ZOMBIES!
Posted in Movies on March 10th, 2008 by RyanIs it bad that, during a recent viewing of George Romero’s “Diary of the Dead,” the plot point that most tested my suspension of disbelief was the fact that a MySpace page took 72,000 hits in 8 minutes without crashing?
The movie slapped the inevitable zombie apocalypse upon a treatise on social media and who controls the source and flow of information, so it was interesting from that standpoint. Nothing new on the issue per se, but it was an interesting look at the role of user-driven media to bypass the possible pitfalls of mainstream sources (assuming, of course, that computer networks remain up and viable during said inevitable zombie apocalypse). There was a little too much “How does it feel when the camera is on YOU!?” dialogue for me, as this concept has been addressed in countless other movies. It’s probably better saved as for rental, but the sight of Samuel, the deaf Amish zombie killer with a chalkboard and a killer pick axe, is definitely worth the investment.
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