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Old 04-20-2010, 08:18 PM
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The "Dawn of the Dead" remake was not only was respectful of the original, but it added a new texture to the zombie films-zombies that can run and have very quick reflexes.

The traditional zombie ushered in by the original "Night of the Living Dead" has fallen out of fashion, and is no longer compatible with what is currently in vogue.

It is also no longer scary.

The last couple of Romero zombie flicks felt as if they had something missing-that extra sense of panic and foreboding because of this.

Knowing you can't just walk past a zombie and they won't get you because they're too slow anymore has thrown a new twist in the genre, and has the potential to make new films of this type much more action-packed and exciting.

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Old 04-20-2010, 08:44 PM
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The "Dawn of the Dead" remake was not only was respectful of the original, but it added a new texture to the zombie films-zombies that can run and have very quick reflexes.
Knowing you can't just walk past a zombie and they won't get you because they're too slow anymore has thrown a new twist in the genre, and has the potential to make new films of this type much more action-packed and exciting.
Hmmm..I'm sure there are earlier examples of fast zombies than the DOTD remake.One that comes to mind for me is Return of the Living Dead.Check out that parking lot scene.Those undead suckers can move!Send more paramedics!
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Old 04-21-2010, 09:56 AM
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I guess what bothers me the most about many remakes-not all- is how different they are from the original. Take for instance DOTD, all they had in common was the fact they were trapped in a mall. Come up with an original title and call it an homage.
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Old 04-22-2010, 09:18 AM
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Hmmm..I'm sure there are earlier examples of fast zombies than the DOTD remake.One that comes to mind for me is Return of the Living Dead.Check out that parking lot scene.Those undead suckers can move!Send more paramedics!
"28 Days Later" is a better example, but regardless I try to keep to films that aren't schlocky or try to be funny when they're not.
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Old 04-22-2010, 11:16 AM
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28 days Later is actually a terrible example.The people in that film contract a rage virus.They are not zombies.If you don't care for Return of the Living Dead we are clearly entertained by very different films.
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Old 04-22-2010, 09:10 PM
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28 days Later is actually a terrible example.The people in that film contract a rage virus.They are not zombies. If you don't care for Return of the Living Dead we are clearly entertained by very different films.
Is this the movie you're talking about? If so, then I totally agree we are entertained by different films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylpeAXYcBQ

By the way, I used "28 Days Later" to illustrate a point. Regardless of whether it's a virus or whatever, the premise of having the infected and/or undead chasing their victims at high speeds is what I was referring to.

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Old 04-22-2010, 09:14 PM
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Double post.

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Old 04-23-2010, 10:55 AM
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Is this the movie you're talking about? If so, then I totally agree we are entertained by different films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylpeAXYcBQ

By the way, I used "28 Days Later" to illustrate a point. Regardless of whether it's a virus or whatever, the premise of having the infected and/or undead chasing their victims at high speeds is what I was referring to.
Yep.That's the one.I love that movie.To each their own of course.That's one of the pleasures of this type of forum.

Ok I get ya on 28 days later.Still that leaves even more earlier movies than the DOTD remake which feature fast Zombies/infected persons.With that as your criteria The Crazies,Shivers and countless others preceded DOTD with the quickness...which of course was my original point.
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Old 04-25-2010, 12:30 PM
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there have been some good remakes( last house on the left,dawn of the dead) but most are utter shit that didnt need to be made. i have read many a good book that would make a great film such as "sins of the flesh" by don and jay davis...and more koontz stories than i could mention have yet to be made..."lightning" would make a incredible movie as would "darkfall".

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Personally, I dislike most remakes. In all honesty. But, even though I don't personally enjoy them, I feel that remakes of, for say, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street make it possible for people who don't feel like watching the originals the chance to get into the movies, and then maybe get into the originals. If that makes sense. ;)
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