Dawn of the Dead remake

Just got back from seeing it and thought it was awesome... I\'m a sucker for zombie movies though.

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
28 Days Later was a damn good movie. You have to keep in mind they wasn\'t zombies in that movie.

You know its just a copy of Omega man, right?

omega man?  with charlton heston?

not even close

[GmanJoe]

I saw the original again. They don\'t have that much character development either.

Dawn of the Dead, being in a mall with bright flourescent lighting, will not have the long dark shadows of a small home in the country. Also, black and white film like Night of the Living Dead only enhances the gloom. Maybe that\'s what this second movie lacked. No real shadowy suspense. Its a run and gun horror flick.

Fine enough for me.

I still thought the movie was entertaining.  My parents couldn\'t believe we asked them to babysit so we could go see it.  Apparently the local paper here gave it 1 star - while giving The Passion 5 stars... sorry but if I want entertainment - zombies>Jesus.  

[GmanJoe]

Man, if I was there, I would have asked Andy to shoot as many zombies as possible. He had nothing else to do anyway. That would have given the buses fewer road bumps to run over.

As for the buses, hell, I would have rigged a catapult on top of the bus and had it thrown as soon as it crashed through the garage door. Less zombies - the better. Also, if anyone got bit - BLAM! No questions asked.

I also would have place lawn mower blades up front, back and sides.

Yeah if I was Andy - in a nice secure gun store - I would have been capping zombies all day long.  Hell he had the bullets!  I am sure he could have cleared enough of them out in a few days he probably could have walked over to the mall!  

I also noticed that the dead who died from natural wounds didn\'t come back - that was sort of messed up if you ask me.  The dead needed to rise regardless of if they were bit or not.  Man that fat lady was NASTY!!!!  I would have capped her back in the truck.  I was just waiting for her to start attacking people.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by GigaShadow


 Man that fat lady was NASTY!!!!  I would have capped her back in the truck.  I was just waiting for her to start attacking people.

The audience were all murmuring amongst themselved on that one. This was one of those "Oh come on, now! HELLLLLO!" Then that fat woman turns into an olympic flesh eating sprinter and goes for the skinny blond! BWAHAHA! Everyone was roaring with laughter!

And boy, did that shot gun have the loadest click or what?

KA-CLICK!

That really leads me to believe that the zombies weren\'t really dead - it is more like a virus that drives them mad and gives them to unstoppable urge to eat people.  Obviously rigamortis doesn\'t set in and their physical strength and endurance are multiplied!  

I just think the whole dead theme was blown due to the fact that they could run like olympic athletes.  It didn\'t ruin it for me, but it was unlike any of the dead films I have seen with the exception of Return of the Night of the Living Dead.  Those lame zombies actually talked too.

Now I hear negotiations are going on for a remake of Day of the Dead.  I hope they know a chainlink fence isn\'t going to hold back the masses this time.

[GmanJoe]

I wonder how the scientist (if they remake Day Of) will be able to control the wild and super fast flesh eater. The old 80\'s movie had the zombie remembering his past and shooting a freaking gun (which adds more difficulty in the next Resident Evil ).

Yeah wasn\'t his name Bub?  He was actually sort of aware of his former life.  They sure as hell won\'t be able to have a stockade and herd them into the laboratory like they did in the original.

Damn it!!! Ok someone who saw the movie and watched through the ENTIRE credits please PM me or post here what happened.  My wife was anxious to leave so I didn\'t get to see the "ending".

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by GigaShadow
Damn it!!! Ok someone who saw the movie and watched through the ENTIRE credits please PM me or post here what happened.  My wife was anxious to leave so I didn\'t get to see the "ending".

Everything\'s been spoiled from Page 1 anyway.

They\'re on the boat, and the guy kills himself on the peir. Fade to black.

Begin Credits.

You see a video footage of the ass hole who owns the boat with a bodacious babe who takes off her top and tosses it to the camera. Cuts to credits.

You hear the survivors voices say "It\'s his video camera."


the next is from the point of view of the video camera:

Various shots of the boat. Cuts to credits. They see a floating life raft. Empty. Cuts. They get on the life raft. Cuts. They open a tackle box and see a living head of a zombie being eaten by maggots. cuts. They run out of fuel. Engine on fire. Sailing now.

They\'re close to the island. cuts. Empty water bottle but much close to the island. Cuts. Footage of Ving and he yells at the camera "Get that out of my face!" Cuts.

Really close to the peir of the island. Dog jumps on the pier. Cuts. Shouts about "We have to check before we go in." Dog is running into the path up from the pier. Ving checks nearby storage house. Cuts. All survivors are on the pier calling for the dog.

Cuts. Monsters yelling. Zombies running towards pier. Shots fired. Camera falls. faces of zombies in front of camera......

Hahaha sort of like House of the Dead!!!  LOL thanks for the recap... pisses me off that I didn\'t get to see it.

The reason I found out about it was from another movie forum and this guy who I am quoting is hilarious.  He made this post on how DoTD (remake) was really Aliens.  Excerpt below:

"I wouldn\'t mind so much the running, although these super-zombies would have logically gotten into the mall as quickly as, well, the cast inexplicably getting into the mall. Further, with their shriek/roars, climbing walls, and generally unearthliness, I submit that these are in fact Aliens. Capitalization intentional, because it takes only a moments consideration to realize that most of the human/zombie conflicts in this movie came right out of "Aliens". The scene where Sarah Polley tosses the little bugger down the hallway, zombie-girl lands on her back, hops up, and skitters back at her? The bald security guard waving the flashlight as the zombies creep toward the keenly aware group of colonial--I mean survivors? The scumbag suit ditching his imperiled crew to save his own ass, only to get nailed by a lone, ooze-dripping zombie. The redneck\'s explosive response to his oncoming demise? That\'s right gang--"DOTD" wasn\'t the only remake you saw in that hour-and-a-half this weekend."

[Bladez]

Originally posted by GmanJoe
I wonder how the scientist (if they remake Day Of) will be able to control the wild and super fast flesh eater. The old 80\'s movie had the zombie remembering his past and shooting a freaking gun (which adds more difficulty in the next Resident Evil ).

I thought that was one of the stupidest things I ever seen in a zombie flick.  Stupid....just stupid