In the history of film, there have been many remakes. A few products have surpassed the original. A few are so shitty in comparison that you want to shoot yourself after watching.

In 1985, George A. Romero released Day of the Dead, a zombie movie that was a big departure from the first two. It had very little action, took place almost entirely in an underground bunker, and had a Jamaican character rather than an African American. The movie was made for a lower budget than Romero would have liked, but is still Romero's, and my, favorite of the series.

The classic Night of the Living Dead, a name synonimous with horror ever since it began it's circuit on late-night cable, was the first of his films to be remade. The remake had close ties to the original, and was in fact directed by the same person who designed the Make-up effects for Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, Tom Savini. This is the only true remake in the series, as it was almost a frame-for-frame recreation, and actually does a better job of tying in with Dawn of the Dead.

Later Dawn of the Dead was remade, only this time it was dubbed a "Reimagining". It still took place in a mall, and it had a few subtle nods to the original, but it was a very different product, going as far with its changes as to have RUNNING zombies. These olympians run so fast that people actually have trouble just DRIVING away. However, the movie did a very good job of portraying a zombie apocalypse scenario similar to that of the original, and thus it was generally well-recieved by long-time Romero fans.

First Night, then Dawn, and now... Day.

Released in 2007, the remake of Day of the Dead had a similar budget as the original, and keeps the same characters. Kind of.

Lets start with Rhodes, the real antagonist in Day of the Dead. While Joe Pilato's portrayal was a bit over-the-top, it got across to the wary viewer that he, not the zombies, was the real threat. Rhodes was a overbearing asshole who would snap at anyone who disagreed with him. In this "remake" he is played by Ving Rhames, and though Ving played a character in the Dawn remake, this is an unrelated charcter. He dies so early in the movie that you don't even get a chance to hate him.

Next is Sarah. A tough scientist under command by the military played by Lori Cardille in the original is now played by Mena Suvari, and is now just a tough soldier in the National Guard.

Oh, and there's Nick Cannon, too. You remember him? He's that one actor that Nickelodeon pushed for a while. He was in that movie, Drumline, and he did a really good job, right? Where's he been? Goddammit I have no idea, but he ended up trying to be "gangsta" in this shitty movie. Oh, and his character was originally a cowardly Mexican. He still has the same name, though: Miguel Salazar. Yeah. Aparently, Steve Miner, who directed this remake, can't tell the difference between a nigga and a beaner.

Last and least is Bub. I mean Bud. No, it's Bub. Ahh, ****, I don't know anymore.

Int he original, Bub was a zombie that Dr. Logan trained to be obedient. In this, he is renamed Bud for no reason at all and is now a vegetarian. Oh, well, the explanation is that in the first half of the movie, he is one of the tag-along characters, a pussy vegitarian soldier, and he gets bitten and turned into a zombie, so now that he's a zombie, he doesn't eat people. AND HE DOESN'T EVEN LISTEN TO A ****ING WALKMAN!!!

This movie was shit. i have thousands of complaints, such as WHY THE **** DOES IT HAVE NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE ORIGINAL IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ZOMBIES!?!?

Oh, that brings me to my next point. The zombies in this have 5 major things wrong with them.

A)To try and make them scary, the director took a page from japanese horror movies and took out frames of the zombie's movements so they would move in little jumps, completely changing position in an instant.

B)THEY RUN LIKE ****ING RETARDS. Since when can a decomposing body HIKE ITS LEG UP IN THE AIR WHILE IT RUNS? And since when do they ALL have to do this stupid cripple-walk that requires more balance and coordination thatn zombie should ever have?

C)The infection goes like this: The virus is airborne. Certain characters are immune because the film gods say they need to be on the camera for a while. However, the virus in the air is different then the one in saliva, so immunity to the airborne one never means immunity to bites. You get bit, you turn into a zombie. Now, when a person is invfected, at first they have flu-like symptoms, then their nose bleeds for a moment, and then they stop and stare at nothing for a few seconds, a generic CGI sequence of a fuzzy thing dissapearing into another fuzzy thing happens, then your skin instantly reaches a predetermined state of decomposition and you start attacking.

D)THEY ARE ****ING INCONSISTANT. Sometimes they can jump (Actually, usually it's more like "teleport" than "jump" since the director loves to cut motion out of the zombies and just put them where he wants because he thinks it's remotely scary) onto the ceiling and climb on it, no matter how high it is, but when a character is climing into an air vent just 2 feet above their heads, they become lead wieghts. Sometimes they are stopped by glass, sometimes they crash right through it. (One zombie runs right through a pane of glass down the street, chases characters to another building, and then the glass door stops it.)

E)THEY CRAWL ON ****ING CIELINGS AND WALLS. THEY ARE LIKE ****ING SPIDER ZOMBIES.

I hated this piece of shit. I only rented it because I knew I would hate it and wanted to see how much it sucked.


****ING VEGITARIAN ZOMBIE.

/pissed

Did someone say run like a retard?

Tl; dr

At least Zombines had gre-fucking-nades.

Yeah, the remake is ****ed, no doubt about it.
I'd agree with you on all the points except the virus.
Yeah, auto-decay being on is kind of annoying, but hell, it sorta needs to happen.
Picture this: a guy gets infected. He exhibits symptoms and shit and "changes" somehow, but looks almost exactly like he did before, facial expression and all.
How the **** would the morons in the audience (Which I'm sure these remakes were intended for) know he was a zombie?
"Why is dat gui acting so weerd?"

Doomdooer, NO

just please stop

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Doomdooer, NO

just please stop

Why do you say annoying stuff like this? Its really stupid.

Especially since I was being absolutely serious.
You need to shut the fuck up, Finnerwoo.

Lol I don't get it, some people say he isnt finnerwoo but others do? Wtf is it?

I know for a fact it is.

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I know for a fact it is.

Lol. Naive, aren't we?

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Lol. Naive, aren't we?

the only thing doomdooer knows is doom! HAH

Spazz in addition to a select few know my true idenitity.

:Undercover:

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Lol. Naive, aren't we?

Ha-ha. If it was a bad source, I would have known.
Those in power are excellent friends.

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Ha-ha. If it was a bad source, I would have known.
Those in power are excellent friends.

Ever figured this scenario, maybe:

"God this whole 'WHOS NOD???? TELL ME WHU NOD IS PLZZZZ' thing is getting annoying. From now on, I'll just say it's some random person so that they'll get off my back. Let's see which donkey I can pin the tail on. Hmmmmm. What about Finnerwoo?..."

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Ever figured this scenario, maybe:

"God this whole 'WHOS NOD???? TELL ME WHU NOD IS PLZZZZ' thing is getting annoying. From now on, I'll just say it's some random person so that they'll get off my back. Let's see which donkey I can pin the tail on. Hmmmmm. What about Finnerwoo?..."

That sounds like a good theory. Lets go with that one!
:D