jackson13
10-22-2003, 11:27 PM
Ok so Im watching tv 3 weeks ago and I see a commercial for the dvd of 28 Days Later, and it says "3 alternate endings that will haunt you for days!". This immediately activates my saliva gland and I start drooling over the release of the dvd because the movie is in my top 3 of the year. So finally, the dvd comes out yesterday, and I go and rent it (nabbed the first copy, that happens when you get to the store 5 minutes before it opens) and tonight I pop in the dvd. I watch the movie, enjoy the hell out of it just like at the theater, and then after the movie proceed to watch the 3 endings that are going to haunt me for days.
BULLSHIT!
(spoilers for the dvd endings)
Ending #1: a continuation of the original ending, except the girls take Jim to a hospital, but he ulitmately dies and they walk off together. End. Lame as shit, not haunting at all.
Ending #2: Jim is no where to be found and the girls are all alone at the cottage house. The jet flies over seeing their 'Hello' on the ground with them jumping around, without Jim. End. Lamer than the first alternate, not haunting one bit, fucking sucks!
Ending #3: Its a story board ending with the dialouge spoken by the director of the film. This ending is much better than the previous 2. Jim and the clan end up at the barricade, but there are no soldiers. Frank still becomes infected, they tie him up, and end up at the testing facility where the movie began. There is one survivor there and he eventually tells them of the cure; a complete blood transfusion. Jim ends up switching blood with Frank, thus becoming infected. The movie then ends with him lying on the operating table watching the video screens of war and mayhem just like the chimp in the beginning. Sucks, lame, not haunting. Sure, it is the best of the 3, but it still sucks because it was fucking Storyboard and not live action.
The reason of this rant is because I feel violated by Fox Searchlight. Here they are telling me that the movie has 3 new endings, all of which will scare the shit out of me for days. LIARS! MOTHERFUCKING LIARS! Im not scared, I just feel stupid for having not rented the vhs. Since these endings all sucked, and werent 'haunting', there was no point to rent the dvd. This is just outright bullshit. Its false advertising!
AHHHHH IM PISSED!
BULLSHIT!
(spoilers for the dvd endings)
Ending #1: a continuation of the original ending, except the girls take Jim to a hospital, but he ulitmately dies and they walk off together. End. Lame as shit, not haunting at all.
Ending #2: Jim is no where to be found and the girls are all alone at the cottage house. The jet flies over seeing their 'Hello' on the ground with them jumping around, without Jim. End. Lamer than the first alternate, not haunting one bit, fucking sucks!
Ending #3: Its a story board ending with the dialouge spoken by the director of the film. This ending is much better than the previous 2. Jim and the clan end up at the barricade, but there are no soldiers. Frank still becomes infected, they tie him up, and end up at the testing facility where the movie began. There is one survivor there and he eventually tells them of the cure; a complete blood transfusion. Jim ends up switching blood with Frank, thus becoming infected. The movie then ends with him lying on the operating table watching the video screens of war and mayhem just like the chimp in the beginning. Sucks, lame, not haunting. Sure, it is the best of the 3, but it still sucks because it was fucking Storyboard and not live action.
The reason of this rant is because I feel violated by Fox Searchlight. Here they are telling me that the movie has 3 new endings, all of which will scare the shit out of me for days. LIARS! MOTHERFUCKING LIARS! Im not scared, I just feel stupid for having not rented the vhs. Since these endings all sucked, and werent 'haunting', there was no point to rent the dvd. This is just outright bullshit. Its false advertising!
AHHHHH IM PISSED!