Tuesday
26Aug2008
'Zombieland': Not the Happiest Place on Earth
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 12:43AM 
Remember when we were scared of zombies? Those were the
days. But thanks to the efforts of
Shaun of the Dead and even to a degree the
smirking presentation of Zack Snyder's damned entertaining
Dawn of the Dead
remake, being an undead flesheater just isn't as fearsome as it used to be.
Now
Woody Harrelson is going into battle in the
horror comedy
Zombieland. Yep, it's another gore fest that
makes fun of zombies. I'll tell you this much: When the zombies do actually
start rising out of the ground, we won't be laughing then. No sir.
Until then, however, The Hemp Master hopes you will be
laughing at the script by
Rhett Reese and
Paul Wernick of The Joe Schmo Show. I
don't think the concept is all that original, though. From
The Hollywood
Reporter: "Zombieland revolves around a mismatched pair of
survivors who find friendship and redemption in a world overrun by zombies.
Harrelson plays one of the men, a zombie fighter named Albuquerque."
We'll hold out hope then that it's really funny,
because again, this idea seems less than fresh. I wish we knew a little more,
like is it a contemporary movie or is it slightly futuristic. You know what
would be cool? A zombie movie set in the early 50s. Just think of all the
McCarthyism metaphors.
Actually...I may come up with that on my own: A bunch of
liberal artistic types being chased out of their dimly lit urban cafes by
slow-moving conservative zombies sporting crewcuts and horn-rimmed glasses. I
like it.
I have no idea when Zombieland takes place,
though, nor when it will be released. And suddenly, I'd rather worry about my
own zombie movie than Woody Harrelson's.
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