I dunno guys, saying "people shouldn't give into zombie purists" is like saying "You know what, screw comic book fans. In the next Batman movie lets put nipples on the suit again and have Bruce's father alive and well living in the Batcave...which is really just a basement with a shower in it." You know, I don't even care IF zombies run, in Return of the Living Dead zombies run..you name it, they do it. I honestly wouldn't have had as big of a problem with the Dawn remake if it's name wasn't "Dawn of the Dead." If it was called "Nightmare of the Dead" or "The Dead Walk (or run in this case)" I wouldn't have cared much...I still would have thought it was a "poor" zombie story...and a rip off, but I wouldn't out right hate it like I do now.
I know that may not make sense to people, but Dawn of the Dead is the BEST zombie movie...ever. IMHO as small of a film as it is...it's still epic. Shaun of the Dead is the best recent zombie film, funny or not they still got the "zombie" part right.
And NotlD 3D is awful, just awful. I wish, in some way, Georgy boy could sue the pants off of people who touch even the NAME of his films. The ONLY Romero remake worthy of standing alongside Georges works is Savini's NOTLD 1990.
On a side note, have you guys ever watched Undead? At first I thought it was....a bit dumb, upon second viewing I REALLY liked it. It's a great nod to Romero's films as well as Evil Dead, more so since the zombie aliens scream "Joooooin Uuuuus!"