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Ok. So I think the trend if 70’s/80’s remakes is crap. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist, Amityville: it’s all nostalgia all the time. I have no problem with creatively repurposing music, movies, whatever. Great artists steal. Hip-hop has been a part of my life since childhood. I’m all for taking something old and making something entirely new from it. Most of the remakes out these days aren’t doing anything new; they’re just rehashing old stories without adding anything new.

Of course, what’s interesting about the Dawn of the Dead remake is that it seems to have very little to do with the original. The only similarities are in the basic plot: a group hides from zombies in the mall. The most obvious difference is that the zombies are not green. The enormous advances in special effects technology have provided a more lifelike undead. Beyond that, the cast is totally different. There are a lot more refugees in this version and most of them had a lot more depth than anyone in the original.

Mekhi Pfifer did a great job here. He totally cracked up. I don’t know most of the movies he’s been in, but I’ll definitely start looking out for him.