Poll: Zombies vs. Vampires?
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Depends on your specific breed of zombie I guess. Is it one of those created by a virus (Resident Evil?) or ones raised by vooodoooo magix (uh, most fantasy settings)? First one would...uh, you know I have no idea. Something bad probably. Second one would probably not do much at all and just hurt for a while.jedstopher said:
Problem with zombies and vampires is how many different incarnations of them there are.
I say vampires are the scarier of the two, if for no other reason than their intelligence. Zombies are basically mindless ravenous beasts that will attack constantly, heedless of any harm being done to them. Vampires on the other hand are highly intelligent and tend to stalk and corner their prey when hunting rather than just swarming them.
Are you serious? The book was so much better than that half-hearted abortion of a Will Smith flick. The movie completely ignored the theme of the book in favor of "hurr Woll Smoth is a hero!!!"Eskay said:
Anyway, seeing as how I sat through a Romero "of the Dead" marathon last weekend, my answer should be clear enough. Many 'modern' zombie movies try to add more action by making their zombies more smarter, faster, stronger, etc, but that's just missing the point. The threat of zombies isn't in those things. It's that they're relentless. They're everywhere, you can never kill them all, and one mistake might mean that you're done for.
Vampires are way on the other side of the spectrum. In most vampire movies, there's only one vampire or just a relatively small group of them. They're faster, stronger, and sometimes even smarter than humans, but they've also got big weak spots: sunlight, wooden stakes, etc.
Vampire movies are typically about humans that hunt a predator that's stronger than them.
Zombie movies are typically about humans that have all but lost the fight against a near-infinite horde.
