Talk:Day of the Dead (2008 film)

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Leaked Screener Copy

I was the one that posted that. Somehow i screwed up my page citation... I was unable to find another way to cite this. I do think this should be put into the article however. If memory serves, a similar thing happened before the release of the Halloween remake and it made the Wiki article. I think the film being leaked so early before release is definitely noteworthy. The film really wasn't worth downloading. It was terrible. I just hope I can do a public service and stop people before they end up renting this thinking they're going to see a remake of the classic film Day Of The Dead. It's not a remake, much like person above me said, it has little in common with the original at all. The use of the name was a simple cash grab to sucker in us die hard horror fans. Plain and simple. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwaal (talk • contribs) 06:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Posting information about the leaked screener is probably fine. It's just not really a good idea to post a link to a digg.com posting that just links to a registration required piracy related website. There is just no real source information there. A better choice would be a news source like MSN, Yahoo news, Google news or a decent blog posting about the matter. Did the MPAA, the studio, or the director of the film use the leak as an example of piracy hurting the movie industry? Was it just a stunt to help promote the movie? Something like that. I wouldn't put it under "Pre-production" either. Createing a new section might be better. Check other Wikipedia pages with known screener leaks and use those as an example for creating the entry. Generalleoff (talk) 19:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Remake? What a joke...

This film could hardly be called a remake. It has nothing in common with the 1985 film outside of the title and some very trivial settings and concepts. It has zombies, soldiers, scientists, part of the plot takes place in a military bunker and a few odds and ends but thats it. The function of these groups is completely different. Not even remotely similar. The origin of the zombies is also revealed to the viewer instead of left open to speculation as in all the originals and other remakes in the series. Any social commentary is totally absent. I hate for this to sound like a review of the movie (though I found the movie actually half decent and zombie movie fans should watch it) because that's not what Wikipedia is for but my point is that calling this film a remake is a major stretch. They could have put any original title on it (I vote for "28 days later meets Resident Evil") and it would have made no difference. Actually the movie would probably have reviewed higher and maybe have even stood a chance of a theatrical release as there would have been no comparison to the far superior "original" film. Generalleoff (talk) 23:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I see it as Left 4 Dead from the characters talking about the flu.

Amen to that, this has discraced the original, the only thing the same is the names of most of the people, a bunker and the title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.79.26.201 (talk) 12:20, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Goofs

• When the main characters leave the radio station, a sign can be partially seen that identifies the radio station's frequency as "84,6 FM". American radio dials do not go below 87.8, and would have used a decimal instead of a comma. The comma is probably a mistake by the Bulgarian film crews, but the illegal frequency might be intentional (similar to the 555 exchange in phone numbers?) -- only in Japan is that frequency valid. See FM broadcasting.
• A Colorado license plate is shown with registration stickers on the front plates. Registration stickers are only placed on the rear license plates.
• The movie suggests that one can get from Leadville, Colorado to Boulder, Colorado via a single back road. In reality, the cities are not close.
• The last lines of the movie are a radio news announcement that refers to "Colorado County". There is no Colorado County in Colorado. Leadville is found in Lake County.

--Mdwyer (talk) 05:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• The title of the movie is "Day of the Dead", despite the film taking place entirely at night. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.51.243.44 (talk) 03:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Plot summary

The plot summary indicates "The movie ends with a surviving zombie jumping in front of the camera in screamer fashion.". I think we could ad a bit more : "The movie ends with a surviving zombie jumping in front of the camera in screamer fashion, while the radio says the infection is over." Just a point of view, but I think that'll be a nice call to Romero's "Diary of the Dead", and the manipulation of medias during an infection outbreak. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.13.152.145 (talk) 22:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

@edit : who the hell has written "a surviving zombie" ? Can a dead (even walking) "survive" ? I'd rather say "a remaining zombie", or some like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.13.152.145 (talk) 22:08, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Long plot

WP:FILMPLOT tells us to keep plots under 700 words. When I streamlined the plot, I brought it down to around 650 words, which I think is the appropriate amount of detail. The plot has now been expanded to 900 words, which is too long. I think we should return to the streamlined plot – this is not a complicated film. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:29, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

I agree. There is nothing about this film that justifies breaking the limit. Betty Logan (talk) 03:39, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Also concur with keeping the plot short. Per WP:PLOT, a concise plot summary is appropriate. This film is 86 minutes long and does not have a complicated plot that might warrant a longer summary for other films (e.g., Pulp Fiction). Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 13:39, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

If I was watching this article I would have already chopped the plot down one way or another. Editors who feel the summary should violate WP:FILMPLOT would be well-advised to make their case here. DonIago (talk) 14:52, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm ... I'm turning into a plot zombie. Must consume excess verbiage. Bite! Gnaw! Chew! Seriously, even the slimmed-down version (currently 617 words) is too long and detailed. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:20, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, direct-to-video zombie films aren't exactly known for their complex and challenging plots. Still, as long as it's comfortably readable, I think that's the important thing. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:44, 6 January 2017 (UTC)