Hi, let me tell you that I'm also a big Romero fan, and I hated Land of the dead too, so don't worry, he actually dropped the ball there, But I really liked The Diary Of The Dead, so he is not losing his touch, he just... idk what…
And one of the things that make Romero awesome is social criticisim that he puts on his zombies, the contagious stupidity! with runners is only gore! I'm not saying I hate runners, actually I love them! but slow them are classics!
Well... Slow zombies are scarier (maybe 1000000 times) but runners are a lot more dangerous and (is true) fun, but Romero didn't create runners, i think (THINK) it was snyder... and well... i'm a big Romero fan so... loyalty first!!