Dawn of the Dead Discussion

no matter how good the remake is............they should have had Savini do it.

- He directed the NOTLD remake

- he has pride in the project. He has worked on the last 3 films of the series as make up artist, director and actor.........he knows the subject matter. More importantly, he has been around the dead trilogy for 26 years. He knows Romero.....he know's what Romero's intentions were while filming the movies. He knows Romero's vision.......not just a bunch of zombies running around, he knows the messages meant to be conveyed.

I bet anything the Dawn remake will turn out to be a straight up zombie movie with little to none social commentary.......which is what the original film was centered around. Romero took a message and threw a zombie film together around it.

Did anyone see the preview on USA? The 1st 10 minutes rocked! They got right into the gorey parts. I think with the preview that they let us see will help the movie in theaters. Me and my Dad love zombie movies! Wouldn't it be weird if something like that happened in your neighborhood? What would you do?

Its nearly here. EVENING.......NIGHT.........DAWN.........

Spoiler:
BOO

Originally posted by LeatherLep43
Did anyone see the preview on USA? The 1st 10 minutes rocked! They got right into the gorey parts. I think with the preview that they let us see will help the movie in theaters. Me and my Dad love zombie movies! Wouldn't it be weird if something like that happened in your neighborhood? What would you do?

What do you mean if? 😂

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Originally posted by amlap
im asuming you mean the 10 mins on USA soth. i personally cant wait for friday.

In the old Romero dead movies there was rules to how a zombie should act in Romero's eyes....there unintellegent, can't do any other movements but wabble around, and all they care about is eating.....they dont know how to use objects to there advantage, BUT in the previews of the New Dawn of the Dead movie, my little brother told me he saw one of the zombies jump on a bar and roar!.....Is this true because if it is then it would defy all of the charcateristics that define Romero's zombie flicks from anyone elses...... 😱

Yeah changing the zombies could lead to this movies downfall. Slow zombies are way scarier than fast ones. Think about it this way, your in the middle of a foggy cemetery at night. Than all of a sudden the grave site beside you starts to move. You see a hand stick out and zombies begin popping out of their graves. You start to run for the gate leading out but the gate is padlocked from the outside. You try to find a way out, you hear footstep and the moaning of corpses getting near. Until its too late and they slowly start eating you alive. That what makes them so scary, they are everywhere and you can't run forever. And usually the survivors in these movies have so much of an ego thinking that "hey I'll take my time, their too slow to catch me anyway", so when they do get caught it was themselves who caused their own demise.

Originally posted by Tex
The preivews do look really good!
I get that 28days later vibe and I really enjoyed that movie.

So this may be a dumb question but are they turned into zombies by some virus?

Well Dawn of the Dead is suppose to be the sequel to Night of the Living Dead. Supposedly a Satellite that received radiation from Venus crashed landing on Earth causing Corpses from Cemeteries and the recently dead to start walking again and start eating the living, which in turn( if they were not eaten to the bone) became zombies also. There never was a virus in the dead trilogy.

That may have been scary back in..I dunno..THE SIXTIES!

As much as I may not like the movie, the infected/zombies in "28 Days Later" were alot more interesting to watch.

Yes, the new zombies in the remake of "Dawn" are pretty mobile, as witnessed in my sig line. Even the "Day of the Dead" zombies are a little more agile than the originals.

That said, Romero's zombies weren't intended to stand the test of time, just the storyline. I for one am anxious to see this new breed.

The zombies are basically rip offs of the 28 days later zombies. For the storyline and the tempo of the original trilogy, the slow, stupid zombies fit perfectly. For new age movies, it's very hard to make the movie interesting and exciting with slow zombies. that being said, romeros zombies are still the best. They are slow, stupid, but you still identify with them more then any other types of zombies. He actually developed them as if they were characters.

Originally posted by ejay1
Yeah changing the zombies could lead to this movies downfall. Slow zombies are way scarier than fast ones. Think about it this way, your in the middle of a foggy cemetery at night. Than all of a sudden the grave site beside you starts to move. You see a hand stick out and zombies begin popping out of their graves. You start to run for the gate leading out but the gate is padlocked from the outside. You try to find a way out, you hear footstep and the moaning of corpses getting near. Until its too late and they slowly start eating you alive. That what makes them so scary, they are everywhere and you can't run forever. And usually the survivors in these movies have so much of an ego thinking that "hey I'll take my time, their too slow to catch me anyway", so when they do get caught it was themselves who caused their own demise.

