Poll
Question:
Which infectious monster is coolest?
Option 1: Vampire
votes: 17
Option 2: Werewolf
votes: 15
Option 3: Zombie
votes: 12
Option 4: Other
votes: 1
Option 5: Jaron
votes: 3
The coolest monsters are those that can not only kill you but can make you one of them.
So, which of the big 3 is coolest in movies, comics, games, books?
My vote goes of course to my brainless zombie friends. :)
Werewolves and lycans fucking rock.
"Werewolf?"
"There wolf."
Vampires have been turned into emogoth Euro fags, to paraphrase James Woods. Anything but them.
Vampires, as they have the best video game in Vampire Bloodlines. The zombie chicks in L4D aren't nearly as fuckable as the club owner in Bloodlines.
Other. The Mummy (Boris Karloff's version, not the modern one)
Quote from: Alatriste on November 06, 2009, 07:22:22 AM
Other. The Mummy (Boris Karloff's version, not the modern one)
Could he turn you into a Mummy? :unsure:
Mummies are the next thing!
Vampires, at least they can talk. Speechless monsters are way less interesting.
tie between the werewolves and the zombies for me.
HAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWOOOOOOOOWWW
Which monster is coolest? Vampires.
Which makes for the coolest movies? Zombies.
Vampires get laid a lot more than Werewolves. Zombies don't get laid at all.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 06, 2009, 10:32:42 AM
Zombies don't get laid at all.
"Porn of the Dead" and "Girls and Corpses Magazine" have convonced me otherwise.
Jack Nicholson/Michelle Pfeiffer was cool, though.
I used to love Vampires but popular culture has taken them and made then a expo for teenage feelings of alienation...and there is nothing quit so uncool as teenagers and their alienation.
Werewolves are in man.
Despite the current ghey-ing up of Vampires, they are still to my mind the coolest. Werewolves are the most under-rated, and under utilized though. Zombies are a bit too everyman for me. Overdone, and more tired than the mockumentary.
Meh, not a big fan of werewolves but at least they're alive. That which is dead should remain inanimate.
Eh, zombies are simply too silly. Wear a thick leather jacket and you'd be untouchable.
The question is which monster is cooler.
Since I'm more a fan of the classic monsters, I realized that Boris Karloff (Frankenstein was the reanimated dead, so counts as a zombie) was much cooler than Bela Lugosi, who was cooler than Lon Chaney.
So in coolness, the order is zombies > vampires > werewolves.
Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2009, 01:44:59 PM
The question is which monster is cooler.
Since I'm more a fan of the classic monsters, I realized that Boris Karloff (Frankenstein was the reanimated dead, so counts as a zombie) was much cooler than Bela Lugosi, who was cooler than Lon Chaney.
So in coolness, the order is zombies > vampires > werewolves.
Make sure you put the "Jr." after Lon Chaney; otherwise your statement is wrong.
Quote from: Savonarola on November 06, 2009, 01:48:04 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2009, 01:44:59 PM
The question is which monster is cooler.
Since I'm more a fan of the classic monsters, I realized that Boris Karloff (Frankenstein was the reanimated dead, so counts as a zombie) was much cooler than Bela Lugosi, who was cooler than Lon Chaney.
So in coolness, the order is zombies > vampires > werewolves.
Make sure you put the "Jr." after Lon Chaney; otherwise your statement is wrong.
Cheerfully noted.
You were the one I was worried was going to violently disagree with my assessment however of which actor was cooler...
I like the medieval myths of werewolves the best (usually a person who makes a pact with the devil). I dislike all the silly weaknesses for the monsters. Vampires must be staked in the heart, werewolves must be hit with silver, zombies must be shot in the brain. Most of these seem kinda silly to me. Dracula was killed by having his head chopped off with a steel knife. I really don't understand the zombie one. Why the brain? Also I never liked the infectious nature of the attacks on all of them.
Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2009, 01:44:59 PM
The question is which monster is cooler.
Since I'm more a fan of the classic monsters, I realized that Boris Karloff (Frankenstein was the reanimated dead, so counts as a zombie) was much cooler than Bela Lugosi, who was cooler than Lon Chaney.
So in coolness, the order is zombies > vampires > werewolves.
You are right about Karloff the though.
Vampires, of course.
Eternal youth, emo-ness and hot guys writhing in ecstasy whenever you suck them. What's not to like?
Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2009, 02:06:43 PM
Vampires, of course.
Eternal youth, emo-ness and hot guys writhing in ecstasy whenever you suck them. What's not to like?
