en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/335601 Comments by Agony http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/david-hayter-to-adapt-long-running-zombie-comic-deadworld/#IDComment24042397 I'm seeing this argument a lot. As a fan of this sub-genre, I share the concern, but really, it doesn't matter. Lots of things get over-saturated in our culture, but does a good piece of work become bad because a different work sucks or is a cash grab? Regardless of how many zombie movies or books or whatever come out, doesn't make World War Z (for example) any less brilliant. Besides, all good zombie fare isn't really about zombies, but about the human condition. As long as we still get good ones, that's all I care about. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:43:07 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/david-hayter-to-adapt-long-running-zombie-comic-deadworld/#IDComment24042397 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/first-look-zombieland/#IDComment24041811 Apparently (as I went over to Netflix to Q this movie), there is another movie titled Zombieland with Brad Dourif!?! Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:34:26 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/first-look-zombieland/#IDComment24041811 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/guillermo-del-toro-confirms-hugo-weaving-for-the-hobbit-and-much-more/#IDComment23970127 Really, why isn't anyone funding a Del Toro Lovecraft film? Wake up execs! Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:36:08 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/guillermo-del-toro-confirms-hugo-weaving-for-the-hobbit-and-much-more/#IDComment23970127 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/guillermo-del-toro-confirms-hugo-weaving-for-the-hobbit-and-much-more/#IDComment23969817 Interesting idea, but I still prefer casting Martin Freeman. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:31:51 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/guillermo-del-toro-confirms-hugo-weaving-for-the-hobbit-and-much-more/#IDComment23969817 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/guillermo-del-toro-confirms-hugo-weaving-for-the-hobbit-and-much-more/#IDComment23969726 They were called fellbeasts. I'm with you (as is, I think, everyone else) on hoping Perlman voices Smaug. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:30:20 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/11/guillermo-del-toro-confirms-hugo-weaving-for-the-hobbit-and-much-more/#IDComment23969726 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/08/ghostbusters-3-round-up-including-first-line-of-dialogue/#IDComment23724087 There's a pretty good interview with Ackroyd and Ramis in the latest Playstation magazine. They mostly talk about the game, but there's a little about the possible movie as well. Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:37:08 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/08/ghostbusters-3-round-up-including-first-line-of-dialogue/#IDComment23724087 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/04/would-you-pay-for-a-hulu-subscription/#IDComment23354005 That's what I was thinking, except I don't think I'd pay for it even if they removed commercials. Why would anyone need this if they've got all the other things you mentioned? Because it's "On demand"? Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/04/would-you-pay-for-a-hulu-subscription/#IDComment23354005 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/22/500-days-of-summer-clip-ikea-trip/#IDComment22071965 The Doves "There Goes the Fear". Excellent Brit band. Fri, 22 May 2009 21:23:09 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/22/500-days-of-summer-clip-ikea-trip/#IDComment22071965 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/sam-raimi-has-something-to-prove-with-spider-man-4-hopes-to-begin-shooting-in-february/#IDComment21904173 I'll step out and agree with you. The casting for those movies is wrong, wrong, wrong (except for a few of the minor characters). The second one was the only good one, and in fact, made me care about a villain I always thought was dumb. But the first was was only just passable, and the less said about the third one, the better. Losing Dunst alone would improve the series. And just one villain this time please. Curt Conners/Lizard. And I like the Evil Dead series for it's camp value, but DMTH looks awful. Why does Raimi get such a pass from the fan community? Wed, 20 May 2009 14:59:37 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/sam-raimi-has-something-to-prove-with-spider-man-4-hopes-to-begin-shooting-in-february/#IDComment21904173 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/9-movie-trailer-2/#IDComment21846754 Yes it is. I just hope it doesn't start to get over-used as trailer music after this movie (like Clint Mansell's brilliant stuff). Tue, 19 May 2009 21:37:28 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/9-movie-trailer-2/#IDComment21846754 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21842136 Maybe. Blade Runner anyone? Tue, 19 May 2009 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21842136 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21841797 Agreed--they built every tiny little detail on their sets and used digital to support their practical shots. Really tasteful use of the technology. Aside from the first Jurassic Park, the LOTR films are what I think of as really brilliant special effects that still hold up for the most part (at least for fantasy and sci-fi). Tue, 19 May 2009 20:10:19 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21841797 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21841450 It's getting better, but the eyes always look dead. That's the problem with mocap for me. . . Tue, 19 May 2009 20:04:27 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21841450 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21841373 Yeah, that's another good example for sure! Tue, 19 May 2009 20:02:43 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21841373 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21818536 Loved, loved, loved Let The Right One In, but that cat scene was atrocious! Tue, 19 May 2009 14:14:57 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/what-are-your-most-hated-uses-of-cgi-in-movie-history/#IDComment21818536 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/11/preacher-update-screenplay-is-half-written/#IDComment21402125 No way should you cut Jesse's family out. Taking away the emotional impact of having Jesse have to try to save Tulip from his F'd up family would take away one of the best parts in the entire series. It's great character development to learn from where he came and why he's running from them. And Preacher, at it's heart, is a love story. Take away the heart and the human motivation, and all you have left is a string of profane and violent events with no connection. And while it doesn't offend me in the slightest, having an entire organization trying to bring about the Biblical apocalypse by keeping an inbred and retarded bloodline of Jesus alive is pretty controversial. And you know, the part about God having abandoned the world and having to answer to Jesse kind of screams blasphemy. But I'm sure you're right about the Christians not taking it seriously. They won't boycott this at all. Wed, 13 May 2009 21:17:13 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/11/preacher-update-screenplay-is-half-written/#IDComment21402125 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/12/early-buzz-esquire-calls-the-road-the-most-important-movie-of-the-year/#IDComment21381985 Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check that out! Wed, 13 May 2009 15:01:07 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/12/early-buzz-esquire-calls-the-road-the-most-important-movie-of-the-year/#IDComment21381985 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/11/preacher-update-screenplay-is-half-written/#IDComment21305241 Yeah, I agree on both points. I'm ok with a film attempt, but I have to wonder what kind of audience this can really hope to draw. It certainly won't make enough money to make sequels. I thought Watchmen was pretty good on screen, but it looks like the industry has deemed it a failure, as well as not going forward with more mature, R-rated films--and for those of us that have read Preacher, it's a stretch to even think it wouldn't push past R. Even with the "moral" backlash that will ensue to boost promotion, I just don't know. . . Tue, 12 May 2009 14:26:46 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/11/preacher-update-screenplay-is-half-written/#IDComment21305241 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/28/gambit-wont-appear-in-x-men-first-class/#IDComment20111565 Anybody know why Cyclops is in "Wolverine" anyway? Is there continuity as to why no one knows each other in "X-Men", but in the prequel characters have met? I don't mind them changing things from the comics if it makes sense, but can't they at least keep up with their own version? One of you guys that's seen this shed some light, please. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:56:57 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/28/gambit-wont-appear-in-x-men-first-class/#IDComment20111565 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/23/how-much-different-is-theatrical-cut-of-wolverine-from-the-leaked-workprint/#IDComment19761677 sigh. . . I'll reserve judgement until I actually see the film, but I don't have high hopes after all this internet talk. How hard could it be to make a decent Wolverine/Weapon X film? I hope Marvel get the rights back soon. . . Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:08:30 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/23/how-much-different-is-theatrical-cut-of-wolverine-from-the-leaked-workprint/#IDComment19761677