Now, A Zombie Apocalypse Highlander Movie Would Rule!
Just saw Highlander 4 this weekend. Yeah, I know it came out years ago, but I never got around to seeing it until now. Unfortunately. Holy crap, does that movie suck. It's not as bad as the mythical Highlander 2 is supposed to be*, but it's pretty damn close.
Now, I picked up the unrated version of the Dawn of the Dead re-make. That should be decent; I enjoyed the theatrical release. Though I hope that in the coming Zombie Apocalypse (and I know it's coming; my prophetic dreams say so**), we get Romeroan zombies (ala Night of the Living Dead, original Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead) rather than those new, 21st-century zombies (Dawn of the Dead re-make, 28 Days Later). If the latter, we're screwed. If the former, I really don't think the end of the world will come as it evolved in Romero's films (which I enjoy, don't get me wrong). I think Shaun of the Dead (which I liked, though I have mixed feelings about the comedy/horror genre mixing) did the ending right. For criminey's sake, they're slow. We can outrun them. And shoot them. Or put them to good use as free labor.
Of course, in that case we'd have to contend with some extremist group like PETZ - People for the Ethical Treatment of Zombies.
*: I've always wondered why the second Highlander movie was numbered "3" rather than "2", but people claim there was actually a HL2. Supposedly it had ridiculous references to the "planet Zeist" and lame skateboard-like flying-wing guys and a global shield or some such, but a movie that bad simply cannot exist. I must believe that... Even Sean Connery's presence didn't help...er, I mean so I've been told. HL2 was to Connery what that steaming pile D&D Movie was to Jeremy Irons. Anyway, in conclusion, there is no Highlander 2. Nope.
**: Unfortunately, they've varied between the Romeroan style and the modern versions, so I can't say which are coming. In one dream, in fact, they ignored you completely unless you started bleeding, and then they pounced on you - sort of like sharks, but without the water and with the whole animated corpse thing. And no, I don't think I need treatment. Yet. If I start seeing the Elder Sign in my dreams and sunken cities with non-Euclidean architecture, then we'll talk...
Now, I picked up the unrated version of the Dawn of the Dead re-make. That should be decent; I enjoyed the theatrical release. Though I hope that in the coming Zombie Apocalypse (and I know it's coming; my prophetic dreams say so**), we get Romeroan zombies (ala Night of the Living Dead, original Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead) rather than those new, 21st-century zombies (Dawn of the Dead re-make, 28 Days Later). If the latter, we're screwed. If the former, I really don't think the end of the world will come as it evolved in Romero's films (which I enjoy, don't get me wrong). I think Shaun of the Dead (which I liked, though I have mixed feelings about the comedy/horror genre mixing) did the ending right. For criminey's sake, they're slow. We can outrun them. And shoot them. Or put them to good use as free labor.
Of course, in that case we'd have to contend with some extremist group like PETZ - People for the Ethical Treatment of Zombies.
*: I've always wondered why the second Highlander movie was numbered "3" rather than "2", but people claim there was actually a HL2. Supposedly it had ridiculous references to the "planet Zeist" and lame skateboard-like flying-wing guys and a global shield or some such, but a movie that bad simply cannot exist. I must believe that... Even Sean Connery's presence didn't help...er, I mean so I've been told. HL2 was to Connery what that steaming pile D&D Movie was to Jeremy Irons. Anyway, in conclusion, there is no Highlander 2. Nope.
**: Unfortunately, they've varied between the Romeroan style and the modern versions, so I can't say which are coming. In one dream, in fact, they ignored you completely unless you started bleeding, and then they pounced on you - sort of like sharks, but without the water and with the whole animated corpse thing. And no, I don't think I need treatment. Yet. If I start seeing the Elder Sign in my dreams and sunken cities with non-Euclidean architecture, then we'll talk...
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