:mmm:
Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2009, 01:50:16 PM
Cheerfully noted.
You were the one I was worried was going to violently disagree with my assessment however of which actor was cooler...
Lon Jr. has his moments, (I really like his role in "My Favorite Brunette") but he's clearly not in the same league as Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff. I could go either way with Lugosi or Karloff; Bela is obviously more suave, but Boris is far and away the better actor.
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary. Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy.
But vampires are cold, sexy, powerful, and immortal.
Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2009, 02:06:43 PM
Vampires, of course.
Eternal youth, emo-ness and hot guys writhing in ecstasy whenever you suck them. What's not to like?
I read that as "writing in extacy". :lol:
Quote from: Korea on November 06, 2009, 02:27:36 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary. Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy.
But vampires are cold, sexy, powerful, and immortal.
Sexy in the in a necrophiliac type of way.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 06, 2009, 03:02:07 PM
Quote from: Korea on November 06, 2009, 02:27:36 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary. Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy.
But vampires are cold, sexy, powerful, and immortal.
Sexy in the in a necrophiliac type of way.
Mmmhmm. :mmm:
Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2009, 02:06:43 PM
Eternal youth, emo-ness and hot guys writhing in ecstasy whenever you suck them. What's not to like?
Looking eternally young? Alright.
Being mentally a 15 year old for all eternity? Lame.
Quote from: Korea on November 06, 2009, 03:06:58 PM
Mmmhmm. :mmm:
Make loooooove
Even if you're dead
You're body maybe cold, but it can still be hot in your bed.
Make loooooove
Don't be afraid
Just because your heart ain't beaten doesn't mean you can't get laid.
Quote from: Korea on November 06, 2009, 02:27:36 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary. Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy.
But vampires are cold, sexy, powerful, and immortal.
That's almost poetry.
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary,
Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy,
A Vampire is cool but he's probably a fairy;
So what's a poor girl to do?
;)
Quote from: Malthus on November 06, 2009, 03:30:06 PM
Quote from: Korea on November 06, 2009, 02:27:36 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary. Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy.
But vampires are cold, sexy, powerful, and immortal.
That's almost poetry.
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary,
Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy,
A Vampire is cool but he's probably a fairy;
So what's a poor girl to do?
;)
Well as far as we know, she went for a Hunter. :P
Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2009, 02:06:43 PMWhat's not to like?
The fact that you're sucking on a corpse?
Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2009, 03:37:22 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 06, 2009, 03:30:06 PM
Quote from: Korea on November 06, 2009, 02:27:36 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary. Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy.
But vampires are cold, sexy, powerful, and immortal.
That's almost poetry.
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary,
Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy,
A Vampire is cool but he's probably a fairy;
So what's a poor girl to do?
;)
Well as far as we know, she went for a Hunter. :P
:lol:
Quote from: Valmy on November 06, 2009, 03:07:56 PM
Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2009, 02:06:43 PM
Eternal youth, emo-ness and hot guys writhing in ecstasy whenever you suck them. What's not to like?
Looking eternally young? Alright.
Being mentally a 15 year old for all eternity? Lame.
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Fewer gay zombies than gay vampires. Voted zombies. Werewolves are too niche.
Werewolves/creatures, then vampires pre-recent awfulness, then zombies. I guess I never really got zombies. I've seen numerous movies involving them, but it's all just kind of meh.
Werewolves, I suppose. I have a few Anne Rice-obsessed gay male friends who staked out vampire territory, and I never got into zombies. I guess in cod-psychoanalytic terms, zombies are the uncanny, and werewolves are the return of the repressed?
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on November 06, 2009, 07:09:39 PM
Werewolves, I suppose. I have a few Anne Rice-obsessed gay male friends who staked out vampire territory, and I never got into zombies. I guess in cod-psychoanalytic terms, zombies are the uncanny, and werewolves are the return of the repressed?
Werewolves are the inevitable response to the post-feminist world, allowing men to recapture their rightful place in the state of nature. And plenty of doggie-style.
I hate zombies with a passion because of the disgusting fixation of nerd masses, and Vampires are ghey.
I guess that lives werewolves for me.
Quote from: Malthus on November 06, 2009, 03:30:06 PM
Quote from: Korea on November 06, 2009, 02:27:36 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary. Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy.
But vampires are cold, sexy, powerful, and immortal.
That's almost poetry.
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary,
Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy,
A Vampire is cool but he's probably a fairy;
So what's a poor girl to do?
;)
:lol: Beautiful.
