March 10, 2005

Funny Ha-Ha > Zombie Point/Counterpoint

Taking the pro-zombie position, Sandcastle:

I find zombies to be the absolutely least intimidating creature of horror to attack ficticious cities anywhere. Their strong points are their ability to create others and their normally large starting numbers. However this is offset by a long list of crippling weaknesses. ... Zombies are easy to kill. Destroying the brain has seemed to work in every zombie flick I have watched. They have no tendency toward self preservation at all. A zombie will not dodge bullets or cover its head as you repeatedly bash them with golf clubs.

Cubicle has the anti-zombie position:

Another fact about zombies that bothers me is their unknown origin. I found a list that probably is mostly complete, but it is by no means 100 percent complete. If you see a zombie, you will have no idea if it was produced by the government, aliens, or demons. In other words, you can solve all the smaller problems (killing the individual zombies), but not the big problem (stopping the zombie producing phenomena) .
Posted by lesjones



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I love zombie movies. In our tweenies, my friends and I would wrestle with what zombies stood for (symbols of human nihilism, inability of the ego to fully accept the concept of death etc). Nowadays I'm just looking for a good zombie flick.

It's hard to find a 'good' zombie flick. Most zombie movies are bad, I know. But a bad movie can be good if it realizes it is bubble gum and makes the most of it.

Resident Evil 1: good until the last 5 minutes.
Resident Evil Apocalypse: good when Milla Jovovich is running around half/fully naked. Otherwise...
Shawn of the Dead: OMG - hilarious. Excellent.

I have great hope for Peter Jackon's latest.

Posted by: Chris Range at March 14, 2005
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