Cheapo DVD Review: Cowboy Zombies (2016)

  Arizona 1870s.  A small one-horse town is just about to execute a pair of outlaws when there's a mysterious flash in the sky. Much to everybody's horror, the execution fails to take and the hanged outlaws continue kicking and trying to bite anything in range.
 Meanwhile a US marshall has just shot some more outlaws - who have nothing to do with the first two - but they decide that being dead is no fun and get back up again. 

 With the dead risen and walking the earth - or shambling anyway - a motley group of survivors are trapped in a saloon and must try and find a way to not get violently eaten.  

You'll note the title is Cowboy Zombies rather than Cowboys vs Zombies. because that title was already taken. See little piccie to the right. (Warning you now: don't bother trying to find that DVD. It's not worth it.)

Cowboy Zombies is an OK idea but the execution falls flat. Or to be blunt: this movie is just dull.   The pace is slow with few high points and way too much padding, with some scenes being needlessly repetitive. .  The end result is that I found Cowboy Zombies a real slog to get through.  The final ten minutes take things up a notch but by that point it's too late.

Special effects are restricted to a healthy dose of white paint and telling the zombie cast to act stoned and snarl a lot.  Not what you'd call impressive.

How much did i pay for this: £1.
Was it worth it: Not really. If this was a 30 minute short on Youtube then maybe it might have worked. As a full length movie Cowboy Zombies fails to deliver. Avoid./

Music from The Weird part Of Youtube: Noot Metal.

I think I've just discovered yet another subgenre of Metal. 

As proof that you can combine Heavy Metal with literally anything, somebody decided that what the world needed was a hellish combination of the most brutal music ever - Death Metal - and the most brutal cartoon ever. 

 I am of course talking about Pingu. 

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the Pingu's Of Death Metal and their single Nooting The Noot. 

Noot Noot folks. 

D-Day Display on Southsea Common.

D-day has been a big deal down in Portsmouth. We've had dignitaries, concerts and all sorts of things happening, not to mention a sudden explosion of Union Jacks everywhere.

So the weekend before last I read that there was going to be something on the Common and decided to go take a look.

 "Hmm". I thought. "Where is everybody? "

This bird didn't seem too bothered.

As I trudge home a solitary WW2 truck trundled past. 

 Yes, you guessed, I got the dates wrong. 

So a week later and with the weather suddenly deciding to crank up the wind-machine, I tried again.

This time I got to check out a small military vehicles display.

Mostly trucks and cars but with a few interesting items to be see.

Starting with this , which is was called a "Tower truck" for obvious reasons. 

I did try and avoid getting people in these pics so if you're here and don't want to be, please let me know. 

 

  Now an somebody please tell me what this thing was used for? 

What really made me happy was this Valentine, a tank I've always had a soft spot for

As you can see from the canvas screens, this is the Duplex drive version which must be ultra-rare by now.  

  Personally I wouldn't want to be the driver on this thing because the idea of a floating tank is so bizarre that only a genius or complete loonie would come up with it. The first briefing must have been interesting.
"See this tank. We're going to make it swim and guess who's driving it?"

Note the lifebelt. A bit optimistic I feel. 

  

 I don't know what this is but damn, I feel lucky to get this close to one. 

Ooh look. A Duck. 

I wasn't sure whether I was allowed to climb aboard so played safe and didn't.

That's All Folks.