Dead Reckoning script review

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Johnny Butane:
[QB]Can you believe it? The script seems to have been loads better than I expected. If there is a God in horror heaven, this will get made.

Well thats got me wiping the saliva from the corner of my mouth. It is almost painful that we know Resident Evil 2 is gonna get made before this will. After the hash job that was RE why dont they give the job to the master himmself, i mean the RE advert was more entertainging than the Anderson flick.
Well i wont go on, i dont thik the doors on my cage will hold. But i whole heartedly agree, this movie MUST be made.

I was worried that the script review would have revealed too much, Thank you Rotten for not telling us the ending. I Hope this happens, and gets a theater release. It would suck to have gone through such hell to make this movie and not have it seen in a wide release. These are by far some of my absolute Favs...

I like the concept, and if Romero can't get funding for "Aliens with Zombies" in the current Hollywood climate then the end days are surely upon us.

I was hesitant when I heard that he was returning to the zombie genre. I was worried it was a sign that he'd given up trying and was going to milk his past successes. But from Ryan's review, it sounds like this will be every bit as intelligent and unique as the previous three movies.

Colour me happy.

That Romero hasn't been given the green light and yet some monkey can get funding for remaking Dawn, is surely proof that there is no justice in this world. There's no film I want to see more than Dead 4... it's killing me. As much as I love the zombie mayhem, it's George's social commentary that I'm just as keen on. I want to see his take on 9/11 and the state the world is in today.

Anyone know a place where I can d/load good quality versions of the Romero Resident Evil commercials? the ones I have right now have really shitty visuals.

Oh man... I so hope this gets made.

I hear ya. Allthough what I've gatherd from reading various interviews, He has a genuine love for his undead horde. I'm curious, Just why is it that he has so much damn trouble? is it because he limits himself with the number of people and studios he works with ( I'm just guessing here)? or is it just that he is seen as old hat? Just what is it that keeps him from finding funding? The way Roger Coreman Makes it sound in his book, he makes it seem like its a breeze. Of course he didn't use up to ten million, but still, I'm kinda left in the dark on this aspect of filmmaking. Does anyone have anything besides the usual Corperate Greed Vs. Artistic Integrity answer?

Where in the color spectrum is happy located?

I think the difference with Roger Corman is that he's a businessman who makes movies. He started in the 50s when it was possible to churn out cheap movies and sell them to the drive-in circuit and make a tidy profit. That profit was then poured into making two more cheap movies. The profit from those two movies went into making another three - and so it went on. Corman's been growing his corner of the industry non-stop for almost 50 years.

Also, Corman is an expert in exploitation. I'm not saying he's not an artist in his own way - but he's never been ashamed to cash-in on current trends and pander to public demand, even if it means being low-brow or tacky. Romero is more of an auteur, who chooses his projects carefully and with great personal involvement. His films are usually financed by other people, and the bulk of the profits go to them as well.

So, in a nutshell, Corman didn't need to find funding for his movies because they funded each other. Romero starts from scratch every time.

Maybe the two should hook up...

Since you ask, it's just north-east of Ultra-Violent and Curious Yellow...

I was afraid I was going to reveal TOO MUCH. Glad you all enjoyed it though.

great write-up. I too, anticipate the next DEAD installment more than just about any other cinematic embryo I can think of. The first 3 rank as some of my favorite films ever, and yes - the fact that a DAWN remake looms on the horizon before this puppy's out of the gate is a fucking cryin' shame.

Here's to hoping GR gets another spin on the zombie universe wheel

In a just and perfect world GR would be able to take the cash he is issued from the accursed remake of 'DotD and fund 'Dead Reckoning'.

However, the fact that 'DotD' is even being remade shows us that we are not in a just and perfect world.

Thanks for the script review RR. Good stuff to look forward to. But as all things tend to do, it will probably change dramatically before completetion. Remember the original 'Day of the Dead' script?

Johnny--
Please don't think I'm differing just to differ, but I disagree. "Day of the Dead" was a totally compromised project. It wasn't at all the story he wanted to tell or the script he wanted to shoot, but he made it anyway.

Like the song says, money changes everything. Believe me when I say that I desperately want to see this movie made, but that $30 to $50 mil it's gonna take could turn up in the form of a check for $10 mil. If that happens, don't be surprised if we get a "Twilight of the Dead" / "Day of the Dead Part 2" instead.

For those of you wondering why it's so hard for George, it's mysterious and not all at the same time. The guy's a legend. The guy made "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead." The guy has had an indelible influence on countless genre filmmakers and their films.

Here's what's not so mysterious: The guy lives in Pittsburgh. The guy doesn't have a deal with a Hollywood studio. The guy doesn't have any recent box office hits under his belt (or even any theatrical releases to his name for 10 years). The guy isn't interested in studio politics or the "development process."

He won't play by their rules and "they" see him as a CULT director of no-budget CULT films for a minority CULT audience. There aren't enough of us to get George the kind of creative clout he needs to make this film.

Hollywood is half shmoozing and half perception. George won't shmooze and the studios don't see him as a player.

I say he should be respected for both.

Wooooo!

Johnny and Georgey sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G! wink