And I thought I was done with zombies...

That is, until "The Walking Dead" came along.

I'd long been a fan of the Kirkman comic series (Collected in trades. Yes, I'm one of THOSE comic readers.), but had long ago burned myself out on zombies on film.

Damn you AMC, for changing that.

The TV series, "Walking Dead" is simply a bit of televisual perfection as far as I'm concerned. It's a balance of familiar TV tropes, comfortable character protrayals, and the otherwise unremarkable banality of regular-joe characters that is beautifully thrown into sharp contrast against the backdrop of the zombie-infected world in which these characters live.

It is survival fiction done well. It is survival fiction that works very hard to make us understand the human side of staying alive at all costs.

Like I said, awesome stuff. "Lost" can go sit in a corner and be forgotten now.

After watching epidose four last night, I discovered that my zombie love is rising once again. The flames of zombie fan-boy-ish-ness have been fanned into life by watching it executed so skillfully by Darabont et al.

And ya know what? I think it's time for me to share OUR humble little zombie effort once again (and I DO mean humble - we love our little zombie hobby film).

So with that in mind, I give you our own little slice of zombie survival horror: "Bum of the Dead".





Enjoy.
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Rob Rodas - illustrator to the stars...

...or somesuch.

As you may have noticed, "Unadulterated Douchebloggery" has a spiffy new title illustration. This wunnerful, wunnerful pic is the work of one Robert Rodas, illustrator, animator, friend, and now - assistant director. Here's his blog with some awesome samples of his awesome awesomeness:

http://robrodas.blogspot.com/

Rob Has worked with me on a variety of projects over the past four (five?) years, and will continue to do so as we ramp up on (amongst other things) the "City of Ghouls" short film and comic.

So, a big "Unadulterated Douchebloggery" shout-out and thanks to Rob!

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The Toronto Film Challenge

Here's our entry in the "Toronto Film Challenge". The TFC is a contest that sees GTA-area film-makers get together and write, shoot, edit, and finish short films in a 48 hour time period (or 24, depending).

This year, at the urging of my friend and film co-conspirator, Rich, I put together a team representing Favours For Friends pictures. The following film is the result of 48hours of straight film-making. I hope you enjoy it, warts and all. A more refined cut will make its way online in the coming months. But nor now, I present, "Kinsmen", by the Favours For Friends team:



The Favours for Friends team is: Geoff Whitman, Rich Bisquera, Christine Buijs, Andrew Chapman, Connie Daye, MarkMcIntyre, Jim Field, Rob Rodas, Luke Schultz and Stephen Leck.

The Toronto Film Challenge: http://torontofilmchallenge.com/

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It's "Hey! Admiral Ackbar!" Episode Four!

In which youtube fails to defeat the Admiral, and we talk the digestive tract!

So, how come I haven't seen this?

I mean, aside from the fact that it's not 1994 any more.

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