Dawn of the Dead remake

[David E]

Feast your eyes on the filth: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/06/film.dawn.reut/index.html

[JohnL]

I especially like the part about it having a young cast. Anyone wanna make cast suggestions for this?

Of course it'll HAVE to have Freddy Prinze Jr. in it. How about Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Biel, and naturally, Frankie Munez (or however you spell it).

[Paquita]

blaaeh  i feel sick. im afraid. it was perfect the first time it doesnt need redoing! why not just make another zombie movie in a mall and call it mall of the dead or something?  leave poor dawn of the dead alone! im sad! .. waah (scooby doo).


love colleen

[Ancient Flounder]

*shakes with unflinching rage*  Must....destroy...a**holes...who dare...to...mess...with.....Dawn.....*loads boomstick*

[C Reynolds]

JohnL wrote:
>
> Of course it'll HAVE to have Freddy Prinze Jr. in it. How
> about Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Biel, and naturally,
> Frankie Munez (or however you spell it).

I would go to see this film if I knew that I could see any of the above having their guts ripped out by zombies, but undoubtedly this remake will have all the gore toned down so it can get a PG-13 rating and there will be a happy ending where Prinze Jr. saves the world from zombies.

[Steve B]

"It featured a healthy helping of humor along with the gore"....um, no.

Unless the humor is from people getting gutted, then there needs to be no intentional humor.

[The Burgomaster]

Okay, here are my casting votes:

- Leonardo DiCaprio in the David Emge role

- Ice-T in the Ken Foree role

- Liv Tyler in the Gaylen Ross role

. . . and then I'll hurl myself from the top of the Empire State Building and end it all.

[jmc]

If they made a serious version with a speedier pace, I wouldn't mind a remake, but I doubt they'll do that.  

I wouldn't mind seeing a version updated for the times, either.   But I know it will be almost goreless, so it will definiltey be a renter at best.

[Creepozoid]

You peolpe make me sick. I can't believe anyone, other than stupid kids and the people who wanna milk Romero's work to death, would allow such a classic movie to be remade in some retarded new-age fashion.

[DARKWOLF]

I think the people that JohnL put down are good for a sequel not a remake a movie that was place in a mall Chopping Mall 2 (Killbots 2).

[The Burgomaster]

Frankly, I'm not a big fan of remakes regardless of whether the original movies were considered "classics" of some kind.

However, I do not mean to imply that ALL remakes are COMPLETELY useless. For instance, I thought that the remakes of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR had enough positive points and enough differences from the originals to make them worth watching.

But, for the most part, so-called "remakes" are actually "re-treads" or "rejects" or "rip-offs."

Possibly the biggest mistake of all was:

* PSYCHO - why, why, WHY???? They tried to cover up this abomination by calling it a "recreation" rather than a "remake." Sorry . . . this remake was pointless and stupid.

Please leave DAWN OF THE DEAD alone! There is no reason to remake it!

[Dr. X, Yyz, Sr. .]

Dear God,
Take my life NOW, please.

[Paquita]

this, hurts my feelings.  

no love for colleen

[Bubba]

I did a little research and found out that this "Dawn of the Dead" remake (or bastardization, whatever you want to call it) will be written by the same hack who wrote "Scooby-Doo."
OH NO!

[jmc]

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was a classic.  DAWN was a really good horror film, but the acting was a little weak, and there was that long stretch in the middle where not much seemed to happen.  I didn't think the social commentary was so hot either...."People shopping in malls look like zombies?  Get it?  Get it?"

I did like Romero's humor, though.

So like I said, I wouldn't be opposed to a remake if it was done properly, but I doubt it will be.