Tuesday, November 22, 2011

News: Damn You, Walt Disney!

A former student of mine came to visit this afternoon and told me about some auditions she's been doing recently. She was especially excited to tell me (since all my students know about my undead obsession) about one audition she had: an appearance on an upcoming Disney show called "Zombies and Cheerleaders".

Why must Disney steal everything worth being interested in? Disney, stop trying to be cool. Stick to your reasonable domain: singing bunny rabbits and catchy show tunes for the single-digit set. The Little Mermaid was brilliant. Why must you attempt to capitalize every market? Don't you have enough money? Ugh. Head. Desk.

Look, I know the zombie thing is getting crazy popular. I know that being a zombie fanatic is the new, chic thing. But then be a REAL zombie fanatic. I don't care if you just jumped on board with the rest of America, that's just fine! We're happy to have you! But then for the love of Romero, can you please be an actual zombie fan? Watch real zombie movies?

I don't usually judge a book by a cover, but I'm judging this one. When the cover has a Disney castle on the front of it, I must protest. I mean come on, Disney. Are your zombies going to sparkle and fall in love with humans? Are they going to eat Happy Meals and drink Sunny D? Looking at the show's teaser description, sadly my attempt at humor isn't far off. Seriously...check it out here.

What is the apocalyptic world coming to? At least the show won't be premiering for a while. Fingers crossed that the actual zombie apocalypse comes first.

Found out about this older comic series that is potentially the inspiration, but I highly doubt that Disney's in any position to do it real justice. After all, this was the most "appropriate" cover I could find.

2 comments:

  1. They used that comic for a video game or a CGI movie I can't remember what the trailer for it exactly but I saw it recently. Its not out yet but I have to admit half naked chicks cutting a zombie in half with a chainsaw is a win in my book.
    Disney however will not be because the girls will be PG, fully clothed and soaked in the Disney image. I wouldn't know which I would want to die; the zombies or the cheerleaders.... the cheerleaders.

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