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New DAWN OF THE DEAD remake trailer hits!
Hey folks, Harry here... Looks like they've got a new trailer over at the official site. I couldn't get their Quicktime to work, so I had to endure Windows Media. Ugh. The trailer is pretty nice, that opening is nearly verbatim out of the script I read and this thing is looking really handsome. I still wish it wasn't called DAWN OF THE DEAD... maybe... UP & AT 'EM... hehehe, nah, I still like the NO MORE ROOM IN HELL as a title concept. DAWN OF THE DEAD just constantly reminds that it wants to be that in others' minds, whereas this is very different, in many many ways. Like the cast and the look. Wish the zombies moved slower. More eerie than GOTCHA scares is my preference. Anyway, check it out!
Love your site. (I have been reading it for several years)
I noticed your article about the new Dawn of the Dead poster. Well, the new trailer is also out on the offical web site, DawnOfTheDeadMovie.Net. I saw it on Access Hollywood, and it is interesting (especially the end.)
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Keep up the great work and maybe I will see you at BNAT 6.
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coooooool trailer, too
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That, and the trailer actually looks OK. Maybe this won't be a sorry descecration of the original after all. After The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, anything's possible.
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...but I still liked the trailer.
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Regardless of what you think of the idea of this remake, that is one cool trailer and an inventive ass ending.
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Awesome trailer. Looks like this one might be better than the original.
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hows this new?
anyway, I agree with the tb-er that said faster zombies are scarier. the whole thing that usually made zombies un-scary is the fact that you could just run, find enough time to moon a zombie, do a dance, and still getaway before the zombie could even get close. however, thanks to the cool upgrade they get from this remake, if you get surrounded, you are fucked, no ands ifs or buts about it. these fuckers are fast and furious. -
I love the seen of Sarah watching the crazy bastards just running through the neighborhood. And fuck there was a lot of them in the mall parking lot. May have to rethink that mall shelter idea. :)
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I've really dug these two trailers that have been made for this film. Innovative and interesting and not your basic run of the mill horror trailer. Plus the footage looks amazing. Can't wait to see this.
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these two women have talent to match their stunning looks. (i swear if any of you guys ever get to see them in person you will MELT, then become SOLID..........)
anyway, i have faith that this film will be a lot of fun. very different in tone than the original.
from what i understand (friends worked on the film) the faster zombies are the ones that are recently inflicted, not the reanimated corpses.
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Jan 08, 2004 11:27:46 PM CST
Wow, this talkback is positive so far, now I really think there'
by boris the blade
The trailer rocks. I like the idea that the fast ones are the newly reanimated and we still have the shambling ones in there.... So far so good....ALIVE INSIDE
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Jan 09, 2004 12:19:23 AM CST
RE:the one slight flaw in Romeros DAWN is that the zombies move
by iamlegolas
What are you talking about? That's the best kind of zombie! That's how all the good zombie movies depict them. The creeping dead are more scary then the running dead. That's not scary at all. I don't see how a decaying corpse could run anyhow. And that's how they get you, they mob you or you get tired after cutting one down and then another takes it's place, and then another... and another... and another....
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Jan 09, 2004 12:28:21 AM CST
Hold on a sec -- did I really just see the return of Baby Selwyn
by trav mcgee
Either (1) All right, Baby Selwyn got a new agent! Good to seem him working again. (2) Peter! Fran! Call your lawyer! ...Actually, I look forward to Ving Rhames talking him for a carriage stroll in the park... *pound!* *pound!* "He's, uh, hyperactive." ...Thank you. This post was for Braindead fans only. Thank you.
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They rock!
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Jan 09, 2004 12:54:43 AM CST
Show of hands of those actually planning on seeing this... with
by led gopher
I am so there. The trailer looks great, especially just the shot of the car driving down the road. Nothing spectaculat, but still an interesting shot.
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Jan 09, 2004 1:17:22 AM CST
Does Harry have another secret cameo in this piece of shit that
by cash bailey
Expect his whole "I wanted it to be a surprise" schtick if it's true. This will, of course, be AFTER months of pimping on this site.
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Jan 09, 2004 1:18:21 AM CST
Actually the fresh zombies being fast and capable of doing more
by smeg for brains
... but somebody who has just died would probably be able to move pretty much as they could while alive, at least for a little while.
