Monday, September 8, 2014

vampire gentleman and zombie beasts

I found this article very interesting. The article described vampires as "good looking, sophisticated, preserving cultural memory and being fully invested in the past". On the other hand the article describes the zombie as a "mindless, emotionalist corpse un aware of borders". As the vampire has become more civilized and more humanized, the zombie has taken its place on the horror scale. The vampire longs for love and invests in his own business endeavors all while maintaining his cultural beliefs. He knows his borders and doesn't cross the ones he's knows he's not suppose to. All while keeping his unique self.  The zombie however isn't unique, knows no borders, and doesn't know of any borders. All the zombie knows is to eat on flesh and keep eating on flesh, there is no humanization at all. Both "monsters" have evolved into what they are today over time. I think was very interesting how they compared the zombie to humans in a overall capitalist world. We as present day humans are being brain washed into being consumers and helping create more consumers. Pretty soon nobody will be unique. We will forget our past and we will be nothing but consumers trying to do nothing but consume. Like the zombie doing nothing but consuming flesh. The article is very interesting. I think we are headed for a very capitalist world and I hope it doesn't destroy us. We must channel our inter vampire. Stay unique and think for our selves not just consume because everyone else is.

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