Vampire obsession of the world: The world is currently obsessed with vampires. Pulp novels, The Underworld movie series, Facebook applications (for crying out loud)even chick literature, recentlyturned into a movie franchise deal with vampires as does the HBO show True Blood. All this within the space of a few months. It were as if vampires are the new fad.
Fads, obsessions and trends aren't something new. They have been going on for quite some time now. One reason would be that if something sets people thinking, others choose to cash in on that mood by doing similarly themed stuff. Other reason is a lack of imaginative ability to go beyond what they are awestruck by and do something great themselves. They can only imitate the last person to clear the bar. The thought of raising the bar never occurs to them.
What is more disturbing is that not just the trend being imitated in a broad sense. The basic ideas premise established by a person are just blindly carried forward. And not just during the trend. The notions from the very first time the idea was concieved. For example, once established as pale people with fangs, vampires have never been depicted otherwise. And the
current trend has them all as pasty looking people with heavy eyeliner, a goth look and brooding nature. I mean, cant a vampire be cheery?? Oh, and of course they have to have werewolves as their mortal enemies.
People will jump onto fads because corporates will. And they do so because they fear to tread the new path. It has been ingrained into us to go for the safe route. Indians leastways never were adventurous or explorers. But the rest of the world isnt that different either. Drain the fun out of something and then crib that its old and gimmicky. But thats till the next bandwagon comes along and they can jump onto it.
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