Ever watch a zombie movie before where you cheered for the

[rzemanfl]

zombies? "Homecoming" on Showtime is just an amazing full-frontal, no holds-barred attack on the right-wing, bible thumping, election-stealing war-mongering, lying bastards. I am amazed it was broadcast.

See this even if you have to invite yourself into the home of someone who can get Showtime.

[drhilarius]

1. I can't get over how good it was...

Seriously, I've posted on every thread related to "Homecoming". This is what a zombie movie should be-an exquisite piece of social commentary.

[rzemanfl]

2. The last time I liked the zombies was the '60's rock group. I wish

I could get a bunch of DVDs of this. I'd put a sign on my car that said, I'm with the zombies and whenever someone asked what it meant I'd hand them a DVD.

I hope Olbermann will cover this.

[...of J.Temperance]

3. The Zombies appeared in a BRILLIANT Otto Preminger film

From 1965 "Bunny Lake Is Missing"

http://www.britmovie.co.uk/genres/thriller/filmography/094.html

Were you aware of this? You should try and get the film, it's rad.

[drhilarius]

4. The real irony is...

the true zombies are the assholes who voted for the person that killed the soldiers in the first place.

[madfloridian]

5. We sent them to war on a lie.

Those responsible need to speak up now. The message was clear.

[tsuki]

6. And it didn't take a scorecard to figure out who was who.

[rzemanfl]

9. The "BSH BABE" vanity plate on the Man Coulter character's

car told me that they were going to be pretty direct. Wasn't sure who the guy she screwed then screwed over was supposed to be though.

[d_b]

7. I wish I had showtime :-/

[LeftCoast]

8. Many cable and sat services are giving away Showtime this weekend

Maybe you're one of the lucky ones. They'll be showing the movie all weekend.

[0007]

10. Hilarious! I've never watched a zombie movie, I see enough

zombies here in Midland Texas. Home Depot is loaded. The real scary kind.

[madfloridian]

11. Well, this wasn't hilarious. It was heartbreaking.

I felt so much anger.

[0007]

15. And to those that say, "I'm sorry" "Why bless their little hearts"

Fuck You!

It seems that the whole world is angry and I'm leading the charge to The Anger Management classes.

:hi:

[madfloridian]

12. The president "makes stupid people feel as smart as he is."

That line was just brilliant. Think about it. Maybe they have something there.

[tsuki]

13. I have always thought that, but it was so good to hear it go out over

the TeeVee. :hi:

[MrSlayer]

14. I always cheer for the zombies.

Sounds good. I'll have to check it out.

[Colonel Bat Guano]

16. Free on Directv this weekend, it's on tonight

I don't subscribe to Showtime, but I could watch it on Directv tonight...apparently they're doing a freeview all weekend for Showtime. It's great, everyone should make an effort to see it and tape it...

[MissMarple]

17. "Land of the Dead" has an interesting zombie character.

It's a cute movie, but it's on pay per view. I kept flipping between the channels it was on to see different parts of the movie and didn't actually watch it from start to finish. It was more like start, end, middle, back to start, end. :shrug:

[Clark2008]

18. Sounds interesting:

TURIN, ITALY "This is a horror story because most of the characters are Republicans," director Joe Dante announced before the November 13 world premiere of his latest movie, Homecoming, at the Turin Film Festival. Republicans, as it happens, will be the ones who find Homecoming's agitprop premise scariest: In an election year, dead veterans of the current conflict crawl out of their graves and stagger single-mindedly to voting booths so they can eject the president who sent them to fight a war sold on "horseshit and elbow grease."

The dizzying high point of Showtime's new Masters of Horror series, the hour-long Homecoming (which premieres December 2) is easily one of the most important political films of the Bush II era. With its only slightly caricatured right-wingers, the film nails the casual fraudulence and contortionist rhetoric that are the signatures of the Bush-Cheney administration. Its dutiful hero, presidential consultant David Murch (Jon Tenney), reports to a Karl Rove–like guru named Kurt Rand (Robert Picardo) and engages in kinky power fucks with attack-bitch pundit Jane Cleaver (Thea Gill), a blonde, leggy Ann Coulter proxy with a "No Sex for All" tank top and "BSH BABE" license plates. Murch's glib, duplicitous condescension is apparently what triggers the zombie uprising: Confronting an angry mother of a dead soldier on a news talk show, he tells this Cindy Sheehan figure, "If I had one wish . . . I would wish for your son to come back," so he could assure the country of the importance of the war. The boy does return, along with legions of fallen combatants, and they all beg to differ.

How fitting that the most pungent artistic response to a regime famed for its crass fear-mongering would be a cheap horror movie. Jaw-dropping in its sheer directness, Homecoming is a righteous blast of liberal-left fury (it was greeted with a five-minute ovation in Turin, the most vocal appreciation seeming to come from the American filmmakers and writers in attendance).

http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0548,lim,70455,20.html

[Colonel Bat Guano]

19. 10:30P EST tonight

Kick -- it's on tonight at 10:30 PM EST. Even if you don't subscribe to Showtime, check anyway....it's available free on Directv and apparently on many cable systems as a promo.

[Fire Walk With Me]

20. Worst possible zombies?

The dance floor girls who count their IQ by hooting "Oowuh! Oowuh!"

You don't want a batch of them staggering after you. Nuh-uh.

Another good but relatively unknown zombie movie? The comedy "Shawn of the Dead". To enjoy.

[Obamarama]

21. I thought it was over-the-top schlock.....

but I LOVED the social/political commentary and the strongly-drawn characterizations of the BFEE and their minions.

[FVZA_Colonel]

22. I missed it, but I did cheer for the zombies once before.

I remember letting out loud whoops the first time I saw "Day of the Dead," specifically when Bub the zombie was hunting down Captain Rhodes, who had just killed his "father" (a scientist who had been training Bub and seemed to display a genuinely father-like affection for him). Every time Bub put a bullet into that son of a bitch, I cheered. Personally, it seems like Captain Rhodes would fit right in amongst this administration.