Zombies have no real mythos oder history. Most zombie stories are merely metaphors for issues that at the time can't be discussed head on due to the beliebt opinion of the time. George Romero's Living Dead Filme are prime example of that. His Filme really weren't about the living dead but Mehr to do about messages concerning racism to consumerism. Only after the success of those movies, did zombies become beliebt in our culture and zombie Filme were made just for the sake of making a zombie movie. But that means if such Filme are based on these metaphor movies, then in a way they're echoing the original message, even if they don't intentional mean to do so.
I do realize that Zombies do have mythos of their own, but most of their history now is based in Mehr current pop culture than original black magic myths of Vodoo and Ghouls that originally spawned the term. Du could say that the current zombie is a modern invention so of course reflects Mehr modern viewpoints (which typically are Mehr complex that historical superstitions which played on baser fears).
Now the Vampire has a very old mythos that has been followed Mehr closely in beliebt culture over the years. When Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, it draws on common elements of the Vampire superstition, but didn't use them as a delivery system for a message he was trying to relay. Now, yes there are themes to vampire stories, like power and sexuality, but they are a part of the vampire mythos and doesn't supersede it (but some stories can and do focus on particular themes of the Vampire).
The problem currently on why the Vampire mythos is so easily forgotten nowdays is because the Vampire is used a place card for various types of stories. In the TV Zeigen Buffy TVS, that's a story about relationships (a soap opera if Du will) where Vampire are used as a vehicle for those stories, but the stories could just as well work any number of "place cards", like aliens, robots, mutants, oder even zombies. Same could be sagte for films like Underworld and Blade. They are both clearly action films, but their "hook" oder "twist" is that Vampire are involved. Again, Du could easily replace Vampire with any number of "place cards" and the Filme would still work with a little changing.
And that's ultimately what makes Vampire better than Zombies. While Zombie stories can always reflect and Kommentar on the current times, Vampire stories can dip into its own mythos and tell stories solely in the world of Vampires. Zombies stories can't stand on their own because there's no real background to Requisiten them up. They're mirrors oder "place cards" to speak to the viewer oder reader about issues, but they can be easily replaced Von any other sort of creature (like robots, aliens, mutants, trolls, ect). But Zombies stories don't have anything to draw upon to talk about itself. Because to talk about the Zombie past is to speak of other metaphors.
With vampires, there are enough themes and elements built into the mythos that it stands well enough on its own. Du can play with the various themes and elements for plenty of stories before Du even have to think about looking elsewhere for inspiration (like using the vampire as an action hero oder in a romantic comedy). Mind Du there's nothing wrong with using vampries with outside elements, but just remember that Vampire can be used straight out of the box, no additional preparations necessary.
I do realize that Zombies do have mythos of their own, but most of their history now is based in Mehr current pop culture than original black magic myths of Vodoo and Ghouls that originally spawned the term. Du could say that the current zombie is a modern invention so of course reflects Mehr modern viewpoints (which typically are Mehr complex that historical superstitions which played on baser fears).
Now the Vampire has a very old mythos that has been followed Mehr closely in beliebt culture over the years. When Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, it draws on common elements of the Vampire superstition, but didn't use them as a delivery system for a message he was trying to relay. Now, yes there are themes to vampire stories, like power and sexuality, but they are a part of the vampire mythos and doesn't supersede it (but some stories can and do focus on particular themes of the Vampire).
The problem currently on why the Vampire mythos is so easily forgotten nowdays is because the Vampire is used a place card for various types of stories. In the TV Zeigen Buffy TVS, that's a story about relationships (a soap opera if Du will) where Vampire are used as a vehicle for those stories, but the stories could just as well work any number of "place cards", like aliens, robots, mutants, oder even zombies. Same could be sagte for films like Underworld and Blade. They are both clearly action films, but their "hook" oder "twist" is that Vampire are involved. Again, Du could easily replace Vampire with any number of "place cards" and the Filme would still work with a little changing.
And that's ultimately what makes Vampire better than Zombies. While Zombie stories can always reflect and Kommentar on the current times, Vampire stories can dip into its own mythos and tell stories solely in the world of Vampires. Zombies stories can't stand on their own because there's no real background to Requisiten them up. They're mirrors oder "place cards" to speak to the viewer oder reader about issues, but they can be easily replaced Von any other sort of creature (like robots, aliens, mutants, trolls, ect). But Zombies stories don't have anything to draw upon to talk about itself. Because to talk about the Zombie past is to speak of other metaphors.
With vampires, there are enough themes and elements built into the mythos that it stands well enough on its own. Du can play with the various themes and elements for plenty of stories before Du even have to think about looking elsewhere for inspiration (like using the vampire as an action hero oder in a romantic comedy). Mind Du there's nothing wrong with using vampries with outside elements, but just remember that Vampire can be used straight out of the box, no additional preparations necessary.