VIY writes a short story!

There are many celebrities who write short stories, such as James Franco, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, etc., but Ye Wei is the only one who writes articles of this quality at the age of 18, and it is unfair to compare them with Franco and others, he is in the scope of professional writers.

Because Ye Wei noted "If you like it, reprint and share it", a high level and star effect are equivalent to crazy spread in a short period of time.

People generally appreciate "The Man Who Collects Eyeballs", and the more horror the reading power, the more amazing they feel, but many teenage fans say that many words are incomprehensible and a little difficult to read. But the media and book reviewers praised it:

The official website of Kirkus, a well-known book review magazine, commented, "With the ultimate apocalyptic atmosphere and plump and natural details, Ye Wei transports readers to a cruel world." The New York Times Book Review Network said that "the grim combination of horror and dark humor, and the sense of despair is present in every paragraph", and the Los Angeles Review of Books said that "the moving beginning of creating a new culture of zombies"......

Most zombie fans were indeed amazed, and Zombiefans reprinted the article for the first time, and the readers' ratings were as high as 9. 5 points, and the comment board is full of "Oh my God!, is there anything else?", "This zombie story feels amazing!", "VIY, please write it down!"......

From the first novel "Magic Island" in 1929 at the beginning of the birth of the modern zombie genre (Zombie), to the first movie "White Devil" in 1932, and now in May 2006, zombies have long been a popular popular mass culture around the world, covering novels, movies, games, animation, etc., few people have not been exposed to zombie stories.

Nowadays, it can be said that zombies have been written and photographed, they have no intelligence, they have intelligence, they can't reproduce, they can reproduce, they are viral, they are aliens, they can talk......

The zombies in "The Eyeball Collector" belong to the most old-fashioned kind, what's so amazing?

Because the zombie genre has never explored this depth in its direction.

It's not like "The Serpent and the Rainbow" (1985) written in voodoo and cults, not like "Stray Zombies from Uranus" (2003) written like "Ender's Game", and not like "One Day the End of the World" (2004) in which the military, high-tech, and world wars are written.

Not like Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (1954), not like Stephen King's Pet Graveyard (1983), or George A. Romero's The Living Dead film series (1968, 1978, 1985, 2005).

"I Am Legend" pioneered zombie cannibalism, and "Night of the Living Dead" carried forward......

These three masters influenced each other and to a certain extent represented zombie culture, genres, and genres.

The whole world is finished/the protagonist's activities are all finished, and the protagonist fights all the enemies alone, which is "I am a legend", and the zombies develop a new civilization, and the protagonist becomes the only outlier, the murderous demon in the legend of the new civilization, which is also "I am a legend".

A zombie crisis breaks out in a city/town/house, and the characters fall into danger and get trapped in the scene, either dealing with monsters or dying. That's "Pet Graveyard", but also "Jaws", "Alien", "Alien Monster", "Zombie Crossing the Line", "Shaun the Zombie" and so on.

In this genre, zombies, sharks, or Graboids are actually the same, but they can also be ghosts, murderers, aliens, and different forms.

The greatness of the "Living Dead" series goes without saying, and its pioneering work is the cornerstone of the zombie film to this day. In terms of story form, a small team of humans flees together, killing zombies, internal disagreements and contradictions, some members die, and the goal is to go to a safe place that has not fallen, similar stories must be recognized as the originator.

There is also "Resident Evil", "Fallout", etc., their story perspectives are very high, focusing on technological changes, international turmoil, and the life and death of human civilization.

When it comes to wasteland and dystopia, of course, we have to talk about the "Mad Max" series, and it is in the same category as "Star Wars": the most primitive heroic story of mankind.

Before a movie came along, zombie culture was roughly like this, and the goals of the characters were nothing more than that:

In order to cure the medicine, not to be eaten, to escape to a safe place, just kill all the monsters, and stop the end of the world.

In 2002, it was changed by a British horror film with a budget of 8 million, it was called "28 Days of Shock":

Jim wakes up from a coma caused by a car accident and finds himself naked in a dilapidated hospital, where the world has changed and he doesn't know what happened. He left the hospital and wandered the streets of London, where he was saved by other survivors when he was almost killed by zombies.

Jim then learned the truth, the virus, the 28-day Britain was all over, and there were countless zombies, a little survivor and soldiers outside Manchester on the radio. They had to take refuge in a dangerous way, some of the members died, and Jim and the two women arrived, but it was actually a trap, and the soldiers became beasts, trying to rape the two women. Jim escaped, went back to save people, the soldiers were finished, and in the end there were many endings, Jim lived, Jim died.

