Never thought i'd say this: I'm actually getting sick of zombies

[Cilliandrew]

...don't get me wrong...

For years and years and years i've felt that the zombie genre of horror was sorrowly underrated and ignored...

Beyond the obvious visceral enjoyment of the violence inherent in the zombie movie, filmmakers like George Romero managed to make the zombie one of the most socially and politically viable horror forums with which to make some form of commentary on the state of our society.


This seemingly sudden explosion of interest in Zombies was incredibly refreshing at first (When i first was loaned a copy of the comicbook "Marvel Zombies" my mind was blown. Who dreamed something like that up?)

However, the plethora of zombie related posts that seem to pop up on an hourly basis across messageboards around the internet has finally worn me down..

Dare i say it? The zombie is....over-exposed?

*Boards the door up with wooden planks and nails, insures the pump-action shottie has a full load of shells, and then...I wait....*

 

[wolfy098]

For the round of applause as everyone else finds your right...

 

[Inverse Skies]

Of course, anything which is popular can run the risk of being over exposed. I'm guessing that is exactly what has happened here. I'm not surprised in the slightest.

 

[Sun Flash]

*applause*

now we move on to pirates, or possibly to ninjas.

Can we have pirate ninjas?

 

[Iron Criterion]

Its the nerds that ruined it for everyone...

 

[KhaineII]

Over-exposed? Maybe.

I'm cool with it, until they start trying to market it to ditsy girls and flaming kids like they did with: Pirates, Ninjas, Knights, Soldiers...

...and anything in a Japanese Anime, ever.

 

[MarsProbe]

*applause*

now we move on to pirates, or possibly to ninjas.

Can we have pirate ninjas?

Already done to death, I'm afraid, both in standalone and hybrid "Pirate Ninja" form.

I'm sitll okay with zombies for the time being - sure they are quite the "cool" thing these days, at least they haven't been completely ruined like vampires have.

 

[DazZ.]

I'm almost sick of zombies, but not their heads, I do like the way their heads blow up. No other creature is as satisfying to shoot in the face, Nazis were OK, but their heads didn't explode properly.

I think I can get some more mileage out of zombies heads before I get bored of the satisfying pop.
(Who am I kidding, it's like bubble wrap, it will never get old)

 

[Kollega]

Soooo... Nazis=overdone. Zombies=overdone. What if we combine them and make Nazi Zombies?!

...oh wait.

Considering that vampires,pirates,aliens and robots are kind of overdone too,what we have left? Ninjas and werewolves. How about ninjas fighting werewolves? Or better - Ninja Werewolves fighting someone else! Like,i dunno,Cowboy Dragons!

 

[aruseusx]

Never cared for zombies ever. Only use they have is for Cannibal Corspe album covers. Evil killing machines for me.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Too much of a good thing aplies to everything. No genre object or idea is immune to over-exposure. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

 

[Distorted Stu]

Everything comes into popularity and then fades away.

Spacemen, soilders, knights, spartans, pirates, zombies, cowboys, ninjas.. everything

 

[Parallel Streaks]

Soooo... Nazis=overdone. Zombies=overdone. What if we combine them and make Nazi Zombies?!

...oh wait.

Considering that vampires,pirates,aliens and robots are kind of overdone too,what we have left? Ninjas and werewolves. How about ninjas fighting werewolves? Or better - Ninja Werewolves fighting someone else! Like,i dunno,Cowboy Dragons!

In Ninja Gaiden 2 there is a level where you fight werewolves. Ninja Werewolves hasn't been done I don't think, but that is a possible combination on the tired old browser game Adventure Quest.

Everything's already been done, we just have to make sure we wrap it in a new exciting way.

 

[Kollega]

Soooo... Nazis=overdone. Zombies=overdone. What if we combine them and make Nazi Zombies?!

...oh wait.

Considering that vampires,pirates,aliens and robots are kind of overdone too,what we have left? Ninjas and werewolves. How about ninjas fighting werewolves? Or better - Ninja Werewolves fighting someone else! Like,i dunno,Cowboy Dragons!

In Ninja Gaiden 2 there is a level where you fight werewolves. Ninja Werewolves hasn't been done I don't think, but that is a possible combination on the tired old browser game Adventure Quest.

Everything's already been done, we just have to make sure we wrap it in a new exciting way.

So,you tell me that Cowboy Dragons have already been done. I want to see them. NAO!

 

[JoshGod]

im not, all i get of zombies is l4d and nazi. i stopped playing nazi and l4d is too short. still l4d 2 soon.

i suspct ur not thinking of games but more attenton wise and well i aint noticed any.

although have u noticed since prototype did it almost every new game has adverts on tv

 

[Evil grim123]

Ehh..
I'm not as fed up of zombies as I am of Vampires..
Now bare in mind that this is mostly movies and not games..
But seriously..
We're neck deep in vampires and it pisses me off.
-.-

 

[MortisLegio]

I love zombies, easy to make and tons of fun to shoot at. though they are being used alot lately.

 

[MarsProbe]

Soooo... Nazis=overdone. Zombies=overdone. What if we combine them and make Nazi Zombies?!

...oh wait.

Considering that vampires,pirates,aliens and robots are kind of overdone too,what we have left? Ninjas and werewolves. How about ninjas fighting werewolves? Or better - Ninja Werewolves fighting someone else! Like,i dunno,Cowboy Dragons!

Those guys that did that Lesbian Vampire Killers film, I remember hearing they had originally planned to do Kung-Fu Werewolves on the Moon, but didn't have the budget for it. A pity, that's a film I would have watched after all.

Personally, despite the fact that the last two Unskippables have featured them, I still Vikings need more screentime. I still think there's a market for a Zombies vs Werewolves vs Vampires vs Vikings franchise. The first group to bite the Vikings wins. Though maybe vanilla vikings are too bland. Space Vikings vs Cowboy Dragons then perhaps?

Hmm, mayeb we should rename this the "high-concept" thread.

 

[USSR]

Its the nerds that ruined it for everyone...

Hey, Nerds haven't ruined any of this >.<

We have been playing our D&D on our regular schedule, raiding on WoW, and LARPing!

We don't have room for zombies.