想岔题谈一下
对于死忠hardcore
或者传统派的僵尸迷
从 Romero 就传承下来的设定的重要和必要性
以下是 Simon Pegg 在英国媒体发表的文章
主要在谈行动“快速”的活死人(《倒数毁灭28天》病毒那种)
对他而言，已经不能算是僵尸 zombie 了
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/04/television-simon-pegg-dead-set
下面是我撷取重点的翻译和杂感：
Everyone knows the undead don't run -
so how come they were sprinting about in Charlie Brooker's recent TV drama?
Simon Pegg argues for a return to traditional zombie values
英国最近出现新的“僵尸”影集，然而里头的“僵尸”是速度很快会跑的那种
所以Simon Pegg就写了一篇很长的文章
旨在“捍卫”传统 慢慢走 不会跑 的 经典 Romero僵尸
I know it is absurd to debate the rules of a reality that does not exist,
but this genuinely irks me. You cannot kill a vampire with an MDF stake;
werewolves can't fly; zombies do not run.
It's a misconception, a bastardisation that diminishes a classic movie monster.
“我知道去辩论捍卫并不存在于现实的规则设定很荒谬，
但是(速度快的活死人)真的非常让我受不了。
这种感觉就像是你不能拿密迪板制的桩去杀吸血鬼，
狼人不会飞，而是僵尸就不应该会跑。
错误的认知，后来强加衍生的产物，只会让经典的电影怪物(形象)逐渐丧失。”
More significantly, the fast zombie is bereft of poetic subtlety.
As monsters from the id, zombies win out over vampires and werewolves
when it comes to the title of Most Potent Metaphorical Monster.
Where their pointy-toothed cousins are all about sex and bestial savagery,
the zombie trumps all by personifying our deepest fear: death.
Zombies are our destiny writ large. Slow and steady in their approach, weak,
clumsy, often absurd,
the zombie relentlessly closes in, unstoppable, intractable.
这一段所有的僵尸迷都会为之哭哭吧!!!
Simon Pegg 认为 僵尸可以打败吸血鬼、狼人等其他经典怪物的地方在于
僵尸的形象内涵 有种“低调的诗意”和隐喻的潜力
吸血鬼/狼人不外乎和 性与暴力等直接的欲望做连接
但是 僵尸 等于是人类最深的恐惧：死亡 的某种化身
“持续而缓慢的接近我们”虽然笨手笨脚也很荒谬
僵尸/死亡 无法真正被阻绝 非常棘手
Another thing: speed simplifies the zombie,
clarifying the threat and reducing any response to an emotional reflex...
The absence of rage or aggression in slow zombies
makes them oddly sympathetic, a detail that enabled Romero
to project depth on to their blankness, to create tragic anti-heroes;
his were figures to be pitied, empathised with, even rooted for.
另外就是，强调 速度 会简化僵尸这种怪物
(传统慢慢的)僵尸之所以很特别的另外一点 就是牠们缺乏人类情绪
那种异样表情 反而有时候会勾起我们的同情心
也能让Romero把死亡诠释、投射在那些看似脑袋空空却又和我们接近的怪物身上
Simon Pegg 称呼僵尸为“带有悲剧色彩的反英雄角色”
Meanwhile, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland were developing
their own end-of-the-world fable, 28 Days Later, an excellent film
misconstrued by the media as a zombie flick.
Boyle and Garland never set out to make a zombie film per se.
They drew instead on John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids,
as well as Matheson and Romero's work, to fashion a new strain of
survival horror, featuring a London beset by rabid propagators
of a virus known as "rage".
讲到速度 大概所有的僵尸迷都会想到《28天倒数毁灭》里面的生化怪物
这边 Simon Pegg 特别强调 这部电影 不是 僵尸类型
就连导演/编剧都否认他们是要拍僵尸片 只是从Romero的经典撷取部分灵感
Simon觉得这部是“新型的幸存者恐怖片”
"Fast zombies however are not my bag."