transformations & reluctant zombies

Rating: 9/10 (9 June 2005)

I said before something about Andy's extra-fast transformation... focused mostly on the roof scene, something else occurred to me: just look on the fresh zombie's expression and gestures... I mean, at the beginning, after throwing down the bloody sign, Andy looks around for a few seconds, and it seems that he doesn't quite know what's he looking for, or what he's doing... in other words, he's disoriented... just like a new born animal, a deer cub who tries to get up on his feet, but without success, or anything similar... So, my theory is that Andy got bitten inside the shop, he also hyped inside (dvd extra), but he wasn't quite completely morphed... in the first minutes of zombie-being, the zombie/human has to overcome the new-born like sensation, this human to zombie violent transcendence.... What would be your reaction if a ultra-deadly virus will kill you, and you'll wake up with a fresh swiss-cheesed brain? I guess "highly confused" is the word(s) you're looking for, even if you wouldn't be able to think that much about the state you've just got into. That explains a lot of things: in the first minutes of the film, we witness how Anna's husband dies and wakes up as a zombie, and when he does, he wanders a bit around with a "I don't know, who am I" expression on his face... not to mention the little girl who's simply staring at the loving couple, without even trying to jump on them an kill them instantly... Another example... that new big fat lady zombie in the mall.. when she wakes up, she first stands still and tilts her head, without instantly harming the surrounding folk... In the end, even Steve the Zombie looks a bit at Anna like he's just waiting for her to say hello to him... That's a thought to think about... Not like the transformations in Resident Evil, or any other almost-cheesy zombie flicks, where the living wake up as perfect zombies (sometimes, the transformations happen when the dude's not even really dead... a some kind of lucid feet stand transformation of the living dead, loll :)) So, after all, Dr. Logan's desperate tries to educate Bub, in Day of the Dead, weren't so futile after all... I guess Dr. Logan would have succeeded in educating Bub, returning him to a more human-side, fact witch he partially did, if it weren't for that army clichéd, zombie sociopath freak... all in all, it's a form of racism, you know :) (reminds me of 'The Dead Next Door')... even the zombies have rights after all, huh? Why shouldn't they... it's not like they wanted to become zombies... If the remaining living want to blame someone for all the unnatural mayhem, they should blame the one who deserves it... none others than the creators (or creator) of the virus. But hey, if you put it that way, I guess the ones at NASA have to be blamed, since the true origin of this apocalyptic plague is that irradiated crashed satellite (NOTLD 68)... hell, you think they'll admit it? Noah... they don't even really admit that, even now, they're messin' up the ozone layer, with their rocket flights, fact which is 100% real, let me assure you. Another fact that bothers me is that everybody thinks that zombies are made of pure stupidity and cannibal instincts... That's not true... First of all, ask yourself these questions: why don't the zombies simply attack their kin? What drives them straight to the mall? What about their learning capacity? Is there really one? Of course it is... just watch how the zombies open Andy's door, just after the dog gets in... Or the zombie without legs, the one who mastered his climbing and hanging skills on the cellar pipes, beneath the mall, silently jumping on Bart... I say that's a trail of intelligence, after all... But I guess these guys will show their true scholar side (:)) in Land of the Dead... can't wait to see the movie! Funny I haven't sent it yet, isn't it? Well, what can I say... I'M FROM ROMANIA GODDAMIT! D'ya think that fresh made films just pop-out on our 2-star cinemas or on over-aged, almost communist TV sets? But what the heck... After all, I can consider myself lucky, you know... I'm among the few ones who manage to crop a few new good movies, once in a while... Hope that I'm not gonna wait too long to see Land of the Dead, though I heard the flick is in the can... or worse :)