One of the greats and a true pioneer. If there was no George A. Romero, there would be no Walking Dead.
I mainly focus on Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead with a smattering of his other movies.
THERE ARE MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!
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Here’s the breakdown:
-Doing laundry
-How I found out about his death
-His career success versus his impact
-My introduction to Romero
-Betamax
-VCRs
-Night of the Living Dead (NOTLD) in “un-living color”
-My fascination with horror
-How often I watched Night of the Living Dead
-There was a black and white version?
-VHS
-Copyright issues with NOTLD. I made a mistake. The copyright didn’t run out, the distributors neglected to include copyright information when the original title of “Night of the Flesh Eaters” was changed to “Night of the Living Dead”.
-Using the VHS remote
-Watching NOTLD as a kid compared to an adult
-NOTLD’s social message
-I made a mistake. The script was not changed because Duane Jones was black but because Jones wanted the Ben to be an intellectual and not a simple truck driver.
-Casting a black man as the lead
-Duane Jones as Ben
-Women characters in NOTLD
-Meeting Judith O’Dea and John Russo
-Telling John Russo about watching NOTLD in color
-Checking my laundry
-Romero directing commercials
-Decorating my school books
-My introduction to Dawn of the Dead (DOTD)
-A sequel but not really
-Watching DOTD as an adult compared as a kid
-Romero’s comment on the media’s rating obsession and my comments on the 24 hour news networks
-The characters in DOTD
-The social message (zombies in a mall, wanting stuff)
-How many times I watched DOTD
-DOTD compared to NOTLD
-Roger Ebert’s review
-Worrying my mom
-Making a deal
-Buying DOTD on VHS
-Quoting the movie
-Laundry check 2
-I don’t have enough change
-DOTD at an acting gig with a condescending actress
-A quick What the Health documentary tangent
-Day of the Dead
-My first impression
-The gore
-The makeup FX
-Tom Savini
-Greg Nicotero
-Day of the Dead as an adult
-The acting
-Lori Cardille
-Sarah and how she was written
-Bechdel Test
-Day of the Dead’s social message
-Military in 80s movies
-Scientists vs. the military
-People of color in Day of the Dead
-Watching Day of the Dead as a kid
-Bub and the evolution of zombies
-Land of the Dead
-The subtle social message
-Diary of the Dead
-The not so subtle social message
-Telling and not showing
-Survival of the Dead (I mistakenly called it Island of the Dead)
-Creepshow, Creepshow II (Romero wrote the screenplay, he did not direct), NOTLD remake
-Memories of Monkey Shines
-The cast of Monkey Shines
-Ed Harris
-Trying to get something off the ground in the wake of The Walking Dead
-Don’t smoke
-Another Romero podcast
-What I like about slow zombies
-Art as a way of immortality
-Plugs!
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