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    Mark Tonderai is currently doing Pest - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2597892/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1

    Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a teen documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.
    Hopefully he'll be well practiced at the apocalypse when he gets to do Day Of The Dead!


    And then starring in "Pest" is Abigail Breslin, who is of course starring in "Maggie" (a zombie flick with Arni) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1881002/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2
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    Liked the original. Despised the 2008 remake. It always bugs me when the undead have amazing spiderman-like abilities (running along ceilings, faster than fast, stronger than strong, etc.). Any SyFy channel produced zombie flick is 100% guaranteed to suck more than a super massive blackhole, so as long as THEY keep their grubby untalented paws off of this re-remake, it might have a chance to be well done and worth a look.
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    The original is perfect as-is. No remake needed!

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    Ffs



    http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/33...y-dead-remake/






    “Follows a former medical student tormented by a dark figure from her past, who happens to be a half-human, half-zombie hell-bent on destroying her.”
    Wait...what?
    I'm runnin' this monkey farm now Frankenstein.....

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    WTF has any of that shite plot got to with Day of the Dead in any way, shape, or form?!

    Talk about abusing a title! As if it hasn't already been trampled on enough as it is!
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    How can something be "half-human, half-zombie"? That doesn't make any sense.

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    The remake, “Follows a former medical student tormented by a dark figure from her past, who happens to be a half-human, half-zombie hell-bent on destroying her by scrambling along ceilings...

    There! It's going to be even better now!


    NOTE: I have just this very minute finished watching the original again, come to my PC, and read about this latest news... So yes... FFS!
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    The dumbest shit, that's what this entire endeavour is.

    The sheer lack of respect these never-heard-of-them production companies have for GAR and Day of the Dead is just staggering.

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    As far as I am concerned, there has never really been a Day of the Dead remake. For a movie to qualify as a "remake" it needs to preserve at least the essential plot elements of the original, but the movies that have used that title so far are totally different stories trying to capitalize on a well-known movie title, but not real "remakes" since they have nothing in common with the original except the fact that there's zombies. Night and Dawn have had real "remakes", but not Day.

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    Given the varied opinions on Day of the Dead remakes, what elements do you believe are crucial to preserve for a movie to be considered a faithful remake rather than just using a well-known title?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TurboFet View Post
    Given the varied opinions on Day of the Dead remakes, what elements do you believe are crucial to preserve for a movie to be considered a faithful remake rather than just using a well-known title?
    A good story/script, that at least roughly follows Romero's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    A good story/script, that at least roughly follows Romero's.
    This ↑↑↑↑

    For example: the Dawn remake qualifies because, despite all the changes and new elements, the basics that are central to the original still remain: people trying to survive an ongoing zombie catastrophe by holing up in a shopping mall. While the atrocious 2008 alleged "remake" of Day has absolutely no connection whatsoever with the original, not even such a central plot element as a group of people desperately trying to find a solution for a now long ongoing zombie apocalypse.
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    Surely, at this point, a reworked version of the original script would be the way to go? Take the best stuff and rework the slightly wobbly stuff with a screenwriter who actually has talent, not some hack who can't string a sentence together and doesn't believe in spelling or grammar because "that's, like, so limiting, man".

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    And no ceiling crawling zombies please...
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    Quote Originally Posted by TurboFet View Post
    Given the varied opinions on Day of the Dead remakes, what elements do you believe are crucial to preserve for a movie to be considered a faithful remake rather than just using a well-known title?
    Some semblance of the original plot would be a good start. Gunn/Snyder changed a lot with their Dawn remake, for example, but it still had the same idea and core elements.

    Taurus Entertainment’s Day remake, on the other hand, had zero connection and every incarnation since has been a cheap cash in.

    There’s still a part of me that hopes someone someday will pick up Romero’s original script, but I know that won’t happen.

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