Dawn of the Dead 2

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:21 pm

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Director Zack Snyder told <A HREF="http://scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.htm ... 12.00.film" target=_blank>Sci Fi Wire</a> that <A HREF="http://universalpictures.com/" target=_blank>Universal Pictures</a> desperately wants to put together a sequel to the recent Dawn of the Dead remake. According to Snyder and <A HREF="http://universalpictures.com/" target=_blank>Universal</a> the sequel will not be a remake of Day of the Dead. Sounds pretty cheap whatever they come up with. Snyder says:<blockquote>...he and screenwriter James Gunn diverged from the rules Romero created for the original Dawn, which rendered it difficult to continue remaking Romero's movies. "Inadvertently we created a whole different world," Snyder said. "We went off, and in a lot of ways the rules that George created don't apply at the end of this Dawn."
 
 "I always wanted to make a movie where the zombies won from the beginning," he said. "I think I demonstrated that in the first 10 minutes. It doesn't take long for them to really kind of win. It's more about, like, you're [in] an air bubble."
 
 Snyder said that talks have begun with Universal, but the project does not have a definite start date. "We kicked around some ideas, but I don't know what we're going to do with it," he said. "We've talked about it. I met with James. I met with the producers. The heat comes on and off of that. I think Universal wants it bad."</blockquote>
 Spotted at: <A HREF="http://scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.htm ... .film">Sci Fi Wire</a>

Stevie D · Post by **Stevie D** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:00 am

I loved the first remake, glad to see there's a sequel on the way. But at the risk of a spoiler, won't they find continuing on from the first a touch difficult?

T-900 · Post by **T-900** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:08 pm

Yay, another person who loved the... revisioning, of DawnotD

There should be no difficulty in continuing on the first... There should still be millions of survivors left across the planet, particularly in rural areas or places with a strong military presence... I'd just like the first one again, with new location, new characters, new hiding place... but anything would work, if done as well as the first, be it further in the future, with travelling nomads using their vehicles to eternally escape the dead, it could be a military base, a school (heaven forbid, infact... that would mean thousands of panicking teenagers... I liked how grim and accepting the small group of the first film were, as opposed to screaming blondes with a fragile grip on reality)...

When you've got a whole planet overrun by hordes of murderous hungry corpses, the possibilities could be said to be... limitless.

On that note i'd love to see some DVD collections of undead animated stories, in the style of the Animatrix, with various artists creating different episodes, all in the same storyline but unlinked.

Stevie D · Post by **Stevie D** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:15 pm

Yeah, I thought it was alright. Not too sure about these new-fangled sprinting neo-zombies, though. They had them in 28 Days Later, too. In the good old days they could only manage a stagger, at the most.

But a cracking zombie film nonetheless. A worthy addition to the stable.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:59 pm

T-900 wrote:There should still be millions of survivors left across the planet, particularly in rural areas...

I'd have agreed if we followed normal zombie rules, however you have to remember, these are zombies that can run without every getting tired, as such they can cover alot more ground and alot quicker then Romeros zombies.

T-900 · Post by **T-900** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:37 am

There are compromises, they are a lot stupider than Romero's zombies... In the original Dawn and Day, they steadily seemed to get smarter, certain specimens working things out, anticipating occasionally... The revisionings zombies were fast, violent, ignorant of pain, noiser when they got a blood lust going, but they were far more suicidal and made less jumps of logic.

All people had to do to survive was lock the doors and perhaps survive a melee with any zombies inside the building, and in some areas there may well have been no zombies whatsoever, due to distance from the point/cause of infection and having no convenient dead people about... Think of all those people who'd have been alone camping, farming, hiking.. all the truckers moving for days on end in huge machines with locked doors and revolvers under the seats as the crisis occurs, hearing it all on the radio and being fully prepared, and dragging a huge mobile platform with them that zombies couldn't get ontop of without a lot of time luck and effort.