Quote from: Malthus on November 06, 2009, 03:30:06 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary,
Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy,
A Vampire is cool but he's probably a fairy;
So what's a poor girl to do?
;)
Shack up with an evil rich Jew?
Quote from: The Brain on November 06, 2009, 05:32:23 PM
Fewer gay zombies than gay vampires. Voted zombies. Werewolves are too niche.
Niche? There are werewolf and shapeshifter myths all over the globe... :huh:
Quote from: Syt on November 06, 2009, 07:26:26 AM
Quote from: Alatriste on November 06, 2009, 07:22:22 AM
Other. The Mummy (Boris Karloff's version, not the modern one)
Could he turn you into a Mummy? :unsure:
Yes. Mummy rot can turn you into a mummy.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 06, 2009, 07:13:04 PM
Werewolves are the inevitable response to the post-feminist world, allowing men to recapture their rightful place in the state of nature. And plenty of doggie-style.
:lol: +1
Quote from: grumbler on November 06, 2009, 08:25:09 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 06, 2009, 07:13:04 PM
Werewolves are the inevitable response to the post-feminist world, allowing men to recapture their rightful place in the state of nature. And plenty of doggie-style.
:lol: +1
Well, at least that's how I see it. :whistle:
Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2009, 04:41:16 PM
Uhm vampire suck on living humans. :huh:
And vice versa.
Quote from: Valmy on November 06, 2009, 12:27:07 PM
I used to love Vampires but popular culture has taken them and made then a expo for teenage feelings of alienation...and there is nothing quit so uncool as teenagers and their alienation.
The odd thing is, it used to be that werewolves were the angsty monsters, and vampires were simply evil. That's how it should be, but now it's fucked up thanks to Anne Rice.
Voted werewolves.
Quote from: ulmont on November 06, 2009, 08:02:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 06, 2009, 05:32:23 PM
Fewer gay zombies than gay vampires. Voted zombies. Werewolves are too niche.
Niche? There are werewolf and shapeshifter myths all over the globe... :huh:
Yes, and unlike zombies or vampires basing an entire setting on some werewolves running around doesn't make as much sense. They are not in themselves sufficient to carry an entire setting in the same way zombies or vampires. They are too one-dimensional when compared to vampires and they don't bring the fear of total annihilation of humanity like zombies.
Quote from: The Brain on November 07, 2009, 04:50:54 AM
Quote from: ulmont on November 06, 2009, 08:02:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 06, 2009, 05:32:23 PM
Fewer gay zombies than gay vampires. Voted zombies. Werewolves are too niche.
Niche? There are werewolf and shapeshifter myths all over the globe... :huh:
Yes, and unlike zombies or vampires basing an entire setting on some werewolves running around doesn't make as much sense. They are not in themselves sufficient to carry an entire setting in the same way zombies or vampires. They are too one-dimensional when compared to vampires and they don't bring the fear of total annihilation of humanity like zombies.
Werewolf the Apocalypse sucked, true. :P
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on November 06, 2009, 07:09:39 PM
who staked out vampire territory
:D
Quotecod-psychoanalytic
:unsure:
Quote from: Syt on November 06, 2009, 07:26:26 AM
Quote from: Alatriste on November 06, 2009, 07:22:22 AM
Other. The Mummy (Boris Karloff's version, not the modern one)
Could he turn you into a Mummy? :unsure:
Most guys can turn chicks into mummies.
Marty would need a doctor's help however.
Quote from: dps on November 07, 2009, 12:45:45 AM
Quote from: Valmy on November 06, 2009, 12:27:07 PM
I used to love Vampires but popular culture has taken them and made then a expo for teenage feelings of alienation...and there is nothing quit so uncool as teenagers and their alienation.
The odd thing is, it used to be that werewolves were the angsty monsters, and vampires were simply evil. That's how it should be, but now it's fucked up thanks to Anne Rice.
I hate angsty monsters. I don't really care for angsty people in general.
I've already liked vampires as a kid. Spooky, yet pitiful creatures with special powers and the hungry predator lurking right under the surface.
The current sissification of the genre is rather sad. I actually read the first Twilight book after someone recommended it to me. :bleeding: I valiantly sat through it, until the bitter end hoping to find something worth reading.
The vampires I like best are White Wolf's Tzimisce. Kinski as Nosferatu is also hard to beat.
The only cool Vampire was Blacula.
Quote from: syk on November 07, 2009, 10:28:58 AM
I've already liked vampires as a kid. Spooky, yet pitiful creatures with special powers and the hungry predator lurking right under the surface.
