Dawn of the Dead: The trailer has been released...

[Downhome 0]

Just click here to see the official trailer for the upcoming Dawn of the Dead remake.

 

Yes, another fucking remake of a classic film. Before I continue, would someone please shoot me before the remake of Halloween is released? I don't know if I can stand to see THAT one be destroyed.

 

I also want to say that I'll be going to watch this film on opening weekend, and I will more than likely enjoy it...or even love it. As a stand alone film, I really do think I'll enjoy watching this one. I even love the trailer, for the most part. I just am not comfortable with seeing remake after remake, it irks me to see Hollywood go in this direction. For one, as has been said a million times already, there is simply no reason to try to recreate a classic. Has there ever been a remake that truly was better than the original? For another, it just pains me to see Hollywood totally lost on new ideas. We need to see some new screenwriters and the such bust out pretty soon.

 

When you are reduced to remaking The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, Cassablanca, and other such classics, something is fucked up big time.

 

As for this trailer specificly, I really liked it, except for one part.

 

WHY DO ZOMBIES RUN NOW A DAYS!?

 

Can we not have the classic slow stumbeling zombies like we used to? Why is it when people die and come back to life or whatever, they become quicker than humans here lately? The entire thing that made the "zombie genre" so fucked up to me, was seeing them be so slow, so mindless, not being able to truly think on their own. The only thing that was on their mind was blood and killing YOU, and it just works so much better with them being so slow.

 

There is something great about people cornerd, with a bunch of slow and mindless zombies closing in on them. I just miss that, and having FAST and quick zombies in this movie, will just hurt it so much.

 

It must be something in the water over in Hollywood that the new zombies have gotten a hold of, that might also explain why we're seeing so many remakes here lately also.

 

*sigh*

 

Sincerely,

...Downhome...

Edited October 18, 2003 by Downhome

[Downhome 0]

Ok, after thinking for just a second and being more sane, I thought of a film where the remake was at least at par with the original.

 

Night of the Living Dead

 

Both films are classic, in their own way.

[Guest Urine Sane]

would someone please shoot me before the remake of Halloween is released?

 

Like I said before, that rumor is false.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

With the audience of today, a bunch of slow moving zombies would be taken as comical. 28 days later brought the fast zombies and it looks like thats how they are gonna be now .

Edited October 18, 2003 by frozenblockofpissreborn

[Downhome 0]

With the audience of today, a bunch of slow moving zombies would be taken as comical. 28 days later brought the fast zombies and it looks like thats how they are gonna be know .

I excused 28 Days Later from this however. In reality, those weren't zombies at all in that film, it was just people who were infected with a crazy disease.

[Downhome 0]

would someone please shoot me before the remake of Halloween is released?

 

Like I said before, that rumor is false.

Now say the same thing about all of the other remakes in the works.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

While 28 days didn't have true zombies, it was still a zombie film. Film studios, starting with Day of the Dead, don't take these type of films seriously. They want to get more to watch the films, so like in all things, the true fans get screwed.

 

In reality, those weren't zombies at all in that film, it was just people who were infected with a crazy disease.

 

And just what was the reasons for the zombies in the dead series?

[dubq 0]

As for Zombies running and moving fast.. this is nothing new. Return of the Living Dead did it. Hell, their zombies even SPOKE. Also, the original Night of the Living Dead had zombies that were QUITE a bit faster than in any other Romero film. They even had enough sense to pick up a brick and smash a window.

[dubq 0]

Wow, the trailer is pretty cool. I'm definitely down with seeing this flick. Especially since I've been to the mall where it was filmed up here in Toronto. I find it odd that Sarah Polly got billing over Ving Rhames, though.

[Guest Frank The Tank]

I thought it was okay at first, but once they showed the zombies running and jumping I gagged. I too like the slow, stupid zombies better than these ultra fast super zombies we have been getting lately. I wasn't really bothered by the fast zombies in ROTLD, but in the original Dawn Of The Dead they were slow and they should be here. Why the hell are they remaking this anyways? If their looking for a cash cow, they should go somewhere else since not too many people I know saw the original.

[dubq 0]

I thought it was okay at first, but once they showed the zombies running and jumping I gagged. I too like the slow, stupid zombies better than these ultra fast super zombies we have been getting lately. I wasn't really bothered by the fast zombies in ROTLD, but in the original Dawn Of The Dead they were slow and they should be here. Why the hell are they remaking this anyways? If their looking for a cash cow, they should go somewhere else since not too many people I know saw the original.

I'm guessing it's based off of the success that Resident Evil had... I for one am glad that we're getting ANY kind of zombie movies, since it's my favourite genre of horror and there hadn't been a good zombie flick since the 91 NOTLD remake. [Anything Tom Savini makes on his own is just pure shite - IE: Children of the Living Dead... UGH!]

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

The Return series is the red-headed step child of the zombie genre. Talking zombies doesn't bother me, brick using doesn't bother me, these are things they did in life, but unless all the zombies were olympic sprinters, it bothers the piss out of me.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

[Anything Tom Savini makes on his own is just pure shite - IE: Children of the Living Dead... UGH!]

 

Tru 'dat, Tru 'dat.

 

Keep him on make-up only, people!

