George A. Romero's new zombie flick.....

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Romero's New Zombie Flick NOT A Sequel To DIARY OF THE DEAD?

George A. Romero recently started shooting what was believed to be the sequel to DIARY OF THE DEAD in Toronto, Canada, but now reports are indicating that Romero's latest "zombie" opus is not DIARY OF THE DEAD 2. Uncle George told SchlockAroundtheClock.com, "the story starts with the blonde who drove away (in DIARY OF THE DEAD) and the national guardsmen who robbed the people. So those are the only characters that return. What it's about is tribalism. How the Internet creates a Hatfields and McCoys situation. It's on an island, where people have been lured by someone on the net as a safe haven, but really what these guys are trying to do is hold them up at the boat docks."

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http://iconsoffright.com/news/2008/09/romeros_new_zombie_flick_not_a.html


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[Sheridan Passell]

I love Romero, so long may he continue to make Zombie epics, for better or for worse. We can always discard the bad ones. Though I wish he'd come up with a more striking concept for his recent efforts. The market is too saturated with zombie films to not have a fresh angle. A new theme alone (tribalism) isn't enough.

[dalmatianjaws]

I don't know ... I used to think his themed movies were best, but then he made Day of the Dead and all it WAS was theme, no story.

I made it about ten minutes into Diary of the Dead before the painfully obvious symbolism ... wait, not even symbolism, blatant media references and horrible acting made me turn it off.

I don't think this guy is gone, he just needs to get back to his roots. Dawn of the Dead is a modern masterpiece.