Are These Two Films Considered Twin Movies?
Jul 18, 2020 21:20:59 GMT -8
Post by gljbradley on Jul 18, 2020 21:20:59 GMT -8
A few days ago, something occurred to me while I was watching some clips on YouTube.
Now, those of you who are TFTC fans know that Death Becomes Her feel like an extended episode from the show. Which is partially due to the film's director who was also one of the producers of the show, Robert Zemeckis. The plot is about two women who are in constant competition with one another and they each take a potion that makes them have eternal beauty and everlasting life. Of course, things go awry. Well, I mention this because I unintentionally discovered another movie that was released in the same year that's similar when it comes one particular plot point: zombies.
I was watching video clips about nudity and how to put it in a proper context. I clicked on one users' list showing clips from various shows and TV shows pertaining to male nudity. There was one clip that was from the film, Universal Soldier, and it was Jean-Claude Van Damme's nude scene. After watching the clip (and admittedly turned on by it
), I decided to kind of check the film out on Kids-in-Mind.com and when I read the brief synopsis, I was intrigued. It's basically about super soldiers that were created by secret morbid experiments. Mind you that I haven't seen this film. Then, it occurred to me: the year of when this film came out and the film's plot stood out the more I thought about it.
This film came out in 1992, the same year as Death Becomes Her. And like Death Becomes Her, Universal Soldier deals with zombies but in an unconventional way. Unlike most zombie films, these two particular films aren't exactly straightforward when it comes to dealing with the undead. For example, in both films, there seems to be the notion of the living dead living amongst us. Also, or at least from what I can see, the main characters, who are legally dead, start displaying some things that zombies normally wouldn't display like emitting body liquid naturally. In DBH, Madeline and Helen are actually to be able to cry for some reason despite being deceased. And going back to that US clip, I noticed that JC's character was behaving a little strangely and saying that he was burning up judging by the immense sweating. Interesting.
So, I've thought about this and came to conclusion that these two films might be possibly twin films since they were both released in the same year and have somewhat similar concepts. But I could be wrong.
For those who've seen either or both of these films, what are your thoughts?
Now, those of you who are TFTC fans know that Death Becomes Her feel like an extended episode from the show. Which is partially due to the film's director who was also one of the producers of the show, Robert Zemeckis. The plot is about two women who are in constant competition with one another and they each take a potion that makes them have eternal beauty and everlasting life. Of course, things go awry. Well, I mention this because I unintentionally discovered another movie that was released in the same year that's similar when it comes one particular plot point: zombies.
I was watching video clips about nudity and how to put it in a proper context. I clicked on one users' list showing clips from various shows and TV shows pertaining to male nudity. There was one clip that was from the film, Universal Soldier, and it was Jean-Claude Van Damme's nude scene. After watching the clip (and admittedly turned on by it
), I decided to kind of check the film out on Kids-in-Mind.com and when I read the brief synopsis, I was intrigued. It's basically about super soldiers that were created by secret morbid experiments. Mind you that I haven't seen this film. Then, it occurred to me: the year of when this film came out and the film's plot stood out the more I thought about it. This film came out in 1992, the same year as Death Becomes Her. And like Death Becomes Her, Universal Soldier deals with zombies but in an unconventional way. Unlike most zombie films, these two particular films aren't exactly straightforward when it comes to dealing with the undead. For example, in both films, there seems to be the notion of the living dead living amongst us. Also, or at least from what I can see, the main characters, who are legally dead, start displaying some things that zombies normally wouldn't display like emitting body liquid naturally. In DBH, Madeline and Helen are actually to be able to cry for some reason despite being deceased. And going back to that US clip, I noticed that JC's character was behaving a little strangely and saying that he was burning up judging by the immense sweating. Interesting.
So, I've thought about this and came to conclusion that these two films might be possibly twin films since they were both released in the same year and have somewhat similar concepts. But I could be wrong.
For those who've seen either or both of these films, what are your thoughts?
