Comments on: Zombie-class situations

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:32:12 +0000

Angelo: No, remember, the egg opens? The queen was going to have the facehuggers attack ‘em. She wasn’t lettin’ em walk away, no sir.

Regarding 20th Century monsters: The psycho killer is definatly not a modern invention—you can probably trace that fictional archetype back to Jack The Ripper and stuff inspired by him. The Jason / Micheal Myers-style slasher, though? Hmmm, good point, although I’ve long thought those characters–vaugely supernatural, virtually indestructible, humanoid but not quite human–were the modern incarnations of ogres or trolls, or Grendel type creatures–like, “Jack Of The Iron Boots, he lives in the cave and carries an axe and wears heads on chains, and comes forth thrice a month to carry off wee lads and lassies, and wears a mask of hide and can be killed by naught but a charmed arrow!”

By: Angelo

Angelo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:13:40 +0000

Except there was no real need for Ripley to exterminate the nest, not with the plan already set in motion. Her decision needlessly put her and Newt at further risk. The queen was willing to let them walk away.

By: Dave Morris

Dave Morris — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:02:24 +0000

Alien was such a good movie. Shame they didn’t just leave it there.

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By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:46:04 +0000

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By: Jon Molly

Jon Molly — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:39:58 +0000

Hadn’t thought about it that way before, but there’s a great example of non-traditional zombies in The Rainmaker. The big bad legal firm tries to drown Matt Damon’s case in a flood of questionable court requests. Come to think of it, that’s not the only movie that presents bureaucrats and bureacracy as an overwhelming horde of mindless opponents that the hero has to outsmart by finding alternative methods of resolution.

By: Jonathan Peters

Jonathan Peters — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:32:22 +0000

I’m glad John is talking about zombies when it seems everyone else in the world is fixated on vampires. Ugh. Time for a zombies are people too love story, really people, can’t someone work on that?

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:31 +0000

@JJ Don't forget the homicidal maniac like Jason or Mikey Myers.

Also, John, I would suggest it's a trope of horror films in general that whatever evil force is defeated by the hero, it is never thoroughly vanquished as a way of suggesting evil continues evermore.

To find a genre where evil is defeated you'd have to turn the classic Western. In these, the hero kills the villain, but because he has stepped outside the bounds of society to do this, he rides off since he can't be integrated into the community. The best example is Shane, though there are many. Clint Eastwood's career brings up a few examples.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:46 +0000

Zombies really are the 20th century’s major contribution to the horror genre, aren’t they? Werewolves, vampires, Frankenstein, ghosts, demons, black magic, even alien invaders, they all have their origins in the 19th century, if ancient history. But zombies, not traditional voodoo zombies, but the walking dead, they’re the modern world’s monsters. All courtesy of Mr. George Romero and Richard Matheson….

By: emily blake

emily blake — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:34 +0000

Thank you. Those damn elitist screenwriters are always knocking zombies. But zombies were people too, and they deserve our respect. I support your support of the zombie cause.

By: alrikb

alrikb — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:44:45 +0000

Speaking of zombies, check out this video on how you can save yourself from zombies, not really on topic but what the who.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Y7YDai1uo