# " BRAAAINNNNS!" George Romero passes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436 "2017-07-16T21:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buford_was_no_angel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/21 "2017-07-17T14:04:47Z")
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Romero once. Very nice man. I hope his last words were “choke on 'em”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/22 "2017-07-17T16:33:41Z")
My wife and I were at a double feature of The Blob and The Lost Skeleton Returns Again at the [Colonial Theater](https://thecolonialtheatre.com/programs-categories/blobfest/) in Phoenixville, PA yesterday, and during the Q&A with the filmmakers after Skeleton they told the audience that Romero had died. Rather than doing a slow motion run out from the theater as an homage to The Blob, we all sat and watched the first five minutes of Night, applauding whenever George’s name popped up. It was an appropriate tribute from a theater full of SF and horror nerds. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/23 "2017-07-17T16:39:06Z")
How sad! A great film-maker passes. At least he lived a long and productive life. May you cavort with the ghouls for all eternity, Mr. Romero! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/24 "2017-07-17T20:40:10Z")
I know that in “Night of the Living Dead” they were referred to as “ghouls”, not “zombies”. And the only other “Living Dead” movie I’ve seen is the original “Dawn of the Dead”, back when it first came out, so I don’t remember. Was “zombie” used in the later movies? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/25 "2017-07-17T21:45:07Z")
The first Romero movie to use ‘zombie’ was Land of the Dead. He actively avoided it until then. I can’t remember if O’Bannon or the non-Romero remakes used it. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/26 "2017-07-17T22:28:44Z")
They’re coming to get you, Geoooooooorge!! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/27 "2017-07-18T01:14:35Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > The first Romero movie to use ‘zombie’ was Land of the Dead. He actively avoided it until then. > > I can’t remember if O’Bannon or the non-Romero remakes used it. To the best of my knowledge, it was the Italians who first solidly linked the name “zombie” to the living dead in that form. Even back to Ed Wood they were more reanimated corpses and/or ghouls. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/28 "2017-07-18T18:44:17Z")
There’s only two things expected to outlive us as a species. One is the undead/zombies. I’m not saying they got their leader & are coming, but how else do you explain the [other](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Cockroaches-Roaches-Bridesburg-Philadelphia-Manhole-Inlet-Infestation-Philadelphia-Water-Department-435075073.html) one running for their lives? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/29 "2017-07-19T02:18:26Z")
Ave, Mr. Romero, Ave! You were an artist, a genius, and a real radical, whochanged the face of horror cinema forever, and gave a lot of pleasure to many, many viewers. The original _Living Dead_ trilogy, its relevant remakes and sequels _Martin Code Name Trixie_ (_The Crazies_)-some of the coolest, scariest, most intense American movies ever made. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436/30 "2017-07-19T02:26:10Z")
Ave, Mr. Romero, Ave! You were an artist, a genius, and a true radical, who gave many, many viewers a lot of pleasure and changed the face of horror cinema forever. The original _Living Dead_ trilogy, its relevant sequels and remakes; _Martin_, \* Code Name Trixie \* (aka\* The Crazies\*) – some of the coolest, scariest, most intense American movies ever made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaainnnns-george-romero-passes/791436.md?page=1)