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30th Anniversary NOTLD

post #1 of 21
1/20/06 at 7:06pm
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It says on imdb that for the 30th Anniversary Anchor Bay shot 15 minutes of new footage and omitted 15 minutes of old footage, but that George Romero was not involved. What's the story behind that one?
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post #2 of 21
1/20/06 at 7:09pm
John Russo, co-writer of the original, took it on himself to film new scenes about eight years ago. It's heinous, and has gone down in history as the edition of that film to avoid.
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post #3 of 21
1/21/06 at 4:44am
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How does it match up with the original footage? I'd imagine some kind of gap in quality, not to mention continuity.
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post #4 of 21
1/21/06 at 12:44pm
A zombie priest prays and is turned back into a human. Avoid like the plague.
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post #5 of 21
1/21/06 at 3:42pm
Which DVD of this film is the one to own? I've shied away from buying it because I wasn't sure which was the stupid edition and which was the proper.
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post #6 of 21
1/21/06 at 5:50pm
This one.

It's the Millennium Edition.
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post #7 of 21
1/21/06 at 5:58pm
yeah, the mill edition is the best since it has a crisp picture and THX. Avoid the 30th edition and it's many cheap transfers for 4.99.
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post #8 of 21
1/21/06 at 7:27pm
I always curse the fact that this was the first incarnation of Night of the Living Dead I ever saw, avoid at all costs....John Russo should be burned alive.
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post #9 of 21
1/23/06 at 10:27am
Harry Knowles did a really funny review of this, it's worth reading if your curious about it. Actually it's is only review that's worth reading.

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=4397
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post #10 of 21
1/23/06 at 9:58pm
I wonder if Romero has said anything about the 30th anniversary travesty, or has decided to remain quiet with a "more in sorrow then anger" attitude toward the total fool that Russo made of himself with this.

I did not care too much for the remake, but at least it had some respect for the original which the 30th anniveasary edition did not.
Avoid at all costs.
The Millinium version in the only one to own, not least because Romero actually gets a cut of the profits.
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post #11 of 21
1/24/06 at 12:52am
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Originally Posted by Flansered
Harry Knowles did a really funny review of this, it's worth reading if your curious about it. Actually it's is only review that's worth reading.

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=4397
hahaha, holy shit.
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post #12 of 21
1/26/06 at 6:49pm
Buy the Millennium Edition.

Avoid at all costs the so-called 30th Anniversary Edition, including Scott Vladimir Licina's barfulous new "score."

Verily, the whole thing sucks flamingo genitals.
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post #13 of 21
1/26/06 at 7:53pm
There needs to be a sticky or something - this question gets asked all the time.

And yes, the Elite Millenium version is the only one to own.
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post #14 of 21
1/26/06 at 8:04pm
I don't know, the original Elite THX version is good too. Not sure how different it actually is to the ME, but it's the one I own and enjoy.
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post #15 of 21
1/26/06 at 9:19pm
The Elite edition is not bad but the Millinium is better..much better.
The Millinium extras are far better,and the film it's self has never looked so good.
And it is the version that Romero supervised and endorsed, so it is the one for NOTLD fans to have.
And the Knowles review....once you get past the endless autobiography it's pretty funny. If only Harry would understand people want to read his opinion of the film and not the latest chapter of his endless autobiography.
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post #16 of 21
1/26/06 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by dudalb
,and the film it's self has never looked so good.
And it is the version that Romero supervised and endorsed, so it is the one for NOTLD fans to have.
It's the same transfer.
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post #17 of 21
1/27/06 at 1:34pm
The Elite version is just a port from the laserdisc with some extras missing. The Millenium version has all the extras from the old laserdisc, plus the amazing transfer and a remixed 5.1 (which isn't that great anyway but at least the mono track is still there).

You can't go wrong with either one.
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post #18 of 21
1/27/06 at 1:50pm
You're both right - obviously they're both Elite releases for one thing. The original was indeed a port of the LD (minus a few features due to space limitations of DVD at the time). Elite's re-release as the "Millenium Edition" took advantage of strides in authoring and compression, so you get the missing features and a tweaked picture.
You can't go wrong with either one, but the Elite's Millenium release is easier to find, being their most recent. Like Fett, I never upgraded for some reason and still own Elite's initial release.
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post #19 of 21
1/27/06 at 3:55pm
I have both. Didn't want to get rid of the original Elite disc simply because I like the joke they play at the beginning.
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post #20 of 21
1/27/06 at 6:11pm
The *one* unofficial version I might recommend picking up would be Off Color Films' fairly recent release of the flick, the one with the Mike Nelson commentary.

Though you have to watch the colorized version to hear it. Barring this, though, the THX "Millennium Edition" is the only one to get.
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post #21 of 21
1/28/06 at 3:04am
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Originally Posted by Leto II
The *one* unofficial version I might recommend picking up would be Off Color Films' fairly recent release of the flick, the one with the Mike Nelson commentary.

Though you have to watch the colorized version to hear it. Barring this, though, the THX "Millennium Edition" is the only one to get.
I got this one because I had ten bucks in my pocket and I was kicking myself for not owning the movie. All artistic debate aside, the coloring is shit.
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