I have decided that I'm just done with the Undead. EnougH zombie games, movies, TV shows, and whatnot. Can we come up with some new boogeymen? Am I alone in this?
-Ed
Nope.
I'm also taking a break from our rotting friends.
*sniff* I see how it is.. :bluesad:
Quote from: Paquita on February 18, 2011, 06:35:17 PM
*sniff* I see how it is.. :bluesad:
Yeah really, Paquita. What does a zombie need to do to get some love in this world?
Sure we like to bite off fingers and chow down on people, but that dosen't mean we can't love what's left of the person (and vice versa) does it? :wink: :tongueout:
All kidding aside, zombies have sort of saturated the market, and gotten a bit long in the teeth, but I enjoy a good classic now and then, like the classic Romero trilogy and maybe some other movies.
It's hard to believe that 43 years have passed since NOTLD made it's impact on the undead archetype we've come to know now. Even harder to believe that the genre would last so long with such popularity!
I just never get tired of seeing what new wrinkle people can throw onto the Romero mythos. And really good zombie movies are always fun!
We need some new boogeymen... I agree.
Freddy, Jason so on. We maxed out in the 80's I think...
How about some new giant movie monsters (Godzilla types).
Yeah zombies have been overdone now to the point there seems little really new...unless they want to revisit the old White Zombie voodoo style types yet again. Vampires too are overdone these days and in many ways have been somewhat defanged...bring back a bit of the old bite of Dracula and Nosferatu...couldn't hurt. We do need new monsters though...the nature of the genre is we always need new creatures to scare and awe us but just making them faceless and all the same has little effect, villains need personality. Something that isn't examined as much nowadays is the good old mutant, the result of radiation or scientific experimentation...
Paquita... this is a "Does this make my butt look undead moment isn't it?" I'm not sure I can win
If all zombies were like you we'd be in a very different place.
Maybe the ol'd Chupucabra, or Jersey Devil.
I understand. Butt to me, zombies are like boobies. There are good and bad boobs, gross and pretty boobs, "you call those boobs?" boobs, boobs you wish you never saw, and the not very popular, but still entertaining man boobs, and then there's your own boobs which you have a special love for... you can't really get tired of boobies, at least not permanently, and I can't get tired of zombies.
Quote from: Paquita on February 18, 2011, 11:46:13 PM
I understand. Butt to me, zombies are like boobies. There are good and bad boobs, gross and pretty boobs, "you call those boobs?" boobs, boobs you wish you never saw, and the not very popular, but still entertaining man boobs, and then there's your own boobs which you have a special love for... you can't really get tired of boobies, at least not permanently, and I can't get tired of zombies.
There was a woman from Niscez
With breasts of two different sizes
One was small,
And nothing at all,
But the other was large and won prizes!
There was a zombie from Chi-town
A buddy gave her a throwdown
Undead are like boobs
you uncultured rubes.
Now Ed feels a bit like a clown.
There: a limerick apology to all the undead I have offended, you know who you are. My own wife has been trying to get an ode out of me for a decade, so that shows the depth of my feelings.
Anyway what set this off was the Dead Island video game trailer what has been circulating. It really upset me (being a dad), and it decided me that this was one trend train I wanted off of. Now bring me he Jersey Devil, preferably eating the cast of the Jersey Shore. And THEY can't come back, being dead from the neck up anyway.
-Ed
PS Disclaimer: I do LOVE the Romero zombie films, and Shawn of the Dead too. So I'm not TOTALLY against it.
Beyond the tit reference.....
Zombies are a classic horror charecter. All this s**t got started with Lugosi and WHITE ZOMBIE (1932). The modern cannibal zombie started with Romeros NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD in "69.But the modern zombie kick-I dunno-Its getting repititous. I cant tell a RESIDENT EVIL movie from the next squel from a Living Dead remake. Cmon,man. make as
Quote from: Venomx on February 18, 2011, 08:54:25 PM
We need some new boogeymen... I agree.
Freddy, Jason so on. We maxed out in the 80's I think...
How about some new giant movie monsters (Godzilla types).
Agree. We NEED more giant monster movies. I really enjoyed CLOVERFIELD. We need more mutated giant human movies. Like WAR OF THE COLASSAL BEAST.
"LOOK! LOOK AT THE GIANT!"
"ARR! ARRGH!"
Love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMaSXbeO3EQ
Sigh. I guess -like the saying goes-you cant go home. :bluesad:
Zombies just never did it for me. I liked White Zombie because of the atmosphere, which was awesome. The Plague of the Zombies is also an old favorite because of the great characters and being a Hammer film, it too had excellent atmosphere (though practically no zombies). Then there's House of the Dead, Ewe Boll's masterpiece of hilarious incompetence, and House of the Dead 2, which I thought was a super fun B movie with hot babes to boot. Hot babes are the whole reason I've got Resident Evil 1 and 3 on Blu Ray too. There are quite a number of cheesy and fun zombie movies out there that I enjoy, but all because of the cheesy goodness, not because of the zombies.
I just never got into the Romero films. They're character studies of people I don't like. Day of the Dead is my favorite of his, as at least a few (well, one) character is likable.
It's ok Ed; My son forgives you. He let me know this by moaning and banging against a door, oohh, wait, that's how he was letting me know it was time to get up this morning. Last night he kept trying to eat my feet, mercifully I can still pick him upside down which seems to temporarily disorient him long enough to protect my tasty flesh.
