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Posted by John Harkness on 10/22/05 02:11
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:30:24 -0700, "M.B." <NoSpam@ForYou.com> wrote:
>Morgan wrote:
>>
>>
>> The widescreen version I bought came with a comic book shrik-wrapped to it
>> (I got it at Circuit City...the only place that seemed to have it in
>> widescreen, too). The movie for me was a cold-buy (I never make it to the
>> theaters), but I love the previous three films. I was disappointed with
>> Land of the Dead. It lacked whatever made the other three good films. It's
>> not that I hated it, I did enjoy it--but it felt more like a generic Romero
>> knock-off than a real Romero film. Just my opinion.
>
>Perhaps he didn't have his heart in it? Perhaps he had to make a lot of
>consessions? Perhaps it was rushed? I don't know. All I know is that
>the Anchor Bay uber edition DVD set for the original Dawn of the Dead
>came out September of last year. The commentaries were possibly
>recorded 6 months before? I surmise this because the commentary with
>the actors talk about going to the premiere of the remake. Anyway,
>Romero talks about a script that he has for another zombie film and
>saying that it would cost too much to make.
hmmm....
The Romero/Savini commentary is recorded well before the actors
commentary -- remember, the anchor bay single edition with the Romero
commentary came out in March, tied to the theatrical release of the
remake, while the ultimate edition, with the different cuts of the
film -- and including the actor's commentary -- came out in September,
while the actor's commentary was recorded, obviously, in March 2004,
when the remake premiered.
Figure a minimum of four months between the time of the Romero
commentary and the release of the first DVD, we can assume that the
Romero commentary was done November 2003 at the latest.
John Harkness
>Then about 6 or 7 months
>after this DVD set comes out I find out that another zombie film from
>him is being released in June. So if my time line is anywhere correct
>(which I will fully admit that it could very well be no where near the
>ball park), then it seems awfully quick to put together a studio film.
>
>Someone that may know more, PLEASE correct me.
>
>It was a little disappointing. I was extremely excited about it. It
>was one of the few movies released this year that I actually got excited
>about. Maybe I was expecting too much. I don't know. I haven't seen
>the director's cut DVD yet. I just got my copy today, but I will try to
>watch it tonight or tomorrow night to see if it's any better than the
>theatrical version.
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