Walking Knowledge

We recently has Eric Watts in class and he gave a very interesting presentation. What he did was share his research and experiences on the Zombie genre which has become popular in our popular culture over about the last 80 years or so. Personally, I have always enjoyed this science fiction style of movies or shows, stemming from my love for the Resident Evil movie series. I guess I liked the movies because it have me a sense of hysteria but helped me to realize that things may not always go as planned and if problems get bad enough, our safety can be compromised and we need to find ways of survival.

Interesting enough, when Mr. Watts spoke to the class he started the presentation explaining how Zombie media usually proceeds major negative event. He discussed how the movies display mindless or hopeless people wandering around a wasteland basically oblivious to surroundings. He links how after major events our society can be brain dead and not really understand impacts of situations. I felt a sense of foolishness because here I was thinking of Zombies as a fantasy world strictly for entertainment when really it symbolizes a much greater picture. I learned from Eric to dig deeper into subjects and really try to understand the message being conveyed.