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Jan 09, 2004 1:22:58 AM CST
speaking of cameos, did anyone notice Harry's cameo on Sealab 20
by smeg for brains
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Jan 09, 2004 1:27:21 AM CST
Un that looks pretty darn good..and i was first to want to Hate
by tallscott
Im a big time fan of the first 2 films..the 3rd..well THAT could be remade i think..But this remake looks pretty darn good..I love that shot of the woman looking at the nighborhood
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That shot of the THOUSANDS of Zombies in the Mall parking lot, as the camera cranes up over the roof--Goddamn. Jaw Drop. Remake or no, I'll go in open minded. Just like I did with Chainsaw. That movie disappointed--but there's nothing that says THIS movie will. Even with the deck stacked against it. Visually it looks impressive. Very impressive.
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Heresy, you say? Most of what he's done since NIGHT and DAWN is crap. DAY OF THE DEAD was repetitive and poorly paced and acted. MONKEYSHINES??? I did some reading for a company a few years ago and read some scripts of his that never got picked up. One was some love story/murder mystery that was just laughable. Something you'd see on the USA Network. Sure, he did the low budget horror indie breakthrough thing before HALLOWEEN and BLAIR WITCH, but this guy isn't sacrosanct. This remake looks like a fun, skillfully made fright flick. And I'll bet anything with Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames the acting will be 100 degrees better than anything in a Romero movie. My only issue is with the fast zombies, but not because I think all zombies should be slow and lethargic. But because 28 DAYS LATER just did it and did it so well, that I think this might not have anything new to add. But we'll see. The trailer's really good.
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Jan 09, 2004 2:05:36 AM CST
You know why they wanted to remake Dawn of the Dead? Because it'
by alchemist
This trailer was great. This looks like the movie I've been waiting to come out of the zombie genre since I first caught the original Dawn. We have never gone into the realm of domestic survival as we have in the first Dawn. But there were still unexplored possibilities that haven't been answered in any movie since. At least I got to see what happens to a zombie dog's head when you kick it in the face from Resident Evil, but what have movies like 28 Days Later or just about any other zombie flick shown that wasn't already covered? How many fucking times to I have to have the damn evil military base, or the cool black guy (oh wait, I guess there is Rhames in this case, but whatever...). Ironically, though, this remake looks to provide something very fresh. I always wanted to see what happens when your HOME is seiged by Zombies, and that's why I'll see this movie in march. This is the zombie flick of the future.
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As a rule, I prefer shamblers in my zombie flicks, but there are a few cases where the rancidly rapid do work -- most notably in the ROTLD series, especially in part 3. The angry yellow guy the scientists reanimate in that enclosed space always freaks me out. On a semi-side note -- Mindy Clarke! hubba hubba...
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News reports on Movies and TV about horrendous end of the world type stuff. Im a sucker for it: it makes my blood run cold. Why do you think that is?
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Did we ever make a definitive determination as to whether the homicidal freaks in 28 Days Later were zombies or not? I remember a lot of hunkering down and hovering over the dismembered. They weren't quite dead and they may or may not have been canabalistic. What must be "dead" to constitute a zombie? Brain, heart, respiratory system? Would Jeb Bush allow these creatures to be Kevorkianed? I want to know and I don't want vapid, half-assed opinions.
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I admit, the trailer does look great, and inspired that bone chilling "what if this really happened" feeling in my spine, however i have a problem with fast zombies. It makes sense that zombies would have diferent range and quickness of movement based upon manner and time of death, but wouldn't the recently dead be almost board stiff with rigor mortis? Also, why are there not clouds of birds and other scavaging animals come to pick on the meals on wheels? And for the record I prefer the slow zombies, they have sort of a toroise and the hare, unrelenting, unswaying, unthinking brain-lust that manifests itself in a huge wall of slow moving ravenous necrotic flesh. But I withhold my final judgement until i see the movie and can see how they piece everything together. Braindead/Dead alive remains my favorite zombie flick....for now.
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I love it. And since so many people have been waiting on pins and needles for my opinion, I am glad to be able to give it to you so easily. I love it. Go me.
