To be honest the "athletic" comments just sounded corny, they didn't really bother me until I watched that youtube trailer. I don't know man, when they show him running around at the end I have a hard time thinking of him as Jason, he looks like some goofball in a Jason mask who doesn't know how Jason acts. But to be fair I did think it sort of worked in the (not very good) HALLOWEEN remake. So I guess it's possible.

My point is that the best thing people can think of to "modernize" and make things "realistic" is to make everybody run faster. I'm afraid that that is funny whether you think so or not. And I do look forward to the high speed bird attacks in THE BIRDS.

If I could be the one lecturing here for a minute, I think we are all smart enough that I shouldn't have to clarify that when I think it's funny that characters in horror remakes always run faster it does not mean that I am opposed to all forms of running. So I don't see how "my precious Leatherface" is related to this topic at all. Or Chariots of Fire is another movie that would be stupid to bring up, or Prefontaine. So don't bring those up either. It is okay for people to run both in real life and in movies. I will include that disclaimer in all posts for now on if you want but I would prefer not to.

As for Dawn of the Dead remake I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure what this "nobody would've liked it if the zombies didn't run fast" argument is about. That's kind of a silly "what if" because the approach to the remake is that they took out all the substance and most of the story and the personality of the zombies and recast it as a high speed action movie. And they did a pretty good job, I thought. I don't know, if they made it more like the (superior) original could it have been a hit? I think so, if they did a good job. It sounds to me like you're saying that people in general and horror audiences specifically are stupid and only want cheap thrills at high speed and can't appreciate anything more than that. I think these Platinum Dunes guys agree with you on that but I don't, I think there are actually plenty of intelligent people out there. I mean a year ago you could've argued that nobody would like a Batman movie that's done as a police procedural filmed on location in a real city, but you would've been wrong.

But I guess that brings us far away from the topic at hand, I'm just trying to respond to what you're saying. In conclusion I would like to see a movie where Jason runs a marathon against the zombies. thank you

But I do have to disagree with what you're implying there about slasher movies. Yes, these remakes (especially the ones by this company) are usually terrible, but that doesn't mean there isn't validity to the genre. I believe slasher movies are like the blues, you don't have to be original in the structure and the basic components, but you have to play the song really well. You don't want to get too complicated (like that stupid Leslie Vernon movie) and you want to know how to play your instrument well (unlike that stupid Hatchet movie). But you put your own spin on the tradition riffs, you play them in your own style. HALLOWEEN is not all that original of a story but if it was a song then John Carpenter played the hell out of it. FRIDAY THE 13TH movies are not as high of quality but to me many of them are very enjoyable, an energetic execution of a traditional form of story that I enjoy. So sue me. Or machete me.

In conclusion, go ahead and insult these people as much as you want but don't write off the entire genre. In fact if you're saying you don't like these types of movies due to their "no story" I'm not sure why you give a shit about the remakes. What business is it of yours?