Posted on 03/29/2014 12:00:33 PM PDT by lee martell
I don't have a tv of my own, but I see enough and hear enough to know that for some reason, Zombies are a hot sell on American tv right now. See the popularity of shows such as The Walking Dead. In fact, I heard there is even a new perfume for women coming to the market this spring, based on this show. The Walking Dead Perfume. Really? I'm not necessarily bothered by it, to each his own, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what has brought us to this level of fascination. I have read many, many of Dean Koontz books over the last ten years. I kept reading them, until he spent too much time trying to humanize the Antagonist by giving him/her a 'cool' sense of humor. I like my monsters scary and predominately unappealing, but there are always exceptions.
I tried off and on for years to appreciate Steven King, especially back in the 90's when he was cranking the books out like Wheat Linguine, but a rarely stayed with any of his work till completion. Most of Steven King's books read to me, like a never ending monologue, or as my junior high english teacher; Sister Richardene would say, a run-on sentence; something I still fall into today if not careful. I sampled some Anne Rice books. I never completed any of her stories because I was lost into the minutiae of character analysis, and I have never made the link between love and blood, at least not in the ritualistic manner of Rice. I see cable once in a while, I see the commercials about upcoming programs featuring Cannibalism, The Apocalypse, Tomorrow's Dystopia, Body Parts being ripped off and used as clubs. Is it that the Zombies has become today's most acceptable villian because most people share an energetic fear of the unknown? Is that it? To me, if you;ve seen one Hollywood Zombie with the strawberry jelly for blood and all the neat, symetrically placed spots of gangrene, you've seen them all. Am I wrong?
The Zombie Apocalypse is coming. It’s only a matter of time.
Will you know what to do?
The Zombie Apocalypse is coming. It’s only a matter of time.
Will you know what to do?
afaik there’s only one show on tv with ‘zombie’ types and that is TWD.
Because werewolves, vampires and witches have been over done.
(DH says that it is because it is fun to see what democrats really look like under the makeup.)
It’s a metaphor for conservatives vs. obamavoters.
A few years ago, it was all vampire, all the time
Paging Laz. You seem to be up-to-date on this phenom, and I’ve been wondering about the topic myself....
The zombie apocalypse is a
Thinly veiled reference to societal collapse when
EBT cards stop working and the ravening masses erupt
I was in downtown san francisco this past week. Sprinkled in among the crowds were bums wandering around on the streets. They all had zombie looks in their faces.
I don’t like zombies either. I don’t find them scary...I find them gross.
Bingo.
To me, zombie stuff is like a comedian with one joke.
“I like my monsters scary and predominately unappealing, but there are always exceptions. “
Zombies are zombies, just dead. TWD honors the zombie persona by actually affirming that they are not diseased/infected humans (World War Z, 28 days later etc) but reanimated corpses which is the most accepted theorem. In addition, I prefer my vampire on screen as the 30 Days & Nights’ vampire (bloodthirsty animal type) vs the faggot vampire (Twilight).
The undead STINK!
It’s part of the reality tv craze. [footnote: 2006 election, 2008 election, 2012 election]
Pop culture may be considered by some as popular, but it contains very little, if any, culture.
because they are everywhere f***ing up everything.
I think that the Zombie genre is just about dead! Har! Har! Har!
Take a stroll through your typical day and have a good look around yourself; it’s not necessary to ask why zombie shows are so popular - the zombies are already here and their Liberal philosophy is taking bites out of you every day of the week.
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