Archive for the 'Authors' Category

Mr and Mrs Smith

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
State of body Both bodies had multiple gunshot wounds – none to vital organs, but enough to have caused blood loss and death.
Detail of inspection Inspected twice.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments As with many of the subjects here, wounds appeared self-inflicted.

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Land of the Dead

Monday, August 8th, 2005
State of body Subject ripped to shreds by wild mob. Curiously, exhibited no signs of fear whatsoever.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Should have concentrated less on looking cool and more on building tension.

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Hulk

Sunday, July 31st, 2005
State of body Killed by a bizarre mutation – partly normal, and partly something very, very strange.
Detail of inspection Inspected five times.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Seems to be a normal comic-book movie that has been partially attacked by another Film Forensics reviewer who wanted to turn it into something infinitely stranger. More power to them.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Friday, May 6th, 2005
State of body Appeared to be gently suffocated with a wet towel. No, I am not going to say “Mostly Harmless”.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments After an enormous surge of relief that it did not embarass us, we were slightly disappointed to note that it was, nonetheless, dead.

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The World Is Not Enough

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
State of Body Secret agent assassinated by supporting cast.
Detail of Inspection Inspected six times.
Forensic Investigator winstoninabox
Comments As Moneypenny said, “Close, but no cigar.”

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Catwoman

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
State of body A pathetic shrivelled husk, drained of vital fluids.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Mediocre in every respect – given the wealth of existing material to draw on, it is bizarre they could have come up with something so bland. An ideal FF candidate.

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The Lion King

Monday, March 14th, 2005
State of body Father is dead, but child is still alive and kicking.
Detail of inspection The kids put it on autorepeat for days at a time!
Forensic Investigator marco
Comments Child appeared dead, but had just gone away for a little hakuna matata.

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Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series

Monday, March 14th, 2005
State of Body Shows signs of over-reimagination.
Detail of Inspection Inspected three times.
Forensic Investigator winstoninabox
Comments A worthy entry as a pilot, but no ace.

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Bubba Ho-Tep

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005
State of body Badly burned, yet strangely… delicious.
Detail of inspection Inspected twice.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Bubba is a competent Mummy, but is not fulfilling his promise. Needs to try harder, and not crib so much from his older brother’s book.

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Alien Vs. Predator

Sunday, February 13th, 2005
State of body Dead. Just generically dead. No particular cause of death, just the usual, you know, stuff.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Could barely have been more generic.

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Office Space

Sunday, February 6th, 2005
State of body Restful. Seemingly content and at peace.
Detail of inspection Inspected four times.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Took quite some time to realise that subject was not dead, but merely very, very relaxed.

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Secret Window

Monday, December 27th, 2004
State of body One could only call it badly decomposed if it was actually composed in the first place.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Corpse was found buried in a garden. Not, however, nearly buried well enough. Appeared to have been dug up a number of times previously.

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Van Helsing

Saturday, December 18th, 2004
State of body Riddled with tiny vampiric maggots.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Stillborn.

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Daredevil

Saturday, December 18th, 2004
State of Body Dismembered superhero.
Detail of Inspection Inspected three times.
Forensic Investigator winstoninabox
Comments The messy corpse hides the wealth of forethought put into this movie.

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Die Another Day

Thursday, November 25th, 2004

Another autopsy from guest investigator Winston. Thanks, Winston!

State of Body Secret agent iced by many small wounds to the back of the head.
Detail of Inspection Inspected four times.
Forensic Investigator winstoninabox
Comments Subject at first appeared to be something more than it was, but finally less than it seemed.

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The Village

Thursday, October 28th, 2004
State of Body Cause of death unknown, but suspected to be culture shock.
Detail of Inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator winstoninabox
Comments Subject appeared to have been somewhat deranged. Had a big target painted in red on chest, with the words “Suckers!” written on it.

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Signs

Monday, October 25th, 2004
State of body Much to our surprise, what we thought was a body turned out to be a cunningly carved giant carrot.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Extremely perplexing why someone would have gone to such incredible effort in carefully crafting this pseudo-body, since it had decayed almost to nothing by the time we were able to examine it.

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Star Wars

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004
State of body Fresh, despite advanced age.
Detail of inspection Inspected many, many times.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Subject had all of us here at Film Forensics a little awed, but went out of its way to put us at our ease. Was only, after all, human.

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Shaun Of The Dead

Monday, October 11th, 2004
State of body Battered about the head and shoulders, but not quite dead.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Subject lucky to have survived – had been declared dead, but lurched off the autopsy table before autopsy started. Currently playing video games in visitor’s area.

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The Bourne Supremacy

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004
State of body Appeared to be a fit young man, but worn out through too many repetitions of the same exercise. On closer inspection, a great deal older than he first appeared.
Detail of inspection Inspected once.
Forensic Investigator shellshear
Comments Some confusion about what happened to the body – it disappeared before autopsy proper could begin.

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