FINALLY. Dawn of The Dead 4 disc set. Sept 7

Oh yeah, I'm patiently waiting to snatch this up.

I'm almost shaking with antici...(say it! Say it!) ...pation!

As Johnny and Ryan pointed out, check out Anchor Bay's official DVD site for the Dawn of the Dead Box Set:

http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com/dawnofthedead/



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No worrys, I posted it for you brotha man, just in case you did miss it.

It's a cool little site.

Excellent, it does include the Document of the Dead. I've been waiting ages to see that.

It sure will be!

I can't wait.

So, are you guys going to dig into the extra's first?

Or are you going to watch the movie first? And what version?

I'll be watching Document first, since I've never been able to get a hold of it. I love the packaging of the set.Although does anyone else think the menus seem kind of odd?

(and the nitpicking begins...)

JAH


But I have a feeling that they went with less flashy menus so they could dedicate the DVD space for the movie/extras



at least, that is what I'm telling myself

I've got to make more money too much shit coming out on DVD that I've got to have for my own.

Damn you God money!!!

I'll be watching the movie first - the Extended version which is my favorite version.

Then I'll be watching the Oh so good extras, followed by the Argento Version.

I'm gonna have a Dawn Weekend!

I can't wait to see those new documentaries!

I think I'll watch the Argento version first, as it's the only one that I don't own. Following that will be Document of the Dead because I've never seen it.

Sweet Monkey Jeebus... that set will be mine

-DD

What I really want to do is put three Television sets together and play all versions at the same time to see what was cut and what was added. I remember I watched the one version that was the longest, like almost 3 hours and that was the one where Mr.Pilato made an appearance it was good to see him. But I'll probably going to see the extras first.

That's one hell of an idea. I swear I've seen probably 5 different cuts of this film due to VHS butchering - it will be nice to finally have the 3 difinitive versions of this film.

Which brings me to two hopefully pertinent points:

(1) Was the shot of a topless Gaylen Ross in the origional theatrical cut? I can't recall seeing this shot prior to the 1998 Anchor Bay 2 VHS set. It's an amazing tableau - I can't wait to see it in pristine DVD quality. It almost looks like still-life painting...

(2) Does anybody remember reading a restrospective article in Fango circa 1993 where both Foree and Romero share seperate recollections of shooting an alternate ending where Peter stands up into the helicopter blades accidentally?

I thought Gaylen Ross was the one that chop her head off with the Helicopter blade, but I would have to assume No, they talked about it, no one seem to remember filming it. But it is in the script though.

This IS the sex.

I have been waiting for this since I saw the movie for the first time. I could buy only this DVD this year and I would be satisifed. Also, I think the menus look pretty good.

I was looking at the old DVD and I found the following review.

Which I could give 0 stars, July 5, 2004
Reviewer: John (Montclair, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This is the worst movie I have ever seen. Followed closely behind by Night of the Living Dead. The zombies all look like crap. They grey skin makes a very unrealistic zombie. The boring movement of the zombies forces the viewer to fall asleep before they even get to the mall.

I think the characters overreact a little. Steven walks straight up to the zombie and gets ready to shoot. Turns out he waisted all his bullets shooting at nothing. That's right. NOTHING. Once he realizes this, he throws his hands in the air and runs off like a scared little girl running for him mommy. Why not just knock the zombie down? It's not like it's going to run at him.

"Martinez! We think what you're up to is more important than this zombie problem. Come out now, or we'll go in there and let one of our guys go crazy." Martinez was evil. Worst than the plague of zombies.

Another thing. Where was the military in all this. This is something they would get involved with. I was happy to see the military was doing something to stop this zombie plague during the New Dawn. Not like Romero's movie. Why wasn't the military doing anything in Romero's movie? Because they can handle a bunch of slow, boring zombies.

People say that the new Dawn does not have an explanation for the zombies. Neither did this movie. In Night of the Living Dead they thought it was radiation from a sattelite that caused the mutations. They didn't confirm that. In Dawn of the Dead (1978) the people on the Emergency Broadcasting System said they were looking for the answer in the terms of a viral outbreak. That was not confirmed. That means Romero never told the answer. He just gave suggestions, just tlike the New Dawn. Dawn of the Dead (2004) suggested that a virus might be the reason. So people can't use that against the new Dawn.

The acting was just terrible. Roger was the idiot of the group. The guy everyone couldn't wait to get killed. Not only was he trying to get himself killed. He was trying to get Peter killed. What a f*****. Hey Rog. "There are only about ten zombies around you. Why not shoot them all in the head, then get in Peter's truck? Maybe you won't get bit."

