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Which Overused Trope Are We Sickest Of?
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Tue Dec 8
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11/01/09
I think "Warewolfs VS Vampires" is a bit more of a trope, as it implies story, rather then just subject. #horror
10/31/09
Not the genres. The naming of genres _punk. Cyberpunk, sure. Steampunk, ok... dieselpunk? *frothing at the mouth* #horror
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10/29/09
But sick of Steampunk and Post-apocalyptica?? For shame, people, for shame!! #horror
10/29/09
w/the exception of the resident evil series (and the last film was really way bad) zombie flicks, spoofy or serious, leave me cold. #horror
10/30/09
I love zombies myself, but I admit things are getting a bit played out. #horror
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Sure, they drink blood... but does that mean they can't be civilized? I REALLY like beef, but I don't go around mutilating cows. I don't see why a person would want to be covered in hamburger, so why would they want to be covered in blood just because they like drinking it?
The rich and powerful but antisocial businessman in town seems like a lot more realistic and scary version of a vampire than some fruity guy in a black leather vest and chaps attacking me in an alley behind a dance club.
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Me though? I like creeping horrors who are vile portals for all sorts of dark powers to seep into reality, who sleep in moldy old crypts that mirror their interior decay... My favorite vampire movie is Carl Dreyer's Vampyr. #horror
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1.Many currently active writers, especially Hollywood screenwriters and comic book writers don't seem to have a frame of reference outside of old movies and TV shows. They seldom do research and when they do, they usually stay within their comfort zone -- variations on the familiar monsters and themes. They're a host of monsters, post apocalyptic scenarios, and approaches out there but for whatever reason they don't want to use them in their stories.
2.Hollywood producers and New York publishers like to follow success with success. They think if one vampire story is successful then a dozen will be more successful. Of course this way of thinking ignores the uniqueness that made the first one successful.
3.Money. As much as people bitch about the lack of originality in Hollywood, people still go to the movies. People groused about Star Trek but it was the most successful Star Trek ever made. Even if a movie tanks at the US box office it will have a second life in the foreign market, on cable, and on home video. #horror
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Granted, I don't hate the subjects, any one of them. I hate what Hollywood and rabid fan culture do to them. But then, I have the attention span of a fly, so it could just be that I have no appreciation of enjoying any subject/genre for more than a few months, and I'm jealous of people that do. #horror
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