Zombies and H2G2

In gearing up for Land of the Dead -- which opened in America last weekend, but which we have to wait until August 4 to see -- we've been having a Zombie marathon these last few days.

The original Dawn, Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Creeps, City of the Living Dead (which we're still not entirely convinced is actually a Zombie movie) and, of course, Shaun. Have to slow it down. I fear we're going to run out before August. And odds are, Land won't play around here at all, so there's probably a trip to Melbourne in my future. (I dare say a solo trip -- Nikki's just not into travelling that distance to see a movie.)

I'm a little surprised how luke-warm the reviews are, really. I read the script and thought it rocked, but George isn't the best director in the world -- much like the other George, he's better known for what he's created, than any degree of artistic ability -- so it's possible that the script and the film go north and south.

Apart from Zombie flicks, we haven't watched a lot of movies lately. I'm reading quite a bit. A book called Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, which -- surprise -- is about Douglas Adams and the Guide. More about the Guide, really, and its various incarnations, and not so much a bio of Adams. It's interesting, but really vague, and assumes the reader is fanatical about the Guide series, making only passing references to specific passages in the books, and Gaiman seems to go out of his way to make the reader feel like he's out of the loop. It's like reading footnotes.

Anyway, I have two actual biographies here on Adams, which I'll be picking up soon. Have some other library books to get through first, including a few from my new pal Shane Maloney.