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~~jwb~~ · 04-14-2020, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Some say that Night Of The Living Dead basically ripped off Carnival Of Souls. I enjoy the latter movie more.

That being said, the ideas of masses of walking corpses shambling along and cutting off all routes of escape due to sheer numbers is certainly scary in it's own way. They just didn't have the budget to really showcase that.

I mean I was being somewhat hyperbolic but I do generally find the Hollywood depiction of zombies pretty uninteresting.

The Haitian voodoo zombies from which they are derived are much more creepy/interesting to me.

Also that movie was super hyped up to me by a friend who was traumatized by it as a kid so maybe the disappointment when I finally watched it skewed my opinion of it somewhat. The story of him being traumatized by it was infinitely more compelling than the actual movie to me.

Lucem Ferre · 04-14-2020, 10:07 AM

I think the only movie I've seen that actually explores etymological zombies from voodoo is Serpent & The Rainbow.

~~jwb~~ · 04-14-2020, 10:08 AM

Yeah that's a book too. Haven't read or seen it though.

grindy · 04-14-2020, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

I think the only movie I've seen that actually explores etymological zombies from voodoo is Serpent & The Rainbow.

The only movie exploring etymological Zombies might actually be Pontypool.

**Frownland** · 04-14-2020, 10:47 AM

Lol good one.

Now everybody pretend to be surprised that Anteater and jwb were underwhelmed by a film criticizing race politics in America.

Lucem Ferre · 04-14-2020, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I've always thought that Night of the Living Dead was more a ripoff of The Last Man on Earth (the original 1964 version) than Carnival of Souls.

And I agree that Carnival of Souls is superior to Night of the Living Dead.

I was going to say it was a rip off of the original I Am Legend film but I guess the original I Am Legend film was The Last Man on Earth. Huh.

~~jwb~~ · 04-14-2020, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Lol good one.

Now everybody pretend to be surprised that Anteater and jwb were underwhelmed by a film criticizing race politics in America.

I didn't even catch that angle

Glad my instincts served me right then

**Exo** · 04-14-2020, 10:54 AM

Update on my gf's mom.

She's on day 10. Her fever keeps coming back and forth but yesterday she had some tightness in her lungs. No trouble breathing but her cough was a little worse and it hurt. Doctor says it's part of the process. She's going to beat this f*cker unless one of those rapid deterioration cases happens. She's healthy and not overweight so I'm going to hope that doesn't happen as it's less likely.

We're almost through this but it's really just a warm up to having to most likely do this with my own parents, relatives, friends, my gf, and even myself.

Plankton · 04-14-2020, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Update on my gf's mom.

She's on day 10. Her fever keeps coming back and forth but yesterday she had some tightness in her lungs. No trouble breathing but her cough was a little worse and it hurt. Doctor says it's part of the process. She's going to beat this f*cker unless one of those rapid deterioration cases happens. She's healthy and not overweight so I'm going to hope that doesn't happen as it's less likely.

We're almost through this but it's really just a warm up to having to most likely do this with my own parents, relatives, friends, my gf, and even myself.

It creeped up on me real quick, but I believe it's a different spectrum based on a few variables. Mine started with a tinny or weird taste in my mouth for a few days, like when you feel like you're coming down with something, then I broke out with a few zits here and there which isn't too weird, but kinda out of the ordinary, then the dry cough, and finally came to full fruition with pain in the bottom of my lungs, which I thought was some sort of lower back issue, then the trouble breathing and fluid build up started that night. It lasted about 12 hours until my body started to recover to where I didn't think I was in danger.

Godspeed to her Exo.

DwnWthVwls · 04-14-2020, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

It creeped up on me real quick, but I believe it's a different spectrum based on a few variables. Mine started with a tinny or weird taste in my mouth for a few days, like when you feel like you're coming down with something, then I broke out with a few zits here and there which isn't too weird, but kinda out of the ordinary, then the dry cough, and finally came to full fruition with pain in the bottom of my lungs, which I thought was some sort of lower back issue, then the trouble breathing and fluid build up started that night. It lasted about 12 hours until my body started to recover to where I didn't think I was in danger.

Godspeed to her Exo.

I thought this was going to be a Plankton dad joke..

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Update on my gf's mom. She's on day 10. Her fever keeps coming back and forth but yesterday she had some tightness in her lungs. No trouble breathing but her cough was a little worse and it hurt. Doctor says it's part of the process. She's going to beat this fcker unless one of those rapid deterioration cases happens. She's healthy and not overweight so I'm going to hope that doesn't happen as it's less likely. We're almost through this but it's really just a warm up to having to most likely do this with my own parents, relatives, friends, my gf, and even myself. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Yeah that's a book too. Haven't read or seen it though.