28 Weeks Later

[Petey Parker]

Looks friggen sweet. I know a lot of people didn't like the first one but I did. I was a little worried when a sequel was first announced but looks like I didn't need to be.

Here is the trailer

Any trailer that uses a Muse song is automatically twice as good.

[En Sabah Poo]

The first film was awesome. People just need to get over the fact that its not a zombie movie.

[Petey Parker]

Apparently there is a new DVD coming out of the first film which will have a prequel to this one on it. Looks like I might be getting it for a third time. I've got both the R2 and R1 releases of the first film (since the R2 version was on DVD before it was even out in theatres here)

[Ben]

Originally Posted by billthomason

The first film was awesome. People just need to get over the fact that its not a zombie movie.

It is a zombie movie.

[Matt Jay]

Cool. I wasn't that big a fan of the first one, but I've been on a zombie kick lately.

[En Sabah Poo]

Originally Posted by Ben

It is a zombie movie.

Based on the fact there were no zombies in it?

I dunno. I my zombie movies, I like the zombies to either eat people or at the very least... be DEAD.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by billthomason

Based on the fact there were no zombies in it?

I dunno. I my zombie movies, I like the zombies to either eat people or at the very least... be DEAD.

Vampires are supposed to turn into bats and wolves. Are you saying that Buffy didn't have any vampires in it?

28 Days Later was a fucking zombie movie with tons of zombies in it.

[En Sabah Poo]

Originally Posted by Ben

Vampires are supposed to turn into bats and wolves. Are you saying that Buffy didn't have any vampires in it?

28 Days Later was a fucking zombie movie with tons of zombies in it.

Well if you want to get technical, the only real zombie movie is probably Serpent and the Rainbow.

Vampires suck blood. That's their big defining characteristic by traditional terms.

Zombies are dead and eat people/brains. Those are their defining characteristics as we see zombies today. 28 Days Later had neither.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by billthomason

Zombies are dead and eat people/brains. Those are their defining characteristics as we see zombies today. 28 Days Later had neither.

The virus kills them. And the zombies did eat people.

[En Sabah Poo]

Originally Posted by Ben

The virus kills them. And the zombies did eat people.

Apparently you need to watch the movie again. They ate no one. They just beat them to death, hence the virus being called "rage". The only time the "infected" died, was when they starved to death. That doesn't sound like a zombie to me. The virus only killed them because it made them obsessed with killing people, and not letting them find time to eat. It was basically like a super rabies.