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Fake British accents

January 7, 2005

Dan went to a Shaun of the Dead signing with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and accidentally slipped into a fake British accent. But he doesn't say which one. Would have been impressive if he'd suddenly started speaking in Brum. Still, I'm not jealous that he now has a nice, signed poster because we all […]

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A few random things I meant to blog about

November 28, 2004

Time has been short recently, for a variety of reasons, but finally a moment to blog. Because of filming again on the weekend, i couldn't get to the Apple store opening on Saturday, but I did manage to get over that way on Monday, only to discover that it was full to overflowing. I really […]

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Thank you, AccordionGuy!

November 16, 2004

A while back Joey de Villa, aka AccordionGuy, asked me if I would like to be the proud owner of a Shaun of the Dead trucker's cap. Obviously I refused, having no interest in the film or the film makers or in owning a truckers cap at all whatsoever. Joey was, however, extraordinarily persistant and […]

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Shaun vs. Dawn

November 1, 2004

Before I start this post, I feel you need a bit of context. That context is that I am a wuss. A great big girl's blouse. Completely chicken. When I was a kid I would watch Dr Who from behind the sofa. And I'm not exaggerating. I refuse to watch any film or TV series […]

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Edgar and Simon

October 30, 2004

OK, crappy photo, but it was a dimly lit auditorium and I wasn't exactly right under their noses. There was someone there taking proper photos, so maybe they will appear on the ScriptFactory's site or somewhere.

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SotD DVD US release date

October 30, 2004

Just fyi, Shaun of the Dead will be out on DVD in the States on 21 Dec 04, so go order your copy now! Artwork is different to the UK release, and I understand that the extras may be slightly different too. Hm. Wonder if this means I need to buy another copy…

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Teatime of the Dead

October 30, 2004

The day has come. The day has gone. And my mental state is still somewhere between 'squeeee!' and 'oooooh!'. Now, we all know that I don't deal well with fan/star situations, we all know that I have a perfectly healthy and not in the least bit obsessive interest in Shaun of the Dead, and we […]

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Yes! Yessss!! Yeeeesssssss!!!!

October 12, 2004

Guess who's gonna be in the same room as – yes, that's right, physically in proximity to – Messers Wright and Pegg? Yup! Me!! FRI 29 OCT Curzon Soho Screen 3; 1.30-2.45pm (£6/5) Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright: a cult comedy class on Shaun of the Dead Since their smash hit Shaun of the Dead, […]

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A wee post before I get down to work

October 7, 2004

Hijacked Kate's broadband connection just so that I could get a blog fix. Hoorah for ethernet cables, I say. If you're curious, the treatment for the next script is coming along nicely. Finished the first draft on Tuesday, started to mindmap it yesterday and that's bringing to the fore all the structural flaws which are, […]

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Street teams fail to take full advantage of social tools

October 3, 2004

A couple of years ago I remember coming across the Traffic street teams site and thinking that if I had more time, it'd be a cool thing to do. In short, Traffic puts together teams of people who are fans of bands willing to help promote that band in return for 'swag' – gig tickets, […]

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OpenZombie – the Shaun of the Dead wiki

October 2, 2004

OpenZombie – go fill it up with Shaun of the Dead stuff. It's what it's there for.

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Egogooglebombing Simon Pegg

September 28, 2004

Looking for a transcription of Shaun of the Dead last night, I discovered that I rank #2 for a Google search on the term 'shaun of the dead transcription', although somewhat mistakenly Google links to one of my old Lawrence Lessig posts which has the word 'transcription' in it. This set me wondering, so I […]

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How's that for a slice of fried gold?

September 20, 2004

Warning: ***Spoilers. But only little ones.**** Ok… so we all know I'm obsessing over Shaun of the Dead right now, and obviously it's not everyone's cup of tea, but to give myself a bit of a change I decided tonight to watch About A Boy, which I'd picked up in a three-for-18-quid deal on Saturday. […]

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Wahey!

September 18, 2004

Just discovered another two reasons to watch Shaun of the Dead – the triva subtitles track and the storyboard comparison track! Wahey! *cough* Don't worry, they're coming to take me away very soon.

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Shaun of the Dead – the extras

September 13, 2004

So, having been totally blown away by Shaun of the Dead when I watched it on Thursday, I spent my few, precious spare moments over the weekend watching all the extras, and two of the commentaries. The extras are excellent. I think Shaun of the Dead has the best extras I've seen on a DVD […]

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