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There's another way to look at it ..
i understand your points above but consider ...
Zombie films are not a good risk, They dont make money.
There is an extremely limited fanbase.
I think that if you make a competent film riding on the coat tails of a classic origional, it may be the only way to guarentee any kind of a return.
If that return is viable it may pave the way for more of the same.
I believe Romero even partially credited the relative comercial success of the Dawn remake as an enabler for his upcoming Land film.
I think that the work 'remake' leaves a bad taste in our mouths because of the majority of bad ones made. This Dawn remake is not bad film.
I feel the same way about music covers ... I hear a good one and i think .. , they added their own twist but retained enough of the origional to hit me in my nostaligia nerve.
You can tell when a filmmaker loved the origional and wants to create something out of that love ... I have no bones with that personally.
I'm passionate about old school horror .. i love the origional .. but to me i saw the remake and didnt feel cheated in any way shape or form.
unlike how i felt when i came out of the theatre after seeing the 'unique and wonderful 'the village'
I'll take a well made 'remake/homage/ripoff' over that shyte anyday !
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