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Nothing beats the Motorcycle Gang being destroyed by slow Zombies and 4 people camping out in the mall....NOTHING

[Guest Urine Sane]

Now say the same thing about all of the other remakes in the works.

 

Well I could if, like with Halloween, they were actually proven false.

[Vyce 0]

The entire thing that made the "zombie genre" so fucked up to me, was seeing them be so slow, so mindless, not being able to truly think on their own.

 

From a biological standpoint, it doesn't make sense for them to run fast, but it does add more suspense.

 

I mean, take the zombies in the original NOTLD. How fucking easy was it to just outrun them? The only time they were even that dangerous was when they were in large numbers or had someone cornered.

 

BTW, I'm very pleased to see some of you are fans of the 1990 (91?) remake of NOTLD with Tony Todd and Pat Tallman. A lot of people I know find it inferior to the original, but I think that, in its own way, it's quite good and deserving of a little love.

[Youth N Asia 0]

These classic remakes usually don't bother me, but Dawn of the Dead is my 2nd favorite movie. I just know it'll disapoint me.

[Downhome 0]

From a biological standpoint, it doesn't make sense for them to run fast, but it does add more suspense.

I 100% disagree with you on that one.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

From a biological standpoint, it doesn't make sense for them to run fast, but it does add more suspense.

I 100% disagree with you on that one.

I have to agree with Vyce as the muscle and tissue of the dead are decomposing thus them running fast would lead to the flesh just ripping apart from tension

 

I'd like to see why you disagree

[Downhome 0]

From a biological standpoint, it doesn't make sense for them to run fast, but it does add more suspense.

I 100% disagree with you on that one.

I have to agree with Vyce as the muscle and tissue of the dead are decomposing thus them running fast would lead to the flesh just ripping apart from tension

 

I'd like to see why you disagree

Ok, here I go...

 

...but it does add more suspense.

 

...that's the part of the other quote that I disagree with.

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

I think it kind of takes a bit of something away from a zombie when they're running. It to me, kind of humanizes them. I mean obviously they're just dead humans in the first place, but the slow somewhat uncontrolled stagger is a lot more bothersome than a zombie hauling ass full force . It just provides a nicer visual IMO, much creepier. It worked for ROTLD, but I just don't think it's gonna work for anything in these films.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

For some reason "zombie hauling ass" had me in hysterics for at least five minutes. Thank you for having made my day better through your post.

[NoCalMike 0]

the '90 version of NOTLD was great, but see George Romero was involved heavily in the filmmaking process, as where all these new age remakes are just hollywood running out of good ideas and trying to take credit it doesn't deserve.

 

Most of the old-school horror directors besides Craven/Carpenter have already told hollywood to fuck off on more than one occassion because of the way hollywood wants to strip down their visions of a horro movie, so they just hire these new age assholes to make a cash cow, instead of a horror film.

[dubq 0]

Ah, well I don't really mind the running zombies. Especially after seeing them in 28 Days Later [well, those weren't really zombies, but still..]. And to be honest, like I said before - I'm just glad we're getting zombie movies at all. And besides, I don't really see how doing a remake would take away from the original...

[Ravenbomb 0]

I didn't see a whole lot of running zombies in the trailer, and the jumping one was in the dark so they might've just added one of those 'OMG a zombie! Oh, nope, just some asshole human scaring the guy' scenes. Plus, what if only the freshly dead zombies run? Just saying, if a couple bits of running zombies in the trailer is all we have to complain about then I might actually give this movie a watch.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

The Return series is the red-headed step child of the zombie genre.

The sequels? Yes. Horrible films (although the 3rd was tolerable, because it did take a SOMEWHAT different stance on it, and the chick was uber-hot). But the original is probably the best zombie flick I've ever seen. It has suspense, humor, gore...everything that horror movies usually TRY to aim for, and fail horribly at hitting.

 

And the Infected in 28 Days Later were just that: Infected humans. They would have no reason to not run as fast, as everything in their mind but "KILL ALL NORMALS" was gone.

 

I don't like the idea of running zombies. Zombies are in a trance-like state where the mind is running on only the most basic of impulses (fire bad, need food), so stumbling around while looking for food is the most sensical of movement for zombies. With the exception of "Bud" from Day Of The Dead, zombies cannot think too coherently, and instead rely upon finding live food.

 

I forget who said it (in this thread), but zombies are not infected with anything, really. There is just some force bringing them back from the dead. Of course, in Romero's trilogy, the explanation of bacteria from a Venus probe covering the planet was acceptable (and still would be today), and Fulci's classic Zombie had no explanation (which worked in its own right), and Return Of The Living Dead used the chemical Trioxin 245.

[Secret Agent 0]

The Resident Evil 2 trailer was much better than Dawn's IMHO.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

I just realized...now all we need is someone to remake Day of the Dead and we can have a Romero trilogy and a remake trilogy! Then they could remake the remake of Night of the Living Dead and remake the remake of Dawn of the Dead and remake the remake of Day of the Dead and then we could have a trilogy of trilogies!

[Youth N Asia 0]

The Resident Evil 2 trailer was much better than Dawn's IMHO.

Well...for a trailer that showed zero footage of the movie.

 

I liked the Dawn trailer when I saw it last night at TCM. I dunno though, I might give it a shot...I'm a sucker for horror in general.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

^ I fucking hate teasers although I loved RE2's concept of theirs.