I've always thought that Zombies were a clean jab at the very nadir of the uncanny valley, giving voice to our deep, biological fear of disease, and of it claiming our loved ones while endangering us, even to the point of making it too dangerous to care for them, or even mourn.
Zombies represent the slow burning of the viscerally-needed tribe, of the exact things which make us feel safe becoming the things that make us feel threatened.
I like the Shaun of the Dead feeling--zombies represent our dissatisfaction with the way we live our life currently, and our need to do something meaningful and overall useful, which leads to survival and self-preservation along with the real opportunity to help someone. Zombies mean that money doesn't matter, but skills and know-how.
I'd agree with that, surely. The "Left 4 Dead" video game hits that on the head, big time. ... The pervasiveness of zombies is probably because that and a lot of other things.
I'm still amused how just one movie -- Return of the Living Dead -- started the whole "zombies eat brains" meme.
Exactly - with the Rage Infected (from 28 ... later) being the same thing, with those close to us suddenly revealing the anger underneath their surface.
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Date: 2008-12-23 07:57 pm (UTC)Zombies represent the slow burning of the viscerally-needed tribe, of the exact things which make us feel safe becoming the things that make us feel threatened.
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Date: 2008-12-23 08:16 pm (UTC)Fear of disease?
Date: 2008-12-23 11:49 pm (UTC)I'm still amused how just one movie -- Return of the Living Dead -- started the whole "zombies eat brains" meme.
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