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Post by kuatorises on Oct 18, 2023 16:17:19 GMT
the virus or man-made route? Radiation from a comet, a virus made by the military or a corporation, or something along those lines.
I've always preferred the idea of the dead rising. That's way more scary than someone twirling their mustache and doing this on purpose. The implied idea of something apocalyptic or biblical. Non-scientific is my point.
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Post by James on Oct 30, 2023 20:01:40 GMT
ParaNorman (2012) did something unscientific with it.
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Post by Meseia on Nov 2, 2023 3:24:39 GMT
They are actually two genres, both invented as we know them by George Romero; Night of the Living Dead (zombies) and Crazies (infected humans).
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Post by kuatorises on Nov 2, 2023 15:37:11 GMT
They are actually two genres, both invented as we know them by George Romero; Night of the Living Dead (zombies) and Crazies (infected humans). Separate conversation, but oddly enough both of those examples are the "created" type of monster: radiation and a virus. I understand what you are saying. Not all cannibalistic mindless murderers are zombies. That's not my point though. |
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Post by kuatorises on Nov 2, 2023 16:14:32 GMT
ParaNorman (2012) did something unscientific with it. I haven't seen it in a while, but you're correct. Love the idea of the dead rising and am baffled as to why more don't do it. |
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Post by James on Nov 2, 2023 19:47:36 GMT
ParaNorman (2012) did something unscientific with it. I haven't seen it in a while, but you're correct. Love the idea of the dead rising and am baffled as to why more don't do it. I guess everything has to have an explanation, and the dead rising out of nowhere isn't interesting enough for people. |
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Post by kuatorises on Nov 2, 2023 21:57:51 GMT
I haven't seen it in a while, but you're correct. Love the idea of the dead rising and am baffled as to why more don't do it. I guess everything has to have an explanation, and the dead rising out of nowhere isn't interesting enough for people. Plenty of movies don't have an explanation. Your profile pic, for example. |
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Post by James on Nov 2, 2023 23:53:55 GMT
I guess everything has to have an explanation, and the dead rising out of nowhere isn't interesting enough for people. Plenty of movies don't have an explanation. Your profile pic, for example. I know, I was just making the point that audiences would want to know where zombies came from. Or perhaps that's just filmmakers wanting to give some origin to them to have some background and not seem, for a lack of a better term, generic. Besides, being unexplainable didn't last very long for the 'gentleman' in my profile pic, even in the new trilogy. |
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Post by Meseia on Nov 3, 2023 5:25:59 GMT
They are actually two genres, both invented as we know them by George Romero; Night of the Living Dead (zombies) and Crazies (infected humans). Separate conversation, but oddly enough both of those examples are the "created" type of monster: radiation and a virus. I understand what you are saying. Not all cannibalistic mindless murderers are zombies. That's not my point though. My mistake, I thought you were talking about movies like 28 Days Later. Many include it in the zombie genre even though it's not technically zombies. I think the two genres are closely related and it doesn't bother me if someone lumps them together. As for actual zombies, walking dead, ghouls, I prefer no explanation at all. |
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Post by Meseia on Nov 3, 2023 5:27:53 GMT
I haven't seen it in a while, but you're correct. Love the idea of the dead rising and am baffled as to why more don't do it. I guess everything has to have an explanation, and the dead rising out of nowhere isn't interesting enough for people. A lot of people are uncomfortable without an explanation. They would rather have a bad or even nonsensical explanation than a mystery. I prefer the mystery. |
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Post by kuatorises on Nov 3, 2023 14:07:06 GMT
Plenty of movies don't have an explanation. Your profile pic, for example. I know, I was just making the point that audiences would want to know where zombies came from. Or perhaps that's just filmmakers wanting to give some origin to them to have some background and not seem, for a lack of a better term, generic. Besides, being unexplainable didn't last very long for the 'gentleman' in my profile pic, even in the new trilogy. Why would audiences want to know where zombies came from but accept no explanation for Michael or Jason?
There's no concrete explanation for Michael. Just theories.
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Post by kuatorises on Nov 3, 2023 14:29:20 GMT
Separate conversation, but oddly enough both of those examples are the "created" type of monster: radiation and a virus. I understand what you are saying. Not all cannibalistic mindless murderers are zombies. That's not my point though. My mistake, I thought you were talking about movies like 28 Days Later. Many include it in the zombie genre even though it's not technically zombies. I think the two genres are closely related and it doesn't bother me if someone lumps them together. As for actual zombies, walking dead, ghouls, I prefer no explanation at all. Agreed and me neither. Same themes, types of villains and obstacles, etc.
I like the idea of the dead rising. No virus or known cause. I am ok with both, just think they lean too much into the virus or natural disaster type cause.
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