I don't understand the appeal of...

[Richmond Clements]

There is nothing worse than being forcibly subjected to someone else's music from the flat/house next door.

Ah yes, I have this problem with my neighbours playing some kind of Polish pop really loud, late at night. I fight back with Motorheads "Ace of Spades" and win every time.

What I used to do was wait until 9Am the next morning, when they were all partied out and trying to sleep and then whack on the Metal at top volume.

[Dandontdare]

My late uncle once had a long-running and very childish feud with neighbours. He objected to the sheets on their washing line billowing over the fence, so he hammered 6 inch nails upside-down along the top of the fence; and later he went out and bought an album of bagpipe music and used to turn the speakers to the adjoining wall, crank it up to max and go out. A lovely bloke most of the time, but those people just riled him!

[staticgirl]

My late father liked some nice bagpipe music. I can see why they are reputedly classed as weapons.

[SmallBlueThing]

I saw a set of bagpipes in a nice presentation case, for £85, and did ponder briefly buying them. Dont ask me why, they just appealed.
But i put down a deposit on a TIE fighter instead.
SBT

[Michaelvk]

But i put down a deposit on a TIE fighter instead.
SBT

It worries me that that seems like a perfectly sensible thing to do..

[SmallBlueThing]

Michaelvk, thankyou! i'd forgotten about the tie fighter and hadnt picked it up. Will have to phone them and get it next week. Cheers.

SBT

[radiator]

I don't see the appeal of making a film adaptation of World War Z and doing it as anything other than a straight faux-documentary translation of the book.

If the filmmakers behind the movie WWZ are apparently just going to make a generic zombie film, then why bother buying the rights to WWZ at all? Surely the key things about WWZ are the structure of the book and the 'factual' angle? Take that away and you entirely miss the point.

[SmallBlueThing]

I don't see the appeal of making a film adaptation of World War Z and doing it as anything other than a straight faux-documentary translation of the book.

If the filmmakers behind the movie WWZ are apparently just going to make a generic zombie film, then why bother buying the rights to WWZ at all? Surely the key things about WWZ are the structure of the book and the 'factual' angle? Take that away and you entirely miss the point.

Absolutely. But I thought that was what they were doing? With Mr Pitt taking the role of the interviewer? Have we heard differently? It's filming in Tunbridge Wells next month, marvellously- I guess they didn't want to spent out on zombie makeups- and hopefully after that coming down to Bexhill and Eastbourne!

SBT

[Peter Wolf]

I don't see the appeal of making a film adaptation of World War Z and doing it as anything other than a straight faux-documentary translation of the book.

If the filmmakers behind the movie WWZ are apparently just going to make a generic zombie film, then why bother buying the rights to WWZ at all? Surely the key things about WWZ are the structure of the book and the 'factual' angle? Take that away and you entirely miss the point.

Absolutely. But I thought that was what they were doing? With Mr Pitt taking the role of the interviewer? Have we heard differently? It's filming in Tunbridge Wells next month, marvellously- I guess they didn't want to spent out on zombie makeups- and hopefully after that coming down to Bexhill and Eastbourne!

SBT

Bexhill On Sea is a half way house between life and death .

[radiator]

Everything I've heard about the WWZ movie indicates that they are abandoning the interview format of the book in favour of a traditional film narrative. The narrator, played by Brad Pitt, will be the main character and focus of the story.

They claim that this is because the original story wouldn't work cinematically, but imo that's bull - what they really mean is that they're trying to turn the book into a big mainstream blockbuster, when it would be much better suited to being a quirky mid-budget mockumentary. The resulting film might turn out ok, but it certainly won't be World War Z. Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity to me.

[JOE SOAP]

Let's face it, the world doesn't need another zombie film.

[radiator]

Fair point, but what I liked about WWZ was that it's a fresh and novel spin on a tired genre - and it sounds like they are making it into just another zombie film.

[SmallBlueThing]

Au contraire, i think the world needs as many zombie films as it can get. WWZ is one of my favourite novels, if not my absolute favourite, but it worked for me because it just did, on the scale he'd love to have, what Romero has been doing in film these past forty years. And what kirkman's doing in comics. Im not sure what to expect from the movie, but i'll be shocked if i dont come out thinking it couldve been done better as a tv show, over a couple of years.
SBT

[radiator]

i'll be shocked if i dont come out thinking it couldve been done better as a tv show

Absolutely - in an ideal world, it would be a big budget TV miniseries. It would lend itself especially well to that format, because going by the novel there would be scope for many quieter, more character-driven episodes to offset the stuff like the Battle of Yonkers which would swallow a lot of the budget. I've heard that shows like Doctor Who operate in this way.

Would loved to have seen Mark Hamill, Jurgen Prochnow and Henry Rollins reprising their roles from the audiobook adaptation - great bit of casting, there.

[The Cosh]

Personally, I agree with Joe Soap. However, if you live in Glasgow, you can be in World War Z:
http://www.castingcollective.co.uk/new-artistes/urgent-castings/#cast-1