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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed
El_Hoopso — 20 years ago(July 07, 2005 09:56 PM)
I for one, am totally appreciative of this so called "weak" extra.
It has answered so many questions, and added an extra elemement and suspense for my viewing, i would even go as far to say that this should have been included in the movie itself as sort of a narrative.
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HarmlessBunny-1 — 20 years ago(July 12, 2005 10:43 PM)
Heh I certainly do! Sure Zack Synder isn't good as an actor, but who caresit is a freakin ZOMBIE movie. It was a nice little extra bundled in with a good movie. Having pieces of it included with the main movie wouldn't have been bad.
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Quicksand — 20 years ago(August 05, 2005 02:51 PM)
No, I don't agree, they filled in holes that didn't exist, and in some places even contradicted what was in the movie itself.
Also, "Andy" was not played by Zack Snyder. He cameo'd elsewhere in the film, as a soldier. -
necroticfuzzfunk — 20 years ago(December 19, 2005 07:45 AM)
hes in it for about ten bloody minutes how the hell could you use it as a narrative? is he gonna give narration over the bit where the girl is attacked in her house by a toddler "uh yeahi wasnt there .um" whatever mate, just because you have a vaguely eloquent turn of phrase doenst mean you have anything worth saying.
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Lyinginbedmon — 20 years ago(December 31, 2005 08:55 PM)
I think it helped to fill out the character of 'Andy the Gun Shop Owner' wonderfully.
With the Lost Tape, he's no longer just some poor schmuck that had the misfortune of being bitten during the Maller's escape and was a good shot with a sniper rifle, he's the struggling father figure who desperately wants to get his daughter back from his 'evil' ex-wife who he presumes has left her at the grandparent's house. We get glimpses that shout that he is having severe mental problems, anthropomorphosising his daughter's fish in his daughter ('Ariel' to 'Baby Girl' the nickname for his daughter), and we can see that he's a mean drunk who goes to extreme lengths to escape his desparate situation.
It also adds a sadder tone to the film, it's not just about killing zombies and surviving anymore, it's about overcoming your own psychological problems. Andy knew exactly what he had to do, but he couldn't do it and he suffered great depression from that.
All this, as opposed to the 'Gun Shop guy who gets bit'? I'll take Andy the tragic survivor any day. -
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barrett667 — 19 years ago(July 28, 2006 06:17 AM)
One of the cool things about Zombie movies is that the horrible misfortune shared by the survivors in the story is also shared by other survivors everywhere who's story is not told. The whole world is affected by the spread of these zombies and we see the small piece of the whole picture. The 'extra' of Andy's days is another small piece. It kicks the imagination up a notch. You start wondering about other survivors and their stories. Like what about the kids who found this tape after things had settled down? How did they make it? What did wind up happening? Did the dead finally rot and fall apart, or 'starve' when their food supply disappeared? This little, poorly acted and shot (poorly shot on purpose I would guess), extra adds a spark to a cool story. It gives us a little more to chew on. It's nice to have more story and even though it's not the greatest, it's something new to watch and 'refreshes' the movie from it's time in the theaters.