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Too much zombie media.

MadassAlexMadassAlex
edited 2011-09-23 08:06:09 in Media
One foot in front of the other, every day.
Don't get me wrong. I'm looking a morally unquestionable way to unleash severe destruction on human tissue just as much as the next person, but I'm getting quite bored of zombie media. I understand that they're narratively convenient, between the symbolism, their incompetence as combatants and the lack of moral questioning that goes into ending them, but right now they're suffering from severe overexposure.

Personally, I much prefer folklorish depictions of the undead in general. For instance, Medieval Europe had "zombies" of a sort. In those stories, though, the undead retained some semblance of free will and even spoke to mortals. How cool is that? You've got a bunch of potential narrative diversity just there, even ignoring the possible religious elements and the mix-and-match nature of folklore.

If we're going to continue the whole undead fad, I'd like to see the a work go the whole way. Not just zombies. Give us vampires that are genuinely frightening and inhuman; artificial constructs built from the corpses of animals; ghosts that infect technology. Forget the zombie apocalypse. Give us an undead apocalypse worth fearing.
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  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    So I heard you want to play Warcraft III? ;)
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Warhammer Fantasy does it better.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-09-23 09:19:03
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    While I'm all for re-interpreting horror tropes to be spookier, 'zombie' movies where they go along with more classic zombies. (White Zombie, I Walked With A Zombie, etc.) are very different from the kind of 'zombie' movies that people talk about even when they're not directly called zombies. Vincent Pryce's I Am Legend is a perfect example of this with completely sentient vampires that even taunt the protagonist. However, the claustrophobic mood and immense feeling of loneliness are right up there with Romero's best.

    Also, I agree there's an over-saturation in recent years, but the same could be said of television and arc-based speculative and supernatural fiction. That doesn't undo the good stuff like Twin Peaks and Battlestar Galactica.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    It doesn't undo the quality of those things, but it does mean that myself and likewise frustrated viewers are more likely to overlook something with potential.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Really, I think the horror film fad for zombies has passed, now moving onto 'retro' slasher films.

    It's just that video games never think it too late to jump on a bandwagon.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Video games mostly use it to look cool, rather than to scare.

    Call of Duty's nazi zombies comes to mind.
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    Exactly.

    What we REALLY need is MOAR GUNDAM.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Honestly, I wouldn't mind a Mobile Suit third-person combat game with customisation. Some interesting potential in there.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Eh, gundam bores me to death. I'd prefer something, you know, interesting and stuff.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ Like Pokemon? :D
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I'd prefer something, you know, interesting
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Gundam is neomonarchic politics meets giant robot space battles. I think that is interesting.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    and i think you're gay

    problem?
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    No U GAY.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    "I'd prefer something, you know, interesting"

    A curse upon you and your bloodline! A CURSE!
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    No U GAY.

    I wish I was happy when I watched Gundam. I really do.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Of Gundam stuff I've watched I liked...

    The original, though it hasn't aged well

    Zeta

    Double Zeta

    V

    Stardust Memory

    G Gundam

    Gundam X

    Turn-A

    Mostly, Gundam's problem is they keep doing the same 'angsty teenager gets a godly mecha and loses his innocence' story and doing it worse each time.
  • ViviVivi
    $80+ per session
    This thread has too much Gundam in it.

    -doesn't like Gundam-
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    -has no opinion on Gundam-

    -has never seen any Gundam-
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I only watched one of the nineties series. Don't remember much about it except it sucking.
  • DYREDYRE
    Gundam is awesome.  Though, I base this on only watching the first movie trilogy, Zeta, and Char's Counterattack (and 08th MS Team and War in the Pocket).  Dunno how any non-UC Gundam series are.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^Wing most likely. Wing sucked.
  • ViviVivi
    $80+ per session
    I repeat, this thread has too much Gundam, not enough zombie.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Deal with the derail, child. 

    Also, yeah, just found out that it is Wing. I remember it being pretty boring and with uninteresting characters, although if you honestly asked me to tell you anything beyond that, I couldn't.

    --shrug--

    make of that what you willl.
  • ViviVivi
    $80+ per session
    Don't call be child, fgt.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I won't call "be" child then. 
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    I liked Wing. <_<
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    edited 2011-09-23 23:02:48
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    "Wing most likely. Wing sucked."

    You shut your whore mouth!

    That is a despicable LIE.
  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    >Watched Gundam Wing
    >Not a fujoshi

    HAHAHAHA
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    Yeah. Why DO I have to deal with that stupid Yaoi fandom that LOVES to take everything my favorite anime characters do out of context?
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