Gary Floyd

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Count me in. I feel left out of the Music Draft, so I'll take this one.

While I love Day, you have to remember that Romero originally intended it to be the most expensive and epic of the series. However, no studio was interested in doing a $7 Million Unrated Zombie movie. So, George had to do the best he could. Still, Day is a great movie, and does a good job at critiquing U.S. Millitary endevors of the time, as well as Regan era politics without being too preachy.

I just saw "The Signal", and liked it a lot. Really good horror movie.

Where a fucking power trip happens Where bench fucking happens. Where weird horror movie freak guy happens. Where Eddie Winslow happened.

Pestilence-"Personal Energy"

It's not until Sunday at 11:30, but Season 3 of The Venture Bros. is upon us. So, what is the show? In short: It's a show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Oh, and It's one of the best things on TV today. If you want to know more, check out: The Mantis-Eye Experiment-The only good fan site available. Adult Swim's Site Jackson Publick's Livejournal. The Venture Bros. Wiki The Season 3 Trailer-With "The Nozzle" and the best G.I. Joe parody ever. So yeah, here we talk about season 3, and all things Venture related.

To me, "Dawn" is the ultimate zombie movie. I love "Night", which created the flesh eating zombie movie, but "Dawn" really got the ball rolling. It essentially established the zombie in modern pop culture IMO. It's also one of my all time favorite movies.

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If you talk his zombie movies, I'd go 5.) Diary 4.) Land 3.) Day 2.) Night 1.) Dawn If you are talking his movies overall, I'd say 5.) Creepshow 4.) Day of the Dead 3.) Night of the Living Dead 2.) Martin 1.) Dawn "Martin" is the best horror movie from the 70's nobody talks about. I have no interest in "Zombie Strippers", as it strikes me as too much as a sub-par Troma wannabe (no offense to Troma) with a better budget.

I'm going with this. The new Sandler movie looks horrible, but it doesn't annoy me as much as this does.

Push Button Objects-"Striffle"

I'm late as usual, but hey, Happy Birthday man. Also, happy birthday to Coat is my Father and B. Brian Brunzell, two guys I also always liked.

Oh, it had some neato moments, sure. Also the swimming pool, and the acid, and the last shot. I just thought it didn't have nearly as much cool shit as the previous Dead films, and even recycled some of it, like the "zombie sits up, guts fall out" thing which Romero stole from himself. I'll agree on that, though again, I did like it. It's just the weakest of the series. I also liked getting to hear the newscast from "Night", as well as the moments you mentioned. I'll tell you one thing we do differ on: The drunk English Film Professor. I thought he was a riot. If there was any two characters that annoyed me, it was Debra (for her annoying narration-again, that was really unneccessary George) and Jason, though I think it's obvious that you are supposed to hate Jason. I think that George should now just stop doing Zombie movies. At this point, It just feels like he's done all that he can with them. Try something new man.

