Decline of the Zombie Fad?

[Despare]

Originally Posted by Kandarian Demon

Hmm, I get your point, BUT you would not hear me complaining if we were talking about mostly GOOD releases.

I get that but you have to expect that with anything. Hell, look at 50 Shades of Grey, that got popular with people and now when you go to a book store you see tons of clones, some that don't even TRY to be different. 12 Shades of Surrender... really? You see it in videogames and music too, how many bands tried to sound like Nickleback or Creed when they got popular? How many game companies try to make money off the newest CoD clone? YOU are responsible for finding the good stuff, you can't expect all of it (or even 60% of it) to be decent.

[Kandarian Demon]

Originally Posted by Toadliquor

One more thing, if you look at all of the zombie movies made before the recent craze, what percentage of them would you consider good? The zombie sub-genre was always shitty movies with some really amazing gems thrown in the mix.

It depends on what you think is "good", like I said earlier many were "bad in the good way". But I would say I used to enjoy around 75% of the zombie movies released before the craze, although obviously they weren't all great works of art. "Burial Ground" certainly wasn't great art, but it's one of my favourite zombie movies of all time.

Originally Posted by Despare

I get that but you have to expect that with anything. Hell, look at 50 Shades of Grey, that got popular with people and now when you go to a book store you see tons of clones, some that don't even TRY to be different. 12 Shades of Surrender... really? You see it in videogames and music too, how many bands tried to sound like Nickleback or Creed when they got popular? How many game companies try to make money off the newest CoD clone? YOU are responsible for finding the good stuff, you can't expect all of it (or even 60% of it) to be decent.

That's true - and because something is mainstream or trendy doesn't automatically make it bad either.

However, they're changing, not copying, what certain monsters and genres used to be all about - and that is killing them for me. It might be the way things work, nothing ever stays the same - but that doesn't mean I have to LIKE it.

And you say "you are responsible for finding the good stuff"... well, I rent a lot of movies, and if I like what I watch, I buy. I haven't felt like buying any zombie movies in a very long time, but I HAVE quite often felt like I wasted my money on what I rented.

But, "my kind of zombie" is... well... dead for good. I never liked action movies or war movies, and I hate that every single zombie movie these days has a military theme and are more action than horror. Yes, I know... realism... and yes, I watched the original "Day of the Dead". But I actually prefererred the creepy, sloooow supernatural zombie that crawled out of it's grave... as much as I love and respect them both, I was always more of a Fulci fan than a Romero fan. So, the modern zombie genre has very little to offer me.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by Kandarian Demon

But, "my kind of zombie" is... well... dead for good. I never liked action movies or war movies, and I hate that every single zombie movie these days has a military theme and are more action than horror. Yes, I know... realism... and yes, I watched the original "Day of the Dead". But I actually prefererred the creepy, sloooow supernatural zombie that crawled out of it's grave... as much as I love and respect them both, I was always more of a Fulci fan than a Romero fan. So, the modern zombie genre has very little to offer me.

Serpent and the Rainbow over Dawn of the Dead then? haha

[Kandarian Demon]

Originally Posted by Despare

Serpent and the Rainbow over Dawn of the Dead then? haha

I like both of them actually, but nah, I prefer Dawn :) I do love Romero's zombie movies, don't get me wrong. Well, except for "Land of the Dead".

[cheebacheeba]

I'm not becoming "tired of" any genre really...if I don't like it, I won't watch it...so I guess maybe in a way that DOES mean I get tired of certain movies, but not genres.
Yes, I've seen the rise in popularity of the zombie flick/game/show over the last 5-10 years...and while every time something like this happens there's bound to be imitators and crap entries, there's also some gems.
New Dawn, Shaun, the Covenant, VERSUS, walking dead (comic, shows ok too) and the more unique entries like "Fido", the series "In the flesh" and the recent zombie spin on Romeo and Juliette "Warm Bodies".
You ignore the shit, you keep watching what's good and you don't compromise by sitting through SHIT just because it falls under a genre you sometimes enjoy.