Snip from the Variety review of zombie protest flick Homecoming, directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling). The hour-long feature debuted Friday on Showtime's "Masters of Horror" series:
"Homecoming" is a full-frontal assault on the Bush administration, and about as subtle — and bracing — as a punch to the jaw. Adapted by Sam Hamm from Dale Bailey's short story "Death and Suffrage" — but also vaguely reminiscent of Irwin Shaw's 1936 anti-war play "Bury the Dead" — Dante's hour darkly satirizes zombie movie conventions, as dead soldiers arise to vote against the politicians who shipped them off to war.
Reader comment: Or in Israel says:
I've just tried to view the link in your BoingBoing post – " TV movie: "Homecoming" — zombie soldiers rock the vote", but then i've hit an intresting road-block. Check out this screenshot (PNG). It seems that Showtime is not interested in letting Israelis — or rather anyone who does not live in the United States of America — view their website. Makes me wonder what is it that they are trying to hide?
I remember facing this error a couple of times before, when attempting to view the official site of a few TV shows that we screen here on our local television. Showtime has been doing this for years. The concept being forced to use an anonymous american proxy just to be permitted to view a specific website is just plain aggravating.
Proxy is your friend, Showtime's online content policies are not.
Reader comment: Mateusz Pozar in Sweden is among many BB readers who wrote in to say they're getting the same cockblock message ("We at Showtime Online express our apologies; however, these pages are intended for access only from within the United States."), and asks,
I'm trying to track down a free proxie to use from within the US to take a look at the site. any suggestions? could someone mirror it perchance?
Reader comment: Robert Cohen says,
I'm in the US, but proxify.com has come in handy a few times for me. Also, this modified Showtime "Homecoming" link might work directly for overseas visitors.
Reader comment: Stefan Pause says,
There was an article on digg.com recently listing open proxies: Link. But, as with all lists like that, they get stale pretty quickly. However, someone in the comments on digg pointed the rather spiffy proxy.org — This site'll allow you to plug in a URL and pop a new window displaying that site via a random proxy. Fantastic!
(Note: I tried it with Showtime URL & it worked.)
Reader comment: Neil says,
Thankfully, there's no restriction for the actual clips. (shakes head). You can access the clips directly here: part one, part two.
Reader comment: waxxie says,
More links, no SWF — MOV+WMV: Link.
