Dawn of the dead

[jarrod b]

The old version was good, but when i saw the new version yesterday i thought they completly screwed it up, barely any of the storyline was the same, not to mention it sucked in general.

[paLiOs]

I didn't see the old one but i liked this version a lot.
Wait Master Plutonick to answer with more info

[PlutoNick]

Ok, let me add my thoughts.

The remake is pretty close to the original, plus a few more ideas (zombie baby). The nailed the Store Center right. They screwed up with the running zombies. I hate it when zombies run. You can't screw with Romero's zombie rules. NO RUNNING ZOMBIES DAMMIT.

Many zombie fans think of the remake an ok attempt, and not a sacriledge to Romero's mythos. However, the olders Night of the living dead is thought to be a complete piece of crap.

[jarrod b]

The mall was forced, the cop and that woman come out of a tunnel and some guy trys to shoot them, then they go to the mall, why the hell were they standing there instead of going to the mall?. and i thought the running zombies were weird aswell, zombies shouldnt run.

[PlutoNick]

yeah. zombies should be slow. being slow doesn't make them less scary. You can avoid them, yes. But one mistake, and your inards are going to be the desert. Also I love it when the heroes get to confident, since they can outrun the zombies, let their guard down, and then their inards are exposed.

[jarrod b]

Watching it again now, if you wait for the credits to roll, you see them land at an island.  Also, should there be 1 zombie to start it all?, its the like the chicken and the egg thing(i think)

[PlutoNick]

Yes, I forgot about the ending. I saw it in a cinema. People left when the credits start rolling. If you leave before the credits you get a completely different ending than if you leave AFTER. In the first instance you get a happy ending, in the second instance you get a bad ending. I like that a lot. I always stay and watch the credits, and this way it was like I was awarded by the director

[jarrod b]

I watch the credits hoping to see somthing like that, i get ticked of when theres nothin though. Did anyone else see all those ironys in Shaun of the dead.

[KoraL]

Fortunately i watched the movie at home so i saw how it ended.As for that 1st zombie who must/should have started it all i don't think there should be one.As far as i can remember the only explanation both the original and the remake provide for the zombie situation is that hell is full and now the dead walk the earth. I think i like it better this way. No viruses or stupid experiments and crap like that. Makes it scarier , imo

[jarrod b]

That was just what one of the religous groups in the film thought, its the bite that makes you become a zombie.

[PlutoNick]

I think there is an explanation in the first one [Night of the living dead] something about a comet passing too close to earth. I might be confusing it with another film though

[SoSp]

I think there is an explanation in the first one [Night of the living dead] something about a comet passing too close to earth. I might be confusing it with another film though

I dont know I havent seen any of these movies, but the story you describe here its the same story from the greek comic Blood Opera.


A comet is about to hit the earth in 3 days, meanwhile something from the come has made the dead alive (zombies) and 2 heroes (Paris and Arsenal) make they way in Athens through hundreds of zombies.

http://comicart.gr/portal/modules/tinycontent2/rewrite/tc_43.html


I am a proud owner of this comic and I really like it (I like it more because its Greek of course)

[KoraL]

That was just what one of the religous groups in the film thought, its the bite that makes you become a zombie.

I know its the bite that makes you a zombie , but you asked about where tha first zombie came from .I dont recall the explanation PlutoNick says there was at the original film. I prefer thinking that hell was filled with dead and now they walk the earth. Spookie xD

[Tzatzikias]

plus a few more ideas (zombie baby).

May I interfere, if I may, but the Zombie Baby idea has already been used in Braindead. Frankly, I liked the new version of dawn of the dead, it had a much more offensive character than the first one. I did miss the biker attack though.

If the hell is full, then why do zombies die of their brain is destroyed?

[jarrod b]

Would the 'Infected' in 28 days later be considered zombies.