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DAY OF THE DEAD
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It’s another unnecessary re-make of transforming the movie George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead film into a 10 episode Day of the Dead television show, airing on SyFy.
The new television show follows a group of strangers, in a small town, as they try and survive the first 24 hours of the undead outbreak.
I think the show borderlines silly and serious… and with a television budget, the show does not look great, especially the zombie makeup. I feel that AMC’s The Walking Dead does a better job with their makeup department.
Since the pilot takes a lot long time to get to the zombie outbreak (the first zombie kill isn’t until nearly 30 minutes into the show!), I think they did the right thing by starting the show in the chaotic zombie attack… It’s then do we flashback to the pre-outbreak to get the backstory of all the characters. And that’s also my biggest problem with the show, I hated all the human characters.
We have Cam, a high school student, Luke the son of the mayor, Lauren, a mortician, Amy, the daughter of the town’s doctor, and Sarah, an ex-Special Forces army person. The show heavily leans on the teenage characters … again, maybe I’m just the target audience, but I hate dumb teenagers.
I’ve only seen the pilot, and I’m contemplating on watching the rest of the series.
syfy.com
It’s another unnecessary re-make of transforming the movie George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead film into a 10 episode Day of the Dead television show, airing on SyFy.
The new television show follows a group of strangers, in a small town, as they try and survive the first 24 hours of the undead outbreak.
I think the show borderlines silly and serious… and with a television budget, the show does not look great, especially the zombie makeup. I feel that AMC’s The Walking Dead does a better job with their makeup department.
Since the pilot takes a lot long time to get to the zombie outbreak (the first zombie kill isn’t until nearly 30 minutes into the show!), I think they did the right thing by starting the show in the chaotic zombie attack… It’s then do we flashback to the pre-outbreak to get the backstory of all the characters. And that’s also my biggest problem with the show, I hated all the human characters.
We have Cam, a high school student, Luke the son of the mayor, Lauren, a mortician, Amy, the daughter of the town’s doctor, and Sarah, an ex-Special Forces army person. The show heavily leans on the teenage characters … again, maybe I’m just the target audience, but I hate dumb teenagers.
I’ve only seen the pilot, and I’m contemplating on watching the rest of the series.
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CHUCKY
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Like the recent television show I Know What You Did Last Summer, this show is also based on the horror film Child’s Play.
I don’t know about you, but of all the horror franchises (Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween) out there… Child’s Play is not one of my favorite. That’s because I just find the doll killer just too silly. In fact, in the later films, they are just straight up comedies.
Anyway, there is a new television show based on the film, called Chucky, on USA Network/SyFy. The show takes place right after Cult of Chucky, the 7th film in the franchise.
In the pilot, the Good Guy doll was purchased in a yard sale by a 14-year-old student Jake Wheeler, hoping to use the head as part of the art statue. You start to learn that he’s possibly gay, raised by a homophobic father. Of course, by the end of the first episode, Chucky is back murdering people.
The real story is about Jake, not really about Chucky. If you can understand that, then it won’t be such a disappointment when you want to see more Chucky.
There’s a few things I don’t like about the show, so far. First of all, the F-word is thrown around like it was nothing. I forgot that this was cable show … but generally when you think of a television, don’t think it as Rated-R.
The other thing is that I don’t really love the music soundtrack. I know it’s for a younger audience/newer generation of horror fans, but I just can’t stand modern pop or hip-hop. Sometime the music is just so in your face, I wish it was a little more subdue and in the background.
So far, from what I’ve seen, it’s pretty good so far. I just don’t know why Chucky deserves a television show. Thankfully, it’s only six episodes. Only four episodes have aired, with the 5th one coming out November 9th, and the finale to air on November 16th.
usanetwork.com
Like the recent television show I Know What You Did Last Summer, this show is also based on the horror film Child’s Play.
I don’t know about you, but of all the horror franchises (Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween) out there… Child’s Play is not one of my favorite. That’s because I just find the doll killer just too silly. In fact, in the later films, they are just straight up comedies.
Anyway, there is a new television show based on the film, called Chucky, on USA Network/SyFy. The show takes place right after Cult of Chucky, the 7th film in the franchise.
In the pilot, the Good Guy doll was purchased in a yard sale by a 14-year-old student Jake Wheeler, hoping to use the head as part of the art statue. You start to learn that he’s possibly gay, raised by a homophobic father. Of course, by the end of the first episode, Chucky is back murdering people.
The real story is about Jake, not really about Chucky. If you can understand that, then it won’t be such a disappointment when you want to see more Chucky.
There’s a few things I don’t like about the show, so far. First of all, the F-word is thrown around like it was nothing. I forgot that this was cable show … but generally when you think of a television, don’t think it as Rated-R.
The other thing is that I don’t really love the music soundtrack. I know it’s for a younger audience/newer generation of horror fans, but I just can’t stand modern pop or hip-hop. Sometime the music is just so in your face, I wish it was a little more subdue and in the background.
So far, from what I’ve seen, it’s pretty good so far. I just don’t know why Chucky deserves a television show. Thankfully, it’s only six episodes. Only four episodes have aired, with the 5th one coming out November 9th, and the finale to air on November 16th.
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