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Jan 09, 2004 4:12:21 AM CST
A plea from a fellow film geek/writer who needs some feedback!
by dr_scott
Howdy, everyone. My name's Scott, and I'm yet another amateur film critic operating out of Dallas on the internet. I've finally corralled a section of a friend's webpage to post my online reviews (which are sent out to people on my mailing list; Heretofor, I was too lazy to set up a website, someone offered to give me the space), and I'm sending out word to all my fellow film geeks: Please stop by and read some of my stuff! We writers need ample feedback, and I figure my fellow bitter, cynical film geeks are the best people to ask for support! The friend who set up the pseudo-page for me is the director of FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, which is a student-film/comedy set in an unnamed college, which you can find at friendswithbenefits.com. It's a pretty entertaining little flick, so feel free to check that out after reading some of my reviews! The address is http://fwb.proboards18.com, and my stuff is under "The Doctor's..." If you don't have time, don't worry about it. Just trying to spread the word. I have faith in you, fellow film geeks. Thanks! Dr.Scott
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But isnt this the same trailer that premiered a couple of months ago on the web? Yes. Yes it is.
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I am an idiot. A big idiot, downloading the wrong trailer and posting before I figure out my idiocy. Please, geeks of the world, forgive me. I must go cry now.
But the trailer looks great.
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What was that? a TV movie of the week. Fuck off. And die.
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slow zombies are scarier, in fact not scarier, more unsettling. It was the fact that they could fill up an entire Mall or army base with ease. And just when you think you're safe the lift doors open up and POW. It was the fact that you should be able to get away easily but most still got whacked that made them so creepy.
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Just downloaded the trailer. Whatever you loads who think this looks great are smoking, I want some. The first scene is a little creepy when the girl jumps up and down or whatever. The shot of lots and lots of zombies outside the mall is almost decent. As far as the rest of it goes, shut the fuck up already. If the movie ends up actually being good, I'll admit it. You fucking heathens who dare criticize Romero's zombie movies, though, are way out of line. I know this remake will not have one tenth the blood and guts of any of Romero's Dead movies. It will feature loud noises and jump cuts in place of creepiness and plodding, inescapable, inevitable zombie death. Even if this movie doesn't entirely suck (oh boy!), the Big Red Tub is right when he says the fact that this is made when Romero himself can't get shit for funding for Dead Reckoning is a truly horrible injustice. The TCM remake was shit. This, too, will be shit. Zombie babies or not, shit it will surely be. Don't kid yourselves, and you fuckwads who dare apeak ill of Romero and the hallowed zombie trilogy, wash your shit-stinking mouths out with soap.
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The only original or interesting thing about that whole trailer was the bit at the end with the spraycan. The rest of it was a steaming pile of shite.
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My God, I sit here in my office and freak out and get scared as shit - over a trailer in brought daylight!!! Can not wait to see this in the dark! Who is that chick? She
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This is written for somewhat of a dramatic effect:
It is decidely tragic that one could haphazardly and foolishly attempt to move the realistic world of zombies (living dead walking around due to radiation, nuclear/toxic waste, genetic experiments, a comet) and move it into the realm of utter nonsense.
FAST?? QUICK? If you want to be smart like Boyle, where his "zombies" were still alive and just really really fucked up..... and running like zombies out of hell.. that might be acceptable.
BUT, the one flaw is... the thing that made zombies so bloody scary is that they WERE slow.... they were a perfect antithesis to the human condition, but still echoed its sentiments in the hollow, and existentially damning way that they walked, lumbered.... the empty carcass, broken down jalopy of man (or woman for pc-interested...)
Zombies in DAWN of the DEAD were filmed and shot like the security camera footage of true consumers shopping at the mall. They lumbered around, aimless, and vacuous. Romero said he hadn't any idea of how to film it, and when he saw the mall's footage, he said it was obvious... because the commentary of the consumerism was already inherent to the production.
Whatever the case, the lack of dimension of a zombie is what created the sheer terror and fear, of what a human truly was at the deepest levels.. and the basest.
Giving them abilities to move fast, and perform tasks, gives them too much functioning ability, therefore negating the idea of them being zombies.
I guess, this jibber-jabber, aimless ramble can end with a non sequitir, as all things are considered.
I am a real fan of the social, political and economic commentary that horror and especially zombie films have echoed for the sentiment of their time. I enjoy the films for entertainment even more.
I will love this film, but unless the savvy and genius manuever that Boyle pulled in 28 days later to create the PLAUSABILITY of a fast zombie like human is explained, it will end up...
just... another.... zombie.... movie.
