Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Thoughts of zombies and parenthood

Kind of two thoughts at once, a sudden realisation of my attitude changing, and how it makes complete sense that it has.

To roll back to where this started in my head...

Caught a trailer for a new zombie related game, before it started I was thinking "Great!  Another zombie shooter, this will be fun", but then it started and to not make it too tearful it shows, in computer graphics, a family being attacked by zombies.

Unfortunately it doesn't end well and looks like the three of them, mother, father and child are taken, the way they do it with a couple of scenes is what had me turn off getting into the game, with the father outstretching his arm to get his kid on his shoulder and then barricade the door as the mother puts the child on the bed, new world zombie stuff there as the kid turns zombie almost immediately and attacks her mother.

Now, today, I came across a graphic novel/comic in the library with a different scenario where there is a baby that doesn't survive a post apocalypse world situation.

So it seems I no longer find this acceptable as much in books/games as I may have used to, I say may have because I'm not entirely sure I ever would have in those scenarios and it's simply that my sensitivity to all things children has been dialled up a notch or two, given that I actually really like 'The Walking Dead' which is  a zombie world related drama, where in the first episode the hero is forced to shoot a zombie kid who is about 9/10 years old.

I also still really like the original 'Dawn of the Dead' by George A Romero where one of the hero's of the piece is put in the exact same situation and forced to shoot two zombie kids of about the same age.

But you then have the remake of the same film where you have a pregnant woman who has a zombie baby and I find that pretty much over the line and will never watch it again.

So it appears parenthood brings some interesting realisations amidst the no sleep, baby giggles and running around, I'm sure I'll come across other films/games/books that I used to like that now drop off my radar as 'likes'.

See below for a lift to the slightly dark thoughts above :)



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