Two things: First off, if you haven’t seen Zombieland yet, you should. It’s easily the best zombie movie to have come out since Shaun of the Dead (which it is admittedly inspired by), and it went to my top five zombie films list in the first 10 minutes. Hilarious and bloody, it’s Shaun of the Dead meets Superbad (even has the girl from Superbad in it, and a Jewish version of Michael Cera…) while maintaining its own originality. Definitely a must see for any zombie movie fan, or just anybody.
Speaking of it, here’s my list, in no particular order
1. Zombieland
2. Shuan of the Dead
3. Dead Alive (AKA Braindead)
4. Versus
5. Evil Dead 2
As you can plainly see, I’m not a huge fan of serious Zombie films. Zombies, to me, are comedy.
Part 2:
Astonishing X-Men on hulu: Very, very weird. It’s easily my favorite super-hero comic ever written, in no small part to Whedon’s writing, and Cassaday is possibly my favorite Marvel artists, but to see it all “animated” and voiced out is pretty bizarre…that being said, if you’re desperate for an X-Men cartoon (and let’s face it, who isn’t?) then it’s worth seeing. Especially if you have already read the comic and know how brilliant it is. If you haven’t, you could still watch the series, but try and reserve judgement until you actually read Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men.
And Happy New Years everyone. I’ve bought myself a supposedly fantastic bottle of sparkling rose, and will be drinking that all night while wearing fancy clothes, because I’m not so big of a nerd that I don’t know how to throw a kick-ass fete.
