

Dr. Wu — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:22:08 -0800

I'd love to see, but I don't have cable But you have Internet! Yes, but haven't gotten around to fiddling with Bittorrent yet. Maybe this can be my excuse. Also, ab'd al'Hazred: no "zombie" tag? For shame!

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:23:43 -0800

ab'd, you must see Matinee, if nothing else. And Gremlins. And Small Soldiers. Crap, just pick one randomly.

By: digaman

digaman — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:27:44 -0800

"Objurgate." A new word for me! Thanks for that, Smed, it's a good one. Ooooh, zombies in Washington. Scary.

By: wfrgms

wfrgms — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:39:06 -0800

Can't wait to download it...

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:45:15 -0800

I thought that the dead were supposed to vote Republican?

By: stenseng

stenseng — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:21:40 -0800

torrent, anyone?

By: ab'd al'Hazred

ab'd al'Hazred — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:12:51 -0800

torrent

By: trondant

trondant — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:13:58 -0800

http://www.mininova.org/tor/167794 is working for me right now.

By: trondant

trondant — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:14:40 -0800

what he said

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:54:16 -0800

I thought that the dead were supposed to vote Republican? When the Rove figure complained that none of the undead soldiers were voting for them, someone pointed out that the ones who support the war had no reason to come back, and so they stayed dead.

By: ab'd al'Hazred

ab'd al'Hazred — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:29:13 -0800

That was great.