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Not the best idea for a poll but I just wanted to see what everyone votes for.
| The Walking Dead comic series | 11 | |
| World War Z | 11 | |
| Brains: A Zombie Memoir | 0 | |
| The Zombie Survival Guide | 3 | |
| The Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy | 0 | |
| Rot & Ruin series | 0 | |
| Warm Bodies | 5 | |
| Autumn | 3 | |
| Pride & Prejudice & Zombies series | 3 | |
| Other (Comment) | 6 |
I don't think its really that subjective though. Take Battlefield: Earth for example. Everything about that film was just BAD. Bad effects, bad cinemaphotography, bad storyline, bad acting, the whole thing. What I don't understand is how someone like you can say to a fan of that film "Oh cool. You like that film? Awesome." Wherew the honesty? Cell was a bad book. If you and I were at my house or having coffee somewhere, I'd tell you Cell was a bad book. Not because of taste or preference, but because it was just overall bad. Literally just bad. Literal meaning in terms of literacy. As in...if you're literate, its a bad book.
And why do you care so much about describing to me how much cell sucked? I don't care if you think it's a badly written book I like it. That's good enough for me. And as I have been able to converse with you and have even listed previous novels I have read it is clear I am literate yet i still think cell is a good read. the point your making is flawed
I'm sure somewhere someone likes that film i've never seen it myself but I find it hard to believe that a film could exist that not a single person in the world lkes. And I am honest if I don't like a film someone likes I will say so but not in the way of " it was crap" just " no not my kind of film". And how can you say taste and enjoyment of a media type isn't subjective. If you were right then everyone would like the exact same things furthermore you and I would agree with each other on Cell.
Yes you should. Heres why:
1. Its a book about CELL PHONES TURNING PEOPLE INTO ZOMBIES.
2. Its very poorly written. I've read every SK book out there, and this is BY FAR the worst one he's ever written.
3. The ending is fucking dumb. He picks up his phone to call whatever ominous thing that turns people into zombies and BAM! Book over.
Its people like you that support the ever widening canyon between the intelligent and the slack-jawed idiocy of the world.
Good day, sir.
It's called fiction. How is a signal transmitted through mobile devices more unbelievable than other zombie stories of infected animals or crashed planes full of chemicals. It adds another layer of story, is it an accident? is it terrorism? and how is SK a poor writer I am a constant reader of SK and have only even not liked 1 book of his pet cemetary all the others I love and I think the full version of the stand is one of the greatest works I have read. I suppose you think H.P Lovecraft is a poor writer too?
No, actually, its just a fact. I happen to agree with you. The Stand is probably one of the most amazing works of post-apocalyptic fiction ever written. SK at one point was my favorite author. I mean think about these books for a second:
Man goes crazy in haunted hotel and tries to murder family.
Captain Tripps devastates the population and good has to battle evil.
Ancient gunslinger fights to save creation from the forces of evil.
That's The Shining, The Stand, and The Dark Tower. Arguably the three best books he ever wrote (with the exception of the final 3 Tower books. Those were trash.)
And now we have Cell. Cell phones that turn people into zombies. Now, aside from being a thinly veiled allegory about the dangers of technology, the characters were thinly written. The plot was incoherant at best, the writing was subpar for SK, and the ending was dumb. You don't need to "get" the ending. It was a see through copout on an already failing story. Its ok to admit that SK can write a bad book. Just take a deep breath and say to yourself, "Wel...that fuckin sucked."
You'll feel better.
Stephen King's one of my favorite authors but I had no idea he wrote a story about the undead. Need to get me a copy :)