Plenty of survivors

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:52 am

Survive that melee. That's the hard part. They're raging berserkers who feel no pain. Survivors would be few and far between. There's no way around it. The fast style doesn't allow for nearly the opportunity for an open story that Romero-esque zombies do.

Janus Matchell · Post by **Janus Matchell** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:15 am

jetbaby wrote:Survive that melee. That's the hard part. They're raging berserkers who feel no pain. Survivors would be few and far between. There's no way around it. The fast style doesn't allow for nearly the opportunity for an open story that Romero-esque zombies do.

I see your point jetbaby but mind that there is always room for improvment upon the series. Who really knows what happened to the characters from the first one. It is safe to assume that they died on that island or in the boat but we don't know for sure. Also it might be something entirely different from what we're thinking right now. I am glad to see more zombie movies coming out as they blow the shit out of crappy ass vampires and werewolves. Also DotD the first time I saw it wasn't too terribly predictable nor was it bad...it was a good piece of work that should have had a different name. The series can continue but they are going to have to bust their fucking asses if they want it to be good and still keep a fan base for that particular part of the zombie franchise.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:24 am

Yeah. We do know that for sure. No matter how many guns. No matter how much ammo ammo. They were dead.

Hellstorm · Post by **Hellstorm** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:30 pm

Excellent, more zombies on the way. Those things in 28 were not zombies. Do zombies starve? No they do not. Just slowly rot away.

The dead are evolving, so are the living. Or are they? The living I mean. Not physically but maybe in other ways. Surving in those harsh conditions must have some kind of an effect. Instinct kicks in.

Maybe the Romero's radiation based zombie always had the evolving part in it. Radiation is good as is can create very weird things that do not demand any explanations.

Stevie D · Post by **Stevie D** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 1:41 pm

Hellstorm wrote:Excellent, more zombies on the way. Those things in 28 were not zombies. Do zombies starve? No they do not. Just slowly rot away.

Cobblers. 28 Days was a zombie film. The whole starving thing is a tangent from accepted canon, but then so is running, jumping sprinting zombies, as per the new Dawn of the Dead.

Dead people going round eating, biting and infecting living people so they become dead people going round eating and biting people. Zombies, dude.

Hellstorm · Post by **Hellstorm** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:24 pm

I still say that there are no zombies in 28.

Nobody directly pointed out that the infected ones are actually dead.
Infection will lead to death eventually, but in my mind the infection does not kill.

If the infected ones need food to maintain their funtions it means it is alive. Zombie does not need any food to keep its funtions. And the infected ones did not actually devour their victims.

And an infected one could be killed without a massive damage to the brain. Shoot it in the heart and it's out for good. Zombie would just keep on coming.

Post by **King of Creation** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:50 pm

He's got a point. The people were just Rage infected crazies.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:00 pm

King of Creation wrote:He's got a point. The people were just Rage infected crazies.

nevertheless, it can be called a zombieflick. imo.
rows and rows of dead women.
too bad they can move.
but if withstrained properly rape would still be possible.
with a gag though.

Stevie D · Post by **Stevie D** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:18 pm

King of Creation wrote:He's got a point. The people were just Rage infected crazies.

Sure, each to their own, I guess. For me, it'll always be a zombie film. But vive la difference and all that.

nevertheless, it can be called a zombieflick. imo.
rows and rows of dead women.
too bad they can move.
but if withstrained properly rape would still be possible.
with a gag though.

teh funney.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:32 pm

We also call NWN a RPG.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:00 pm

Come on 28 days wasn't that bad.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:03 pm

Aneurysm wrote:Come on 28 days wasn't that bad.

that's what I'm saying.
it was a decent mov.
I find it refreshing with them quick lil' buggers.
The speed makes em feel dangerous, they never do when they're slow. And as soon as someone gets bitten you just sigh because they usalyy do summt really supid before getting bitten

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:23 pm

The blood drop in the eye was shit though.

Hellstorm · Post by **Hellstorm** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:57 am

Yes well, zombies or no zombies 28 is a good movie.

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