Timeline for Romero Series

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Okay peps, i'm not too certain on my dates but this is my interputation of the timeline from when Barbra saw a Zombie in NOTD in 68 to when Dead Reakoning is leaving the Pittsburgh.

Feel free to correct and comment

TIME LINE

1968 (September 1)--- Barbra witnesses her first Zombie (S. William Hinzman) in the cemetary.

1968 (September 2)--- One day after the outbreak Ben survives the night, peaks his head out the window, and gets shot because he's mistaken for a Zombie.

1968 (September 9) 1 week have passed, and now America and pretty much the world understand what's going on, but some still refuse to let loved ones that are infected go(cease to exist). Therefore, the problem isn't getting any better.

1968 (September 10) Which brings us to Peter and Roger, who are on a mission in Philadelphia to erradicate an apartment full of immergrants who refuse to burn the dead. While led by a racist Rambo cracked-out cop. Peter and Roger decide they have different options.

1968 (September 11) They hook up with Stephen and Francine and even have a brief introduction to Captian Rhodes (from Day of the Dead) leaveing on a boat ( i like the theory he was a a thug and assumed the role of a cop to gain access to a way out and then assumed a military role to gain a spot in DOTD).

1968 (September 12) One day has gone by since our crew hooked up and they find refuge at the Mall.

1968 (September 17) Roger gets bit and becomes infected.

1968 (September 20) Peter has to destroy Roger.

1968 (November 10) The Marauders come to the Mall and trash the place leaving Stephen dead. Francine gets the hellicopter going and Peter makes and epic escape to fly away.

1968 ( November 20) Maybe after days of searching they find a community to exist in? who knows? i wish i did.

1969-1973 We have a huge gap here where I guess nearly everyone is dead/undead. Maybe something really big happened and they can make a zombie flick in this time period.

1973(August 1) years later, in some unnamed Flordia city a group of survivors live in an underground military base. After one unsuccessful mission to the next to find other survivors moral and friends are declineing.

1973 (August 2) Captain Rhodes takes command after his superior dies. Ends up in pandemonium.

1973 (August 3) Sarah, John and William make it to the Hellicopter to escape leaving everything in the underground base. Sara awakes a remote island and that is where these three live out there days. Who knows? I wish i did.

1973- 1990 Who knows?

1990 (October 1) I have no idea what year LOTD is suppose to take place but i'm guessing early 1990's. People exist in a fortified city surrounded by water and electric fences. They have know about Zombies for years and society is trying to progress again with commerce. The military/ Mad max cast go out and loot supplys while zombies begin to understand thing. Especially "Big Daddy" who realized how to make a fire bomb.

1990 (October 3) Zombies led by "Big Daddy" make the long walk to the big city and terrorize the inhabitants (Poor and Rich).

1990 (October 4) Dead Reakoning departs the city.

Thats how i see it.
Thanks

[SimianRage]

1973(August 1) Almost 17 years later, in some unnamed Flordia city a group of survivors live in an underground military base. After one unsuccessful mission to the next to find other survivors moral and friends are declineing.


It all looks pretty good to me (I'm no expert!), but what's the 17 years referring to?

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It all looks pretty good to me (I'm no expert!), but what's the 17 years referring to?


Thats my kick ass math WHOOPS
THanks for the edit

[Cybopath]

Pretty sure I addressed this before.

I think NotLD is best to be set in the early 70's (1974 say) It's hard to judge it completly seeing as it's in a little town etc. (I Know when it was made but Blade Runner was made in 1981)

Dawn is then a few months to a year after that. (1975)

Day is 5 years after that (1979-1980)

Land is a world thats really quite developed so must be at least a decade after Day I'd say Mid 90's (1995)

[corpse monger]

...Your timeline is quite well reasoned, but it's not quite on the money...through no fault of your own.

The "facts" are a bit hard to come by, some actually appearing nowhere but in Romero's own thoughts on the subject. People have gotten into balls-out arguments over this with me, but.....hear me out.

As for the year of the outbreak...there IS no set year. It's perpetually modern. How do I arrive at this?
Romero himself has stated that LAND, the most current chapter, is set a mere THREE YEARS after the dead began to walk. The previous events, therefore, are not literally set within the years the films were made. Also, the next DEAD film, DIARY OF THE DEAD, takes place during the same time as NIGHT...but will be completely modern. The series is PERPETUALLY set during a nondescript "present day".

That in mind, here's a breakdown of events as best as I can piece together....
Night begins on a Suday, but I'm not sure of the date...How did you arrive at Sep. 1? Doesn't sound too far off whatever the case, as snow shows up in Dawn...but we'll get to that.
Incidentaly, NOTLD isn't on the first day of the holocaust...it's on the third. If you listen close (and I mean REAL close), the radio states that the first reported attack occured that previous friday, when a family in Gulfport,LA. was slain in what is percieved to be the first recorded attack.

DAWN occurs around three weeks into the holocaust. This can be gleaned from the opening talkshow argument, wherein the bearded gentleman shouts a comment about how they've been trying to enforce the burning of the dead for the last three weeks, but have met with intense resistance. And they talked about burning of corpses even in NIGHT.
There's snow drifts on the roof of the mall, so either the 'Burgh's having a particularly cold fall, or they're a little closer to winter than September.
We know they stay at the mall long enough for Fran to start showing her pregnancy, but not long enough for winter to really hit hard, so we'll assume less than a season.
Also, it's interesting to note that the opening radio narration from LAND states that gangs of looters were roving the country to supply burgeoning outposts....so the bikers in DAWN may not've been out for laughs....they may have been supplying Fidler's Green!!!

DAY's a little harder to pin down....but we'll assume within a year or so from NIGHT.

And LAND, again, is set three years into this thing. Also in the late fall/early winter...just like EVERY other film in the series. And judging from the filming schedule , this goes for DIARY too.

Well fellow DEAD scholars...what say you?
(also note that I'm not trying to be a know-it-all prick; I've just got a touch of the OCD when it comes to these things. :? )

[zombiekilling101]

it doesn make sence if you look at it from a reality point of view. becasue they didnt have year 78 weapons in the 60s. but I get it.

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Good time-line Corpse Monger. I think we need an unofficial time-line with dates and have it be pages long. We in-depth detail on all the human characters in the series. At least the characters who talk. This sounds like soooo much fun.

[corpse monger]

...It DOES seem like a fun time, although a bit sticky....

Hmmm....some questions:
Do we use the events of the new Avatar NOTLD comics, since it's approved & concieved by the creators? That may not still quite be cannon, and is a period piece, which as we've discussed is truly problematic. But it DOES fill in some gaps.....

Should we draw upon the DAWN novel, as it fills a BIT of character backstory?

...It seems worth doing....but it seems really hard too. Whattaya think?