Is this common in vampire film?
Nope. Vampires get called vampires. I'm still not sure why reanimated corpses don't get called zombies more often.
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Atropa - Nov 08, 2010 12:42:24 pm PST #14680 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Allyson - Nov 08, 2010 12:43:48 pm PST #14681 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It'd make everything they do or say into an evaluation of their taste in zombie media, which: barf.
It doesn't really have to be, though. Garlic, crosses, silver, stakes through the heart, all that vampire lore is somehow dealt with in each new media representation of vampires.
§ ita § - Nov 08, 2010 12:53:56 pm PST #14682 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Garlic, crosses, silver, stakes through the heart, all that vampire lore is somehow dealt with in each new media representation of vampires.
And often thrown out. Not sure why zombies are holy ground.
Allyson - Nov 08, 2010 12:54:42 pm PST #14683 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think it's that I can't help but roll my eyes at this point. "Shoot em' in the head" is almost as common as "stake in the heart" in pop culture.
If it's trying to make out with you while biting into your neck, it's a vampire.
If it doesn't try to make out with you first, it's a zombie. Let's go with it people, it's 2010.
tommyrot - Nov 08, 2010 12:57:27 pm PST #14684 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And if it vomits acid all over you to begin the digestion process, it's Jeff Goldblum.
Atropa - Nov 08, 2010 12:59:31 pm PST #14685 of 30001
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And if it vomits acid all over you to begin the digestion process, it's Jeff Goldblum.
Hey look, kids, it's Brundlefly!
tommyrot - Nov 08, 2010 1:02:50 pm PST #14686 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There should have been an animated Saturday morning cartoon version of The Fly. Brundlefly could solve crimes! And he could have that fly with a human head (from the first version of the movie) for a sidekick.
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2010 1:10:55 pm PST #14687 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nope. Vampires get called vampires.
Except in Near Dark. And Ultraviolet (the TV series).
Theodosia - Nov 08, 2010 1:24:54 pm PST #14688 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Most of the original vampires of folklore (pre-Stoker et al) were reanimated corpses that shambled around, craving blood instead of brains. It's almost like zombies evolved in the popular imagination (post-Romero) to replace the original vampires in the horror ecosystem.
§ ita § - Nov 08, 2010 2:05:43 pm PST #14689 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Someone just informed me that TV tropes has a trope about this very thing.
No, I'm not linking.