Comments on: Zombies. Seriously, enough.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:51:38 +0000

I’m going to argue the point here a little. While I agree that generally speaking zombie media is stale and done to death (forgive the pun) there are still some good ones. I definately recomend The Walking Dead graphic novels by Robert Kirkman, they have great characters and don’t hold any punches even if they are retreading old ground a little. Then there is The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carris Ryan which is set generations after the zombie rising, which I think is the best way to go, exploring how society evolves alongside the dead and the contrast between those who grew up in the world before and those who have grown up knowing only zombies. Just some random musings.
Oh, and I Am Legend is awesome, the book, not I Am Will Smith as the movie should have been called.

By: Pombar

Pombar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:08:57 +0000

Of course, the original, cut ending of I Am Legend is closer to the book’s. The book’s nonetheless a far superior work, but the film makes some semblance of internal sense with the original ending instead of the mindless replacement.

Also, if we’re throwing around decent alternative undead monster movies, Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst is yet another hit for the consistently impressive Korean director. Not to mention another gold star on Song Kang-Ho’s lapel.

But yes, zombies? Overdone. Bring back raptors.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:38:41 +0000

I believe they have made zombies sexy already believe it or not, in a kind of sick and twisted way. The movie I’m referring to is Deadgirl. If you haven’t heard of it or seen it I slightly hesitate to recommend it just because it’s quite disturbing (it made me squirm and want to throw up at times) but arguably has put some new twist on zombies. It’s also has a very hard R rating so any young ones who might read this it’s not for you.

By: Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:20:42 +0000

The movie would have been okay if it hadn’t been based on one of my favourite books. And by ‘based’ I mean ‘utterly butchered it and missed the point.’ The book is brilliant in how it evokes the paranoia and loneliness of being the last man on earth. Everybody literally is out to get him. But it’s a character study, not an action movie: he spends most of the book barricaded in his house with vampires scratching at the door and calling for him to come out. And the book’s title was totally misinterpreted in the movie. The book’s ending is much better.

Anyways, I’d recommend reading the book by Richard Matheson. It hasn’t been spoiled for you by the movie, because it bears no resemblance to it at all.

By: Jadranko

Jadranko — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:15:58 +0000

Okay, you can’t just mention I Am Legend and not get me interested. I actually thought the movie was pretty good. I mean, besides the fact that there were suddenly random packs of deer roaming NY. And the whole psyched up metabolism thing but w/ less food to feed on. But you got me curious: what’d they do wrong? (I should probably hunt down the book, too )

By: Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:17:57 +0000

Too late.

(I actually kind of liked this film though…)

By: Kath

Kath — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:09:51 +0000

I haven’t watched Let The Right One It, yet, but have read rather positive reviews so I might have to give it a try.
[If you ever feel like watching a very stupid and hilarious Dracula-film, try "Dracula A.D. 1972". It has hippies and Peter Cushing and it's so dumb it hurts but is immensely entertaining for the same reasons. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068505/
Cannot believe it got 5.4 stars...]

I am curious about “Daybreakers” because it does look like they are trying to make vampires evil and scary again. Which would be great. We shall see…
Until then I bide my time and try not to puke on those romance-vampire-novels infesting every single bookshelf in every single bookshop.

Oh, but I’d like to have a new enemy. Some other mythical creature. One that hasn’t been done to death, yet. Like… killer-mermaids!
… better not.

By: Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:00:53 +0000

That’s kind of my problem, that it’s the same thing. It goes: someone gets infected. Turns into zombie. Zombie breaks out. Infection spreads. A group of heroes struggle to survive (but are usually up against internal tensions and their own stupidity).

Vampires I think are about as cool as a spandex-wearing 80s glam rock band, but at least there’s a bit of variation in the story. Stuff like Dracula, Fevre Dream, I Am Legend (the BOOK, people!! Not the Will Smith debacle that made me bleed out of my fingertips with rage), and Let The Right One In are all different in structure, and they’re all great, so I forgive ‘em. A bit.

Can’t say I’ve read/seen a lot of werewolf stuff but I gather they spend most of their time having sex with vampires nowadays…

By: Kath

Kath — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:12:23 +0000

Zombies are pretty been there done that. I still prefer them over, say, vampires or werewolves but it’s always the same thing. Maybe if the plot involved some vodou…?

Oh, now I wanna watch Plan 9 From Outer Space again. That had cool zombies… >_>

By: Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:07:33 +0000

Hey Zemira,

Can’t say I’ve as yet gotten angry at the huge amounts of Ooze Fiction taking over the bookshelves, but maybe that’s the next big thing And don’t get me started on vampires…