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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iron_Chef" data-source="post: 2358258" data-attributes="member: 4530">Land of the Dead did not LOOK, or more importantly, FEEL like a George Romero movie. That was something I forgot to mention before and is one of the main things that bothered me (besides the terrible cast and script). I do not count Land of the Dead as part of the Dead series. It's like the Star Wars prequels. I don't count them as being really, truly Star Wars, and never will. Because they don't measure up to the originals and don't feel the same. The originals are so deeply rooted in my childhood and teenage years (in the case of the Dead trilogy), that there's just no way these new films can be as good in my mind, despite wanting them to be with all my heart. The new films all stink to varying degrees by comparison. It's not just nostalgia; the craft, the creativity, the love is just not there anymore. Crap is crap. The new Dead and Star Wars (like most of the spate of recent remakes) are nothing more than soulless husks in my eyes, pretenders to the throne, which make me sad and angry. I throw my hands up in frustration and disbelief at what they've done to something I loved. True, Land is better than the Star Wars prequels and not nearly as much a slap in the face to the fans, but it's still an unworthy sequel.The reason I prefer the Dawn of the Dead remake is it's closer in spirit (and story) to the original trilogy (despite all the "extreme" crap they did, like making fast zombies and making the movie look like a music video). It has a smaller cast of characters (some of which are actually likable) and feels more personal as a result. Everybody in Land was a throwaway with no real backstory, and so I cared nothing for them (including the melted face idiot sidekick). Maybe my perception of Land will soften with age, but right now I'm feeling terribly disappointed by it. I'd feel more betrayed by George Romero, but I know he needs the money (unlike George Lucas).As to Day of the Dead... originally, I did not like it as much as I do now, twenty years later and owning it on the DiviMax Ultimate Edition DVD. Now, I think it is on near-equal footing with the Night and Dawn and the Night remake. If only Day had a bigger budget and better script (I still say it's a thousand times better script than Land of the Dead) and if it could have kept up the scope and horror of the prologue (with Sara seeing that horde of walking dead coming down the street of the city), or the tension of the finale, in the middle, where we get talking heads shouting obscenities at each other, it would have been the best of the trilogy. But those talking heads are growing on me in my old age, LOL. Try watching it again (but not on the Sci-Fi Channel, they butchered it of all the zombie gore and obscenities).</blockquote>

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