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That actually looked pretty damn scary. But i just don't know about the running zombies. that's a real problem. But the neighborhood stuff looks creepy as hell, i love it. EVer since i was a little kid i have always imagined what it would look like to see the street that i lived on in a romero zombie world. i'd take stock of the windows to decide which ones i would board up and how, and i'd picture myself running outside to escape zombies in my home, only to find a lot more in each direction on the street. that's weird that i thought this stuff as a little kid.
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on the site, the snyopsis states that the world has been taken over by some "viral epidemic", and that people are finding that the "dead aren't dying"
So it is to say, that they aren't necessarily dead... they get really sick, pass out dead, and wake up after a nice nap that turns them into "groovy cats whom like to saunter"
Just info to add to the story..
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The original was eerie as hell, a true masterpiece. This just looks like a typical hollywood stylish movie with the typical fancy trailer techniques of a couple cliched scares and maybe one or two of the only good shots in the movie used to impress people. Wont have fucking anything on the original, even at its best it will never be 1/100th the horror classic Dawn of the Dead was.
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Is that a liberal or conservative issue? Is it really abortion if it's an unborn zombie? Add to that a single couple being stalked by the zombie neighbor child. Whoever wrote this picture has a Jungian fear of procreation. Discuss amongst yourselves.
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I'll chime in and say that I don't really like the idea of fast moving zombies simply because my fat ass would be lunch in about five minutes.
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Jan 09, 2004 7:59:38 AM CST
Other than the fact that it's been on Apple.com for a while...
by bachalon
Still a good trailer. The music is "It's a Wonderful Life" by Sparklehorse.
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"I'm running this monkey farm now, Frankenstein! Now, I want to know WHAT THE FUCK YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH MY TIME?!" - Capt. Rhodes.
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If anyone knows of a different source for the trailer than that link to Yahoo Movies at the official site, I would appreciate. NO, YAHOO, I DON'T FUCKING WANT THE LATEST VERSION OF REALPLAYER ON MY FUCKING MACHINE. FUCK YOU AND JUST FUCKING GIVE ME THE FUCKING QUICKTIME AND/OR WINDOWS MEDIA TRAILER. Why in the fucking god damn flying fuck does that piece of fucking shit fucking site want me to have ALL FUCKING THREE before it will let me download a FUCKING WINDOWS FILE? If I could find the fuckers who designed this fucking Media Helper piece of fucking shit, I would fucking rip out their eyes and brain-fuck them!!!!
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Seriously folks. If none of you have seen Spaced (a british sitcom) you don't know what your missing. Anyway, one of Spaced's writers and the series Director are shooting a Zombie movie and it will kick the fucking shit out of this "remake". Apparantly it's a Zombie movie/Romantic comedy so they're labelling it a "Zom-Rom-Com" or something like that (which is funny in itself). All hail Simon Pegg! All hail Edgar Wright! All hail Shaun of the Dead! A film that will appeal to the TRUE fan of the zombie genre...
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I fucking love that shot of the lady looking around at her neighbourhood, and the camera mounted on the back of the car (nothing new, but nice). It's scary, suddenly this doesn't look so bad after all...
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If this thing is set in Washington, why does the car tag visible when Sarah Polley's character is fleeing read Wisconsin? I downloaded the trailer off a joblo.com link and watched that part frame by frame to make sure I was right.
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In your head, Zombie, zombie, zombie? sk
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HEY! Maybe Hulk Hogan will pop out of nowehere in the movie and start kicking ass and administering Leg Drops to the living dead! or not ... but hey, that trailer is mighty good. That whole scene with the dead little girl *shudder* Creepy!! Yeah, I agree with most people who say that it makes sense that the zombies would move fast in the beginning (being freshly dead) and begin to slow down as their bodies rotted. It only bothers me in that ... I've always been scared shitless by zombie movies but was thankfull that I could probably outrun them if attacked! But HELL! I'm nowhere NEAR the fastest runner ... so yeah, I'd be screwed. AND! is that zombie baby going to be some sort of zombie-human hybrid or something who brings peace to Zombies and Human kind? I'm guessing either the mother got bitten or the baby died in the womb somehow ... either way, that's kind of a neat (yet also creepy) concept. & of course ... Sarah Polley. So yeah, I'll be watchin' this for sure.
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... It says quite clearly in the synopsis (the link is on the same page that you presumably went through to get to the trailer) that it is set in Wisconsin...
