Zombies man. They freak me out. I do believe from yesterday that I alluded to the fact that I was doing a lot of zombie related activities, namely playing a little known game called Left 4 Dead. Best game ever!
Not only does it have all the elements of a good zombie movie: diverse characters, shotguns, and sarcasm, but it also has the new zombie class of the 'running zombie'. Yeah. Pretty much gone are the days of the stumbling and bumbling legions of walking dead. With the later remake of such classics as Dawn of the Dead, and the newly created 28 Days Later, the running zombie is now the thing. I watched the original Night of the Living Dead a couple of months ago, and even that movie still creeps me out, because of the sheer numbers of undead that show up in a rural area. The original Dawn of the Dead was even worse what with the masses of walking deceased plodding through the mall in search of human flesh to consume. But in terms of scariness, I would rate the newer movies as more frightening just because of the running zombie. Just imagine that your caught on the edge of a riot and the crowd decides that they want to kill you. Then the chase is on. In the older films I don't understand how they didn't win the war, seeing as how the zombies were so slow you could run up to one from behind and knock it down, or even better: the major urban centers are dead. Why not start a fire and burn them out completely? After all this is where the majority of the undead are right? But in the newer films it would definitely be a fight for domination. Those guys are damned quick!
Now when I say newer films I don't really include George A. Romero's Land of the Dead because he uses the classic zombie for that one as well, continuing on his 'undying' tradition. *snicker* All in all though I loved that movie, because it was like the originals. Now don't get me wrong. The newer movie freak me out a whole bunch, but I still enjoy the classics of this genre.
Anyways Left 4 Dead. Awesome game. The only thing it's missing is a kick ass scientist with a crowbar. You know who I'm talking about. ;)
Freeman
Not only does it have all the elements of a good zombie movie: diverse characters, shotguns, and sarcasm, but it also has the new zombie class of the 'running zombie'. Yeah. Pretty much gone are the days of the stumbling and bumbling legions of walking dead. With the later remake of such classics as Dawn of the Dead, and the newly created 28 Days Later, the running zombie is now the thing. I watched the original Night of the Living Dead a couple of months ago, and even that movie still creeps me out, because of the sheer numbers of undead that show up in a rural area. The original Dawn of the Dead was even worse what with the masses of walking deceased plodding through the mall in search of human flesh to consume. But in terms of scariness, I would rate the newer movies as more frightening just because of the running zombie. Just imagine that your caught on the edge of a riot and the crowd decides that they want to kill you. Then the chase is on. In the older films I don't understand how they didn't win the war, seeing as how the zombies were so slow you could run up to one from behind and knock it down, or even better: the major urban centers are dead. Why not start a fire and burn them out completely? After all this is where the majority of the undead are right? But in the newer films it would definitely be a fight for domination. Those guys are damned quick!
Now when I say newer films I don't really include George A. Romero's Land of the Dead because he uses the classic zombie for that one as well, continuing on his 'undying' tradition. *snicker* All in all though I loved that movie, because it was like the originals. Now don't get me wrong. The newer movie freak me out a whole bunch, but I still enjoy the classics of this genre.
Anyways Left 4 Dead. Awesome game. The only thing it's missing is a kick ass scientist with a crowbar. You know who I'm talking about. ;)
Freeman
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