Comments on: Everyone Wants a ‘Zombieland’ Sequel http://www.scifiscoop.com/news/everyone-wants-a-zombieland-sequel/ Sci Fi News - On Sci Fi Scoop you'll find all the latest sci fi news together with sci fi collectibles and movie trailers for the latest sci fi films. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:04:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Noocyte http://www.scifiscoop.com/news/everyone-wants-a-zombieland-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-11641 Noocyte Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:34 +0000 http://www.scifiscoop.com/?p=18817#comment-11641 I could live without the 3D. Too often, it's merely a gimmick to have something leap out at you and go "BOOGA-BOOGA-BOOGA!" Notable exception was "Avatar," which, for all its flaws as a story, made truly lovely use of 3D not to jump out, but to gently *recede* and create immersive depth (far more depth than the script, as it happens). As for a Z-Land sequel… OK, so here’s how I see it. In the sequel, the troupe stops in Columbus, OH after all (where else do they have to go?). Once there, they discover that Columbus’ parents (”Paranoid shut-ins,” remember?) are not only still alive, but have carved out a fortress-like enclave of fiercely disciplined but VERY eccentric survivors. Columbus gets to introduce Wichita/Krista to the ‘rents after all. Hilarity ensues. Oh, and as for Tallahasse? Remember how evasive he was at answering the whole “laying pipe” question himself? How appalled he was at the notion that Columbus wanted to go Heels-to-Jesus with Wichita? The lack of mention of poor Buck’s mother? Tallahasse just might be gay. Interesting, yes? Can anyone say Neil Patrick Harris? Kind of a limited shelf life for the franchise, though; these zombies are VERY sick, not (apparently…) breeding, and rapidly running out of fresh humans to nosh on. Really is just a matter of waiting them out. And did *anyone* think of using a CB radio?! ("Breaker-breaker: NOT a zombie, here, c'mon back!") And is anyone alive at the power generation plants (where's all that electricity coming from? Pretty good security at nuke facilities…) I could live without the 3D. Too often, it’s merely a gimmick to have something leap out at you and go “BOOGA-BOOGA-BOOGA!” Notable exception was “Avatar,” which, for all its flaws as a story, made truly lovely use of 3D not to jump out, but to gently *recede* and create immersive depth (far more depth than the script, as it happens).

As for a Z-Land sequel…

OK, so here’s how I see it. In the sequel, the troupe stops in Columbus, OH after all (where else do they have to go?). Once there, they discover that Columbus’ parents (”Paranoid shut-ins,” remember?) are not only still alive, but have carved out a fortress-like enclave of fiercely disciplined but VERY eccentric survivors. Columbus gets to introduce Wichita/Krista to the ‘rents after all. Hilarity ensues.

Oh, and as for Tallahasse? Remember how evasive he was at answering the whole “laying pipe” question himself? How appalled he was at the notion that Columbus wanted to go Heels-to-Jesus with Wichita? The lack of mention of poor Buck’s mother?

Tallahasse just might be gay. Interesting, yes? Can anyone say Neil Patrick Harris?

Kind of a limited shelf life for the franchise, though; these zombies are VERY sick, not (apparently…) breeding, and rapidly running out of fresh humans to nosh on. Really is just a matter of waiting them out.

And did *anyone* think of using a CB radio?! (”Breaker-breaker: NOT a zombie, here, c’mon back!”) And is anyone alive at the power generation plants (where’s all that electricity coming from? Pretty good security at nuke facilities…)

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