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Romero's
"Dead" Trilogy
I've been getting into George A. Romero's zombie films just lately,
or more specifically Dawn of the Dead. A site dedicated to that
1978 movie is Zombie
Farm, while the official site of Dawn and Day of the Dead's
fx manager is The
Tom Savini Home Page. For the rest of Romero's zombie trilogy,
there's Ghoul
Next Door. Remember the little girl in the very first movie,
Night of the Living Dead? The one that became a zombie and dismembered
her own mother with a trowel? Well, her name was Kyra Schon and
this is her official home page. Finally, while no turkey, Day of
the Dead was the weakest of the three films for me. Dr.
Logan's Preservation Page is a very detailed look at all
aspects of the 1985 vehicle, and offers some honest appraisal. The
star of that film, Lori
Cardille, has her own site too, which shows a begrudging
attitude towards fans of the series. Visitors should also be aware
the site is a personal one, not just dedicated to Lori's work on
the film, and does include harrowing accounts of childhood abuse.
Death
Clock Not sure I like this site, a bit eerie, a bit sick,
really. According to the "death clock", my date of death is calculated
at Friday, October the 12th, 2046, and as I write I have just 1,472,043,734
seconds left to live. Make that 1,472,043,733.
Monkey
Magic Monkey was a programme we all loved to bits in the
70s. Actually, seen again, it's still just as good, if not better.
Though in a completely different way of course. Whoever would've
thought the English translation was full of innuendo? How innocent
we once were...
Roshambo
(Scissors, Paper, Stone) PLEASE tell me this is a
joke! The world scissors-paper-stone Strategy Guide is just so sad
the people responsible for it cannot be serious... can they? Just
take a look at the mercilessly anal FAQ
Guide and the "controversy" surrounding the Dynamite
Inclusion. Perhaps better is a computer that you can play
against at Roshambot.
Anal SF Reference: This game was of course ably demonstrated
by the Doctor and Romana in the Doctor Who story Destiny of the
Daleks
Nightmare
on Carpenter Drive One of the most bizarre - and potentially
libellous - sites on the net. At date of 21/7/99 only 17 people
had visited this completely obscure site which monitors the comings
and goings of neighbour disputes and criminal activity in a real-life
street. Stop Press: Sadly, it's now no longer available, but I'll keep this link as a reminder to myself to see if it ever gets archived on one of the web's engines out there...
Just some of the saddest sites on the net include The
World of Cress and The
Tegan Jovanka Worshippers Site. I ask you! A new contender
to the throne though is some Canadian bloke who has his own "autobiography"
page as part of his site! The pretention extends towards having
Mozart playing on the page (A great composer, but completely incongruous
on a "about me" web page) and a Chinese proverb: "It is better to
light a single candle than to curse the darkness." Wow, deep man!
The author has even thoughtfully supplied a few snapshots of his
garden. If you do look at this website make sure there are no sharps
implements or razor blades nearby, as suicide may suddenly seem
an attractive option. If you do go, don't tell him I sent you as
he demands that you let him know if you link to his almighty pages.
To have a laugh, er, look, go to Bennett's
Site. May God have mercy on you all. What on earth is an interrobang Dr.
Watson's HTML Clinic is more a reminder for myself as to
where to go when I get stuck with this site's "design". You just
type in a URL and this handy page checks its validity for you. Essentially
the same thing (though the site brings up loads of script errors
- maybe it needs to check its own HTML) is Web
Site Garage. Finally, there's the ultimate in advice sites,
HTML
Goodies.
Dead
Link Every site has 'em, so why should we be any different?
This is a dead link that goes nowhere, except to a blank screen
that says "DSN Error - try refresh". Of course, this kind of self-satisfied,
smart-arsed "humour" will only work as long as the links on the
rest of this page are kept up to date. If I get an out-of-date link,
then the only one who looks a turkey will be me!
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