A theory of zombies

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A theory of zombies

Post by Blind groper » Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:53 am

One of the things that has bemused me lately is the incredible popularity of movies and TV programs about assorted variations on the theme of a zombie apocalypse. Somehow, people in vast numbers are turned into mindless zombies, and go around trying to find non zombified people to munch on.

Such movies and TV stories usually end up with people moving around from place to place shooting or otherwise killing zombies, usually in a very violent and messy way. These stories are mostly utterly mindless, and seem to me to be suitable for those people who have an IQ bordering on the moronic. Yet they are incredibly popular, why?

I have come up with a personal theory. I think that the fans of zombie stories are mostly males who have a strong and repressed tendency towards violence. In other words, they really would like to go around killing people, but they have that urge repressed. Hopefully because they know it would be wrong, but possibly to avoid being punished. Such people probably even avoid fantasizing about killing humans, because they know it is wrong.

For them, the zombie movie is a wonderful opportunity to unvent their most dreadful fantasies, such that they can imagine they are running around killing other humans wholesale. Only, of course, the people they are killing are zombies, so it is not morally wrong.

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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by JimC » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:26 am

Killing orcs is another good way to slaughter without guilt...
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Post by JimC » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:37 am

JimC wrote:Killing orcs is another good way to slaughter without guilt...
And of course, for American gun nuts, mowing down liberals...
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Post by piscator » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:48 am

The preferred nomenclature here is, "Dependent Class", and they combine the most despicable qualities of not only orcish zombies, but black holes, dark matter, and other brown things.

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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:12 am

-meh, sounds like you feel a bit guilty about watching zombie flicks.
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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by Svartalf » Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:47 am

JimC wrote:Killing orcs is another good way to slaughter without guilt...
but I've been killing orcs and giants and dragons and other monsters for 30 years.
And I utterly fail to see the appeal in zombie stuff
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Post by pErvinalia » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:43 am

piscator wrote:The preferred nomenclature here is, "Dependent Class", and they combine the most despicable qualities of not only orcish zombies, but black holes, dark matter, and other brown things.
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Post by pErvinalia » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:43 am

Sean Hayden wrote:-meh, sounds like you feel a bit guilty about watching zombie flicks.
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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by pErvinalia » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:44 am

The whole (or maybe just most of it) zombie genre is comedic. It's not really about blowing things away. It's about the farce that is a zombie apocalypse. :)
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Post by cronus » Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:50 pm

Grunts exist, get over it. :nono:
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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by tattuchu » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:19 pm

Blind groper wrote: I have come up with a personal theory. I think that the fans of zombie stories are mostly males who have a strong and repressed tendency towards violence. In other words, they really would like to go around killing people...
Well, sure, doesn't everyone?
Blind groper wrote:...but they have that urge repressed...
Well, most of the time.
Blind groper wrote:Hopefully because they know it would be wrong...
Now you're just being silly. Some people obviously deserve, like people who change lanes without using their turn signals.
Blind groper wrote:...but possibly to avoid being punished...
Of course there's that.
Blind groper wrote:Such people probably even avoid fantasizing about killing humans, because they know it is wrong...
Now you're being silly again. Try and repress your natural urges and they'll just show up in your dreams. Your dreams will be full of murder and mayhem. Like mine.
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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by NineBerry » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:56 pm

The Zombie apokalypse is a parable for a capitalist consumerist society

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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by MrJonno » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:06 pm

I think that the fans of zombie stories are mostly males who have a strong and repressed tendency towards violence
Don't all males have a strong and repressed tendency towards violence whether they are zombie fan's or not. Civilization and education is all about repressing and/or redirecting it elsewhere?
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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by Blind groper » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:43 am

That is quite correct, Mr. Jonno.

That is why I think the popularity of zombie crap is to feed the nasty fantasies of all those wannabe violent criminals.

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Re: A theory of zombies

Post by pErvinalia » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:42 am

So you're an advocate of thought crime?? How is them mentally living out their fantasy and worse than you repressing your own desires??
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