I'm an old school Horror/Sci Fi fan & I hope this movie doesn't disappoint.With the exception of 28 Days, Horror movies have been abysmal lately(Cabin Feaver,House of 1,000 Corpses anyone?).Anybody lookin forward to this?

The official website:
http://www.dawnofthedeadmovie.net/

Darla said:

I saw Cabin Fever...and i got ONE word for ya..


PANCAKES!!!

lilmissmissy said:

Sorry, but that movie sucked turds..

Darla said:

I didnt say it was good. I just put dat quote there for laughs!

lilmissmissy said:

Ok...

I'm looking forward to the 3-Disc set of the original due out later this year! The remake looks stupid. Running zombies. Next thing you know they'll be creating their own system of government.

I'm a big fan of the original and, after seeing the trailer, my hopes are quite high.

From what I've seen so far, it appears that this re-make will come across as a 'new' movie, explaining the genesis of the living dead apocalypse in it's own early scenes, rather than relying on any previous movie (and let's face it, the re-make of NOTLD was shite, with a capital SHITE!)

I hope that they manage to re-create the depressing hopelessness of the original, and also adopt the same observation on consumerism that the original managed. And if they also show that the living are far more offensive than the dead, just like the original trilogy, then I'll worship the ground that the movie-makers walk on.

LittlePill said:

Yeah, but who says that zombies can't run?

If you believe that the dead can come back to life and eat living flesh, then surely you can suspend disbelief and accept that the dead can run. After all, it's only previous zombie flicks that portray the living dead as stumbling spazzes. Maybe a fresh look on zombies will stop this re-make looking stale.

Faced with a stumbling zombie and a running zombie, I know who I'd make sure I avoided

Damn, I'm taking this waaay too seriously!

Haystack said:

aintitcool has put up a couple reviews of the film and none have been positive...everyones major complaint thus far has been the lack of character development.....

Seems to be a trend ('The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'), and hopefully a short lived one..

LittlePill said:

3-Disc set!? I sure am glad I decided not to get the regular DVD at Best Buy today, then!

What are the special features going to be?

May U Live 2 See The Dawn Of The Dead

Anxiety said:

Good one! & I agree w/ Haystack, as long as you're not backed into a corner or barricaded in a house stumbling, slow moving zombies shouldn't be hard to avoid.Zombies that can run the 100 yard dash can be problematic. Hopefully there will be plenty of gore, I like gore.

the previews look a bit "28days later-ish"

Scary stuff.

Its a remake of George A. Romeros film from 1978 (the follow-up to "Night of the Living Dead" ) The film from 1978 was the lamest horror flicks that ive seen in years. boring as hell no plot development Zombies looked retarded only two main characters died, to see something like this and then think that it's the greatest horror movie ever Shame the only cool part was the zombies eating the biker dudes intestines Hysterical .....I would like to see the remake cause it has Vinng Rhames in it.....Rise and Shine.....and go shopping .....

HobbesLeCute said:

I think one is a documentary of the making of the movie but I can't remember what else. Check out this website...if you got guts.

www.allthingszombie.com

Haystack said:

I don't know, zombies running just doesn't work. As fast as they look in the previews they can overrun the entire living human population in no time. At least with the slow stumbling idiot zombies we (the living) had a chance. But you're right, why the hell are we taking this so seriously. I'm gonna go watch Burial Ground now.

There will be a 10 minute preview of the movie on USA Network March 15th.Basically the first 10 minutes of the movie.


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ok

i watched the trailer and i watched the original when it came out

i dont know what to make of this

i dont get a sense of the dispair and hopelessness inherent in the original

im wondering how george romero could allow this ($)

but maybe its not as bad as the trailer lets on

i

hope

PusherMan said:

Dawn of The Dead is one of the best social commentaries period!!! I am shocked you disapproved of it.. WOW!!!

sosgemini said:

if you didnt get the social commentary, then much of the film gets lost

Will there be a social commentary track on the DVD?

LittlePill said:

Actually, I always thought the stumbling made them a whole lot scarier. It made it feel so unavoidable that they would get you in the end. It´s as if they knew it somehow and didn´t have to rush. Also, it simply gave you time to get freaked out. If they run it becomes more like an action movie. So I agree with your original point.

In any case a remake sounds (as always with remakes) like a bad idea. Why don´t they make something new instead!!!??? The only good remake I can think of right now was actually also a horror movie; Invasion of the Body Snatchers from the seventies. Oh, and the new Lolita was actually pretty darned good too. But the rest was crap.
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The original is a fucking classic!

I may be pelted for saying this, but I actually really like the NOTLD 1990 remake! Certainly not more than the '68 classic, but still!!!!!

KingSausage said:

bkw said:

KingSausage said:

I actually like it too although i havn't seen it for a long time.

KingSausage said:

There was only one good thing about the 90 version that probably should have been in the original. It explains how the zombies knew to come to the farm house. The rest pure crap, and yet I still watch it on ocassion!

bkw said:

Too late. Still