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Published on Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 8:16pm |
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You smell something funny? DIARY OF THE DEAD 2 poster from AFM!
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:

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Reader Talkback
Romero Rocks by johnnyangel | Nov 1st, 2007 08:22:01 PM | Needs More Brains by georges garvaren | Nov 1st, 2007 08:25:21 PM | why is it always her.. by nolan bautista | Nov 1st, 2007 08:26:44 PM | I wish it were stand alone
zombie adventure.... by SebastianHaff | Nov 1st, 2007 08:33:56 PM | Did I miss the first one
already? by tonagan | Nov 1st, 2007 08:47:39 PM | What is "Diary Of The Dead"? by The Visco Kid | Nov 1st, 2007 09:10:43 PM | Visco Kid by Jubba | Nov 1st, 2007 10:10:41 PM | he should try tackling a new
genre - like maybe zombies by dr.bulber | Nov 1st, 2007 10:24:41 PM | I've yet to see the new one,
but by TattooedBillionaire | Nov 1st, 2007 11:02:04 PM | George's A. Romero's? by The_Samaritan | Nov 1st, 2007 11:10:03 PM | Zombie Boobs! by FILMFUNK | Nov 1st, 2007 11:31:46 PM | Typo by voxmortis | Nov 1st, 2007 11:49:05 PM | What, did DIARY OF THE DEAD
come out for a day? by MrMysteryGuest | Nov 1st, 2007 11:53:22 PM | can we promote the sequel
AFTER the first film's
released? by Zardoz | Nov 2nd, 2007 12:08:26 AM | It's not promotion, nimrod by BankyFan | Nov 2nd, 2007 01:03:09 AM | Is this real? by WYLD STALLYNS RULES | Nov 2nd, 2007 01:11:09 AM | But, the emperor has no
clothes on! by GilesT | Nov 2nd, 2007 01:39:47 AM | when the hell is ONE coming
out? by Kirbymanly | Nov 2nd, 2007 02:19:21 AM | Wow. Another Romero Zombie
movie. Geez. by Knuckleduster | Nov 2nd, 2007 02:50:16 AM | stop this.... by billyhitchcock | Nov 2nd, 2007 02:59:31 AM | Nothing wrong... by hedetoft | Nov 2nd, 2007 04:34:35 AM | Dawn of the Dead 2 by GCH888 | Nov 2nd, 2007 05:04:18 AM | WHEN DID THE FIRST ONE COME
OUT?? by Sigmar25 | Nov 2nd, 2007 05:46:35 AM | these two cannibals are... by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet | Nov 2nd, 2007 06:38:23 AM | FILMFUNK by Shoegeezer | Nov 2nd, 2007 06:50:50 AM | TOO 30 DAYS OF NIGHT-Y by tomthumbstallywhacker | Nov 2nd, 2007 07:46:17 AM | Shoegeezer! by FILMFUNK | Nov 2nd, 2007 08:47:18 AM | george, please -- _there's
always vanilla 2_ next!!! by duanejones | Nov 2nd, 2007 09:40:05 AM | Originality... by vanchimera | Nov 2nd, 2007 09:49:36 AM | 30 days of diary, "originality
is dead" by Irresolute | Nov 2nd, 2007 11:22:56 AM | it's not promotion, Banky?
REALLY? by Zardoz | Nov 2nd, 2007 05:00:48 PM | Sequel and we haven't seen the
first really? by JoeSixPack | Nov 2nd, 2007 09:01:56 PM | Y'know what's funny? If DIARY
2 came out b-4 1! by MrMysteryGuest | Nov 2nd, 2007 09:23:50 PM | Check out 'Fido'... best
zombie flick in ages. by workshed | Nov 3rd, 2007 06:55:30 AM |
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