Agree that I've seen enough Runners, enough poorly done siege-movies, enough "Everyone dies, even if it's at the very last moment, or buried in the credits halfway through (More of these than you'd think)."
Would like to see more: Well-made characters. Don't have to be Mr. Badass I Killed a 1,000 Zombies on Zero Day, just someone or a few someones "real" enough I give a shit whether or not they live, or die horribly. More unusual perspectives on the Zombie Apocalypse. Both RE: Extinction and the end of Land of the Dead hinted at premises I would like to see as fully-fleshed films. Ie: Either an armed convoy of Survivors making their way in the world, using vigilance and mobility as their primary means of defense, or even a group in an improbably souped-up death-wagon. (After all, SOMEWHERE in the world a few mechanics and welders got trapped in a building with several vehicles and the tools of their trade. Surely it's not too much of a reach for SOMEONE to have "done right" the armored shuttle-buses the Dawn remake made a mess of.) Heck, something like a snow plow would need little more than some basic superstructure reinforcement and maybe (If I had a competent welder + equipment handy) some upgrades to the plow itself to render it more durable/longer-lasting under sustained use. Long after every gas station in the world is bone-dry of gasoline, there will be diesel fuel.
As for origin of the Zombie Outbreak, I actually like the Infectious Disease Model, but like others want to see less gore-covered yet healthy protagonists. Vaccine plotlines are ridiculous, because by the time you could make a vaccine (believably/realistically) for a new disease, AND make enough of it to be of much use, 95% of the people who were going to end up Infected already have. There's a line from a cheesy vaccination-oriented zombie flick I watched awhile back. The group finds the doctor who's made this vaccine they heard about, he vaccinates them, and then looks at them and says "Ok, now what geniuses. We may not turn into zombies, but no vaccine is going to stop a bunch of reanimated corpses with an eating disorder from tearing us all apart. Thus why you found me barricaded in a small room and dwindling supplies...like every other survivor on Earth.
If you're going to go the medical route you have to take the "Resident Evil Path"...Ie: Anti-Virus/Anti-whatever Cure, or don't bother.
What I'd REALLY, REALLY like to see though is an impossible dream. A big budget, well-made film that takes us quickly through the Outbreak and collapse of civilization, and focuses mainly on what remains of humanity fighting back in an organized fashion to retake and create say, Safe Zones, which are then used as the jumping-off-point for the next Safe Zone to be cleared from. The movie doesn't have to show the entire process. Just focus on humanity getting its shit together and taking back a specific chunk of real-estate for believable reasons, make a nail-biter of a struggle out of it like a classic war movie, and end with them victorious yet somberly conscious of the toll paid by those who didn't make it so that there'd be a future for the species.
Basically think a better-done Starship Troopers-scale movie, only with Zombies. Properly done, it could even pick up well after the Outbreak has gone global. You wouldn't need Runners, or Resident Evil-esque mutants...just use something like the writing for the Battle of Yonkers (from the BOOK) as the disastrous first attempt by the survivors. World War Z, as the book was written, chronicles what I think a lot of us would like to see instead of watch snippets of characters watching snippets on their TVs in the movie. A real Human Survivors Vs. The Shambling Hordes War.
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QUESTION - What have you seen enough of in the zombie genre?
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