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* Is this movie supposed to be a reboot or a sequel? This movie is WAY to ambiguous with whether it's either of the two.

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* Is this movie supposed to be a reboot or a sequel? prequel? This movie is WAY to ambiguous with whether it's either of the two.
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** Maybe, camera toting nerds they are, they've watched enough movies to know skeptics die first?

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** Maybe, camera toting nerds they are, they've watched enough movies to know skeptics die first?first?
* Is this movie supposed to be a reboot or a sequel? This movie is WAY to ambiguous with whether it's either of the two.
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Would HAVE, not would of.


* When they reach the mansion near the end, the first thing I said to myself was "you would close the gates behind you". Yet they wander in and allow zombies to come through the open gate and over-run the house. As I recall the building had walls around it and would of been quite defendable.

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* When they reach the mansion near the end, the first thing I said to myself was "you would close the gates behind you". Yet they wander in and allow zombies to come through the open gate and over-run the house. As I recall the building had walls around it and would of have been quite defendable.
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** I always thought it was the case that in all the Romero films, it almost always seems to be a woman who is a naysayer look at the original trilogy, Barbra, Fran and Sarah were all the most cynical of the group, usually due to them being in groups who fail, if they were paired up with a group like say, Ricks from the walking dead, they would probably be less cynical, sure people from Ricks' group die, but usually over a long time frame, whereas in this series, people in the "main" groups make stupid choices and die over the course of a few days, and thats not even getting into the mental fatigue of killing something that looks at least generally human.
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** Not quite. After one of their friends shot herself out of remorse for hitting what she believed were living people, the group takes her to the hospital. There, they encounter enough of the living dead, as well as one or two instances of people rising after they ordinarily would be pronounced dead, which leads to the realization that the people walking around biting people are technically dead.
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**** But if you don't shower, other humans might mistake you for a zombie and shoot you.
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** What about The Troubles in Ireland? Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
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** It's probably meant to be a CallBack to the NOTLD remake. Barbara sees the survivors tying up zombies and lynching them, realising that they are no better than the zombies.
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* The entire group seems to accepts the dead are coming to life at face value and already decide they must be killed rather quickly, based on only a few sketchy reports from the radio. This all occurs before they before they have their first encounter with the walking dead. While it does help get the ball rolling so to speak, the transition from everything is normal, to full blown acceptance of the zombie apocalypse feels rather rushed.

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* The entire group seems to accepts the dead are coming to life at face value and already decide they must be killed rather quickly, based on only a few sketchy reports from the radio. This all occurs before they before they have their first encounter with the walking dead. While it does help get the ball rolling so to speak, the transition from everything is normal, to full blown acceptance of the zombie apocalypse feels rather rushed.rushed.
**Maybe, camera toting nerds they are, they've watched enough movies to know skeptics die first?
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** He works in show business, and you know the old adage...

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** He works in show business, and you know the old adage...adage...
*The entire group seems to accepts the dead are coming to life at face value and already decide they must be killed rather quickly, based on only a few sketchy reports from the radio. This all occurs before they before they have their first encounter with the walking dead. While it does help get the ball rolling so to speak, the transition from everything is normal, to full blown acceptance of the zombie apocalypse feels rather rushed.
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* As a mental exercise, try to trace the path of the zombie clown from the point he put that makeup on to the point where he turns up at the birthday party: so, he goes to the party, checks in with the homeowners (he emerges from inside the house, so obviously someone let him in), goes into a private room (presumably to change into his makeup - if he showed up in makeup then presumably he went to use the bathroom), dies of an aneurysm or heart attack or something, ''lies there long enough to reanimate without anyone checking on him or wondering where he went,'' then - as a zombie - gets out of the room he's in, and finds his way to the backyard without running into anyone on the way. (This is pretty common in zombie movies - zombies who obviously reanimated under circumstances that only make sense if the change from living person to zombie happens more-or-less instantly. The Romero movies are actually better that most in that regard, in that anyone who dies becomes a zombie; in movies where you have to get bitten to change, you're faced with people who apparently got bitten by an obviously unhealthy person, then went about their normal routine for the few hours it takes to transform, despite the fact that they're getting progressively sicker the entire time, so that they can show up as zombies in bridal gowns, mascot uniforms, bikinis, etc.)