The biggest problem the movies has is the incredible amount of boredom it brings. George tried to make it scary. He did a poor job. George Romero isn't some great director who makes perfect movies. His movies sucked as much as House of the Dead did.

If Romero's fourth dead film is not as good as the remake of Dawn, then everyone can shut up about Romero being some kind of great director. Romero sucks.

George Romero comes out of no where with a 35mm camera, does zombies in his own style, and tells everyone that zombies must be done like this from now on. What a jerk. How dare he try to tell people what to do. I can do zombies the way I want to. Get out of my way George.

I don't know what Romero's trying to say with this movie, but it doesn't get through to the viewer who is already sleeping because of the boredom. What good would millions of dollars do a gang of bikers in the middle of a world where everyone is dead. They got the money, but now they have nothing to spend it on. Everyone's a zombie because the military didn't take action. Stupid military. Why didn't they do anything about this?

The news man with an eye-patch claims that zombies are motorized instinct. If that's true, then why do they use tools. Your instincts don't tell you to grab coins out of the fountain. They don't tell you to wave a hockey stick around. Why do they do it?

Now the biggest question of all. WHY ARE ZOMBIES AFRAID OF FIRE? ZOMBIES ARE AFRAIDE OF FIRE, BUT THEY ARN'T AFRAID OF A GUN POINTED STRAIGHT AT THEIR HEADS. ZOMBIES KNOW WHAT FIRE WILL DO TO THEM, BUT THEY DON"T KNOW WHAT A GUN WILL DO TO THEM. Sounds to me like Romero just needed to find an answer. Romero never told anyone why zombies are afraid of fire. Just like they never told why zombies don't eat dogs in the new Dawn.

People say that the fast-moving zombies arn't intimidating. Neither are the slow ones. Maybe the character in the movie was afraid of a zombie 100 feet away from him, but I wasn't scared at all. I was bored.

WHY DO ZOMBIES HAVE SUCH STRONG ARMS BUT SUCH WEAK LEGS. ROMERO HAS ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT ZOMBIES CAN FORCE A PERSON TO A WALL. IS HE TRYING TO TELL US THAT SLOW MOVING ZOMBIES ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO FORCE SOMEONE ON THE GROUND? They can pin people to a wall, but they can't run. They say god doesn't give you two hands and they were right. Got the upper body strength, but no the lower boddy strength. That's hard to believe.

Anyone who tells you that this movie is better than the remake is full of sh**. The remake beats this movie in every way possible. What good is character developement when the idiots are the ones to die. The two make it out alive. Nice ending Romero. Dawn of the Dead (2004) had the best ending to a movie ever. They all died. That's great. Hardly anyone is brave enough to do that in a movie. It's more realistic than Romero's ending, where they flyi away and you don't know what happens to them.

I give this movie 0/5 stars 0/10 stars 0/15 stars 0/100 stars 1/1000 stars.

I sawn this movie March 14, 2004. 6 days before I saw the remake.

Well shit, we know now this guys credentials as a reviewer who knows what he's talking about are all but excellent. No arguement needed. I'm convinced that Dawn sucks now.

I could make an itemized list showing why that review is nonsense, but whats the point? The whole damn thing is ill-informed and biased.

The DVD looks pretty damn good. Going to have to get it.

(Does the Joel Gertner Happy Dance upon realizing it's less that a month away)

I'm glad the guy that gave the original a 0 was able to "sawn" it before the remake!

Fuckin' Tipper Gore plants!

that has to be one of the most ill-imformed reviews i have ever read. end of story.
Those of you interested in document of the dead may be interested to know that there are at least two different versions, one of which, the longer one has some day of the dead stuff in it, i own an original copy of it on vhs with some day footage on the end, and the one on the dutch 2disc dawn is a shorter version. also it contains some footage of soldiers preparing themselves just before the zombies break through the walls near the start of the movie which, i may be wrong, has never appeared in a final cut of the original dawn.

Though I know this goes against what most of the people here are saying, I'm really not that interested in picking this up. I have the version recently released, the anchor bay one, with the commentary. I think that is just fine. It looks great, and has a cool commentary.

I don't think I'm that much of a fan, that I am going to shell out all this cash for different cuts of the same movie. I'm sure the different cuts aren't even that much different... how could they be? They are still working with the same material, same story.

Perhaps if I didn't buy the last dawn release that came out, I MAY have gotten this super ultra deluxe new one but,, meh. It seems like over kill.

Worth the price of admission!

Well shit this sucks I just bought the single disc Anchor Bay release!