March of the Zombies

I just finished watching Land of the Dead for about the hundredth time, and the DVD took me directly to the bonus features after the credits; so I started the bonus feature entitled Undead Again: The Making of Land of the Dead. It’s very fortunate that I had subtitles turned on, otherwise I wouldn’t have caught a very amusing discrepancy between the audio and the subtitles.

There is a bit where John Leguizamo’s character, Cholo, confronts Dennis Hopper’s character, Mr. Kaufman. Here is what Cholo very clearly said:

“… so you better fucking let me in and give me a nice place.”

Given the context of the scene, it makes perfect sense. Now, here is what the fine people who write up the subtitles apparently heard.

“… she beat the fuck out of me and then gave me a nice place.”

This works on absolutely zero levels. I tried listening to it several times in an attempt to trick myself into hearing it. No such luck. Let’s pretend for a moment that I did hear him say that, though. It just doesn’t make sense. Even still, if we do go the lengths to assume that there is some mystery woman who delights in pummeling men only to immediately furnish them with lavish apartments, why would this interesting anecdote come up during a heated debate?

This is, of course, of absolutely no relevance to anything at all. I just wanted to share all of this with anyone bored enough to read it. If you own Land of the Dead on DVD, check it out. Please let me know if you find any other amusing mistakes!

I found a pretty sweet deal down at the local CD Tradepost; ten Mega Man games in one for the Nintendo GameCube. (That’s right, Joe. I’m finally showing the GameCube some love.) I’ve been waxing nostalgic for the NES games from my childhood ever since I started watching the Angry Video Game Nerd’s game reviews. So, I hooked up the GameCube and took a stroll down memory lane.

As it turns out, memory lane is a long and jagged road, frought with annoying obstacles and pain-in-the-ass robots. I figured that it would be a breeze after a decade or so. I mean, I’ve had a lot of gaming experience since then. That doesn’t seem to matter much, though. Each stage seems to have some sort of insurmountable obstacle, and the checkpoints are few and far in between.

I don’t think I ever called Mega Man a “fucking shit-bag” before today. He was pretty shocked to hear such foul language coming out of my mouth. Regardless, I will beat those games. It’s just going to take some time.

Of course, Veronica Mars was canceled a little over a year ago. However, I haven’t tuned in to a T.V. series regularly ever since Angel was canceled. I’m a wait-for-the-DVD kind of guy, and I’ve been putting off the third and final season of Veronica Mars even though it’s been sitting on my shelf since my last birthday. Why? I didn’t want the show to be over.

Well, I just finished season three of Veronica Mars. It’s over, and it ended on a cliff-hanger! I was pissed when I popped in the last disc; I had forgotten that the last disc is reserved for special features only. However, there is a very brief look into what season four could have been like. It’s like a mini-pilot, which also ends on a cliff-hanger! Oh, and it’s set several years in the future, so it doesn’t even bother to address any of the big questions that sprung up in the series finale.

Long story short, it was a good show. I wish it hadn’t ended prematurely, but I have high hopes for a movie or perhaps an actual fourth season. If you, my gentle reader(s), are seeking entertainment that will hold you over for months on end, then I beseech you to check out all three seasons of Veronica Mars.