I didn't realize you weren't aware of the not-so-subtle punctuated evolution of the zombie in popular culture, or I would have cautioned you against such an inclusion. :P
This blogger is right about Romero's change to zombies, but not much of what he's saying otherwise is really new. I mean, Romero made the thinking zombie the hero of Day of the Dead, a movie easily 20 years old. Land of the Dead featured spontaneously thinking zombies (not tinkered with by man). The fact is, people have devolved in Romero's movies as much as the zombies have evolved. In Night of the Living Dead you had Barbara, the screamie-meamie, but you also had a bunch of characters all fulfilling roles and being lived in by amateur actors. Cut to Diary of the Dead, the second to latest movie in the series, and the kids are all indistinguishable tweener hipster douches, most of whom are behind the camera half of the time, thus completing their near obsolescence. Meanwhile, zombies are pitiful to begin with and getting smarter and more interesting all the time...
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Date: 2010-10-12 02:21 am (UTC)This blogger is right about Romero's change to zombies, but not much of what he's saying otherwise is really new. I mean, Romero made the thinking zombie the hero of Day of the Dead, a movie easily 20 years old. Land of the Dead featured spontaneously thinking zombies (not tinkered with by man). The fact is, people have devolved in Romero's movies as much as the zombies have evolved. In Night of the Living Dead you had Barbara, the screamie-meamie, but you also had a bunch of characters all fulfilling roles and being lived in by amateur actors. Cut to Diary of the Dead, the second to latest movie in the series, and the kids are all indistinguishable tweener hipster douches, most of whom are behind the camera half of the time, thus completing their near obsolescence. Meanwhile, zombies are pitiful to begin with and getting smarter and more interesting all the time...