Zombie Readings

I think the author of the article has several good points. The author makes the point that zombies have replaced vampires in the horror genre. He goes on to say that vampire characteristics have changed from being scary monsters to heartthrobs. And I agree. The author didn't point the blame at any book or movie, nor did he say it was exactly a bad thing, but he did reference certain vampire books, movies and TV shows. Out of the ones he mentioned, I really only know Twilight because I read the books and watched the movies when they came out. And the vampires in Twilight are the exact opposite of scary. Twilight is not the only reason for this changed, but it did help how we perceive vampires. That being said, I still think vampire horror movies can still be successful. For example, the Underworld series has been successful. I don't watch horror movies, so I wouldn't necessarily call the Underworld series horror, but the vampires aren't cuddly creatures. The author also stated that zombies are the big thing in horror, now. I'm not into horror and I don't watch a lot of zombie related things, so my knowledge is limited on this. However, it does seem zombies have become more popular. And it wouldn't surprise me if zombies started to change the same way vampires have. Throughout the article, I was thinking about the movie Warm Bodies because it is a zombie-human love story and the author brought it up at the end. It is very possible from zombies to become less frightening, like vampires have.
I have never seen The Walking Dead nor I have read the graphic novel until now. I was surprised at how much I got into it because zombies typically aren't my thing. I already started liking characters, like Glenn, and have already started to want to know more. For example, how did the zombies come about? And, will we know what happens to Morgan and his son Duane? I was surprised at how it ended, regarding Shane, Rick and Carl. I was also kind of surprised that Jim didn't want to be killed. I would have thought the he would absolutely hate to become a zombie since they killed his family. I understand that he thinks he could be reunited with his family, but when he turns into a zombie, will he remember anything from when he was alive? Lastly, I was shocked at how much faith people had in the government in this story because people are typically skeptical with the government.