The current sissification of the genre is rather sad. I actually read the first Twilight book after someone recommended it to me. :bleeding: I valiantly sat through it, until the bitter end hoping to find something worth reading.
The vampires I like best are White Wolf's Tzimisce. Kinski as Nosferatu is also hard to beat.
I watched Twilight recently. It was so painfully bad I really can't imagine why it has such a cult following. The fact that it has absolutely no plot notwithstanding, the vampires in it are a complete joke. "Oh, I am a superhuman with my only problem being that I look like I had bodyglitter in the direct sunlight". What a travesty. Vampires are cool because they are a tragic mix of superpowers and super-weaknesses. The "Twilight" "vampires" are just some Mary-Sue-ish childish fantasy. Gnnnngh.
Quote from: Martinus on November 08, 2009, 07:34:43 AM
Quote from: syk on November 07, 2009, 10:28:58 AM
I've already liked vampires as a kid. Spooky, yet pitiful creatures with special powers and the hungry predator lurking right under the surface.
The current sissification of the genre is rather sad. I actually read the first Twilight book after someone recommended it to me. :bleeding: I valiantly sat through it, until the bitter end hoping to find something worth reading.
The vampires I like best are White Wolf's Tzimisce. Kinski as Nosferatu is also hard to beat.
I watched Twilight recently. It was so painfully bad I really can't imagine why it has such a cult following. The fact that it has absolutely no plot notwithstanding, the vampires in it are a complete joke. "Oh, I am a superhuman with my only problem being that I look like I had bodyglitter in the direct sunlight". What a travesty. Vampires are cool because they are a tragic mix of superpowers and super-weaknesses. The "Twilight" "vampires" are just some Mary-Sue-ish childish fantasy. Gnnnngh.
IT IS FOR TEEN GIRLS. Jesus tapdancing Christ.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 06, 2009, 07:13:04 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on November 06, 2009, 07:09:39 PM
Werewolves, I suppose. I have a few Anne Rice-obsessed gay male friends who staked out vampire territory, and I never got into zombies. I guess in cod-psychoanalytic terms, zombies are the uncanny, and werewolves are the return of the repressed?
Werewolves are the inevitable response to the post-feminist world, allowing men to recapture their rightful place in the state of nature. And plenty of doggie-style.
Someone needs to watch
Ginger Snaps.
Quote from: Martinus on November 08, 2009, 07:34:43 AM
Quote from: syk on November 07, 2009, 10:28:58 AM
I've already liked vampires as a kid. Spooky, yet pitiful creatures with special powers and the hungry predator lurking right under the surface.
The current sissification of the genre is rather sad. I actually read the first Twilight book after someone recommended it to me. :bleeding: I valiantly sat through it, until the bitter end hoping to find something worth reading.
The vampires I like best are White Wolf's Tzimisce. Kinski as Nosferatu is also hard to beat.
I watched Twilight recently. It was so painfully bad I really can't imagine why it has such a cult following. The fact that it has absolutely no plot notwithstanding, the vampires in it are a complete joke. "Oh, I am a superhuman with my only problem being that I look like I had bodyglitter in the direct sunlight". What a travesty. Vampires are cool because they are a tragic mix of superpowers and super-weaknesses. The "Twilight" "vampires" are just some Mary-Sue-ish childish fantasy. Gnnnngh.
The books, while still silly, are about a hundred times better than that travesty of a movie. ^_^
Quote from: Korea on November 08, 2009, 12:26:10 PM
The books, while still silly, are about a hundred times better than that travesty of a movie. ^_^
The author is a Mormon. I refuse to believe that.
Quote from: Queequeg on November 08, 2009, 02:44:59 PM
Quote from: Korea on November 08, 2009, 12:26:10 PM
The books, while still silly, are about a hundred times better than that travesty of a movie. ^_^
The author is a Mormon. I refuse to believe that.
I don't think she's a very good mormon though.
Quote from: Caliga on November 06, 2009, 07:59:44 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 06, 2009, 03:30:06 PM
Zombies are way too gross and way too scary,
Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy,
A Vampire is cool but he's probably a fairy;
So what's a poor girl to do?
;)
Shack up with an evil rich Jew?
Nice, but I'd change the punctuation as follows:
QuoteZombies are way too gross and way too scary,
Werewolves are way too hot and way too hairy,
A Vampire is cool but he's probably a fairy;
So what's a poor girl to do?
Shack up with an evil rich Jew!
