I found that the topic "monster culture" was the most interesting part of this week's lecture because this is the hype right now in the media. TV shows such as AMC's hit Walking Dead and Vampire Diaries are very popular at the moment and so are movies such as World War Z, Warm Bodies, and of course, Twilight. Almost every part of the Twilight series has a net worth of 700 million each and that just shows how popular "monsters" are in today's world.
Thesis VI: Fear of the monster is really a kind of desire
This thesis points out that the our fear of consuming or watching these monster movies/shows is actually a kind of desire. I remember the time when i went to watch World War Z at the theater, the most famous scene was probably the part when all the zombies were "piling" over the wall that was built to keep them out.
I was terrified at this scene but couldn't help myself in watching what will happen next. Whenever i want to watch a zombie movie, i know that i won't get to sleep peacefully at night for a week but i still insist to watch it and so this enforces Thesis VI of how fear of the monster is really a kind of desire.
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