It is a quality entry. It had much better production values than any of Romero's former DEAD films or any of the other horror films being released at that time. That doesn't mean you have to like the film, but you can't claim that it's lacking in quality.
Harrison's score may not be what was expected, but it is appropriate. Claiming that it's somehow reminiscent of Miami Vice is simply hindsight because the TV series wasn't that popular when DAY was made. What would have been more appropriate--more library tracks? They certainly couldn't afford an orchestrated soundtrack, so the film simply reflects 80s popular music just like any other independent horror film of the era scored by a single composer or small ensemble. MARTIN is no different.
Besides Bub and Logan, I'd say that the division among the "good guys" in DAY and the way that it's resolved is pretty substantial.
Day is a chunk of shit. Plain and simple.
When compared to the rest of the original Trilogy, Day probably only had better production values in the SFX department. Everything else was at least as comparable to Dawn.
Compared to other movies in the genre produced at the time, Day had average to slightly below average production values.
Oh--and if ratings are any indication of a series' popularity, Miami Vice's best season was '85/'86. So--
Day's score was pretty much just what everybody else was doing at the time. Mediocre, at best.
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Re: Dan O'Bannon dead at 63. « Result #8 Yesterday at 11:30pm »
Watched "Dead and Buried" for the first time the day he died. What a great horror film. Didn't see that ending coming even if I should have. He will be missed. 63 is kinda young.
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