*For those of you who are familiar with the song by the Zombies – I’m not only using this lyric as a device to note the autumnal changes, but also begin to discuss the extensive amount of Fantasy flicks – filled with Zombies, Vampires, and the like, that have been surfacing…
Without having any special interest in these films (other than the fact that I own “Ed Wood”) or being on the look out for them – I’m aware of the following contemporary projects for the silver screen and also for TV programming: Zombie Land, Vampire Diaries, The Vampire’s Apprentice, True Blood, Stan Helsing, Twilight… Have they just been more aggressively promoted with Halloween approaching? Perhaps…
How do these trends pop up? Some say it is leaked information from one studio to another. Therefore an attempt to out-do the other studios, or to ride the wave of the publicity they drum up. (Need I remind anyone of Paul Blart Mall Cop, and …that other mall security film?)
I always feel a slight tinge of nostalgia when these trends come about – as it seems to me (in my own set of experiences) to hearken back to the streamline of base ball flicks that came out in my child hood… Angels in the out field, Angels in the In field, Field of Dreams, Fever Pitch, The Love of the Game, the unforgettable a League of their Own, Little Big League, A Little Inside, Major League I, II, III, Rookie of the Year, The Sand Lot I, II, III, need I go on?
Like I said – these films don’t particularly interest me, rather the trend/phenomenon befuddles me. What trends would YOU like to see rise up in Hollywood? With Where the Wild Things Are coming out, I’m hoping illuminated children’s books might be the new trend.