I don't know - I don't think any one type of story "owns" or "defines" the genre. If you still love those post-apocalyptic stories, then so be it, and that's what you call "good" in the genre. I think that "the post-apocalypse" as a theme is so grandiose - literally, almost everyone on Earth is dead! - that it invites absolute proclamations and evangelizing.
Wow, I thought I was the only person who hated Zombieland! And the thing is, I loved Shaun of the Dead - I wonder if that's because even though it was funny, it didn't really show any of the characters relishing being sole survivors, because they were still in the midst of trying to survive. That and everything sort of turned out okay, basically.
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Date: 2011-04-18 11:02 pm (UTC)Wow, I thought I was the only person who hated Zombieland! And the thing is, I loved Shaun of the Dead - I wonder if that's because even though it was funny, it didn't really show any of the characters relishing being sole survivors, because they were still in the midst of trying to survive. That and everything sort of turned out okay, basically.