Comments on: Zombies: The new media darlings http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/10/30/zombies-the-new-media-darlings/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: So long as we’re talking vampires… | Scholars and Rogues http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/10/30/zombies-the-new-media-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-117538 So long as we’re talking vampires… | Scholars and Rogues Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:40:10 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=12644#comment-117538 [...] vampires have lost their bite is old (albeit lamentable) news. Zombies are the new media darlings when it comes to bloody terror, rising to take the place vampires once held as our cultural [...] [...] vampires have lost their bite is old (albeit lamentable) news. Zombies are the new media darlings when it comes to bloody terror, rising to take the place vampires once held as our cultural [...]

]]> By: JThompson http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/10/30/zombies-the-new-media-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-73455 JThompson Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:30:04 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=12644#comment-73455 What appears to be replacing zombies are....other kinds of zombies. The Night of the Living Dead zombies are being replaced by the 28 Days Later kind of zombies. NotLD ones just weren't that scary. Something you can jog backwards and outrun doesn't really trigger fear. The new ones are fast. There's at least a couple groups are actually trying to make zombies sexy too. (Read: Ruin them the way they did vampires.) This <a href="http://www.zombiepinups.com/" rel="nofollow">link</a> probably NSFW. What appears to be replacing zombies are….other kinds of zombies.
The Night of the Living Dead zombies are being replaced by the 28 Days Later kind of zombies.
NotLD ones just weren’t that scary. Something you can jog backwards and outrun doesn’t really trigger fear. The new ones are fast.

There’s at least a couple groups are actually trying to make zombies sexy too. (Read: Ruin them the way they did vampires.) This link probably NSFW.

]]> By: Mike Licht http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/10/30/zombies-the-new-media-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-73372 Mike Licht Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:09:44 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=12644#comment-73372 It's not a fad, it's a syndrome -- Zombie Behavior Spectrum Disorder, ZBSD See: http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/seasonal-health-threat/ It’s not a fad, it’s a syndrome — Zombie Behavior Spectrum Disorder, ZBSD

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/seasonal-health-threat/

]]> By: ghostcommander http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/10/30/zombies-the-new-media-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-73362 ghostcommander Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:25:58 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=12644#comment-73362 This is a great satirical article about the Fascist Party of America/previously known as the Republican Party . Zombies never go away, and they never learn anything new because of their ideology that prevents them from knowing. This is a great satirical article about the Fascist Party of America/previously known as the Republican Party . Zombies never go away, and they never learn anything new because of their ideology that prevents them from knowing.

]]> By: Dr. Denny http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/10/30/zombies-the-new-media-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-73357 Dr. Denny Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=12644#comment-73357 Well, now I'm fully creeped out. But thanks, Chris. You answered my question. Well, now I’m fully creeped out. But thanks, Chris. You answered my question.

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