tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post5924106800779276614..comments2024-03-18T18:17:05.536-07:00Comments on RETROMANIA: eyes downSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-51466583578328463692015-02-19T02:49:53.545-08:002015-02-19T02:49:53.545-08:00Zombies and vampires are fantasy worlds in which t...Zombies and vampires are fantasy worlds in which there is an "other" race to be destroyed. They are nicely organised worlds in which the fantasiser can furnish to their own recreational needs. People who have absolutely no control over their lives appreciate being able to role play both the demise of the current world ( meaning they don't have to deal with it as it stands ) and their survival in this new world where they make the convenient rules.<br /><br />Akin to zombie fans are the preppers, truthers, conspiracy nuts, neocons and religious fundamentalists - all who yearn for a wonderful apocalypse, end time, massive depopulation or new age in which there is retribution and punishment for the non-believers.<br /><br />Aliens, or the aliens of yore, although often arriving and destroying, their purpose was generally to educate us and to humble us. They arrive to teach us of our short-comings like needing to have fantasies where we battle "the other" rather than doing the hard work and sorting either ourselves or things out.<br /><br />So my guess is that aliens aren't a convenient or useful fantasy right now. People know they have no control and need a break, not a lecture or hope for a new dawn. They need to vent their frustration and aggression on a politically correct enemy that doesn't even exist. Probably.Tom Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422061334608169812noreply@blogger.com