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A little while back a came across an article written by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, the guys responsible for the foul mouth Zero Punctuation reviews...anyway this article delves into geek culture and humor and is worth a read. Though much like his reviews there is a lot of foul language:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...nctuation/6432-Extra-Punctuation-Splosion-Man


What I personally like about this article is that it sums up pretty much how I feel about geek culture and my disappointment of where it is heading.

For those who were either to lazy or busy to read the article I'll attempt sum it up:
Remember how great it was the first time you saw Monty Python's Holy Grail? It was pretty funny right? I mean it could be easily ranked up in the top 10 comedies of all time.
Now do you remember the first time you heard someone reference the film...for example; "Tis but a flesh wound". It was kind of funny right; well if it was used in the right context. Was it still funny the 10th time around? Of course not. It in fact brought down the source material down a little....ehh...yeah read the article.



...and yeah I do realize the hypocrisy of having Evil Dead II as my avatar.
 
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I've been watching/reading Zero Punctuation videos/articles for a long time. They never get old. I love it.
 
First off I'm not going to get into a debate about Evil Dead 1.5

But when you look around at entertainment industry. Well more into the television aspect of it. You are seeing more and more reality T.V just because writers seem to want to make new shows about recycled story that we have seen/heard before. Well I'm just going to end the rant there before I really get going.

But you have to remember that with all the junk games/music/movies/T.V shows but really anything out there. Those few gems that truly stand head and shoulder above the rest can only shine so bright with all the junk around them.

Groovy
 
ChocolateVillain said:
First off I'm not going to get into a debate about Evil Dead 1.5

But when you look around at entertainment industry. Well more into the television aspect of it. You are seeing more and more reality T.V just because writers seem to want to make new shows about recycled story that we have seen/heard before. Well I'm just going to end the rant there before I really get going.

But you have to remember that with all the junk games/music/movies/T.V shows but really anything out there. Those few gems that truly stand head and shoulder above the rest can only shine so bright with all the junk around them.

Groovy
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lol...ok. Oh and I'll lay it down right here: Evil Dead II is a squeal.
 
ChocolateVillain said:
Evil Dead 1.5 is a GREAT and I mean GREAT remake of a classic... But with a bigger budget.
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Evil Dead II is continuation of the narrative of Evil Dead. It would be pretty much the only remake in existence to pull that. While it has similar themes to the original and locations it is a different movie.

Raimi actually uses older films from the 30s & 40s as inspirations for his films. A lot of films from that era where serialized and began with a brief recap. Raimi unfortunately lost the rights to the original Evil Dead before shooting and could not use footage from it as to do a recap. So he had to re-shoot the sequence at the beginning.

In fact Sam Raimi states that Evil Dead II is intended to be a sequel on the Army of Darkness DVD commentary.

I understand why people call it a remake, but it just isn't so.
 
...it's like what happened to Monty Python and the Holy Grail - quoted and referenced until only bones remain, and you can't even enjoy the original without thinking of desperate misfits endlessly referring to the false promise of cake through eager, crisp-spattered grins. Emptily quoting other people's jokes in the hope that doing so will somehow make them grow a personality of their own, mindlessly co-opting humor and pop culture in a pathetic quest for acceptance.
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Someone says "I fart in your general direction" or "The cake is a lie" one more time, I will skin them.
 
Sexy Beast said:
Evil Dead II is continuation of the narrative of Evil Dead. It would be pretty much the only remake in existence to pull that. While it has similar themes to the original and locations it is a different movie.

Raimi actually uses older films from the 30s & 40s as inspirations for his films. A lot of films from that era where serialized and began with a brief recap. Raimi unfortunately lost the rights to the original Evil Dead before shooting and could not use footage from it as to do a recap. So he had to re-shoot the sequence at the beginning.

In fact Sam Raimi states that Evil Dead II is intended to be a sequel on the Army of Darkness DVD commentary.

I understand why people call it a remake, but it just isn't so.
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lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you.


Also on another note who else read that blog in his voice????


But you know I still love you Beasty :D
 
ChocolateVillain said:
lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you.


Also on another note who else read that blog in his voice????


But you know I still love you Beasty :D
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+1 for an awesome counterargument.

..and yeah I read it in his voice and it made it infinity better.
 
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