The Future

[Dead Hoosier]

If you had your choice, would you rather see: 1.) A sequel to Diary with the same characters 2.) A sequel to Diary but jumping characters (like Night, Dawn, Day, Land) 3.) A sequel to Land with the same characters 4.) A sequel to Land with new characters I've never heard GAR talk about a post-Land story. Has anyone else? Although it's far from a "classic," I liked Diary and wouldn't mind seeing a continuation of the story. At this point, are we left to assume that if GAR does make another zombie film that it will be straight to DVD?

[clanglee]

I would like to see the surviving characters from Diary shoot Big Daddy in the head with their "gun of neverending bullets" and then get blown up by the ingenious detonation device that Big Daddy (while travelling back in time through the machine he invented using groans and hand gestures) had previously implanted into their van.

[sandrock74]

Just a movie using standard cameras, no fake documentary stuff anymore. It was ok for one movie, don't do it anymore. Unless its done my Marty DiBergi, I've had my fill of "documenty" films.

[Yojimbo]

If you had your choice, would you rather see: 1.) A sequel to Diary with the same characters 2.) A sequel to Diary but jumping characters (like Night, Dawn, Day, Land) 3.) A sequel to Land with the same characters 4.) A sequel to Land with new characters I've never heard GAR talk about a post-Land story. Has anyone else? Although it's far from a "classic," I liked Diary and wouldn't mind seeing a continuation of the story. At this point, are we left to assume that if GAR does make another zombie film that it will be straight to DVD? My choice would be: 5.) A sixth installment of Romero's ghoul films that is not a sequel but an entirely new story with a fresh set of characters. Honestly, the idea of Diary of the Dead 2 turns me off, and if it is made I kind of doubt that Romero would make it a direct sequel with the same characters. I would like to see the surviving characters from Diary shoot Big Daddy in the head with their "gun of neverending bullets" and then get blown up by the ingenious detonation device that Big Daddy (while travelling back in time through the machine he invented using groans and hand gestures) had previously implanted into their van. Now, I'd buy that for a dollar!

[ProfessorChaos]

i gotta agree with my boy jimbo here and say fug no to diary 2, with or without the same characters. a new movie with new characters and no ghouls with IQ's in the triple digits sounds like a good place to start, with the events unfolding around the same time used during dawn, about a month into the outbreak.

[Redman6565]

Didn't Romero have a larger script for Day? If so maybe build a movie off of what he didn't use. No Diary 2 or POV.

[zombieparanoia]

I'd like to see him make one that was a little lighter on the thudding "symbolism" and social commentary and focussed on making me scared. This is not to say that symbolism and social commentary are a bad thing, just please don't beat me over the head with them.

[acealive1]

Just a movie using standard cameras, no fake documentary stuff anymore. It was ok for one movie, don't do it anymore. Unless its done my Marty DiBergi, I've had my fill of "documenty" films. nice post

[Redman6565]

I'd like to see him make one that was a little lighter on the thudding "symbolism" and social commentary and focussed on making me scared. This is not to say that symbolism and social commentary are a bad thing, just please don't beat me over the head with them. great point

[Dead Hoosier]

The problem is GAR became a victim of his own -- admitted -- accidental creation when it came to the social commentary. Now he's forcing it.

[Trin]

The problem is GAR became a victim of his own -- admitted -- accidental creation when it came to the social commentary. Now he's forcing it. Extremely well said. I'll never get tired of seeing new takes on how people deal with the zombie problem. I don't care about what time frame it is set in. What keeps the Romero movies fresh is the situation and the characters. A small group in a farmhouse. 4 people in a mall. A group of researchers and military in an underground base. A larger survivor group in a fortified city. Even the college RV crew. It's interesting to see how each situation and group deals with the problem. What I don't like is a thick paste of commentary clogging the works and confusing the storyline and character's actions. I also don't like new takes on the underlying problem. The zombie threat should stay the same zombie threat.

[Redman6565]

Yea GAR should just tell a story in the world as it exists and just let it happen. All the heavy stuff need not always be said with words either. Take Dawn 2004. The whole gang was sitting in the mall watching things unfold on TV and the main security guard says, "America always works it's $#!+ out". Then the camera goes to Ving who just looks at him. I thought that was powerful and Ving didn't say a word. I think Diary would have been better served making the point of, what does a spoiled society who has everything handed to it do when nothing works. Are we smart enough to fix it are we willing to work hard enough to do so. All the things we take for granted are gone. Then we have all these dead people wanting to eat us on top of that. What happens when you can't turn to your church, the government, your neighbor, you name it. How do we cope? I'd like to watch that unfold.

[sandrock74]

Yea GAR should just tell a story in the world as it exists and just let it happen. All the heavy stuff need not always be said with words either. Take Dawn 2004. The whole gang was sitting in the mall watching things unfold on TV and the main security guard says, "America always works it's $#!+ out". Then the camera goes to Ving who just looks at him. I thought that was powerful and Ving didn't say a word. I think Diary would have been better served making the point of, what does a spoiled society who has everything handed to it do when nothing works. Are we smart enough to fix it are we willing to work hard enough to do so. All the things we take for granted are gone. Then we have all these dead people wanting to eat us on top of that. What happens when you can't turn to your church, the government, your neighbor, you name it. How do we cope? I'd like to watch that unfold. I agree. Watching the collapse of everything would be facinating to see.

[Redman6565]

I agree. Watching the collapse of everything would be facinating to see. Dawn to Day would be a great movie.

[Legion2213]

I agree. Watching the collapse of everything would be facinating to see. +1 I could watch a 9 hour trilogy of that stuff and still want more. Collapse of modern society FTW. Edit: as for shakycam, it should stay on Battlestar Galactica - Where it works well IMO Edit2: GAR's "social commentary" - Yeah George, we get the picture mate, leave it alone now, it's tired, just make a good solid, kick-ass zombie flick for us.