I'm currently watching The Dead One, starring Wilmer Valderrama and made in 2007. It was interesting, which is more than I can say for a lot of low budget stuff I find on cable. It was also frequently very silly, starting out as a "lost" ghost story (lost as in doesn't know he's dead), and ending up as The Crow with a stereotypically Hispanic twist.
For starters, the names of the main character and his romantic interest is: Diego and Maria! Clever! I personally think they should have named her Dora, but that's simply because that would have been hilarious. I work with kids; I take my laughs where I gets 'em. I guess we should just be grateful his name wasn't Juan or Jose; I just would love to see some slightly more creative Spanish names, like Octavio or Lorena. Of course all of the honkies are skeptics and all of the brown folk are mystical and or highly Roman Catholic. Personally, if I'm being chased by Billy Drago, in drag (must.. resist..joke..!!!), with a knife, answering to the name "Catrina", I'd run and keep my ass running. I would NOT go to the local shrine and pray.
Apparently this movie is based on El Muerto, The Aztec Mummy, a comic written and drawn by Javier Hernandez, and that title sums this up well, though he was less mummy and more zombie. Sorta. (EDIT: Stac read good! The title IS ..Aztec Zombie and not mummy. I misread it TWICE. How fucking sad is that?) I'd really like to read this, though, as it ties in with what I liked about this movie-- it had a very strong Dia de Los Muertos theme, something I'm personally fascinated with. So I dig the costuming and the set dressing, for sure. (Speaking of horror, my cat just sneezed. All over my bare shoulder. Now it is drying in the breeze. Delightful!)
Over all I liked it just fine in a brainless, something on t.v. while I'm reading Herodotus (I'm a history major, not just pretentious, I swear.) kinda way. And really, you have Billy Drago as A WOMAN. He is supposed to be a WOMAN. He wears a DRESS and a WIG. Worth the price of printing the dvd, right there!
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Hello,
For the record, the name of my comic is EL MUERTO, THE AZTEC ZOMBIE. Not sure where the 'Mummy' came from.
As far as his name, I picked Diego de La Muerte because I wanted something similar to Dia de Los Muertos. Plus 'Diego' was Zorro's first name. Maybe I can give him a brother called Octavio de La Muerte!
Anyway, I got a kick out of reading your post. Thanks for watching.
Best,
Javier Hernandez
Aha, that's what I get for trusting the imdb's trivia section. I think a poster got confused. ;)
Thanks for posting, Javier! I'm going to lay my hands on some of your comics and write a review of 'em when I do.
I never even caught on to the Diego de La Muerte and Dia de los Muertos connection-- I guess that's what I get for being a skeptical honky, huh? ;)
No, no, it turns out I just can't read, apparently, and thought the word "zombie" was "mummy".
Sad part is that I checked the trivia on imdb's page for this at least twice, and I still got it wrong. I weep for my future.
Stac, your future's as bright as a light bulb, dontcha' worry none. You're all that and a bag of chips! Mummy, zombie...whatever... The guy's dead! Dead as grunge!
Received your order, actually. Will ship soon. Thanks a lot!
Javier
Aces, Javier, thanks! Can't wait to read!
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