RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Zombies
I have read and loved both, and I'm waiting for the free cash to pick up "The Zombie Survival Guide". In "World War Z", a special passage for me is the Defense of Avalon, when one female student stands atop a fortification and begins singing Roxy Music's "Avalon". Always loved the song, but the introduction of it there had me crying so hard I had to put the book down and walk away. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:48:24 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Zombies Both have their uses. The fast Dawn of the Dead '04 variety are terrifying but the Return of the Living Dead versions were worse because they were fast and retained some intelligence and had to be completely destroyed before they stopped trying to eat you. I loved the infected of 28 Days Later too although they technically aren't zeds. The Romero vintage shamblers are great because one or two you can fight off or kill. But their moans or other noises attract more and more zeds to the party sooner or later you're in too deep. Have you ever read World War Z or The Zombie Survival Guide? Great stuff. Max Brooks has a new book where he'll flesh out some of the historical outbreaks mentioned in The Zombie Survival Guide. So we'll get zombies in Roman times, the Old West and others. Fun stuff. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Slow or fast variety? Just curious. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody > hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: daikaij...@... > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:43:33 + > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Zombies > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zombies work as social commentary, the fear of contagion, a > sign of the apocolypse, humanity stripped down to its hungry, animal core, > etc. It's a wide open genre and there's more than enough room to have an > interesting take on the subject without having to deconstruct it. > > > > Personally, I love zombie stories and movies of various stripes. The only > ones I don't like are the ones from Brian Keene and few others that feature > intelligent zeds, those possessed by demons and the like. I like the Romero > variety. > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "grayson.reyescole" > wrote: > > > > > > Seriously people, what is the fascination with them? I know I've been off > > loop for awhile... that's what happens when you only have 36 hours in a day > > (I double count what folks might call sleepytime) but I've just seen the > > Zombieland commercial and while it looked funny, It made me ask this > > question all over again. What is up with zombies? Why are people fascinated > > by them? why are they such an enduring group of beasties? > > > > > > --Grayson < who does not get zombies unless they are humorous > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ > _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/
[scifinoir2] Re: Zombies
Both have their uses. The fast Dawn of the Dead '04 variety are terrifying but the Return of the Living Dead versions were worse because they were fast and retained some intelligence and had to be completely destroyed before they stopped trying to eat you. I loved the infected of 28 Days Later too although they technically aren't zeds. The Romero vintage shamblers are great because one or two you can fight off or kill. But their moans or other noises attract more and more zeds to the party sooner or later you're in too deep. Have you ever read World War Z or The Zombie Survival Guide? Great stuff. Max Brooks has a new book where he'll flesh out some of the historical outbreaks mentioned in The Zombie Survival Guide. So we'll get zombies in Roman times, the Old West and others. Fun stuff. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Slow or fast variety? Just curious. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody > hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: daikaij...@... > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:43:33 + > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Zombies > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zombies work as social commentary, the fear of contagion, a > sign of the apocolypse, humanity stripped down to its hungry, animal core, > etc. It's a wide open genre and there's more than enough room to have an > interesting take on the subject without having to deconstruct it. > > > > Personally, I love zombie stories and movies of various stripes. The only > ones I don't like are the ones from Brian Keene and few others that feature > intelligent zeds, those possessed by demons and the like. I like the Romero > variety. > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "grayson.reyescole" > wrote: > > > > > > Seriously people, what is the fascination with them? I know I've been off > > loop for awhile... that's what happens when you only have 36 hours in a day > > (I double count what folks might call sleepytime) but I've just seen the > > Zombieland commercial and while it looked funny, It made me ask this > > question all over again. What is up with zombies? Why are people fascinated > > by them? why are they such an enduring group of beasties? > > > > > > --Grayson < who does not get zombies unless they are humorous > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ >
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Zombies
Slow or fast variety? Just curious. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:43:33 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Zombies Zombies work as social commentary, the fear of contagion, a sign of the apocolypse, humanity stripped down to its hungry, animal core, etc. It's a wide open genre and there's more than enough room to have an interesting take on the subject without having to deconstruct it. Personally, I love zombie stories and movies of various stripes. The only ones I don't like are the ones from Brian Keene and few others that feature intelligent zeds, those possessed by demons and the like. I like the Romero variety. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "grayson.reyescole" wrote: > > Seriously people, what is the fascination with them? I know I've been off > loop for awhile... that's what happens when you only have 36 hours in a day > (I double count what folks might call sleepytime) but I've just seen the > Zombieland commercial and while it looked funny, It made me ask this question > all over again. What is up with zombies? Why are people fascinated by them? > why are they such an enduring group of beasties? > > --Grayson < who does not get zombies unless they are humorous > > _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/
[scifinoir2] Re: Zombies
Zombies work as social commentary, the fear of contagion, a sign of the apocolypse, humanity stripped down to its hungry, animal core, etc. It's a wide open genre and there's more than enough room to have an interesting take on the subject without having to deconstruct it. Personally, I love zombie stories and movies of various stripes. The only ones I don't like are the ones from Brian Keene and few others that feature intelligent zeds, those possessed by demons and the like. I like the Romero variety. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "grayson.reyescole" wrote: > > Seriously people, what is the fascination with them? I know I've been off > loop for awhile... that's what happens when you only have 36 hours in a day > (I double count what folks might call sleepytime) but I've just seen the > Zombieland commercial and while it looked funny, It made me ask this question > all over again. What is up with zombies? Why are people fascinated by them? > why are they such an enduring group of beasties? > > --Grayson < who does not get zombies unless they are humorous > >