Crawling out of the grave is a hollywood myth. As it is beyond a real humans strength to burst through a coffin and burst through the 6ft of dirt ... it would also be impossible for a zombie

just thought id add that

I prefer the realistic zombie. The zombie with the awkard movements and slower pace because there muscle tissue is torn and can not be rebuilt.

Just because a zombie can not run full speed, doesnt mean it can not LOOK fierce and BE Fierce. The fear generated from a Fast Pace can be duplicated by the slower version by simply increasing the amount of them.

Originally posted by Zilverz
Crawling out of the grave is a hollywood myth. As it is beyond a real humans strength to burst through a coffin and burst through the 6ft of dirt ... it would also be impossible for a zombie

just thought id add that

I prefer the realistic zombie. The zombie with the awkard movements and slower pace because there muscle tissue is torn and can not be rebuilt.

Just because a zombie can not run full speed, doesnt mean it can not LOOK fierce and BE Fierce. The fear generated from a Fast Pace can be duplicated by the slower version by simply increasing the amount of them.

Crawling out of a grave is possible. Im not saying it would just jump out of the ground. A coffin is made of wood which is breakable and the corpse could just dig its way out. At least a zombie coming out of its grave is more possible than Zombies that could outrun a sports car and could jump 20 feet in the air like in house of the dead and 28 days later(though 28 days later zombies probaly aren't zombies since their not dead.). Zombies that come from cemeteries are the scariest kind.

Originally posted by ejay1
Crawling out of a grave is possible. Im not saying it would just jump out of the ground. A coffin is made of wood which is breakable and the corpse could just dig its way out. At least a zombie coming out of its grave is more possible than Zombies that could outrun a sports car and could jump 20 feet in the air like in house of the dead and 28 days later(though 28 days later zombies probaly aren't zombies since their not dead.). Zombies that come from cemeteries are the scariest kind.

crawling out of a grave is NOT possible.. the coffins last a lot longer than you think.. and on top of that ... the dirt is 6ft and compact from rainn ... there is no diggin out ...

if the coffin was deteriated, then the skeleton would be one with the earth .. it wouldnt even be able to move a limb.. not to mention there would be no muscle tissue on the bone to move it if it could

"In the old Romero dead movies there was rules to how a zombie should act in Romero's eyes....there unintellegent, can't do any other movements but wabble around, and all they care about is eating.....they dont know how to use objects to there advantage, "

That is not accurate. As Romero's dead trilogy progressed we learned more and more about the zombies. In Dawn of the Dead....we learn that zombies aren't just mindless eating machines. They do still have some intelligence and memory. They flock to the mall because that's what they remember wanting to do, go to the mall. One of the characters (I don't remember which) comments about seeing a zombie trying to drive it's car.

In Day of the Dead we get Bub. Bub is given a razor.....and he still knows what it's used for and how to use it. He puts it to his face to shave. He is given headphones....and quickly learns how to turn the radio on and off. When given the chance to bite "Dr. Frankenstein" he doesn't. He has the perfect chance to feed but does not want to bite/kill him because he considers him a friend. When Bub finds "Dr. Frankenstein's" dead body, he picks up a pistol........then uses the pistol to kill, out of revenge. He did not feed on the dead body......he simply gives a salute and walks away.

In Romero's zombie trilogy we are given the idea that zombies are just like us..........not as intelligent but are getting smarter....just as we once did.

If you think that Romero's zombies are unintelligent, can't use tools and only care about eating.......you must have missed a good portion of the last two movies......especially Day of the Dead as Bub himself blows every one of those notions away.

where did you pull all that from ejay1? Nowhere in any of the three Dead films does it say why the dead have risen. It doesn't even hint at a reason.

Originally posted by Zilverz
crawling out of a grave is NOT possible.. the coffins last a lot longer than you think.. and on top of that ... the dirt is 6ft and compact from rainn ... there is no diggin out ...

if the coffin was deteriated, then the skeleton would be one with the earth .. it wouldnt even be able to move a limb.. not to mention there would be no muscle tissue on the bone to move it if it could

Im going to be cremated

how long can zombies survive without food, was it 2 years

Hey, as ya'll know today Dawn Of The Dead is finally out. Are you going to go see the movie? Afterwards, type what you thought here... and rate it 1-5 telling why. What parts didn't you like? I won't be seeing it until tomorrow.

Who Knows?

I'll be going for the 1st of probably 2 times this afternoon at 2:30. There was a 12:20 show, but I can't get up that early.

Yep, I'll be seeing it tonight.