Dawn...of the DEAD

Oakman · 10-17-2003, 03:38 PM

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/dawnofthedead/

I've had my eye on this remake for a while now and it's sizing up to be pretty good. The fast moving zombies are a change of pace (har har ) but otherwise it seems like the director has really gotten the spirit of the *of the dead movies right in this. Of course the trailer is very short so we won't know until we actually see it, but I'm excited.

Iannis · 10-17-2003, 05:22 PM

Romero is letting someone reshoot his Dead trilogy? ...otherwise they have some infringement issues.

Cybsled · 10-17-2003, 06:33 PM

Given its been in production for awhile and has been so openly, I somehow think they've settled all legal matters in regards to it.

Vorph · 10-17-2003, 07:11 PM

Romero has no say in it, he doesn't own the rights to the movies. He's done screenplay ideas for both this remake and the Resident Evil movies, but Hollywood doesn't want anything to do with him for some reason. Both The Ill and Dead Reckoning (#4 in the dead series) have apparently been shitcanned, so someone out west definitely does not like the man.

I fail to see how whatever it is people have against Romero could possibly be worse than having a guy who's NEVER done a movie before remake a movie made by two of the greatest names in Horror (Dario Argento being the other)... but that's Hollywood for ya.

I couldn't care less about this remake, much like I will never see the abomination known as Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). What I want to see is Zombi--Dario Argento's cut of Dawn of the Dead for the Italian theatrical release in 1978 which removed all of the humor, that horrible music by the Goblins, and supposedly made the movie much faster-paced. Dawn of the Dead is a great classic movie, but Argento's version sounds so much better still.

Oakman · 10-19-2003, 11:44 AM

I heard the issue with Dead Reckoning is that Romero wants 100% control over the whole thing, I'm pretty sure Fox approached him about doing it and he turned them down when they wanted to make some changes.

10-17-2003, 03:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Oakman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 462 -1 Internets	Dawn...of the DEAD http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/dawnofthedead/ I've had my eye on this remake for a while now and it's sizing up to be pretty good. The fast moving zombies are a change of pace (har har ) but otherwise it seems like the director has really gotten the spirit of the *of the dead movies right in this. Of course the trailer is very short so we won't know until we actually see it, but I'm excited.

10-17-2003, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cybsled Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 8,960	Given its been in production for awhile and has been so openly, I somehow think they've settled all legal matters in regards to it. __________________ Training the citizens of Norrath from 1999-2003!

10-17-2003, 07:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,341	Romero has no say in it, he doesn't own the rights to the movies. He's done screenplay ideas for both this remake and the Resident Evil movies, but Hollywood doesn't want anything to do with him for some reason. Both The Ill and Dead Reckoning (#4 in the dead series) have apparently been shitcanned, so someone out west definitely does not like the man. I fail to see how whatever it is people have against Romero could possibly be worse than having a guy who's NEVER done a movie before remake a movie made by two of the greatest names in Horror (Dario Argento being the other)... but that's Hollywood for ya. I couldn't care less about this remake, much like I will never see the abomination known as Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). What I want to see is Zombi--Dario Argento's cut of Dawn of the Dead for the Italian theatrical release in 1978 which removed all of the humor, that horrible music by the Goblins, and supposedly made the movie much faster-paced. Dawn of the Dead is a great classic movie, but Argento's version sounds so much better still. __________________

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10-17-2003, 05:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Iannis Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Butt Hugging Moose Jockey Posts: 4,968 -1 Internets	Romero is letting someone reshoot his Dead trilogy? ...otherwise they have some infringement issues.

10-19-2003, 11:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
Oakman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 462 -1 Internets	I heard the issue with Dead Reckoning is that Romero wants 100% control over the whole thing, I'm pretty sure Fox approached him about doing it and he turned them down when they wanted to make some changes.