:D
Evil rich Jew? Isn't that kind of like saying a pale, hairy Caucasian?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 08, 2009, 03:35:01 PM
Evil rich Jew? Isn't that kind of like saying a pale, hairy Caucasian?
Hey, we aren't *all* evil and rich ... :(
Ahh, who am I kidding. ;)
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 08, 2009, 08:26:41 AM
Quote from: Martinus on November 08, 2009, 07:34:43 AM
Quote from: syk on November 07, 2009, 10:28:58 AM
I've already liked vampires as a kid. Spooky, yet pitiful creatures with special powers and the hungry predator lurking right under the surface.
The current sissification of the genre is rather sad. I actually read the first Twilight book after someone recommended it to me. :bleeding: I valiantly sat through it, until the bitter end hoping to find something worth reading.
The vampires I like best are White Wolf's Tzimisce. Kinski as Nosferatu is also hard to beat.
I watched Twilight recently. It was so painfully bad I really can't imagine why it has such a cult following. The fact that it has absolutely no plot notwithstanding, the vampires in it are a complete joke. "Oh, I am a superhuman with my only problem being that I look like I had bodyglitter in the direct sunlight". What a travesty. Vampires are cool because they are a tragic mix of superpowers and super-weaknesses. The "Twilight" "vampires" are just some Mary-Sue-ish childish fantasy. Gnnnngh.
IT IS FOR TEEN GIRLS. Jesus tapdancing Christ.
Vot can you do, didn't say so on the cover and it was the first I heard of it. Sometimes recommendations like that are really cool, like Let The Right One In. Great book, good film adaption, generally the same genre and at the same time on the shelves.
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It says:
TWILIGHT
The ending we were all looking for
:lol:
Actually isn't it "the end we were all hoping for"? :huh:
I've said for a long time that the only way I'd read or watch Twilight is for Blade or Buffy to show up and exterminate them.
Quote from: Caliga on November 09, 2009, 08:11:10 AM
:lol:
Actually isn't it "the end we were all hoping for"? :huh:
You get the idea. :P
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on November 09, 2009, 08:33:05 AM
I've said for a long time that the only way I'd read or watch Twilight is for Blade or Buffy to show up and exterminate them.
:mad: I was always hoping Buffy would get killed actually.
Buffy = :thumbsdown:
Faith = :thumbsup:
Quote from: The Larch on November 09, 2009, 08:36:32 AM
You get the idea. :P
I speak Spanish better than Larchie :yeah:
Quote from: Caliga on November 09, 2009, 08:36:43 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on November 09, 2009, 08:33:05 AM
I've said for a long time that the only way I'd read or watch Twilight is for Blade or Buffy to show up and exterminate them.
:mad: I was always hoping Buffy would get killed actually.
Buffy = :thumbsdown:
Faith = :thumbsup:
The characters were all obnoxious in the final season. But Faith was always annoying. Now that she and Giles are an item it is also gross too.
Quote from: dps on November 07, 2009, 12:45:45 AM
That's how it should be, but now it's fucked up thanks to Anne Rice.
<_<
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 08, 2009, 08:26:41 AM
IT IS FOR TEEN GIRLS. Jesus tapdancing Christ.
Well people tend to suggest Marty is a teenage girl.
Anyway, champagne on an empty stomach + Twilight equals fun times.
I want to pour champagne all over you and lick it off.
Show me the money.
SNL's awesome spoof of Twilight this past weekend:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/digital-short-firelight/1173548/
For those of us in lesser countries, an alternate link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfIubuTjT1g
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 06, 2009, 07:09:58 AM
Werewolves and lycans fucking rock.
"Werewolf?"
"There wolf."
This
Incidentally, what's the best clothing to wear against zombies? Leather? Kevlar?
Quote from: Faeelin on November 09, 2009, 09:24:56 PM
Incidentally, what's the best clothing to wear against zombies? Leather? Kevlar?
Lycra for the bleed on you and infect you type of zombies, chainmail for the tear you apart and eat you type.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 09, 2009, 08:12:48 PM
SNL's awesome spoof of Twilight this past weekend:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/digital-short-firelight/1173548/
:lol: I want to go read the books again.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 09, 2009, 10:12:15 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on November 09, 2009, 09:24:56 PM
Incidentally, what's the best clothing to wear against zombies? Leather? Kevlar?
Lycra for the bleed on you and infect you type of zombies, chainmail for the tear you apart and eat you type.
That body armor they have in prisons to protect against knives would be useful.