World War Z officially a train wreck - Page 2

Mr. Laser Beam · November 6 2012, 11:44 PM

I'm just going to hazard a guess that signing Brad Pitt was what doomed this film. Am I right in thinking that his character does not appear in the novel, and there is no equivalent character who does? They probably rewrote the whole movie just to give him an excuse to be in it - if they took an existing character and cast him in it, he wouldn't have got enough screen time. Can't have Brad Pitt in the movie if he's not the star, can you? (sarcasm)

Sindatur · November 6 2012, 11:49 PM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

I'm just going to hazard a guess that signing Brad Pitt was what doomed this film. Am I right in thinking that his character does not appear in the novel, and there is no equivalent character who does? They probably rewrote the whole movie just to give him an excuse to be in it - if they took an existing character and cast him in it, he wouldn't have got enough screen time. Can't have Brad Pitt in the movie if he's not the star, can you? (sarcasm)

Yea, he's the producer, it's his movie, so, yea, I would imagine he tailored it to showcase himself

RJDiogenes · November 6 2012, 11:55 PM

I hope this doesn't suck. The book was great.

Reverend wrote:

On the other hand maybe the story was always too big for a 2 hour movie to do any kind of justice. Perhaps the best format would have been an anthology style mini-series, with the interviewer as the only real constant.

I completely agree. I've wanted to see something like that since I first saw Dawn of the Dead in 79-- which is exactly why I like WWZ so much.

Tiberius · November 7 2012, 12:43 AM

ThunderAeroI wrote:

You can't have frozen slow zombies in a movie without getting artsy and non actiony, can you.

Worked just fine for the Borg.

Dream · November 7 2012, 12:59 AM

World War Z officially a train wreck MONTHS ago.

Starbreaker · November 7 2012, 01:50 AM

Sindatur wrote:

Starbreaker wrote:

I'll wait for a real trailer before I judge.

First look, and it's over a minute long, isn't that considered a "Real Trailer" (not meant to be a smart-assed remark, I truly ask out of ignorance, if that's not considered a "Real Trailer"

All I saw was that link with some random footage on a nightly news magazine.

JD · November 7 2012, 03:58 AM

Yeah, I know this was just a preview for the trailer, but what we saw of the zombie's is just strange. I don't think I've come across a zombie story with them acting the way they appear to in this.

sojourner · November 7 2012, 04:45 AM

It reminded me a bit of I Am Legend.

Faldor · November 7 2012, 01:21 PM

The JMS script that got leaked last year was a really good adaptation. In that version atleast Pitt's character Gerry Lane is the interviewer from the book.

The first act is your typical Zombie apocalypse then after the first twenty min or so it skips to two years and picks up the books format of travelling around interviewing people and seeing their flashbacks.

Haggis and tatties · November 7 2012, 01:43 PM

Z dead baby.

EmoBorg · November 7 2012, 04:00 PM

Cutter John wrote:

They could still salvage this thing. Just retitle it "28 Months Later".

DarthTom · November 7 2012, 05:28 PM

Sindatur wrote:

Yea, I'm good with either Fast Zombies as in Remake Dawn of the Dead or slow ones as in Original Dawn of the Dead, but, the ones in the Trailer appear that they could outrun The Flash, and that's just too much, IMHO.

Slow moving zombies never made sense to me that they could successfully overrun the entire world including the national guard and the military. Also, too many people in the US own a firearm for even a mass number of slow zombies to overtake a population center IMO.

So, faster zombies are much more believable as a plague that over takes the majority of the population.

That said, I agree - making them faster than the flash would be a dumb mistake.

As someone else said, I'll wait for the real trailer before I pass judgement but I hope they don't go the route of superhero zombies because that would ruin for me the suspension of disbelief in the storyline.

Deckerd · November 7 2012, 05:34 PM

JD wrote:

Yeah, I know this was just a preview for the trailer, but what we saw of the zombie's is just strange. I don't think I've come across a zombie story with them acting the way they appear to in this.

How should a zombie behave then?

Bob The Skutter · November 7 2012, 05:57 PM

Frau Blucher wrote:

JD wrote:

Yeah, I know this was just a preview for the trailer, but what we saw of the zombie's is just strange. I don't think I've come across a zombie story with them acting the way they appear to in this.

How should a zombie behave then?

Realistically. You know, like real zombies do.

Deckerd · November 7 2012, 07:46 PM

I just thought I would ask y'know, because the arguments seem a little like complaining when phaser beams are the wrong colour or vampires sparkle in sunlight.

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Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: World War Z officially a train wreck I'm just going to hazard a guess that signing Brad Pitt was what doomed this film. Am I right in thinking that his character does not appear in the novel, and there is no equivalent character who does? They probably rewrote the whole movie just to give him an excuse to be in it - if they took an existing character and cast him in it, he wouldn't have got enough screen time. Can't have Brad Pitt in the movie if he's not the star, can you? (sarcasm) __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

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Dream Admiral	Re: World War Z officially a train wreck World War Z officially a train wreck MONTHS ago. __________________ TWoP Forums .

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JD Admiral Location: Arizona, USA	Re: World War Z officially a train wreck Yeah, I know this was just a preview for the trailer, but what we saw of the zombie's is just strange. I don't think I've come across a zombie story with them acting the way they appear to in this. __________________ Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away. Me and Monty Python. Harry Dresden - Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6)

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Faldor Fleet Captain Location: the mad spaces between the stars	Re: World War Z officially a train wreck The JMS script that got leaked last year was a really good adaptation. In that version atleast Pitt's character Gerry Lane is the interviewer from the book. The first act is your typical Zombie apocalypse then after the first twenty min or so it skips to two years and picks up the books format of travelling around interviewing people and seeing their flashbacks. __________________ Occasional Filmmaker Blog \| Twitter \| Vimeo

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November 7 2012, 07:46 PM	#30
Deckerd Fleet Arse Location: in the Frozen Wastes	Re: World War Z officially a train wreck I just thought I would ask y'know, because the arguments seem a little like complaining when phaser beams are the wrong colour or vampires sparkle in sunlight. __________________ They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.