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... you said in your post that you got the trailer from joblo.com. If you want to read the synopsis I referred to follow the link Harry provided and you'll see it...
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I don't think the concept of "zombie" has ever been fully defined by science, but here's my take: The subject must experience TOTAL death, brain, heart, and respiratory, if only for a brief period of time. Then the brain must reanimate. If zombies respirate, they must do it in a way that isn't human [i.e. no beating heart, no breathing] because if they have brain activity, beating heart, and are breathing, they aren't zombies, because they are living people then.
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1)So when a zombie bites you in this movie, the change is a couple of seconds? That's how it came across to me in the beginning sequence there.
2)If these zombies can run and jump, what exactly stops them from breaking glass, seems to me these zombies are pretty strong, so getting in that mall wouldn't be too difficult, especially with about a thousand of them outside.
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Yes it was similar to the Gremlins bit with the film breaking up but I still thought it was brilliant and the scenes in the neighborhood were f'ing creepy.
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hasn't done a good movie in years. Who wants to see him pull a Carpenter on a dead film anyways?
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In the classic horror film, Night of the Living Dead that rather unusual situation was presented in a VERY realistic and effective manner. In Romero -
Here's the problem I always had with slow zombies - If they're so damn slow, why did people always go to cramped places like farmhouses and shopping malls to escape? Isn't that playing right into their outstretched hands? Why not just to a wide-open field and run your ass off every time they got close? Then, you take a nice breather, wait for them to saunter their pasty-white zombie asses closer and run like hell again. It's like playing tag with really slow kids. Except the slow kids wanna eat your guts. I loved the zombies (well, they weren't technically zombies, but whatever) in 28 Days Later. That scene in the tunnel was probably the coolest thing in any movie last year. Well, except for the gay love scene betwen Merry and Pippin in ROTK. I'll admit that slow-footed zombies are creepier, but I never understood why the dumb ass "heroes" didn't just run.
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But really, this looks pretty cool. The neighborhood shot is creepy as hell. At first, I did not want to see this, and now...I guess I'm there opening weekend. But why, why Mekhi Phifer? WHY? With him in it, we are lucky the trailer soundtrack didn't go like this: "Let the bodies hit the floor let the bodies hit the floor let the bodies hit the floor..."
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No, You didnt see this last week. This one is new. Fast Zombies suck. That is all.
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Why cant you leave the f**k alone? You are raping the original for all its worth.***The makers of this film should be hung, drawn and quartered. Anyone who loves the original and accepts this suckfest, is pissing on the original from a great height.WHY MESS WITH THE F*****G GREATEST ZOMBIE FILM OF ALL TIME?*********28 DAYS LATER showed that Horror can be done right but after seeing that trailer - F**K YOU! You are making a joke out of the "DEAD" Trilogy, You are screwing with Horror at its best. You are killing these films.****Anybody here who loves the Original and accepts this, has to ask themselves - "Do you really like the original or are you a fuckwad?"
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Jan 09, 2004 12:35:32 PM CST
Well, as long as we've overthinking the fast vs. slow zombies th
by fluffyunbound
Any of you Green Bay folks want to look outside right now, and then tell me the technical issue this brings up? Wisconsin is fucking COLD. Once the power goes out and the oil tanks in people's houses burn dry, there isn't a single place in Wisconsin where a zombie would be anything but a big frozen roast beef for six months of the year. You only have to hold out in your mall fortress until winter. Then you wouldn't even need guns to kill the zombie ice sculptures - a chain saw would do nicely. "Good morning, Mr. Zombie. Time for a haircut." This would be made immensely cooler by the fact that the zombies would still be zombie-conscious and trying like hell to get you, they would just be unable to move as you chain saw their damn heads off. A few teams of 10 guys each could probably clear most of the state before the spring.
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Well, i guess it's official that the horror genre is cannibalizing itself with all the remakes and all. That said, this trailer kicks ass, and I will attend with an open mind, as I try to with all movies. The TCM remake was hardly a classic, but entertaining enough, and I am salivating to see TNT's Salem's Lot remake. Just remember kids, a great horror movie trailer does not mean a great horror movie (case in point: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer had a terrific trailer and ended up being a steaming pile of horse shit)
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Jan 09, 2004 12:52:15 PM CST
The scary thing about the slow zombie is it never gives up
by sexybeast
When chased by the traditional zombie your initial thought is "these things will never catch me" but humans have to sleep, meanwhile those zombies are shuffling closer no matter how far you run. Horror should be something that is different than the normal dangers of life. In real life it isn't uncommon for a human to be chased down by something, other humans or animals. It is uncommon to be chased to the ends of the unearth by a slow unholy killing machine. -
I love the end gimmick with the film burning and the zombies coming through the screen. Pure Castle-esque showmanship.
