"That's not very ladylike!"

[missmacabre]

So the other day my Dad went in my room. Why? I do not yet know but later my Dad started yelling at me. At first it was about how I used tape to put posters on my wall. When I said the tape didn't make marks his arguement turned to "Now I'm not gonna tell you what to put on your walls but what's with all the zombies? Zombie this, zombie that. No offence but you're a girl. That's not very ladylike!"

I told him that I like zombies and it's not going to change. So he started yelling about "why do they eat people? blah blah blah." I began trying to educate him on zombie but it was no good he already started on how watching horror movies is going to turn me into "one of those kids who shoot up their school."

Rant over, Discuss horror movie ignorance.

[crabapple]

I think everyone should have a zombie poster on their wall somewhere. I don't have one, but I have a mummy and a werewolf and a monkey, and that's not a bad start.

Ask your dad what he did for kicks when he was a kid...he probably did all kinds of crazy stuff and just doesn't want to admit it!

[Angra]

What's wrong with shooting up your school?? Nothing wrong with that. Nothing at all.

Flesh is burning, na na na na na. Flesh is burning, na na na na na......

[Roderick Usher]

If you want to blow his mind, use zombies to open up a philosophical conversation...is a zombie a "person"

It is an argument between the schools of thought that describe a person as either a res cogitas (a thinking thing) or a res corporealis (a bodily thing)

To those who believe that a person is an intellect trapped within a body, the zombie is not a person, as thinking has essentially stopped within the body.

To those who believe a person is the flesh and flesh only, there is no distinction between the person before and after zombification, as the body is still present and animated.



Or you can remind him that extreme alienation marked by a pre-existing social disorder combined with a lack of approval and acceptance from peers and parents is what makes kids "go Columbine"... so he should be a little more supportive and understanding.

[missmacabre]

If you want to blow his mind, use zombies to open up a philosophical conversation...is a zombie a "person"

It is an argument between the schools of thought that describe a person as either a res cogitas (a thinking thing) or a res corporealis (a bodily thing)

To those who believe that a person is an intellect trapped within a body, the zombie is not a person, as thinking has essentially stopped within the body.

To those who believe a person is the flesh and flesh only, there is no distinction between the person before and after zombification, as the body is still present and animated.



Or you can remind him that extreme alienation marked by a pre-existing social disorder combined with a lack of approval and acceptance from peers and parents is what makes kids "go Columbine"... so he should be a little more supportive and understanding.

My boyfriend is in psychology so I explained to my dad that it's people who shoot people, not mosters and movies... but in better, more psychology terms.

I'm trying to convince him to watch Night of the Living Dead with me. Give him all the social commentary and background on the time so he knows that horror movies often mimic the politics of the time. Horror is actually such a good outlet for that sort of thing and I wish more people saw it as such.

[crabapple]

Sure. Explain to him the difference between a "healthy outlet" and an "unhealthy outlet."

[newb]

I think you should eat his brain.


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[Angelakillsluts]

I think you should eat his brain.


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hahahaha YESS

and then when the police ask you why you did it you can say "because I'm a lady, that's why" :D

/Aristocats

[fortunato]

hahahaha YESS

and then when the police ask you why you did it you can say "because I'm a lady, that's why" :D

/Aristocats

haha sweet.

favorite disney movie.

[ManchestrMorgue]

They have lady zombies too. There was a zombie nun in Dawn of the Dead.


Seriously though, there are much worse things you could be doing as far as entertainment.

For example: going out/getting drunk/smashing other people's property; basically anything that derives pleasure from the misery of others.

To gain enjoyment from a film medium, one does not have to wish to emulate that medium in real life. Watching slasher films doesn't automatically make you into a mass murderer.

Sure, those who are psychologically developed to be mass murderers may develop an obsession with films about the subject, but it doesn't mean that everyone who enjoys the films will want to kill someone.

Personally, I have been watching horror since my pre-teen years, and I don't think that has "damaged" me at all. I am about as anti-violence in "real life" as you can imagine, and my job involves helping people, not harming them.

[The STE]

Horror is actually such a good outlet for that sort of thing and I wish more people saw it as such.

I agree. Especially the people making the movies.

[missmacabre]

I agree. Especially the people making the movies.

Well you would think they would understand that. Horror is still sorta underground, so if you want to make a big impact with a huge message on politics or whatever that would be that place to do it. You can slip under the radar and not worry as much about the backlash from officials. I dunno if that makes sense but that's how I see it.

[The STE]

I think at this point people making political statements in movies in general is accepted in the mainstream. Just look at movies like Rendition.