@Paquita - the world would be a better place if more women were like you, by which I mean they were cool as opposed to uptight.
I wonder if all these years zombies are getting tired of us. Last night I think I saw a few at the Taco Bell drive-thru.
From the perspective of someone who takes their user name after a zombie movie...
...what the f**k is wrong with some of you people? :twirl:
Kudos to Paquita for standing up for zombies. :thumbup:
Zombies rock. The world is a better place with them in it
I don't think it's the zombies themselves for me, it's the constant repetition of the same plot (ie- small band of survivors vs an undead world). That plot only works when the survivor characters are interesting and fleshed-out. I think it's time for zombies to go underground for a while again, maybe come back in a few years when there's some fresh ideas for them.
'Till then, I'm going to keep branching out into other horror genres. Lately I've been quite taken with eldritch creatures; maybe it's the idea that the rules can change for each creature, and aren't necessarily going to remain in effect once you've figured them out!
I find zombies better than the exploitation of vampires and werewolves of late. I've actually taught my 5 years old to say "BRAIIIIIINSSSS".
There's nothing wrong with zombies, but we need more variety. Same for vampires.
How about Bigfoots bigfeet Sasquatches?
I truly love zombies, but I do have to admit that they have gotten a bit to commercial. Their every where now days and the whole genre has gotten a little stale. Why isn't their a movie where its animals that become zombies, or a alien invasion with zombies, or where the zombies are not dumb, but just like us except dead and like to eat brains? Come on people, those ideas are gold!
Well the more we focus on zombies, the less we need to focus on the current state of the vampires and werewolves...
Anyone think we need a revival of the mummy monsters? That be cool!
I'm not sick of zombies. But I'm not exposed to them as much as some. I only see them on DVDs because I don't have any game consoles or other media for them.
They still scare the bejeebles out of me no matter what movie I see them in. I've borrowed a British show called Dead Set and I'm looking forward to seeing if it's as good as I've heard it is.
i don't care. Sometimes it's awesome, sometimes it's just bat s**t dumb. Infogeek, I agree, and we should have a Frankenstein Revival as well.
Quote from: Menard on February 19, 2011, 10:13:00 AM
From the perspective of someone who takes their user name after a zombie movie...
...what the f**k is wrong with some of you people? :twirl:
Kudos to Paquita for standing up for zombies. :thumbup:
Indeed, Dr. Menard. You and your friend Lucas have been very hard at work all these years, trying to find out just what it was that raised the dead from the ground on the island of Matoul. And then those people from the mainland showed up in their boat.. :wink:
Lucio Fulci's
Zombi 2 was, for it's time (and budget) the ultimate shocker and the first of many bandwagon films to follow the success of Romero's
Dawn Of The Dead. It's also one of my fave movies.
Quote from: Menard on February 19, 2011, 10:13:00 AM
From the perspective of someone who takes their user name after a zombie movie...
...what the f**k is wrong with some of you people? :twirl:
Kudos to Paquita for standing up for zombies. :thumbup:
Kudos also to Dr Menard. :teddyr: :thumbup:
I have a young niece and nephew who, for some odd reason, call me Uncle Zombie. :question: If zombies go out of style, what will they call me then? *SIGH*: Trevor, I suppose. :bluesad:
Quote from: Menard on February 19, 2011, 10:13:00 AM
From the perspective of someone who takes their user name after a zombie movie...
...what the f**k is wrong with some of you people? :twirl:
Kudos to Paquita for standing up for zombies. :thumbup:
Kudos also to Dr Menard. :teddyr: :thumbup:
Quote from: Trevor on February 22, 2011, 04:26:18 AM
I have a young niece and nephew who, for some odd reason, call me Uncle Zombie. :question: If zombies go out of style, what will they call me then? *SIGH*: Trevor, I suppose. :bluesad:
Hey, what's wrong with "Uncle Trevor"? It has a nice ring to it. But, the name "Uncle Zombie" sounds pretty good too :smile:
Anyhow, being an uncle has certain privileges with it that other ranks don't.
For one, you get to say yes to the things mom and dad don't want for the kids (like goodies and soda) and you get to NOT act your age around the kids and make them laugh doing things their moms would die of embarrassment from.
So don't fret, the rank of uncle has a lot more power and poetic license than one might think.
I think the market is a wee bit oversaturated with zombies nowadays, but then again think how many more sparkly, glowy teen vampires we'd have to endure if the zombie movies weren't taking their place.
Just take a little break form them maybe. Or check out some fo the older zombie movies, where the zombies are a result of evil voodoo magic. Someone already mentioned White Zombie, check it out, along with I walked with a Zombie and if Zombies on Broadway. Fido is a pretty good modern take on them too.
Just the other night I watched one of my favorite zombie stories of all time. Here's the ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFN0BzHOU2w
Quote from: Hammock Rider on February 22, 2011, 01:45:33 PM
I think the market is a wee bit oversaturated with zombies nowadays, but then again think how many more sparkly, glowy teen vampires we'd have to endure if the zombie movies weren't taking their place.
Yeah, really. Not to mention the main squeeze of the movie or series having to make a choice between the shadowy vampire or the hunky werewolf. Or better yet, new this fall on CBS:
Justin Bieber, Teen Vampire. Whoa, better not give em' any ideas there... :buggedout:
Quote from: Hammock Rider on February 22, 2011, 01:45:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFN0BzHOU2w
Hmm. Interesting.