The Zombie Genre is Flawed

[bassman]

Stumbled onto this article or blog or whatever you call them these days... http://goseetalk.com/2010/04/20/rand...e-day-zombies/ The last one I agree with(looking at you, ROTLD), but the others don't make much sense, imo. The dead don't finish the meal because the character gets away after being bitten. Simple enough, isn't it? Is this guy a member? It feels like he is.

[Marie]

Let me get this straight.... he's expecting logic from films that depict THE DEAD RISING? And where in any zombie movie have we seen the dead digging themselves out of the grave? Or even with dirty hands? It's the recently dead that rise, at least in Romero's films. For a zombie fan this guy dosen't pay attention. M_

[bassman]

For a zombie fan this guy dosen't pay attention. That was my first thought. As for the digging - He was referring to films outside of Romero's. It happens in quite a few but Return of the Living Dead and Thriller spring to mind.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Don't forget Cemetary Man

[Mr.G]

He makes some solid points; especially his first regarding becoming a zombie.

[BillyRay]

Seems to me the author should have used the 'Search' function on this site before he wrote his article. IT'S THERE FOR A REASON, PEOPLE!!

[DjfunkmasterG]

Seems to me the author should have used the 'Search' function on this site before he wrote his article. IT'S THERE FOR A REASON, PEOPLE!! Signal Bassman with the chime in.

[bassman]

IT'S THERE FOR A REASON, PEOPLE!! Douche.

[AcesandEights]

I have to go back and fully read the article, but after reading the first few paragraphs and doing a skim from there I was not impressed. Seems like the premise of the article is that the genre is broken because it has yet to fill in the cracks of the author's failing imagination by answering every little question he has, or deliver every set piece he has been longing to see. I agree with Marie that the dude does not seem to pay attention or give much thought to what is being shown on screen in these films. He is also, in some cases, looking for universalist answers for a genre whose main components (the zombie, the 'infection' and to a lesser degree means of transmission) vary greatly depending on the individual media. I'll read it later this afternoon when I have more time, but that's my basic take on a skim reading.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Has the guy even watched the original DAWN of the DEAD... especially the scene with Stephen in the elevator?

[darth los]

Has the guy even watched the original DAWN of the DEAD... especially the scene with Stephen in the elevator? Well deej, in an era where most people don't even know their own cell phone numbers does that really suprise you?

[sandrock74]

Man, I am SO angry that we didn't have the camera linger on Flyboy in the elevator while he died and the "hours later" (according to Fran's line) when he was reanimated and accidently freed by the zombies in the mall. We could have watched Flyboy be dead and eventually reanimate and do nothing FOR HOURS! What a wasted opportunity!

[AcesandEights]

Quote of the millennium from one of the posters responding to that article on that site: I had the same question about the life span of a zombie and glad 28 Days at least addressed that… Let's set aside what thematically constitutes a zombie here and focus on the fact that the 28 Days Later infected are alive...you know, subject to their own mortality, as opposed to traditional undead zombies.

[bassman]

Let's set aside what thematically constitutes a zombie here and focus on the fact that the 28 Days Later infected are alive...you know, subject to their own mortality, as opposed to traditional undead zombies. I agree....but man you probably just opened a can of worms with that one.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Again... 28 Days Later infected are ZOMBIES. They are what is known as Automatons, another definition of ZOMBIE