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Slept and slept today, eventually. In truth, I got up after just 4 hours of sleep as I thought Ryan and I were going out. Didn't hear from anyone until several hours later, and by that time i was in the magical land of nap. Was about to get up and make H dinner when he dicided it was time for him to go to bed. No sense in getting up at that point, I thought, so I was lulled back into horrible zombie nightmares once again. H and I figured out that I'd been having norrible nightmares (we often call them simple "Mares" since I often have them while sleeping during the day) since I ordered from Tio's on Thursday, and ate the leftovers over the next two days. First i dreamed that my brother mark was killed--for a whole night I dreamed that! The next night, Anthony Perkins was our house guest and he was trying to stab me in my sleep or something. Sleep plagues me, but I love it still.
( here's a quiz whose result sounds more like Ryan than I )
Got a comment from someone new to LJ who asked my opinion on horror movies and whether or not I thought they were going downhill. My response was so good, I thought I'd share it with all of you, and here it is:
I would have to say that movies in general have taken a big slide downward over the last 20 years or so. Audiences demand less and less from moviemakers overall, and people pay to see shittier and shittier films.
The fact that crapfests like Mummy Returns or Van Helsing make any money at all tells me that the responsibility for getting good movies made lies with the public moreso than the filmakers. Hollywood movies are a business, and they give people what they want, much like television. As long as 10 million idiots will tune in to watch shit like American Idol or Fear Factor, some asshole will make sure these shitbox shows get on the air.
As for horror specifically, I think horror (zombie fans specifically) fans are among those who are less likely to settle for a peice of watered down shit. That's why House of the Dead makes very little money--people know its crap; while 28 Days Later and The Village do great guns even though mainstream moviegoers call them "boring".
( here's a quiz whose result sounds more like Ryan than I )
Got a comment from someone new to LJ who asked my opinion on horror movies and whether or not I thought they were going downhill. My response was so good, I thought I'd share it with all of you, and here it is:
I would have to say that movies in general have taken a big slide downward over the last 20 years or so. Audiences demand less and less from moviemakers overall, and people pay to see shittier and shittier films.
The fact that crapfests like Mummy Returns or Van Helsing make any money at all tells me that the responsibility for getting good movies made lies with the public moreso than the filmakers. Hollywood movies are a business, and they give people what they want, much like television. As long as 10 million idiots will tune in to watch shit like American Idol or Fear Factor, some asshole will make sure these shitbox shows get on the air.
As for horror specifically, I think horror (zombie fans specifically) fans are among those who are less likely to settle for a peice of watered down shit. That's why House of the Dead makes very little money--people know its crap; while 28 Days Later and The Village do great guns even though mainstream moviegoers call them "boring".
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