Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140904033414/@comment-6052796-20150125145345

That seems like a good way to rationalize the canons, just one problem. While most of the Dead series are careful not to use the same characters more than once, there was one exception. In Dawn of the Dead, there was a biker gang lead by a guy named Blades. His characteristic was guns.....just kidding. He was the guy that ran around the Mall killing Zombies with a Machete. Then Land comes around, which features among most zombies, a Zombie in a biker outfit chopping up humans left and right with a Machete. He is played by the same actor too, Tom Savini and in an interview with James Rolfe aka The Angry Video Game Nerd, he admits he was playing the same character from Dawn. One thing people forget about the Dead series is that it starts in an alternate timeline. Dawn takes place only a few weeks after Night. Since Blades didn't die of a headshot before falling into the Mall Fountain, it's obvious he's risen. So Land has to take place sometime after Dawn. It could be before and after Day. I lean more towards before, because there was mention of other outposts with humans most likley being wiped out in Day, While in Land, the world is literally divided in outposts. From what I heard about Diary, there was also mention of news reports taken directly from Night and put into Diary.

So by my guess, it would be Night and Diary at the same time, Survival after since it has some characters from Diary in it, Dawn, Land and Day. It makes no sense because of the new tech and social lifestyles within each increasing sequel but that's what I love about that franchise. You know how Steampunk mostly revolves around certain Tech being almost as advanced as modern, but it's run by 19th century stuff? It's the same kinda concept with the Dead series. You could just call it the Zombie Punk genre.