-Deep in the Woods (2000)-Eh, mostly uneventful about a group of artists hunted by a slasher. You've seen it before, and you've seen it done better. -Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)-Though more action than horror, this badass little entry was a hit in it's home country, and helped bring the new wave of French Horror. Basically, a dude and his Native American Friend (played by Mark Dacascos from that horrible Double Dragon movie) in 18th Century France must solve the mystery behind a group of killings caused by a beast (created by Jim Henson's Workshop). -Trouble Every Day (2001)-Despite being about sex and cannibalism, and a cool score by The Tindersticks, this is really just a dull, pretentious art house flick that just happens to have graphic sex and gore. -Irréversible (2002)- Ouch. The most brutal, unflinching tale of rape and revenge since I Spit on Your Grave contains an ugly bludgening and a 9 minute rape scene. The movie is told in backwards time (like Memento), but it still packs an ugly as hell punch. -Bloody Mallory (2002)-Ugh. A bad Horror/Comedy about a group of Paranormal Fighters that fuck around for the hell of it. If the Anti-Catholic sentiment doesn't offend you, the sub par Troma level humor and bad Buffy rip-off of a plot will. -In My Skin (2002)-A woman recieves a disfiguring accident, and becomes fascinated by the wound...and then things get uncomfortable. A really painful (not in the bad sense) movie about a woman's erotic obsession with self mutilation. As far as Artsy French horror goes, this is a a major step up from "Trouble Every Day." -Maléfique (2002)-Four inmates sharing a cell find a book of the occult. As you can guess, things go bad. Gory, suspense filled movie just recently got a U.S. DVD release after several years of online hype. -High Tension (2003)-The movie that helped define the current wave of violent but suspensful French Horror may have a dreadful twist, but it's still a great horror movie. An impressive debut that shows recent slashers like Hatchet how it's done. -They Came Back (2004)-The dead have come back. Not to consume our flesh, but to live their lives again. Not gory, but still haunting, those expecting a straight forward zombie movie will be disappointed. Those looking for something different will be pleased. -Sheitan (2006)-Watchable but mediocre tale of "Hostel" like antics (no, not torture) and satanism. The real reason to watch this is Vincent Cassel, who's a hoot. -Them (2006)-No, not a remake of the legendary Giant Ant movie. Here, a couple in an isolated country home, only to find themselves fighting for their lives against hooded assailants. Not a gorefest, but a great suspense flick with plenty of tense moments. -Frontier(s) (2007)-A group of protestors find themselvs in deep shit when they run into a family of Nazi cannibals. While hardly original, (echoes of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Descent, Hostel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and other movies fill this sucker), it's still a fun little gorefest that actually got taken out of the "8 Fims to Die For" competition because of it's NC-17 rating. -Inside (2007)-The best recent French horror movie so far (and the best horror movie of the year so far-it came to the U.S. in April) is an excellent blend of stomach churning gore and nail biting suspense. The premise is simple, but effective: A pregnant woman is terrorized in her house by a madwoman who wants what's inside of her. I won't say anything else. Just see it, you won't regret it.

I saw it Tuesday. I hated the narration, and the acting is pretty boring. That said, I did enjoy it, and it's better than most zombie movies that come out these days, though I agree it's the weakest of the series. Still, any movie with and a can't be too bad. Also, On the "Day of the Dead" remake: It's horrible, and I'd like to imagine that never happened, though it's still better than "Day of the Dead 2."

I actually agree with him usually (I agree with him here), I just find him obnoxious and smug. He's not as bad as his right-wing counterparts, but he's still annoying.

Clint Eastwood Doesn't Care About Black People.

I got You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 from the library yesterday. Also, I need to get Burnt Weenie Sandwich and Weasles Ripped My Flesh in the future.

I know, I know, LOL France. Well, they've given us some great horror movies in the past, and as of late, they are kicking our ass in the quality horror department ("Inside" is the best horror movie to come out this year.) Here's part 1, which takes a look at older French Horror Moves. Part 2 (Recent Ones) is tomorrow. -Un Chien Andalou (1929)-Silent Surrealist movie. Ever heard of/seen that weird black and white silent movie that opens with an eyeball slit open by a straight razor? This is that movie. -Diabolique (1955)-Awesome, Hitchcock like tale of suspense about two women who kill a cruel headmaster. But is he really dead? Excellent all around, and one of the best foreign horror movies ever made. -Eyes Without a Face (1960)-The best French Horror movie ever made IMO, this movie is about a Surgeon who kidnaps women and removes their faces (complete with surgical gore!) to help restore his daughter's face. A tragic, dreamlike movie, with one of the creepiest (and simplist) masks in horror history. Fun fact: Michael Meyer's mask was inspired by the one here. Oh, and yes, Les Yeux Sans Visage does translate to the movie's title. -Rape of the Vampire (1967)-Old Jean Rollin movie (not the first one mentioned here) is really two erotic horror tales in one, involving three girls who may be vampires. -The Tenant (1976)-Roman Polanski's other horror tale (the others include "Repulsion", "The Fearless Vampire Killers", and "Rosemary's Baby"), this movie about a Tenant slowly loosing his mind is a classic piece of paranoia that everybody should see. -The Grapes of Death (1978)-Jean Rollin's unique take on the zombie movie deals with pesticide in the vineyards creating zombie like killers. Atmospheric but never slow, it should make zombie fans happy. What won't make zombie fans happy is Rollins' other zombie movie, the awful in every way Zombie Lake (1981). -Living Dead Girl (1982)-Rollin's third zombie movie is better this time around, with enough blood and sex (including a gratuitous lesbian scene) to make Explotation fans happy. Not as good as Grapes of Death though.

If I were to pick a favorite trip-hop album, it would probsbly be Massive Attack's Mezzanine. It's perfect from start to finish, without a skip worthy tack, and sees the group experimenting with their sound to perfect effect. And Group Four" is fucking perfect.