Romero is unimportant now.

[Mikey]

I hate to say it, but the industry has passed Romero by. After view Zombieland last night and thinking it was quite entertaining and fresh, despite the use of fast zombies, it was relevant; George Romero is not relevant anymore and his films are hopelessly outdated and struggle to even say anything that would constitute a message. I dare say the last film that George made that was relevant was DAY of the DEAD, in 1985. I still have some hope for SURVIVAL, but I think it is mostly based on a fondness of his films from 30 years ago. Hang it up, George.

[octo7]

fuck relevant. i watch movies for entertainment not for their impact on culture or current popularity. also are you a producer? why on earth would you refer to an 'industry' when speaking about a film?

[Zombo]

George is an older guy, with an older guy's sensibilities, so his films might not be as topical as a younger director's. But he's still the man who pretty much invented the Zombie genre, & if he still wants to make Zombie movies I'll certainly go to see 'em.

[capncnut]

What people don't understand is that Romero would give his left bollock to quit the zombie genre for a while and go make something different. The film company wont let him do it because they know there's more money with Romero's name on a zombie flick. But yeah, I'll keep watching 'em regardless.

[Philly_SWAT]

I hate to say it, but the industry has passed Romero by. After view Zombieland last night and thinking it was quite entertaining and fresh, despite the use of fast zombies, it was relevant; George Romero is not relevant anymore and his films are hopelessly outdated and struggle to even say anything that would constitute a message. I dare say the last film that George made that was relevant was DAY of the DEAD, in 1985. I still have some hope for SURVIVAL, but I think it is mostly based on a fondness of his films from 30 years ago. Hang it up, George. I hate to say it, but I think HPOTD has passed Mikey by. After view his post last night, I dont think Mikey's comments are relevant anymore on a site dedicated to George Romero. Hang it up, Mikey.

[Mike70]

I hate to say it, but I think HPOTD has passed Mikey by. After view his post last night, I dont think Mikey's comments are relevant anymore on a site dedicated to George Romero. Hang it up, Mikey. i would at least like to hear some specific examples of why he thinks romero is irrelevant. for example, diary maybe a film that people don't care for but saying it's "irrelevant" doesn't make much sense, considering the film deals with a bunch of issues/themes with are very relevant to today. simply not liking something doesn't render it irrelevant.

[Bone Daddy]

As long as GAR is still sucking it in and blowing it out, he's relevant.

[kortick]

I think Mikey is entitled to beleive that Romeros movies no longer hold any value to him, but to say that Romero himself has nothing left to offer as a filmaker or as a fore front director in the zombie genre isnt up to him. And odd to praise Day, when it was trashed when it came out, and isnt even the script he wanted to make. Also the fact you refer to him as "Romero" and not "GAR" tells me u are older or u read magazines from when he was refered to as "Romero'. Its now usual to refer to him as 'GAR'. Did you ever stop to think what Romero would be able to do with a budget like the one for Zombie Land? Give him a $25 million dollar budget and see what he might do.

[octo7]

yeah i was thinking mikey would have been one of the many nay-sayers who thrashed Day when it was first released.

[Zombo]

As long as GAR is still sucking it in and blowing it out, he's relevant. Hell yeah!!

[MoonSylver]

I hate to say it, but the industry has passed Romero by. After view Zombieland last night and thinking it was quite entertaining and fresh, despite the use of fast zombies, it was relevant; ??? I just got back from seeing it a few hours ago, & while I liked it, other than the pop culture references I would actually call it IRRELEVANT. It's light & fluffy, which is fine, as it's not really trying to be anything deeper. Comparing the two is definitely apples and oranges. GAR's last couple may have been flawed, but to conclude he's irrelevant compared to "Zombieland"? I just don't see it...

[Bone Daddy]

Hell yeah!! Testify!

[strayrider]

I hate to say it, but the industry has passed Romero by. Na. GAR has always bucked the system. His way or no way. He had to sit it out for a while, but he is back and just as relevant as ever. -stray-

[bassman]

I hate to say it, but the industry has passed Romero by. I think he's cool with that considering that he's tried to distance himself from it....

[SymphonicX]

Depends on the importance you put on relevance....See it seems for years we all used to say how Dawn and Day and Night were relevant to their times, a socio-political commentary based on real life attitudes... When Diary came out it was such an obvious realisation of this that it almost became moot - it beat us up with relevance! It really depends on what you mean by relevant though? I'm not clear on that. Movies are entertainment after all and Diary taught most of us that a painfully obvious social commentary in the name of relevance can be a bad thing (if you don't like Diary that is!)