Zombie Movies

[Dannyalcatraz]

Plus, ZombieLand has some excellent performances.

Rule #2: The Doubletap

 

[trappedslider]

I don't tend to fatigue over genres, but I do fatigue from same ol', same ol'. For example I'm starting to suffer from "The Walking Dead" burn out and may well walk away from it. "Z Nation" has a few things to recommend it that "The Walking Dead" doesn't. Some of it the actors who are involved and others the conceits (like people aren't blind to 75 years of zombie movies), that "The Walking Dead" ignores.

One of the reasons that I'm supporting so many independent films these days.

My basic problem with the conceit is that..well just look at Shaun of the Dead's ending or from books : The Newsflesh trilogy. It basically stops the zombies from being the big deal and turns it into a different genre IMO. Which was done awesomely in Shaun Of The Dead ( Take Pete's car )

As for Newsflesh : Everyone knows how to kill zombies, Romero even donated his body to help science fight back and then it moves into politics and the media with zombies being like rabies..yes it happens no big deal...I personally tend to find that boring, I came for the zombies! .

As for getting burned out...It really depends on who is behind the lens..If it's Romero then i'll take a look over the summery and go from there ( I skipped his most recent offerings ) , as for World War Z..the book totally did a different spin..the movie well I have mixed feelings about.

28 days/weeks later..Not Zombie movies more of killer Virus movie.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

28 Days and similar movies are really zombie movies with the serial numbers filed off...

 

[Ryujin]

My basic problem with the conceit is that..well just look at Shaun of the Dead's ending or from books : The Newsflesh trilogy. It basically stops the zombies from being the big deal and turns it into a different genre IMO. Which was done awesomely in Shaun Of The Dead ( Take Pete's car )

As for Newsflesh : Everyone knows how to kill zombies, Romero even donated his body to help science fight back and then it moves into politics and the media with zombies being like rabies..yes it happens no big deal...I personally tend to find that boring, I came for the zombies! .

As for getting burned out...It really depends on who is behind the lens..If it's Romero then i'll take a look over the summery and go from there ( I skipped his most recent offerings ) , as for World War Z..the book totally did a different spin..the movie well I have mixed feelings about.

28 days/weeks later..Not Zombie movies more of killer Virus movie.

I haven't read the book "World War Z" but as I understand it, it was almost an anthology of disconnected stories that took place in the same world, during the same outbreak. Hollywood doesn't really understand that concept (except for perhaps Tarantino). They thought that it needed two things; a single hero and name recognition in the lead. That's a problem. The same thing happened with "Johnny Mnemonic" when they decided to toss away Molly Millions and turn it into a Keanu Reeves vehicle instead (Dina Meyer would have made a great Molly).

 

[trappedslider]

28 Days and similar movies are really zombie movies with the serial numbers filed off...

Can I apply that to Vampire movies too?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Can I apply that to Vampire movies too?

Not so much...unless the intended audience is vampires.

Zombie & virus movies usually feature heroes vastly outnumbered by horrific foes. In vampire films, the number of enemies is usually under a dozen, and the heroes almost always outnumber them. There ARE exceptions, like 30 days of night, but they're rare.

 

[trappedslider]

Not so much...unless the intended audience is vampires.

Zombie & virus movies usually feature heroes vastly outnumbered by horrific foes. In vampire films, the number of enemies is usually under a dozen, and the heroes almost always outnumber them. There ARE exceptions, like 30 days of night, but they're rare.

I thought you meant in the whatever spreads killing it's victims lol if that makes any sense

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Gotcha! Yeah, it does, but that's a pretty minor similarity. After all, in vampire fiction, that process usually requires volition, while in zombie/virus movies, that's on autopilot.