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in the early part of the 21st
century, mad scientists in russia, the united
states, and even china, are feverishly working on
new chemical and biological weapons. their
goal is the destruction of the enemy's cultural
integrity, and their very civilized society, through
the conversion of their populace into uncontrolled
zombies. in short, all the worse parts of the
old testament, all rolled into one neat package.
hell spawn unleashed upon the modern world.
read the pravda story about russia's
zombie research »
by why the mad race to zombidom?
are we so eager to see the world we know come to a
flesh-eating zombified end? is the zombie
apocalypse the 2nd coming that half the western
world seems to want? some hints to this may be
found in the seeds of our current zombie
fascination.
from the new york times:
saturday, december 13, 2008
the social uheaval/zombie movie index
by
freakonomics
annalee newitz, editor of the
science-fiction blog i09,
created a chart showing the number of zombie
movies produced annually in the West (mostly the
u.s. and europe) since 1910:
chart:
number of zombie movies produced annually
the chart shows several spikes in
zombie-movie production that, according to newitz,
“always seem to happen eerily close to historical
events involving war or social upheaval.”
some of the “upheavals” that she correlates with
production spikes (like the launch of sputnik) seem
like a bit of a stretch; and overall, more movies
are being made today than at the beginning of the
century — but newitz claims that the zombie-movie
spikes are significant regardless.
if she’s right, and there is a zombie-strife
correlation, why would gruesome movies about the
undead be popular after a war?
eric melin, on his movie blog scene stealers,
suggests that zombies are popular because they serve
as social mirrors, helping society come to terms
with itself and its actions.
overcoming bias’s eliezer yudkowsky seems to support
the “zombies are us” theory in his own zombie-movie
script, where zombie researchers discover that they,
in fact, are the zombies, and exclaim:
we’re the ones with the virus. … my god, it’s true.
make peace - not war - with zombies!
oops, sorry got that backwards -
make war - not peace - with zombies!
(by Goshmar)
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