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Whereas Romero’s original film was in part a metaphor for American consumerism, the title sequence for the updated Dawn of the Dead touches upon the idea of Holy War as harbinger to the apocalypse, and details the consequences for the media when it decides to ask tough questions as the feeding is already upon us (they are shot).

Kyle Cooper’s design dovetails what appears to be real war-torn footage with actual human blood as Johnny Cash raises the stakes in newfound context. Remaining shelters have been compromised and the machine we are trapped in is bleeding to death.

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An Unrelated But Very Cool Audio Extra: “The Dead Flag Blues” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lee Marvin narrates the apocalypse in a film that never was.

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Created by Kyle Cooper, Prologue Film

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With the backdrop of a high school science text book this opening brilliantly weaves its deliberately cliché-ridden tale, taking every sitcom formula and soap opera stereotype, and crafting it into pure comedic gold. The amazing writing, performances, music, art direction and animation could only lead to one thing - cancellation - which MTV did in 2003 after only 13 episodes.

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Video Extra: Behind the Scenes Discussion with creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller

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Website Extra: Clone High USA “Ye Olde Unofficial Interweb Whatever” site

Wiki Extra: Clone High on Wikipedia

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The daily routine, broken down to the extreme. Optimized perfectly, perhaps too perfectly.

Opening Sequence
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End Titles
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Video Extra: Picture a Number: The Evolution of a G.U.I.
A detailed look at the on-screen graphics design process.

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Repeat to yourself “It’s just a show”…

Note the consistency of design in the title sequences to the Alien Quadrilogy. Note too how they differ. Does each tangent of theme reflect the respective film?

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Alien
Crossing over an eclipsing planet with the title appearing in non-linear, segmented letters. From the outer letters inwards (even the middle swath of the letter “E” is last to appear). Everything pointing to the center because the center is where the parasitic pupae of the Alien comes from; the middle of you. Steady, dark tension.

Direct Link | Format: QuickTime H.264, 720×304 | Size: 14.1 MB | Running Time: 1:46 | Year: 1979

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Aliens
The sparse, soldiering snare drum opening to an almost digital yet organic titling, like the profile of some never before seen hive. The text, apparitional at first, seems to be gestating; the “I” blooms into a symbol of life and we are in the story with a masterful tilt down on the encroaching vessel. Fairly glorious.

Direct Link | Format: QuickTime H.264, 720×384 | Size: 13 MB | Running Time: 1:54 | Year: 1986

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Alien³
The last brassy notes of the Twentieth Century Fox theme holds and contorts into the reverberating growl of the film’s soundscape. Then, the familiarity of the abyss punctuated by staccato, mini cut scenes that move the story along. New format, familiar threads…the wrinkle, we begin to understand, will be in the telling. Nothing comforts quite like facehuggers interrupting stasis to earn cinematic trust!

Direct Link | Format: QuickTime H.264, 853×352 | Size: 47.8 MB | Running Time: 4:29 | Year: 1992

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Alien: Resurrection
The womb-like viscera of human and alien-crossed monstrosities connotes a bastardization.

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Alien: Resurrection - Alternate [1997]
Conceptually interesting but perhaps too great a departure. And no one puts bug guts anywhere near their mouth. Not unless they are chocolate covered and never if they’re space bugs. And who fires spitballs at a window needed for navigation? I can’t seem to get past that, even with the now-boilerplate spaceships in space shot.

Direct Link | Format: QuickTime H.264, 720×320 | Size: 25.1 MB | Running Time: 3:09 | Year: 1997

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An interpretation of the body suit as an exploded technical diagram on acid.
Like Ozzy wails, “Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head?” Smartly done.

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Created by Danny Yount, Prologue Films
Executive Producer: Kyle Cooper

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Gorgeous, lush, rich and relaxed. A string of nicely woven end titles transition both characters and the visual styles that whisk them (and us) along. Misty windows, smoke, steam, lucrum, bus, and a coming-and-going taxi get us there. Feels like a sensuous snapshot of a film I’ve yet to see.

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Video Extra: Hush Video Interview on Ventilate (03:13, Flash, external link)

Extra: Production Details document (PDF)

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What promises did our ancestors fulfill and what lunacy did they survive? What historic, phantasmagorical travels did they wheedle and render throughout? …And in a breath we realize that reasons for exorcists exist within. German Expressionist-American newsreels and tarot currency pushing an otherworldly balance that is at once hyper real and not untrue. And you get to float through it all, like the pilot of the first zeppelin or the character in the head of young Bruegel the Elder.

Direct Link | Format: QuickTime H.264, 872×480 | Size: 18.1 MB | Running Time: 1:25 | Year: 2003

Direct Link (Textless) | Format: QuickTime H.264, 848×480 | Size: 16.4 MB | Running Time: 1:26 | Year: 2003

720p HD Version (Textless) | Format: QuickTime H.264, 1280×720 | Size: 32.4 MB | Running Time: 1:26 | Year: 2003

Images Extra: Download 9 high-res stills from the title sequence (12MB Zip Archive)

News Release: Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design

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Sacred text - on flags no less - born of the blood of a defiant nation. The dusty strings remind me of Deadwood. Counterpoints and parallels.

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Who would have thought that a bunch of guys walking towards camera would make a memorable title sequence?
I guess maybe it has to be these guys and a 12fps step-printing process.

Direct Link | Format: QuickTime H.264, 864×368 | Size: 24.1 MB | Running Time: 2:18 | Year: 1992

720p HD Version | Format: QuickTime H.264, 1280×544 | Size: 51 MB | Running Time: 2:18 | Year: 1992