Day of the Dead (Remake)

[Advanced Dark]

The swat leader in Dawn of the Dead. Google it and you'll recognize him instantly if you've seen the film. Someone's gonna slap you for that here but not me cause I didn't know his name either till I met him.

 

[Majik1387]

Oh okay. I didn't really know any of the actors from the original Dead films but I still love them all.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I met Ken Foree at the comic-con. He has a site here on myspace. He told us so I know it's real. Down to Earth guy. Really cool.

That's almost like meeting God

"When there is no more room in hell...the dead will walk the earth"
(I actually liked the line better as he delivered it in the remake).

 

[GoldGoblin]

Is this movie going to make it to theaters?

 

[ToddIsDead]

I've actually met Ken Foree on several occasions. Always a nice guy.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Is this movie going to make it to theaters?

The last remake made it and did quiet well, so I don't see why not?

 

[Advanced Dark]

Oh yeah it's a theatrical release.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I've been reading up on the new Day of the Dead and I must say, I'm unimpressed and somewhat worried.

The Dawn remake, while inferior, maintained the scope and vision of the first film (and for that reason most Romero's fanatics liked it). However this thing has some spoilers I find disconcerning.

Spoiler

Several descriptions say this breakout will be in a "town" suggesting that unlike the original Day it will not be a worldwide phenomena and these may not be "the last humans on earth" type of story. This really hits the zombie remake in a bad way.

And even worse...

Spoiler

The guy playing "Bud" (meaning a few, including Sarah, Dr Logan and Rhodes, are reused characters from the original) is a vegetarian (rather than trained) zombie who dislikes human flesh. Not only that, according to guy who plays him, he "saves the day". Maybe he is just using that term losely, but it seems to suggest the humans win or the zombies go away. That would suck emensley and ruin the ending.

 

[Advanced Dark]

I've been reading up on the new Day of the Dead and I must say, I'm unimpressed and somewhat worried.

The Dawn remake, while inferior, maintained the scope and vision of the first film (and for that reason most Romero's fanatics liked it). However this thing has some spoilers I find disconcerning.

Spoiler

Several descriptions say this breakout will be in a "town" suggesting that unlike the original Day it will not be a worldwide phenomena and these may not be "the last humans on earth" type of story. This really hits the zombie remake in a bad way.

And even worse...

Spoiler

The guy playing "Bud" (meaning a few, including Sarah, Dr Logan and Rhodes, are reused characters from the original) is a vegetarian (rather than trained) zombie who dislikes human flesh. Not only that, according to guy who plays him, he "saves the day". Maybe he is just using that term losely, but it seems to suggest the humans win or the zombies go away. That would suck emensley and ruin the ending.

Let's see how it works out. Nobody wants an exact remake of that film and it's cool to see somoene elses vision of it. Just be happy that someone decided to remake the film. If you watch and you don't like it so be it...but someone will like it. I really enjoyed the remake of Dawn quite a bit and IMO anything is an improvement over the original Day of the Dead film. Just because it had a few cool scenes and one good character doesn't make it a good film.

I for one and looking forward to the remake and will remain positive until I see a factual reason for me to be negative.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Let's see how it works out. Nobody wants an exact remake of that film and it's cool to see somoene elses vision of it. Just be happy that someone decided to remake the film. If you watch and you don't like it so be it...but someone will like it. I really enjoyed the remake of Dawn quite a bit and IMO anything is an improvement over the original Day of the Dead film. Just because it had a few cool scenes and one good character doesn't make it a good film.

I for one and looking forward to the remake and will remain positive until I see a factual reason for me to be negative.

Actually I rather like the original Day of the Dead. The only major problem being, unlike Dawn and Night I have no sympathy for half the humans involved. The one's I liked lived, but in most Dead movies you had some compassion and almost pity for th humans involved.

Yeah the Dawn remake was good, and I liked some of the new additions like the zombified baby and the larger cast. However it kept to the heart of the Zombie genre set down by Romero.

So no, I am not happy they remake it. I am only happy if they do a worthy remake. I never want to see the exact same thing, heck Romero had a Dawn and Day script that I thought I would've enjoyed more...so I'd even like seeing those. However, that said, you have to take what works and burn what doesn't. Those two things up there are what made Romero films great and work nearly every time.

