Dead Like Me: Life After Death

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  • 3 weeks later...
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Not to bring a dead post back up or anything, but its deserved. Finally has become available through "channels". And just got to see it and I must say this was great. It wasn't just about seeing it all over again. It felt very much like the original series. IT was really very well done. And I hope the DVD sales do great. Personally I can't wait till I get in "physically" in my hands via my pre-order from amazon!

Diasy wasn't too bad considering the change in actress, I also noticed the Milie character image has changed once again, and the people who played the "younger" actress were different also.

Awesomeness, great ending.

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and the people who played the "younger" actress were different also.

are you saying that Reggie was someone else? because its not a different actress...she just grew up....

edit: ahhh....or do you mean the little kid George that we see occasionally in the show...

well that would make sense...considering i'm sure that's kid's grown up a lot too...and to still show a little kid they'd need someone else who's still actually a really little kid...

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are you saying that Reggie was someone else? because its not a different actress...she just grew up....

edit: ahhh....or do you mean the little kid George that we see occasionally in the show...

well that would make sense...considering i'm sure that's kid's grown up a lot too...and to still show a little kid they'd need someone else who's still actually a really little kid...

Yeah thats exactly what I meant. I didn't really think about those little kids growing up to.

I would however wonder before I thought they dropped the "real life" apprence factor of Lass in the series.

First they showed these crack lookin people, then they took that away and showed a preety girl. And they changed that girl again in this one.

Other than those quirks the movie was great, and its ratings are preety damn good so far on imdb, even if its only 30 reviews = 9.6 :-D

  • 4 weeks later...
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I'm not sure Rappy. The ending was very weird imo. bloody loved the movie as a whole though.

I felt very opposite, it was missing alot that made the show awesome i.e Daisy didn't like the recast and Desmond from lost he was awfully miscast. Also the fact Reggie found out that George was still around was weird but I suppose in that context we had to have something there with it being the only movie.

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I felt very opposite, it was missing alot that made the show awesome i.e Daisy didn't like the recast and Desmond from lost he was awfully miscast. Also the fact Reggie found out that George was still around was weird but I suppose in that context we had to have something there with it being the only movie.

I see what you mean, I'd never seen any of Dead Like Me before watching the movie (am I right in thinking there were some kind of TV shows? No idea to be honest with you) and I found it weird how the real world could still interact with the reapers. I agree with the Desmond from Lost miscast, he just didn't fit in with the rest of the cast/storyline.

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I see what you mean, I'd never seen any of Dead Like Me before watching the movie (am I right in thinking there were some kind of TV shows? No idea to be honest with you) and I found it weird how the real world could still interact with the reapers. I agree with the Desmond from Lost miscast, he just didn't fit in with the rest of the cast/storyline.

If you have never seen the series then you you won't probably agree with me fully, you need to get on that. Watch seasons 1 and 2 and then you'll get the movie.

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If you have never seen the series then you you won't probably agree with me fully, you need to get on that. Watch seasons 1 and 2 and then you'll get the movie.

I'll get to it eventually, so swamped with TV shows at the moment it's unbelievable!

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I felt very opposite, it was missing alot that made the show awesome i.e Daisy didn't like the recast and Desmond from lost he was awfully miscast. Also the fact Reggie found out that George was still around was weird but I suppose in that context we had to have something there with it being the only movie.

I didn't much like the new Daisy. I thought Cameron Kane (Desmond) was fine, however. He played the self-involved pompous ass very well. Very hateable.

The first little bit was kind of disappointing to me, with all the reapers falling under Kane's spell to disregard the rules for their job. And the fact that Kane was evilly playing 'god' with lives to try to see if he could cause a huge deathtoll somewhere in the world made the time when the reapers came to their senses and get retribution enjoyable. But I think that was deliberately done so to feel a bit aghast as the reapers started playing Kane's way and going astray, and it played well into when things changed around for the reapers.

The only part that really annoyed me was the sudden loss of the reaper rule where if you tried to tell the living about your real past life, the memories erased themselves from your mind. This was pretty fundamental in the first season and sets up George's isolation. However, it was dropped like a hot potato in the movie as George talked to her sister and told her all about the past.

I have my suspicion that Kane "got rid of" Rube, much like Roxy and friends "got rid of" Kane, and that Kane set fire to Der Waffle Haus as part of transitioning the reapers to his charge and purposes.

Anyhow, now that I have seen the movie, I can rate the thread. I would say 4/5 (the series was more like a 5/5 for me).

P.S. Daaaang. Lots of spoiler tags. :ermm:

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The only part that really annoyed me was the sudden loss of the reaper rule where if you tried to tell the living about your real past life, the memories erased themselves from your mind. This was pretty fundamental in the first season and sets up George's isolation. However, it was dropped like a hot potato in the movie as George talked to her sister and told her all about the past.

this is the one part of the movie that really bothered me...and still does...

i enjoyed it for what it was...but this issue bugs the hell out of me...

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I didn't much like the new Daisy. I thought Cameron Kane (Desmond) was fine, however. He played the self-involved pompous ass very well. Very hateable.

The first little bit was kind of disappointing to me, with all the reapers falling under Kane's spell to disregard the rules for their job. And the fact that Kane was evilly playing 'god' with lives to try to see if he could cause a huge deathtoll somewhere in the world made the time when the reapers came to their senses and get retribution enjoyable. But I think that was deliberately done so to feel a bit aghast as the reapers started playing Kane's way and going astray, and it played well into when things changed around for the reapers.

The only part that really annoyed me was the sudden loss of the reaper rule where if you tried to tell the living about your real past life, the memories erased themselves from your mind. This was pretty fundamental in the first season and sets up George's isolation. However, it was dropped like a hot potato in the movie as George talked to her sister and told her all about the past.

I have my suspicion that Kane "got rid of" Rube, much like Roxy and friends "got rid of" Kane, and that Kane set fire to Der Waffle Haus as part of transitioning the reapers to his charge and purposes.

Anyhow, now that I have seen the movie, I can rate the thread. I would say 4/5 (the series was more like a 5/5 for me).

P.S. Daaaang. Lots of spoiler tags. :ermm:

That's how I felt pretty much most of the time watching it :( I would give it a 3 at most...it's sad because I adored the series after the Christmas period looking forward to this!

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Saw this a few day's ago.

Another 1/5 out of me.

Wait wait maybe 2/5. Because I just recalled Dragon Wars.

Movies of late are quite bad. They really screwed up this film though. The series was a 4/5 for me. Oh how I miss new espodies of Dexter.

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