Talk:Dawn of the Dead

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[edit] Suggestions to improve

Well, here are some suggestions. First, it was a great idea to move pop culture references and soundtrack information to a separate article! It would help, however, if a minor summary of those forked articles are shown here rather than just, "Dawn of the Dead is referenced in pop culture, click here." Also, as has already been mentioned, the production information is waaaay too long, and makes the article clunky and difficult to read. The good start is that there are subheadings, so that helps. But, try to trim the wording down and ADD SOURCES! If sources can't be found, the info is not useful here, even if it is true. I'm also wondering if a small subsection should be added about the remake, focusing on the differences between the two? I've seen film articles that have done that before (but, of course, none come to mind so I have no examples). Oh, and even just one screenshot would be a huge help! --Midnightdreary 13:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I found a decent example for summarizing a remake. Check out the article for The Hitcher. --Midnightdreary 20:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I have recently cleaned up, wikified, and cited several sections of the article, but there are a lot of sections still needing a look-through and cleaning up. I may get to the following sections in the next week or so, but someone who knows more or can provide some citations for the following areas would be best-suited to improve the article here:

* Alternate versions section could be removed, with information on the German cut and perhaps any other censored versions being mentioned in the Post production and releases section.

* Production deserves to be the longest portion of the Development section, but it is still too long, uncited, and not wikified.

* The sections on make-up, effects, and music could be moved into the Production section. This is why Production is the section needing the most work, as there is a lot of information that could be removed or added.

--WTStoffs (talk) 05:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dawn of the Dead 1978.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)