There is a reason all these zombie island, town wide epidemic movies don't touch Romero.

 

[zanos]

Oh please. Land of the dead was awful. Romero wouldn't know how to make a good zombie movie if it rose up from the dead, bit him on the ass and turned him into one.

 

[Superman]

So does this "Day" have the same storyline as the original or is it a new story?

 

[Horrorfan]

I have to admit, I prefer both the night and Dawn remakes to the original.

I just felt both were scarier, with better acting, writing and pacing.

I know that's hereasay to some, but don't get me wrong, I enjoy the originals, and they were completely groundbreaking, but I prefer the remakes in many ways.

I am very interested to see how this turns out.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Oh please. Land of the dead was awful. Romero wouldn't know how to make a good zombie movie if it rose up from the dead, bit him on the ass and turned him into one.

Ummm. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead and even was an advisor on the game Resident Evil. He invented zombie films and is considered the king of zombie films. He did not just do Land....

 

[ShadowBoxing]

So does this "Day" have the same storyline as the original or is it a new story?

It seems somewhat reminiscent.

 

[Horrorfan]

Ummm. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead and even was an advisor on the game Resident Evil. He invented zombie films and is considered the king of zombie films. He did not just do Land....

He didn't actually advise on the game Resident Evil. It was inspired by his movies, but he had nothing to do with the actual game. He did direct a commercial for the second, however, and he was in line to do the first movie.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

He didn't actually advise on the game Resident Evil. It was inspired by his movies, but he had nothing to do with the actual game. He did direct a commercial for the second, however, and he was in line to do the first movie.

Oh. I knew the dropped him from the movie...stupid decision.

Still though, to claim Romero doesn't know zombie movies: (to quote ComicBookGuy) Stupidest post ever.

 

[Horrorfan]

Oh. I knew the dropped him from the movie...stupid decision.

Still though, to claim Romero doesn't know zombie movies: (to quote ComicBookGuy) Stupidest post ever.

I gotta agree there.

I think Romero's RE script kicked ass personally.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I gotta agree there.

I think Romero's RE script kicked ass personally.

Never read it, but I did read Dawn and Day unproduced scripts. It's sad how a little more money would have made some of the deleted scenes possible.

The other thing I always hated was how the producers kept wanting him to change things deamed too depressing and gross. I realize the ending to Dawn would have been grim, but it was still really cool regardless.

 

[zanos]

Ummm. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead and even was an advisor on the game Resident Evil. He invented zombie films and is considered the king of zombie films. He did not just do Land....

He gets credit for creating the sub genre and a great horror flick in NOTLD but that in no way means he's somehow got the edge over anyone else in hollywood when it comes to making zombie flicks. It's not even like the sequels were that great. I can see why Dawn was a cult favorite but both Dawn and Day of the Dead were awful horror films.

 

[Max J Power]

I haven't seen the original Day of the Dead. I liked the Dawn remake, but this isn't by the same people. I'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Oh please. Land of the dead was awful. Romero wouldn't know how to make a good zombie movie if it rose up from the dead, bit him on the ass and turned him into one.

?HUH?

 

[ShadowBoxing]

He gets credit for creating the sub genre and a great horror flick in NOTLD but that in no way means he's somehow got the edge over anyone else in hollywood when it comes to making zombie flicks. It's not even like the sequels were that great. I can see why Dawn was a cult favorite but both Dawn and Day of the Dead were awful horror films.

You're kidding... You do realize Dawn of the Dead 1978 is critically considered one of the single best horror films ever made. It has a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes (hell Departed doesn't even have that) and a 7.8/10 on IMDb. Plus between NOTLD and DOTD, Dawn is considered the best of the three.

If you have not seen any of these movies, just stop, because it's fairly obvious until Romero's film slate was told to you, you had no idea who he was.

 

[GoldGoblin]

Would you be shocked if they killed off the Sara character right at the beginning of the movie?

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

Zombies+Guns= Awesomeness

and the Dawn remake was class and invigorated, despite missing the originals point.