Zombies Descend on G20 Summit

[Stevicus]

'Zombies' descend on Hamburg for G20 summit protest - CNN.com

I don't think this is the first time there has been a zombie protest before.

The protesters called it "Welcome to Hell."

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Police expected around 100,000 protesters in the port city, some 8,000 of whom are deemed by security forces to be ready to commit violence. Up to 20,000 police officers will be on hand for the main demonstration.

As protesters prepared to start their march, hundreds of riot police in full gear lined the main street opposite the Blohm + Voss shipyard where luxury yachts, like Roman Abramovich's 'Eclipse', were built.

Shopkeepers on the street, fearing possible damage to their property, either shut up for the day or bolstered up their windows with wooden planks.

A fire overnight at a luxury Porsche car dealership in the north of the city that damaged eight vehicles could be a foretaste of what was to come. Police said they were investigating whether it was an arson attack linked to the summit.

 

[sun rise]

Zombies of the world unite,
there are some rotted brains
for you to eat.

 

[YmirGF]

Why, exactly, are they protesting a G20 summit? Do they have something better for world leaders to do or is it just a photo op?

 

[Stevicus]

Why, exactly, are they protesting a G20 summit? Do they have something better for world leaders to do or is it just a photo op?

Since zombies subsist on brains, maybe they're protesting that there aren't enough brains at the summit for them to eat.

 

[Revoltingest]

The term "zombie" is a micro-aggression.
They prefer to be called the "living impaired".

 

[YmirGF]

Since zombies subsist on brains, maybe they're protesting that there aren't enough brains at the summit for them to eat.

I rather suspect the dumbest leader in attendance is considerably brighter than the smartest protesters.

 

[Revoltingest]

I rather suspect the dumbest leader in attendance is considerably brighter than the smartest protesters.

Perhaps not in this case.
I'll wager your right one that many are in it just for zombie....excuse me....living impaired theatrics.
What could be more intelligent than a mirthful stunt with groaning & shuffling?

 

[YmirGF]

Perhaps not in this case.
I'll wager your right one that many are in it just for zombie....excuse me....living impaired theatrics.
What could be more intelligent than a mirthful stunt with groaning & shuffling?

I have to admit I cannot muster a witty comeback to that. Sorry, don't get the whole zombie fixation these days.

 

[Stevicus]

Perhaps not in this case.
I'll wager your right one that many are in it just for zombie....excuse me....living impaired theatrics.
What could be more intelligent than a mirthful stunt with groaning & shuffling?

I'm reminded of the zombie walks they have at the Monroeville Mall where they filmed Dawn of the Dead (the 1978 version). It seems like it would be a fun time to dress up as a zombie and walk around the mall.

 

[Revoltingest]

I have to admit I cannot muster a witty comeback to that. Sorry, don't get the whole zombie fixation these days.

It's easy!
Zombie shows let people enjoy their deisre to see grisly
outrageous violent slayings with no guilt whatsoever.
This is because the victims are already dead.
Enjoy......

Spoiler: Violence & guts galore

 

[LuisDantas]

I have to admit I cannot muster a witty comeback to that. Sorry, don't get the whole zombie fixation these days.

While @Revoltingest 's answer is IMO valid, I suspect that there is considerably more to it as well.

The zombie genre happens to connect, perhaps by luck of the draw, with several distinct appealling fantasies at once.

One of those is a variation of the "wild west" scenario, where boldness and determination are supposed to win the day against great dangers and cruel foes. Walking Dead (the TV show) has veered quite a lot towards that direction in recent seasons.

A subcategory of that is the paramilitary angle, which, again, has become more and more prevalent in the original TV series in recent years. Fortunately the spin-off has largely managed to avoid it, which makes it a better series IMO.

Less acknowledged but IMO still very significant are the elements of fall of society. The premise of zombie scenarios lends itself pretty well to situations that pick and choose almost freely from the whole spectrum between cosmopolitanism and uncivilized wilderness. That makes for an impressive variety of possible situations, as specific elements of any given post-zombie society are destroyed, reestablished or simply "rediscovered" with little difficulty. And a significant element of that is the simple appeal of "conquest of what was left behind". Zombie survivors often end up occupying far more impressive grounds than they used to have or to hope to inhabit before the calamity stroke.

There is also, of course, the simple fantasy of expecting people to survive or die according to our arbitrary preferences...

 

[YmirGF]

While @Revoltingest 's answer is IMO valid, I suspect that there is considerably more to it as well.

The zombie genre happens to connect, perhaps by luck of the draw, with several distinct appealling fantasies at once.

One of those is a variation of the "wild west" scenario, where boldness and determination are supposed to win the day against great dangers and cruel foes. Walking Dead (the TV show) has veered quite a lot towards that direction in recent seasons.

A subcategory of that is the paramilitary angle, which, again, has become more and more prevalent in the original TV series in recent years. Fortunately the spin-off has largely managed to avoid it, which makes it a better series IMO.

Less acknowledged but IMO still very significant are the elements of fall of society. The premise of zombie scenarios lends itself pretty well to situations that pick and choose almost freely from the whole spectrum between cosmopolitanism and uncivilized wilderness. That makes for an impressive variety of possible situations, as specific elements of any given post-zombie society are destroyed, reestablished or simply "rediscovered" with little difficulty. And a significant element of that is the simple appeal of "conquest of what was left behind". Zombie survivors often end up occupying far more impressive grounds than they used to have or to hope to inhabit before the calamity stroke.

