I happened to see a special commentary/preview on this yesterday.
At first I LOL’d and thought WTF? But I must admit, by the end of the preview they had me sold on the idea.
What confusded me though is at the end the of the preview, it just said “Part 2 in june”
From they way they were going on about this show it sounded like a new venture. What gives? Also, am I going to need to see Part 1 to follow whats going on?
I have no idea what the “part 2” stuff’s about- the book wasn’t that long that it needed to be divided up. I hope the movie is good. I imagine it could be a lot of fun.
Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how’d you like the play?
I picked this book up a year or so ago during a business trip. Fun read, but I too can’t imagine how there could be a part 2 unless it continues the story past where the book ended.
Trailer was awful. Groan-inducing in fact. Does anyone really think the slo-mo gymnastics style of action still looks cool? (The director also helmed the godawful Nightwatch which doesn’t bode well.) The use of the Johnny Cash song “The Man Comes Around” was a pathetic attempt to carry over some creepy goodwill from the Dawn of the Dead remake. I know, trailers do this all the time but this one was especially blatant. Yuck.
That’s the kicker, you’re not supposed to think it looks cool, its supposed to be silly. I laughed so hard at the end where Abe practically explodes a tree with an axe. Its too stupid to be cool, thus its cool. I hope that the whole movie is filled with such insane imagery that we cannot help but enjoy it, like maybe Abe does a front flip while being chased by vampires, throws 2 wooden stakes into their hearts, then throws hammers against them and they fall backwards, impaled on a tree!