dmaze ([personal profile] dmaze) wrote2004-10-03 09:55 am

Memetic

Can you explain (preferably with an original source):

  1. Why zombies are after "braaaaains"?

  2. Why I, for one, welcome our new $EVIL masters?

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[personal profile] coraline 2004-10-03 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
i've never heard of meme #2.

i always assumed meme #1 came from the original bela lugosi-era zombie films, but i don't have any evidence to back that up.

[identity profile] plymouth.livejournal.com 2004-10-03 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
the first time I know of zombies being after "braiiins" was in The Return of the Living Dead. In the previous movies (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead) they were just about eating generic human flesh.
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[personal profile] jered 2004-10-03 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
2. It's a Simpson's reference, and jwz has particularly popularized its common usage. Here's the explanation from a friend's journal, where it came up yesterday.