Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I love Romero, I really do. It does offend me a bit when my love of Romero is put into question because I disliked DIARY OF THE DEAD. I have a DAWN OF THE DEAD one-sheet framed on the wall in my room, I have posters, trailers, film, DVDs, toys and soundtracks from most of his films, including MARTIN, CREEPSHOW, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and DAY OF THE DEAD.
But I didn't like DIARY OF THE DEAD, so I get tons of email saying I'm a Romero hater. Not true. I just didn't like that movie. And I'm not alone. I've talked to a lot of big guys in the world of film journalism, distribution and fandom in general who had the same reaction I did. It's not to say that those who dug it are wrong, but I do think it's valid to criticize what didn't work in the flick.
I can't say I'm happy that he's going on to do DIARY OF THE DEAD 2. I'm sure he can make a better movie then the first entry, of course, but if he's going to do more zombie flicks I'd like to see him continue the world that has been more successfully executed or do more one-off stories.
However, I do concede it's good news that he's working at all and I will look forward to anything he does, even if it's a sequel to a movie I didn't like.
The always gory Ryan Rotten nabbed a picture of the DIARY OF THE DEAD 2 sales poster up at the American Film Market for shocktillyoudrop.com and I relay it to you good folks:
