Land Of The Dead II

[Angelakillsluts]

Originally posted by subjugator
eh, this might be stupid but did anyone else think that when the fireworks "hypnotized" the zombies that it was symbolic of Americans just blindly following along with their government?

Explain exactly.

On the DVD, George Romero does talk about the political undertones of the movie, but they're all pretty obvious. I just don't get why someone would make a connection between using bright lights to distract mindless shamblors with the complacency of society so I'm curious to find out.

[Angelakillsluts]

Originally posted by knife_fight
as far as political commentary, I only took it as an all-out class war. with the poor rising up against those who have held em down for so long. the poor first must go through the middle class then move on to the people who are really in charge, the rich.

like the people in the building were obviously the rich, the rest of the living were the middle class, and the zombies were the poor and homeless. I guess the main characters could be considered the upper-middle-class. so maybe they let em go at the end b/c the upper-middle-class people had a grudge against the rich also.

Exactly.

[Michaels Shape]

Even though some people disagree, I actually like the fact that they're making a sequel. They actually need it, after the last tage line("they're just looking for a place to go") it just got rediculous. They need to do something with these zombies.

[Thomasgeorge]

there needs to be more killing in it

[tachii]

fangoria # 171: they're back-craven, carpenter and romero (1998)


interview for the zombie themed commercial for biohazard II/resident evil 2

talk about a fourth installment for the dead series had surfaced in which "Twilight" was a title being considered at the time.

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"the dead movies always fit into the respective decades they were made it. the '60s were active, angry and much more overtly political. the '70s were 'spend, baby, the times are good.' the '80s was the downfall of that and a collapse into the darker territory. the '90s version would basically be about people ignoring the problem. to me, that's what things are about now-some how conning the people to look the other way. the zombies would be treated the way the homeless are treated."

(sorry about the super long quote)


reason given for delay was rights tied between various companies involved with series over the years.
romero was also a considered director for RE motion picture



anyway thought the quote might give some insight as to where he might have been going with the new installment.
doesn't really seem to far off to me.

[Posher778]

Originally posted by Thomasgeorge
there needs to be more killing in it

More than 100 people (living) were killed in LOTD.

[tachii]

Originally posted by knife_fight
as far as political commentary, I only took it as an all-out class war. with the poor rising up against those who have held em down for so long. the poor first must go through the middle class then move on to the people who are really in charge, the rich.

like the people in the building were obviously the rich, the rest of the living were the middle class, and the zombies were the poor and homeless. I guess the main characters could be considered the upper-middle-class. so maybe they let em go at the end b/c the upper-middle-class people had a grudge against the rich also.

maybe Romero is calling for a revolution in this country that is strongly based on a class system, even though no one actually calls it that.

but, maybe not...

well stated
sounds like you either kept up on your reading
or i don't know what

[tachii]

i actually kinda agreed somewhat with the 9/11, blindly following the government comments

my original take on it was
a statement on the emmigrantphobia going on and how everyone just wanted to shut down and kill the aliens/zombies on sight and just forgot how even through all our differences we are all still the same "they're us and we're them" sort of thing.

also the people living in the "city" were the true zombies. slaves doing as they were told and not realizing it. they were alive yet, not free.


i could have worded this much better but i hope you guys get where i'm trying to go with this.
i could have a fieldday with this film as far as analysis is concerned.

anyway i've spent a great deal of time digging through old articles and can't find anything from the pre/post film release
anyone care to be kind enough to point me in the right direction?

i'm going to obsess until i find something