... of the Dead

It seems that as long as George A. Romero is willing to put pen to paper and jot down something about the living dead, some studio out there is willing to give him the cash and access to cameras so he can make a film about it. Check out the trailer to his upcoming film, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead.

Ok, here's the basic plot line: humans are trying to wait out the still rotting corpses by taking refuge on Plum Island off the coast of Delaware (which does not exist) but wait, there's a twist this time! The humans are working on a way to bring zombies back to life. Ummm... even if there were a cure, I'm not sure it would be any good unless you gave it someone a couple hours after infection because you can't fight decades of decomposition.

Before I pass judgment on this little flick written and directed by one of my heroes let's check out a clip.


Not at all sure what the point of that was but OK. Let the judgment begin: George, one of the things that made your zombie movies so awesome was that we only got one flick per decade and they were rife with era-specific social commentary. This is George's third zombie flick this decade and after the weak but enjoyable Land of the Dead, I'm not sure he has much else to say. Are you making up for the fact that there was no 90s installment of the series by piling them on now?

Now, you could look at Diary of the Dead as a reboot of the series because it documents the initial outbreak seen in Night of the Living Dead with a modern setting. But if that's the case, I'm not sure what that movie had to say... well, actually I do. I suppose it was about the instant celebrity possible peopel think they can get if they have a video camera and YouTube. The guy opts to keep charging batteries instead of saving his friends... deep.

Here's my biggest problem with the newer flicks, I don't want my zombies to evolve or change or learn or anything like that. I want them to be zombies. At the end of Land of the Dead the zombies wander off after feasting on the rich of Fiddler's Green and the hero just lets them go? Why? Just because they chowed down on the evil rich people doesn't mean they won't much a few poor folks they come across as they wander out of the city. And here's the proof that not even our hero believes the zombies have changed - he continues his trek north in the Dead Reckoning, an armored, armed to shit truck! Why didn't he get out and walk or use a more energy efficient car from the Fiddler's Green motor pool? BECAUSE HE'S STILL AFRAID OF FRACKING ZOMBIES!

Zombies don't change Geroge, stop trying to make them. You're never going to teach enough of them to eat something else. Sure, Bub from Day of the Dead started ignoring the people but how long did it take to teach that one zombie that little trick? Take a note from Zach Snyder and just make awesome zombie movies please.