Feb 042010
A zombie apocalypse has been pretty much inevitable ever since the Atomic Age began. Well, it’s not only upon us, but as it turns out, we have zombies within our own military, apparently working on our side! President Obama today let slip this fact, as heard HERE.
What’s interesting, but should not be surprising, is that the “corpse-man” that Obama refers to is of Haitian decent.
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Just out of curiosity, why are zombies so important to younger folk these days?
Obama: Chains you can believe in.
>why are zombies so important to younger folk these days?
That’s a good question, and one I’ve been pondering without clear result. It seems that both Romero-esque zombies and Rice-esque vampires are inordinately popular. But the two concepts are polar opposites… vampires are often intended to be “sexy,” while zombies definitely are not
Somethign I’ve been vaguely meaning to post about for a while is what seems to me an increased acceptance of Apocalypse in modern culture, just within the last few years. Zombies are one aspect of that. Might be some post 9-11 thing, I dunno. But unlike vampires and nuclear war and asteroids, a zombie apocalypse is one of those things that regular schmoes should be able to handle. Maybe not effete snobby high-density cityfolk, but regular people who keep a shotgun under the bed.
Remember that there were apocalypse tales in the 50s, which was just about when the evil Reds were a somewhat realistic atomic threat. My gut feeling has been that the emphasis on sex in the 70s and 80s made the apocalypse less interesting.
Zombies may be sexy in that they reflect the nihilism of the 20somethings. I see this sort of thing in the kids at the local university. The kids don’t expect to have long and fruitful lives.
Vampires may be expression of the usual hope of getting laid and having some control over others.
>Zombies may be sexy in that they reflect the nihilism of the 20somethings.
That, or a zombie apocalypse would be much like a video game brought to life. You get to run around and shoot people, and not have The Law get on your ass about it, as they’d be kinda busy.
For all of human history, every few years – at least – there’d be the need to hoist the black flag and start slitting throats. Humanity has murder built into our DNA. Try as we might to be civilized, there remains the urge to crush our enemies, see them driven before us and hear the lamentations of their women. But while there are those in the world who cheerfully engage in such activities directed at *us,* we don’t get to return the favor. We sit on our asses and watch TV. Hell, even the badasses we hire specifically to break things and kill people our government arrests and puts on trial if they smack around a terrorist.
There is an urge, not being fulfilled, to go all monkeyshit. A zombie outbreak would be an outlet for that.
> The kids don’t expect to have long and fruitful lives.
Wise of them. While every generation of Old Folks likes to view their youth as a Golden Age, here at last we are at a point where the math actually backs that up. Prices are going up, wages are going down. Energy is becoming more scarce, and The Powers That be are *not* making any sort of effort to increase the stock of available energy. Aircraft today are functionally no different than they were 40 years ago. Spaceflight will soon enough be a thing of the past. Freedoms are in decline. Religious whackjobbery is on the increase, home and abroad. The government is not even pretending to promote growth, but instead promotes stagnation as a *virtue.*
In my own case, I saw the end of the greatest evil mankind has ever seen during the all-important College Years. Communism collapsed, fell-down/went-boom. The future looked astonishingly bright. Instead, what did we get….
Bah.
Bring on the fricken’ zombies.