Talk:George A. Romero
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[edit] Mr. Rogers
I kid you now, I just watched a documentary about Midnight movies this morning and George said quite literelly that after the Mr. Rogers tonsillectomy film he started to look into bringing horror to film of the sorts he used to read in EC comics ... but if you want to omit that detail, it's up to you.
--Mesolimbo 01:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Huh. Go figure. Do you remember the full name of the documentary? If it's citable, then the piece should stay. - Richfife 16:55, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
It was [Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)] --Mesolimbo 22:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] John Romero
Is George A. Romero related to John Romero? I'm assuming he is since their last names are the same in conjunction with George being mentioned on the Doom 3 article in a section describing inspirations from George A. Romero. --SuperDude 04:18, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
No --Richfife 19:51, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Race in the Dead Tetrology
About the race issue: I think this section contains too much unverifiable speculation about Romero's intentions. Also, the section says race is never explicitly mentioned. In Dawn of the Dead, there is a riot cop who intentionally kills living blacks and Puerto Ricans at the beginning of the film.
Nonetheless, it is telling that the most sympathetic character in Night was a black man--and that was in 1968. Teflon Don 21:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Not to mention Blade's (Tom Savini) fleeting reference to Peter, the African American protagonist, as a "chocolate man" in Dawn of the Dead. Day of the Dead also contains many lines in which military men mock their Latino associate by calling him "Spick." I believe that Dennis Hopper's character also briefly calls John Leguizamo's character a "spick" in Land of the Dead. Race therefore figures into Romero's films on some level. (1 March 2006, not a registered user; my contact is thedano81@hotmail.com)
-Ever notice who is calling people "spics" and killing those of a certain race? The antagonistic pricks who you have learned to hate in the movie. Romero is practically making satire of racism and sexism, it just appears to be the obvious by those who don't actually take in what they're seeing.
I may be mistaken, but I've read in a few places Romero is of hispanic descent anyways. This may not be true, but either way, take notice of who is performing the racism in Romero's movies, and who the heroes are.
[edit] Cutting back the Romere specific links
I'm cutting back the links to 3. I've kept the ones I liked best and removed these:
- Classic Horror.com bio
- Hollywood Gothique: George Romero on "Raising the Dead"
- George Romero: Tribute song by indie punk band Sprites (music group)
- Richfife 18:14, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
My Inspiration! I thank you. --66.218.22.2 05:45, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Long Intro?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the introduction seem a bit long? Shouldn't it be split into a "Romero is a director bla bla bla" and a Biography section? I don't know much about WP though, so please correct me :P --RazorICE 09:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- One of the main things to know about Wikipedia is to be bold--meaning that in most cases you should give it a shot, and if people don't like it they can change it back. Nareek 11:24, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cuban or Puerto Rican...?
It says Cuban in the catagory, but his article says Puerto Rican. IronCrow 03:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, that happens a lot in Wikipedia, eh? Well, John Leguizamo sez he's half Cuban [1] so that's good enough for me. Don't know what the other half is.... Mad Jack 16:34, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Poor Picture
What happened to the previous image of Romero where it looked like he was being interviewed in a parking lot? It was of understandably higher quality than that of the horrible television cap that is up there now. 75.2.43.172 19:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Zombisodes?
Whatever happened with this Zombisodes thing that's mentioned in the article? This was supposed to be Romero's next project after Land of the Dead. Is it possible that Zombisodes was an early name for Diary of the Dead? --Keith111 10:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
