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dreadpiratetait the other day, and the topic of zombies came up (naturally). It seems that there's been a shift of zombie behavior over the last thirty years or so. I mean, think back. In the early zombie movies, zombies were slow moving, flesh-eating, and tenacious. Part of what made them really scary was the fact that they were relentless. Even if you remove part of their bodies, they just keep on coming. In contrast, the majority of zombies these days are fast moving. Still relentless, still flesh-eating, but no longer slow (with the exception of Shaun of the Dead but then that was a comedy). Zombies now move at a frighteningly fast pace. And I was wondering if it was a cultural thing. The zombies of the MTV generation need to be faster maybe?
I don't know, but I know that there has been a shift in zombie lifestyle. Discuss.
dreadpiratetait the other day, and the topic of zombies came up (naturally). It seems that there's been a shift of zombie behavior over the last thirty years or so. I mean, think back. In the early zombie movies, zombies were slow moving, flesh-eating, and tenacious. Part of what made them really scary was the fact that they were relentless. Even if you remove part of their bodies, they just keep on coming. In contrast, the majority of zombies these days are fast moving. Still relentless, still flesh-eating, but no longer slow (with the exception of Shaun of the Dead but then that was a comedy). Zombies now move at a frighteningly fast pace. And I was wondering if it was a cultural thing. The zombies of the MTV generation need to be faster maybe? I don't know, but I know that there has been a shift in zombie lifestyle. Discuss.
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Date: 2006-03-27 04:10 am (UTC)I think that it's partly a failure on the part of filmmakers to grasp the difference between "suspense" and "surprise." I suppose one might think that the audiences are so limited in imagination that they might not even see the slow moving zombies as a threat.