I recently read an article on The Guardian's website by Simon Pegg from 2008 arguing against the 'fast' zombies that have been surfacing in more recent years via films such as 28 Days and Zack Snyder's re-imagining of Dawn of the Dead. Pegg's story was in response to E4's new release 'Dead Set'.
Pegg's argument is sound - referencing Romero's bringing forth the 'origins' of zombie's in modern film; detailing how Romero adopted the myth and combining it with the viral transference of the disease (originating with vampire and werewolf myths) and introducing cannibalism. He reference's Romero as the inspiration for his own film Shaun of the Dead, commenting that 28 Days has been misrepresented by the media as a 'zombie' flick and observing that Snyder's re-imagined Dawn of the Dead appeals mostly to the MTV Audience - those with the need for faster EVERYTHING.
Pegg goes on to comment that as the Zombie Genre has been pushed into the mainstream it has diminished the quality and essence of the genre. One quote that I will pull from the article is
"I know it is absurd to debate the rules of a reality that does not exist..."
It's interesting to note that the argument of how zombies should move and act is of course based upon the preconceptions of the individual and their exposure to the genre and it is nice to see that Pegg is aware of the futility of arguing a point which is largely based upon opinion and purely based in fiction. I think at the end of the day zombie's should not run. Why? Because why the hell would people have more vigour after they're dead?
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