Yeah, and neither version of vampires really interests me. I admit I don't mind the idea of making monsters sympathetic, or at least trying to imagine what it's like inside their heads, but the results always seem to lean toward emo with vampires. I think a lot of authors of vampires don't believe that audiences can identify with bad guys. I wish they'd take a page from the writers who work on serial killers--it's possible to root for Dexter Morgan or Hannibal Lecter even though they're pretty nasty bastards.
I also firmly believe that the whole point of zombies is to be the Final Boss's mindless army of murderous minions--because that way Our Hero can plow through them with wild abandon, secure in the knowledge that it's not wanton murder, but rather a release of lost souls from their unfathomable and unnatural torment.
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Re: My 2¢
Date: 2010-09-26 07:31 am (UTC)I also firmly believe that the whole point of zombies is to be the Final Boss's mindless army of murderous minions--because that way Our Hero can plow through them with wild abandon, secure in the knowledge that it's not wanton murder, but rather a release of lost souls from their unfathomable and unnatural torment.