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...james gunn will cannibalize the cannibals (i know "strictly speaking, these are not cannibals..."). as much sympathy as i have for the "romero ain't done jack since _dotd_/4th dead flick would surely suck", i STRONGLY disagree he's an overrated hack -- apply this to wes craven/john carpenter/dario argento, thank you. romero is not a felicitous writer but is a great director whose lame scripts aren't greenlighted but occasionally (better _the ill_ than _dusk of the dead_). as for the supernal ms. sarah polley...girlfriend, the wedding is off. i'm marrying judith o'dea, instead..
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Sound card - not - functioning. Can't - watch - trailer! oh yeah and Return of the Living Dead is a movie I don't ever want to watch again, even though it's a good movie. That zombie freaks me out too much. You know the one I mean, the skinny shambly slippery fella.
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Return of the Living Dead....Period!
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that looked pretty fucking sweet
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Jan 09, 2004 4:09:44 PM CST
and at least they are making no secret of that it is a remake
by slade justice
unlike 28 days later which decided to be a remake of day of the dead half way through...
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I have no idea what the rest of you saw in this trailer, but this film looks pretty lame and uninspired to me. This will go the way of "New Coke" and only make the original look even better by comparison.
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I just wish there was more cannibalism in the New Testament...
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Jan 09, 2004 4:56:42 PM CST
Are Dracula's vamp bitches "zombies"? If so I want to be eaten [
by myglockyourmouth
And I would prefer the slow versus fast version on said occasion.
Many thanks to the erudite postings below and above as to the nature and necessary tactical response to the zombie. If you recall, the SWAT team in the original DOTD was ill-prepared for zombie combat and got decimated. I'm still uncertain whether a "head shot" is still necessary to stop a zombie or would a complete shredding by weaponry such as Jesse Ventura's shoulder mounted 7.62 mm mini-gun from PREDATOR suffice? Inquiring minds want to know! I detect the presence of zombies and this feeling of mine grows stronger with the passage of each and every day. I need to start honing my combact skills and preparedness. The day of the Zombie is upon us! -
..just leave DOTD the f**k alone.
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You know what? I want James Cameron to produce a Martin Scorcese-directed $150 million zombie film starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, featuring ACTUAL ZOMBIES developed by a $20 billion "black bag" DoD project. Oh wait - THAT ISN'T GOING TO FUCKING HAPPEN. And you know what? Your demand for an A list production here isn't going to be satisfied, either. The budget for this film is about what I would expect. Do you know what the budget for NOTLD was? Given your encyclopedic knowledge, I bet you do. How much more developed do the special effects really have to be? Do you want CGI zombies? Extras, my lad. Extras are the only real cost multiplier here. Perhaps they should have shot this in New Zealand and made their army show up to get dressed as zombies for free. But it's too late for that now. I think we have what we are going to have. The wide angle shots in the trailer are what they are. If there is any more of that in the film, it's worth 10 bucks. Boycotting this film will just make it that much harder to get genre films made.
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I can't think of anything crappier than doing the zombies in a DOTD remake the way they did Pirates of the Caribbean. Yeah, those special effects were SCARY. Ooooooooooo. Maybe they can use leftover Army of the Dead effects work from ROTK, too. That would work real well in a horror film, don't you think? You're better off grabbing the first ten people you see on the street and putting ketchup on their faces and saying "Groan a lot and walk this way" than you are using ANYTHING that was on the screen in POTC.
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please tell me this movie is gonna be rated R. PLEASE!
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There are sadly no enough good zombie movies in the world i can only name 3 (Night of, zombi and 28 days latter) I have not seen the original dawn of the dead, it's hard to get here, but day of the dead sucked big time. I hope this will be the 4th good one, PLEASE MAKE MORE END OF THE FUCKING WORLD, APOCALYPTIC AND ZOMBIE MOVIES if it combines all 3 subjects the better
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Annemarie,..............Annemarie,.........Annemarie.
