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fjtorres · 08-18-2011, 08:45 AM

Okay, seriously, given the current economic, social, and geopolitical situation, real life *is* an action thriller.
People are turning to fantasies and escapist fiction just as they did the last time things were this bad (and worse); back in the 30's, the chosen vehicles were pulpy reads, superhero comics, and musicals--now it is vamps/weres/zombies, superhero movies, and (lack-of) talent shows.
Adventure stories have been broadly defined as "somebody else having a bad day".
Well, we all get enough of that on the daily news and TV procedurals for free; those looking to forget daily woes would rather deal with the horrors of the real world metaphorically, by proxy, as brainless zombie hordes, soulless bloodsucking vamps, and covert monster weres.
I'm sure there's a dozen psyche PhD theses being compiled on that right now.

08-18-2011, 08:45 AM	#7
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Okay, seriously, given the current economic, social, and geopolitical situation, real life is an action thriller. People are turning to fantasies and escapist fiction just as they did the last time things were this bad (and worse); back in the 30's, the chosen vehicles were pulpy reads, superhero comics, and musicals--now it is vamps/weres/zombies, superhero movies, and (lack-of) talent shows. Adventure stories have been broadly defined as "somebody else having a bad day". Well, we all get enough of that on the daily news and TV procedurals for free; those looking to forget daily woes would rather deal with the horrors of the real world metaphorically, by proxy, as brainless zombie hordes, soulless bloodsucking vamps, and covert monster weres. I'm sure there's a dozen psyche PhD theses being compiled on that right now.