The article is a review of a British mini-series, but he talks all things zombie. From their origin, to his theory on why culture is fascinated with the zombie, to a rant on why zombies shouldn’t run. (Agreed).
On a personal note, it was kind of a shock to discover that the zombie phenomenon is a new thing despite being around forever(ish). The special lady friend and I dressed as zombies for a company Halloween party and not a single person correctly guessed what we were. I was pretty close to biting the ear off the next person to ask me if I was a car crash victim.
Hrm, just got done reading the article. I see what Pegg is saying about the rage “zombies” from 28 Days/Weeks Later. They aren’t really zombies in the traditional sense, since they’re not reanimated dead.
To be honest it was 28 Days Later that got me interested in the “zombie” genre in the first place. Prior to seeing that movie I had little to no interest in the rest. Now I also own “Shaun of the Dead” and a few other traditional zombie movies as well as have played a few of the Resident Evil games.
I suppose my interest in the zombie genre isn’t so much in the “zombie” as a metaphor for anything than the scenario of societal collapse and the methods of survival that stem from such situations. Honestly, I don’t care if the zombies are slow or fast… I’m more interested in thinking about how a person would survive in less than ideal circumstances.
Yes, 28 days later were not zombies. They had traits like zombies but they were infact not the re-animated dead. File them under the genre of bio zombie i suppose.
To echo what was stated, i’ve been more into the Survival factor of stories. Battlestar galactica, Omega man, Alas Babylon, fallout series is mostly about surviving. It just happends to be that Zombies and Nukes really put people in that position. Maybe this post will bleed onto your “apocalypric trends” post.