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Jan 09, 2004 10:16:10 PM CST
Oh yeah Acefan1971? You watched it frame by frame just to make
by boris the blade
You know what this is? This is an "L". It stands for loser. That's you. I know a 32 year old that needs to get more of a life....
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Jan 09, 2004 10:47:35 PM CST
One Thing that I never understood in Zombie movies... Why they d
by judge doom
I mean, they came from the graveyard and most of then are rotting, rigth, nothing but rot meat. So why nobody ever say something like "damn, them dead smell like s***!". A mouse died inside my house once and it took one week to remove the smell. maibe the reanimated bodies use channel n
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This movie WILL be rated R. happy now?
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Okay, the whole mall thing made me think of '8-Legged Freaks,' but still! The music was perfect. I don't care if this will be a good movie or not. Bottom line: that trailer rocked! Out.
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i really really really want to hate this movie...dawn of the dead is a timeless classic and here they gotta go and fuck it up..why not make romero's origional screenplay for day of the dead..the one that was going to end the whole series.. or even better give funding to romero to make his new dead screenplay... unfortunately i am prolly going to see this the day it comes out.. its a zombie movie and im a sucker for zombie movies... im goin in without high expectations but what really bugs me is the title when this is totaly a diffrent movie it seems.. anyway thats my 2 cents
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Jan 10, 2004 9:28:23 AM CST
I think they should make "Zombie Revenge" with HULK HOGAN as a z
by mbaker
MUST....EAT...BRAINS....BROtHER!
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NOTLD was the least expensive. And the zombies in NOTLD are the best. I don't know how much "The Last Man on Earth" cost, but if you toss in the plague victims of the Vincent Price classic as honorary living dead, those are probably the 2nd cheapest, and they happen to be the 2nd best. The zombies in Resident Evil had a much higher budget, and they aren't as good. The undead in POTC and ROTK had the highest budget of all, and they are the worst. [This is not a POTC or ROTK criticism, because they are not supposed to be "horror" zombies per se. But I would say that they could not be MADE to be scary even if that effect was desired]. So we seem to have an inverse relationship where the more money that is spent on zombies, the less effective they are. This is ultimately, I believe, because the BEST zombie is a PLAIN OLD HUMAN BEING, with $2.50 worth of makeup, and that the key to making films featuring zombies effective is not how much you spend on them but how the script and the director frame the situation. Day of the Dead has the "best" gore and makeup work of the three Romero films, but it is the least of the three in terms of its horror and its memorability. I think that this Dawn remake has a chance to be good because, judging from the two trailers [which is dicey I know, but it's what we're talking about and it's what trailers are for] the filmmakers have remembered that the world is supposed to be ending, so there should be wide shots of lots of stuff getting fucked up, and lots of zombies moving at shit in human waves. And on that basis I am trying to get over being "against" this movie on principle. If it does in fact turn out to be more like "Alien", where people in dark rooms open doors and it's either a cat or a zombie, and the score makes a loud noise either way, then I will in fact be a little disappointed, not because there's anything wrong with "Alien" but because that's not what this should be. If it's more like NOTLD or DOTD where the danger is the omnipresent threat just a barricaded door away, then the film has a chance to be good. JMHO.
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OMG i SO agree with you about real player! its so annoying. yahoo SUCKS for letting real player do that to people. lol. well said my friend! keep up the good work!!!
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Why would they remake it up on that frozen tundra, when the original was right here in westmorland county pennsylavania?
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Jan 12, 2004 4:11:09 PM CST
wouldn't zombies crave burgers instead of human flesh?
by gernblanston67
Why human flesh? Why would someone come back from the dead with a craving for something they probably have never tasted? If they're hungry, wouldn't they crave what they ate most of in life?
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I love Zombie flicks and this is going to be among the best. The actors/actresses will make this an instant classic for me. Ving Rhames rules! I'm also a Romero fan and I did like his first two outings. "Day of the Dead" sucked bad though...
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Jan 13, 2004 9:39:57 AM CST
The trailer with Sparklehorse's 'It's a wonderful life' is the o
by mr. profit
The new one has more scenes and the film keeps freezing up. Then something cool happens in the end. I can't wait to see this trailer in the theater to see how the ending of the trailer looks on the big screen. I am now excited to see this film.
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