There is also, of course, the simple fantasy of expecting people to survive or die according to our arbitrary preferences...

Interesting, but, again, I've just not been bit by the zombie bug. The whole concept just doesn't work for me.
Give me vampires like in the wonderful Underworld series and now your talkin'.

I was hooked the first time I saw Kate jump off the building...

 

[Nakosis]

'Zombies' descend on Hamburg for G20 summit protest - CNN.com

I don't think this is the first time there has been a zombie protest before.

The protesters called it "Welcome to Hell."

Trump, risking isolation over climate, arrives for G20

Apparently they were protesting capitalism and wanted someone to hold hands with.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

While @Revoltingest 's answer is IMO valid, I suspect that there is considerably more to it as well.

The zombie genre happens to connect, perhaps by luck of the draw, with several distinct appealling fantasies at once.

One of those is a variation of the "wild west" scenario, where boldness and determination are supposed to win the day against great dangers and cruel foes. Walking Dead (the TV show) has veered quite a lot towards that direction in recent seasons.

A subcategory of that is the paramilitary angle, which, again, has become more and more prevalent in the original TV series in recent years. Fortunately the spin-off has largely managed to avoid it, which makes it a better series IMO.

Less acknowledged but IMO still very significant are the elements of fall of society. The premise of zombie scenarios lends itself pretty well to situations that pick and choose almost freely from the whole spectrum between cosmopolitanism and uncivilized wilderness. That makes for an impressive variety of possible situations, as specific elements of any given post-zombie society are destroyed, reestablished or simply "rediscovered" with little difficulty. And a significant element of that is the simple appeal of "conquest of what was left behind". Zombie survivors often end up occupying far more impressive grounds than they used to have or to hope to inhabit before the calamity stroke.

There is also, of course, the simple fantasy of expecting people to survive or die according to our arbitrary preferences...

I have noticed that the 'what's your zombie plan' trend only really exists within NRA gun nuts these days. Which is really amusing since zombies started out critiquing how quickly people became the villain worse than the zombies, due to them just waiting for an opportunity like this.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Interesting, but, again, I've just not been bit by the zombie bug. The whole concept just doesn't work for me.
Give me vampires like in the wonderful Underworld series and now your talkin'.

I was hooked the first time I saw Kate jump off the building...

Of all the vampire stories, underworld is your bag? The movie so unoriginal it ripped off the Vampire: the Masqurade tabletop role-playing game? (And badly lost the ensuing lawsuit).

Vampires can be interesting social narratives too, so long as they aren't allegories for being a teenager (underworld) or being an LGBT (interview with a Vampire.)
You ever read the original I Am Legend? It's much better than the movie. You might like it.

 

[Nakosis]

It's easy!
Zombie shows let people enjoy their deisre to see grisly
outrageous violent slayings with no guilt whatsoever.
This is because the victims are already dead.
Enjoy......

Sure, if Trump had a meme taking a zombie to the floor and wailing on them nobody would be complaining right?

 

[YmirGF]

Of all the vampire stories, underworld is your bag? The movie so unoriginal it ripped off the Vampire: the Masqurade tabletop role-playing game? (And badly lost the ensuing lawsuit).

Vampires can be interesting social narratives too, so long as they aren't allegories for being a teenager (underworld) or being an LGBT (interview with a Vampire.)
You ever read the original I Am Legend? It's much better than the movie. You might like it.

Well, I liked it (all of the movies too) and think they are much better than any other vampire genre movies.... by a long shot. Never heard of I am Legend, but considered it as a working title for my biography.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Of all the vampire stories, underworld is your bag? The movie so unoriginal it ripped off the Vampire: the Masqurade tabletop role-playing game? (And badly lost the ensuing lawsuit).

Vampires can be interesting social narratives too, so long as they aren't allegories for being a teenager (underworld) or being an LGBT (interview with a Vampire.)
You ever read the original I Am Legend? It's much better than the movie. You might like it.

Louis wasn't an allegory to being LGBT. I've never heard that take before. Rice's vampires are pretty openly bisexual.

I thought the I Am Legend book was boring.

 

[YmirGF]

Louis wasn't an allegory to being LGBT. I've never heard that take before. Rice's vampires are pretty openly bisexual.

I thought the I Am Legend book was boring.

Thanks, for the tip, Frankie! You always did rock!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Of all the vampire stories, underworld is your bag? The movie so unoriginal it ripped off the Vampire: the Masqurade tabletop role-playing game? (And badly lost the ensuing lawsuit).

I could tell that opening night of the mo (I think I smelled it walking into the auditorium), and I still loved it.

Vampires can be interesting social narratives too, so long as they aren't allegories for being a teenager (underworld) or being an LGBT (interview with a Vampire.)

Underworld wasn't really teenagerish as it was soldier fights for good but discovers good is actually bad. I also really liked the third one about Lucien's rebellion.
And I also really like Interview with a Vampire, book (the Vampire Chronicle series) and movie. That, and the characters (several of them) are just gay or bi, and it's not much of a plot focus except for how attracted they are to each other.