Intersting bit about Dawn.

I'm a huge zombie fan myself, but I didn't much like 28 Days Later (enough not to bother watching 28 Weeks). Not because of any negative portrayal of the military, but just because that whole ending sequence didn't make sense for this important reason: They couldn't last a week without sex before going rape crazy? Seriously, the infection had just begun and already they are driven crazy by the lack of sex. They knew they could hold off the infected indefinitely, they knew they were going to be saved eventually... Yet they just couldn't keep it in their pants? I don't buy it, and if I'm watching the film to this point that means that I've already bought into the idea of ZOMBIES running around (well, sorta).

At any rate, if anybody is looking for a real treat of a recent zombie film they should check out Quarantine.

Is it? I haven't seen the film (and won't), but just about any time you see "gamers" depicted on tv or in the movies these days they are fat and lazy nerd stereotypes.

Mine was more along the lines of "Starbuck is a chick and psylons look like people?" *click*.

But I'm sure if I stuck around and watched for another 30 seconds I would have hit your conclusion as well.

Sign me up for the shaky cam hate train as well. Although, I do think that in certain movies it is appropriate. The Blair Witch Project, for instance, IMO did it well. I think the recent zombie movie remake Quaranteen also did a good job with a similar premise.

But these action movies that have shaky cam just for the sake of having a shaky cam... There is just no excuse. Hell, there are even a lot of GOOD movies that, when it comes time for a big battle scene, resort to shaky cam and put a damper on the whole experience ala Master and Commander & Gladiator. It might even be a majority of films that choose the shaky route at this point.

Bruce was known for accidentally hitting the stunt men for real during fights, and I think I read/heard from Jackie Chan somewhere that Bruce actually gave him a good smack in the face with the stick he was using to fight in the scene.

That was a joke. See what I did there was... Oh nevermind.

By the bye, I sadly (probably) can't afford UFC tickets. I did, however, watch the fights on the pay-per-view and they were rather disappointing. Had I of been in the front seats my poncho would have been prestine and lonely for lack of use.

My point is that people like to watch violence for entertainment, always have and always will. It isn't some modern phenomenon that illustrates a decline in societal morals as you seem to want to see it.

The reason I pointed out the Roman example is to show that modern society is vastly BETTER than the ancient Roman mob or indeed most past societies. Unless, of course, you happen to think that watching fictional cartoonish violence is the equivalent of watching real people being eaten alive by beasts.

Yeah, the modern popular culture phenomenon of watching violence for entertainment is so awful. We never had people crowding around rings to watch two men beat the tar out of each other at any point in the good old days. Or crowding around rings to watch lions eat people alive before that. Man, modern society sucks!

Now excuse me while I go to the UFC Fight tonight. I've got great tickets, I'm in the splash zone.

I really didn't dig Battle Royale at all.

Well she used to be funny anyway. Plus, she is still hot.