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    George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    From the first sentence, I thought we were going to get the proverbial Vegan Zombies...


    GGGRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNNSSSSSSS....

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    Image of winkingskunk winkingskunk
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    "Unfortunately we all know what happens when you have one zombie: they reproduce like bunnies."


    For a split second I actually thought you meant the film was gonna be full of zombies porking each other.


    The last thing we need is zombie porn.

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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/06/09

    @winkingskunk:

    I guess you haven't seen Re-Penetrator or XXXorcist yet then.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    Match Game!
    George Romero's BLANK of the Dead


    Charles Nelson Reiley: 'Cocktails!!!!!'
    Brent Somers: 'Hootenanny'
    Nipsey Russel: 'Day they Splayed Ray Away'
    Bert Convy: 'Fortnight'
    Elke Somers: 'Spa Retreat'
    Fannie Flagg: 'Happy Hour'

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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    I see that Romero has hired another talent-free cast.

    Dude. Stop it. You don't want to become a joke like Carpenter or Hooper in your old age, do ya?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    Should be called Death of the Dead.

    Ten year moratorium on zombie movies, please.
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    Image of jbq jbq
    01/06/09

    @Grey_Area: That's the title of Bruce Campbell's spoof Evil Dead films in his last book and in "My Name is Bruce"...
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    01/06/09

    @jbq: No foolin'? Hah!
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    It's done. I'm over it. Zombie movies you've run your course as we know it. Hopefully WWZ can pull a Tarantino on you and revive you but I'm not holding my breath.


    I challenge io9 and it's commenters... we need a new monster. Vampires, Zombies, Ghosts, Werewolves are all played out at this point (no I haven't seen Let the Right One In).


    Lets get something new.

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    Image of megam123 megam123
    01/06/09

    @Grrsn Dn:


    Banshees? Can anyone name one good banshee movie?

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/06/09

    @megam123: Is it a sexy banshee?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    01/06/09

    @Grrsn Dn: Golems vs. Triffids...in space!
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    Image of emp emp
    01/06/09

    @Grrsn Dn:

    incubi/succibi attacks/rapes woman/man, he/she falls madly in love with said creature of the night.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/06/09

    @emperorzombie: Ooooh or something very evil, like Hecubus!!


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    Image of Adam Coleman Adam Coleman
    01/06/09

    @Grrsn Dn: Doppelgangers, I can't think of single movie with one in it.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/06/09

    @Adam Coleman: [www.imdb.com]
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    Image of sandmanfvrreturns sandmanfvrreturns
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    Dairy, to me, was a masterpiece. Some may say "What the hell?" but really, the beauty of it was the shaky cam, wasn't bad, easy to follow and you saw how things broke down in more places than just one. I liked it.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    01/06/09

    @sandmanfvrreturns: ..dairy of the dead????
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    actually this sounds like Romero's original Day of the Dead script that was rejected as to expensive at the time.
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    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    Hey, Romero, I've got a title for you:


    END of the Dead.

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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/06/09

    @rek:


    Agreed. I thought Diary and Land were terrible. Romero needs to give it up.

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    Image of alchemisto alchemisto
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    Really? I tried to watch day once and found it laughable. Maybe I'll try again (I guess he originally had a different script for Day, but couldn't get appropriate funding).


    Really, the zombie thing has now been done better by others. "The Walking Dead" & Brooks "World War Z" have been 10 times more interesting than Day, Land or Diary. In my mind, Romero's time has passed.

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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/06/09

    @alchemisto:


    Romero's time has definitely passed. "The Walking Dead" pretty much trumps anything that I can think of. It's beyond brutal, and everything that I could want in a zombie filled story.

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    Image of entertheoctopus entertheoctopus
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    Looks promising. "Diary" was a let-down, but I wouldn't call it a total loss. I think its biggest problem was that it succeeded all too well at emulating the look of amateur footage via YouTube and ended up looking cheap and shoddy as a result.

    I suppose I have to ask whether Cinema Verite is really the best form of expression for a director whose prior zombie story lines were so overtly (and sometimes clumsily) metaphorical.
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    Image of Samanthrax Samanthrax
    01/06/09

    @entertheoctopus: 'Diary'wasn't a total loss? That was one poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly filmed movie, my friend.
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    Image of Palmerlime Palmerlime
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    I have a an "... of the Dead" suggestion for Romero.


    "Enough Already..."

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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/06/09

    @Palmerlime:


    + 1

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    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    01/06/09

    In reply to George Romero Tries To Teach Old Zombies New Tricks
    So, now Romero has taken to ripping off Fulci's zombie movies, bringing things full circle.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/06/09

    @Franklin Harris:

    Heh. Just thinking the same thing.
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