Romero's Zombie movies unique?

[goesaround]

No other zombie movie does not explain the breakout. What makes Romero's movies so unique and so chilling is that there is no comfort in anything rational. EVERY other zombie movie including a lot of good ones explains the outbreak as a virus or a whatever. Not Romero. He offers posibilities but never explanations and that is so damn compelling and the most frightining. There is comfort in a a round about way in a 'disease', or 'a spill', or the 'governments projects' but there is no hope in silence..Do you think an explanation is more frightening because it is more real?

[Propaganda13]

Umm, it was radiation from a passing comet.

[eardrumbuz]

Umm, it was radiation from a passing comet.

wasn't that just speculation by the people interviewed in the news reports in NOTLD? i don't think it was ever clearly stated, nor was that possibility confirmed as causing the outbreak. i think the only thing the news people confirmed was that the recently deceased were coming back to life and eating the living.

there are, however, other movies that leave it unexplained.

as for which is more frightening, i would say not knowing, because that offers no clue as to a possible cure/solution. also, Romero's zombies are just very menacing, somehow more than those in many other films.

[Book]

That and I think that Romero was more about that his zombies were not the greatest threat in his movies, but people. In reality, his zombie hordes would be easily contained but human greed and self destruction lets them take over. At then end of his movies, the zombies are able to over run because the living refuse to cooperate or focus on their survival.

[arayner]

on the extended version of night of the living dead its more of an act of god he all so mentions some thing about it in day when that guy says that we are being punished by are creator.I think were there is no scientific explanation is what i would fear most..p.s. excuse my grammer

[goesaround]

However the extended version was not written by Romero. But your right, however my polite 'Arayner', Both in 'Dawn' and in 'Day' Romero offers Spiritual possibilities. As to the 'comet', I though it was a satelite and 'mysterious radiation' that they speculated abput on TV. But in 'Day', no one mentions that as a force causing animation. No one knows. A poster said other zombie movies offer no final explanation. Which movies of any note were they?

[eardrumbuz]

A poster said other zombie movies offer no final explanation. Which movies of any note were they?

well, i don't know what you mean by "of any note", but here are some:

Shaun of the Dead - 28 days later scenario is dismissed
Zombie Honeymoon - no mention i can recall
Cemetery Man - only thing i remember is that the dead rise after 7 days, but i can't recall anyone knowing why
Nightmare City - any mention why? i can't remember
The Beyond - no reason given
City of the Living Dead - the dead rise after the priest's suicide, but i don't recall an explanation
Zombi 2 - was it science? was it a voodoo curse? i don't believe there was a definitive reason, only speculation and unresolved research

[goesaround]

well, i don't know what you mean by "of any note", but here are some:

Shaun of the Dead - 28 days later scenario is dismissed
Zombie Honeymoon - no mention i can recall
Cemetery Man - only thing i remember is that the dead rise after 7 days, but i can't recall anyone knowing why
Nightmare City - any mention why? i can't remember
The Beyond - no reason given
City of the Living Dead - the dead rise after the priest's suicide, but i don't recall an explanation
Zombi 2 - was it science? was it a voodoo curse? i don't believe there was a definitive reason, only speculation and unresolved research

Shaun of the Dead is 'of note' but his in essence is a Romero universe but still I think your right dont think they do come up with a reason. Zombie Honeymoon was not really a zombie outbreak it was one gut who threw uo on people and then became zombies. You didn't just die and then become a zombie plus there was only one. Cemetary man is questioable if it is a zombie flick in the sense of the dead eating people and in the sense of an Apocalypse. Fulci movies make no sense no matter what you do to them. The first one Zombie implied that man was responsible either by Voodoo or medicine. So accept for 'Shaun' which was definitely 'of note' and that was a homage anyway no zombie Apocalypse is like Romero.

[eardrumbuz]

well, you never said anything about an apocalypse, just an unexplained zombie outbreak. so whether there's 2 or 2000 in a movie shouldn't matter, just whether the writer explains the cause of not. so, i think all of mine are good examples, and there's bound to be more...but to address the thread subject, yes, Romero's zombies are unique :)

[evil-h]

However the extended version was not written by Romero. But your right, however my polite 'Arayner', Both in 'Dawn' and in 'Day' Romero offers Spiritual possibilities. As to the 'comet', I though it was a satelite and 'mysterious radiation' that they speculated abput on TV. But in 'Day', no one mentions that as a force causing animation. No one knows. A poster said other zombie movies offer no final explanation. Which movies of any note were they?

It was a probe which was returning from Venus, actually...

[Cybopath]

Umm, it was radiation from a passing comet.

No no, It was because there wasn't any more room in hell. :roll:

[Cybopath]

on the extended version of night of the living dead its more of an act of god he all so mentions some thing about it in day when that guy says that we are being punished by are creator.I think were there is no scientific explanation is what i would fear most..p.s. excuse my grammer

Please don't mention the extended version.... geese.