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* As a mental exercise, try to trace the path of the zombie clown from the point he put that makeup on to the point where he turns up at the birthday party: so, he goes to the party, checks in with the homeowners (he emerges from inside the house, so obviously someone let him in), goes into a private room (presumably to change into his makeup - if he showed up in makeup then presumably he went to use the bathroom), dies of an aneurysm or heart attack or something, ''lies there long enough to reanimate without anyone checking on him or wondering where he went,'' then - as a zombie - gets out of the room he's in, and finds his way to the backyard without running into anyone on the way. (This is pretty common in zombie movies - zombies who obviously reanimated under circumstances that only make sense if the change from living person to zombie happens more-or-less instantly. The Romero movies are actually better that most in that regard, in that anyone who dies becomes a zombie; in movies where you have to get bitten to change, you're faced with people who apparently got bitten by an obviously unhealthy person, then went about their normal routine for the few hours it takes to transform, despite the fact that they're getting progressively sicker the entire time, so that they can show up as zombies in bridal gowns, mascot uniforms, bikinis, etc.))
** He works in show business, and you know the old adage...
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** There has only been one year in the last century which the British armed forces have not been engaged in active duty somewhere in the world. There's probably a lot of wars he might have served in.
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**** If zombies hunt by scent, an occasional shower is a good idea. But better to check up the place first and lock the door.

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**** If zombies hunt by scent, an occasional shower is a good idea. But better to check up the place first and lock the door.door.
* As a mental exercise, try to trace the path of the zombie clown from the point he put that makeup on to the point where he turns up at the birthday party: so, he goes to the party, checks in with the homeowners (he emerges from inside the house, so obviously someone let him in), goes into a private room (presumably to change into his makeup - if he showed up in makeup then presumably he went to use the bathroom), dies of an aneurysm or heart attack or something, ''lies there long enough to reanimate without anyone checking on him or wondering where he went,'' then - as a zombie - gets out of the room he's in, and finds his way to the backyard without running into anyone on the way. (This is pretty common in zombie movies - zombies who obviously reanimated under circumstances that only make sense if the change from living person to zombie happens more-or-less instantly. The Romero movies are actually better that most in that regard, in that anyone who dies becomes a zombie; in movies where you have to get bitten to change, you're faced with people who apparently got bitten by an obviously unhealthy person, then went about their normal routine for the few hours it takes to transform, despite the fact that they're getting progressively sicker the entire time, so that they can show up as zombies in bridal gowns, mascot uniforms, bikinis, etc.)

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*** ''Of course'' you should take a shower! Even zombies wanna have some clean, peach-scented flesh once in a while!

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*** ''Of course'' you should take a shower! Even zombies wanna have some clean, peach-scented flesh once in a while!while!
**** If zombies hunt by scent, an occasional shower is a good idea. But better to check up the place first and lock the door.
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In fact, this question\'s so dumb might as well just take it off.


* Isn't that whole internet thing going to die soon? Last I heard the Internet ran on electricity an electricity was kinda finite based on the supply of coal, natural gas, oil, fissile material, etc throughout most of the US and the world. What's the point of making a video to post on YouTube when YouTube will shut down once all of its servers lose power?
** Yeah, not sure where you're getting this "soon" idea. The planet isn't in danger of running out of all those things, certainly not all at once.
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** Yeah, not sure where you're getting this "soon" idea. The planet isn't in danger of running out of all those things, certainly not all at once.
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* Isn't that whole internet thing going to die soon? Last I heard the Internet ran on electricity an electricity was kinda finite based on the supply of coal, natural gas, oil, fissile material, etc throughout most of the US and the world. What's the point of making a video to post on YouTube when YouTube will shut down once all of its servers lose power?
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*** [[ZombieLand Rule #3: Beware of bathrooms]]

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** Chalk it up to an UnreliableNarrator. Yeah, I know Romero intended the line to be taken seriously, but really, think about the person saying this. She has been a member of a group of TooDumbToLive whiners who basically lucked their way out of getting killed on numerous occasions. If all of humanity was that stupid, yeah, maybe we don't deserve to live. However, if a group of competent survivors banded together, they'd have far better success. However, that scenario doesn't gel with Romero's HumansAreBastards worldview.
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*** [[ZombieLand Rule #3: Beware of bathrooms]]

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*** [[ZombieLand Rule #3: Beware of bathrooms]]bathrooms]]
***''Of course'' you should take a shower! Even zombies wanna have some clean, peach-scented flesh once in a while!
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*** But baths are OK, right?

