There is the (awesome looking) Zombieland coming this fall.
Zombies appear past their prime? How do you figured? Everything I mentioned came out in the 00s.
I didn’t mention vampire video games because I am not really aware of any.
Men are from Haiti, women are from Translyvania?
The 00’s? Do you really think that stuff that came out in 2004 is considered “current”? That’s 40% of your zombie films and none of your vampire films. Remove those two and it’s 4 to 3 vamps. Except that it’s really 4 to 1 since both 28 XX Later and P&P&Z have rumored films but no actual production/release dates.
I just don’t see how you can possibly argue that zombies are more prevalent or popular than vampires today. It suggest bias in your view of popular culture (or simply being out of touch). Do you really think a couple of zombie video games outweigh the juggernauts that are True Blood/Twilight?
While I support most of RickJay’s rant, I do not lump Underworld in with the rest of that garbage. At least they have the decency to be action films with vampires that live in a somewhat Illuminati-like manner.
On the other hand, I’d throw Let the Right One In in with the rest of them, unless everything I’ve heard about it is wrong.
Give me a “raze and raise” vampire lord any day.
LJ Smith should sue them by that logic. The Vampire Diaries came out in 1991, Sookie Stackhouse in 2001 and Twilight in 2005. Vampire Diaries just is being revived in the wake of Twilight (which makes me happy, I’ve been looking for those books for YEARS and I can’t wait for the show).
I hate sexy vampires, too. Actually, I hate romance, and for some reason 90% of the urban fantasy out there is “paranormal romance”, aka monster porn. But vampires in particular irritate the heck outta me.
I like werewolves, and shape-shifters in general. I’m neutral about shambling brainless zombies, and intrigued by self-aware undead. But vampires simply suck.
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Zakalwe And other people mentioned things that are coming down the pike with Zombies.
What’s important to note about zombies vs. vampires in pop culture is not just the quantity, but the popularity. The highest grossing of the recent zombie films, Dawn of the Dead, made $58 million. Twilight made that in its opening weekend, plus almost the entire gross of Shaun of the Dead ($13 million). Zombies simply can’t compete at the same level of popularity.
Very interesting, the metaphor idea. I’ve known my share of the sexy vampires (mysterious, handsome dangerous guys who overwhelm you) and zombies (ugly, dull, single-minded stalkers who are unable to take ‘no’ for an answer). Werewolves? “House devil, street angel” is an old saying with some truth to it. How about ghosts? I’ve known a couple of women, one who lived through great trauma and one who lost her great eternal ‘sexy vampire’ love; and so both are lost in and re-living their pasts. Going through the motions of life like shells of what they once were, like ghosts.
Good point. Fits the milieus though. Zombies are cheap and plentiful. But when we’re being honest about it, aren’t vampires just top shelf zombies?
I love you.
Also, your post was not getting the attention it deserved, so I quoted it. 
No one here is tired of T&A are they?
I hate vampires and zombies. Both of these trends need to fuck off and die.
Vampires are already fucking and zombies are already dead :smack:
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Actually Covered In Bees it would seem that RickJay is tired of T&A considering vampire stories are usually rife with it. True Blood at least has more T&A than any other show on TV.
Ahahahahahahaha this is the most original joke ever posted you obviously are smarter than everyone else in history.
Seriously, this kind of no-content shit makes up 80% of the posts here these days.
You could have phrased your post a little more intelligently. You left it wide open for that exact joke.
Yes very true. Can’t we go back to the good old days (the 50s?) where T&A was confined to just humans? Preferably white humans if SA is going to have any say about it amiright? 
Yes, and you could cover yourself in elephant dung and sing John Lennon songs. It still wouldn’t make this post any more valid.
The True Blood vamps crying blood is almost as ridiculous as Twilight’s sparklies.
The stuff you cry is the same stuff that coats and lubricates your eyeballs all the time. If vampires cry blood, their eyes would always be wet with blood. Though, I guess “tears of blood” is more poetic than “tears of tears.”