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*** But baths are OK, right?right?
*** [[ZombieLand Rule #3: Beware of bathrooms]]
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*** Hell ''no'' you shouldn't shower. The world is filled with the living dead. That means that you are now prey in an over-predated world 100% of the day, everyday. Which means, unfortunately, the days of letting your guard down to have a shower are long long gone.

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*** Hell ''no'' you shouldn't shower. The world is filled with the living dead. That means that you are now prey in an over-predated world 100% of the day, everyday. Which means, unfortunately, the days of letting your guard down to have a shower are long long gone.gone.
*** But baths are OK, right?
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*** Well, you should make sure all the doors are closed first, at least.

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*** Well, you should make sure all the doors are closed first, at least.least.
*** Hell ''no'' you shouldn't shower. The world is filled with the living dead. That means that you are now prey in an over-predated world 100% of the day, everyday. Which means, unfortunately, the days of letting your guard down to have a shower are long long gone.
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*** So you're saying that I shouldn't take a shower if I'm in that situation?

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*** So you're saying that I shouldn't take a shower if I'm in that situation?situation?
*** Well, you should make sure all the doors are closed first, at least.
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** Depends on how big the grounds are, if they can defend such a large area, etc, but you're definately right that ''closing the damn gate'' would have helped. Or rather, realizing that the gate and the front door is wide open means something bad has happened as they shouldn't stick around. Closing a gate seems to be too smart for these people.

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** Depends on how big the grounds are, if they can defend such a large area, etc, but you're definately right that ''closing the damn gate'' would have helped. Or rather, realizing that the gate and the front door is wide open means something bad has happened as they shouldn't stick around. Closing a gate seems to be too smart for these people.people.
*** So you're saying that I shouldn't take a shower if I'm in that situation?

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* When they reach the mansion near the ned, the first thing i said to myself was "you would close the gates behind you". Yet they wander in and allow zombies to come through the open gate and over-run the house. As i recall the building had walls around it and would of been quite defendable.

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*** So because of camwhores, we're not worth saving? Well crap, that's great.
* When they reach the mansion near the ned, end, the first thing i I said to myself was "you would close the gates behind you". Yet they wander in and allow zombies to come through the open gate and over-run the house. As i I recall the building had walls around it and would of been quite defendable.defendable.
** Depends on how big the grounds are, if they can defend such a large area, etc, but you're definately right that ''closing the damn gate'' would have helped. Or rather, realizing that the gate and the front door is wide open means something bad has happened as they shouldn't stick around. Closing a gate seems to be too smart for these people.
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** The entire film establishes that people all over the world are sharing videos and the zombie apocalypse is a viral video phenomenon. Ostensibly for the purpose of disseminating survival tips, but the more moribund reason being for the purpose of watching-the-car-accident. That's why we're not worth saving.

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** The entire film establishes that people all over the world are sharing videos and the zombie apocalypse is a viral video phenomenon. Ostensibly for the purpose of disseminating survival tips, but the more moribund reason being for the purpose of watching-the-car-accident. That's why we're not worth saving.saving.
* When they reach the mansion near the ned, the first thing i said to myself was "you would close the gates behind you". Yet they wander in and allow zombies to come through the open gate and over-run the house. As i recall the building had walls around it and would of been quite defendable.
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*** As can some of the dialogue about people watching accidents instead of helping.

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*** As can some of the dialogue about people watching accidents instead of helping.helping.
** The entire film establishes that people all over the world are sharing videos and the zombie apocalypse is a viral video phenomenon. Ostensibly for the purpose of disseminating survival tips, but the more moribund reason being for the purpose of watching-the-car-accident. That's why we're not worth saving.

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