In general, "28 Days of Shock" is still the same old-fashioned "don't be eaten + flee to a safe place", but it brings a new vitality to the lifeless zombie world, because its perspective is very low, the world is very withered, and it focuses on survival, truth, and the darkness of human nature.

Compared to zombies, other living people are more terrifying.

However, after "28 Days of Shock", this new vitality has not been developed, "House of the Dead" and "Shaun of Zombies" continue to "just kill all the monsters", "Resident Evil 2" and "Hunt the Living Dead" continue to "don't be eaten + escape", "Land of the Living Dead" is a confrontation between evolutionary zombies and human civilization, and the last bastion of mankind is still a mess inside.

It's just that there is no kind of "28 Days of Shocking Change": "The current world is rapidly collapsing across the board, the zombies that cannot be killed can be eaten at any time, there is no antidote, there is no safe place, it is the end of the world, there are good people, but there are also bad people everywhere, all you can do is to try to live a few more days." ”

"The Eyeball Collector" also belongs to this category, so it's fresh, so it's amazing.

You don't need to innovate zombies, you just need to choose a new perspective.

In the eyes of zombie fans, Ye Wei's short story is really a collection of zombie stories:

The first paragraph is "The Living Dead" + "Pet Graveyard", the team escapes, showing Universal Studios, the second paragraph is "I Am Legend" + "Resident Evil", social turmoil, showing a city Los Angeles, and the third paragraph is "28 Days of Shock" and their own new wind, living, showing the whole world.

The third paragraph, the smallest of which is the smallest, is their favorite, as the critic Flynn Dias put it: "When you wake up, pick up a machete to kill zombies, meet and chat with other survivors, gouge out your eyeballs, eat breakfast, and talk about your feelings about the end times, VIY's new life is really ...... It doesn't matter anymore. ”

In addition to the perspective, through the background introduction of two college freshman survivors in a few paragraphs, a chaotic and dark apocalyptic world is presented in front of you, with a chilling literary style, natural scheduling, and a smooth and graphic cinematic description...... All these sophisticated pen skills have amazed book critics.

A bit of a cookie and a blanket are what Jay and Tarin are desperate for, and their series of attitudes towards the "eye-catcher" are a series of changes in their perspective, world setting, and story power that is scarce in zombie culture now, and what zombie fans around the world are hungry for.

And "Ye Wei" has already received the eyes of readers, what has he experienced in the past three years? What is he thinking? Is he a good guy or a bad guy? Is he a good guy or a bad guy? He has helped the two of them, but he eats people's eyes, and he still seems to be the smart and humorous VIY, or his new name: eyeball collector.

VIY once again declared his genius with his first short story.

Zombie fans want to see more! This is one of the top zombie stories, and it is one of the most attractive in 2006, but Ye Wei said that this is a short story......

They just flocked to Ye Wei's blog like zombies to leave messages, begging him to write a long story, or write a few more series of short stories, anyway, continue to write!

At the same time, Weimi has mixed feelings, and those who are worried that his talent is no longer good are much relieved, and Yunik's fans are even more happy to finally see his dark talent again.

The media and fans are digging into the deep meaning of the article, although they only watch the wonderful story, and it doesn't matter if there are any metaphors, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have it.

The death of the stars in the first paragraph and the dark humor behind the lines are the easiest to see;

It is not difficult to see the connection of "Little Sunshine Beauty" for fans, the ending of LMS is a family eating ice cream at the table on the side of the highway, as long as the family is there, everywhere is home, as long as there is sunshine in their hearts, everywhere is a fairyland of the soul;

AOL's David Luquett Actually Sees a Connection to the Bible?

"Marah" means bitter, bitter water, which is derived from the book of Exodus in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Moses fled with the Israelites and exododus 15:23 "When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there, because the water was bitter, so the name of the land was Marah." Exodus 15:24 "And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?" Exodus 15:25 "Moses cried unto the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet." There the LORD made statutes and judgments for them, and there he tested them. ”

The zombies are Egyptians, Jay is Moses, and Tarin is Israelites, but the eyes are not Jehovah, but Satan, fallen demons. When Jay asked, "What are we going to eat?" the eye-catcher gave them instructions as to whether the bitter water was an eyeball, a tree, or a tree.

Exodus 15:26 "And he said, 'If you will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in my eyes, and listen to my commandments diligently, and keep all my statutes, I will not put upon you any sickness that I have inflicted on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord who heals you.'" ”

It sounds very reasonable to say that the fish and fish have been given to them, but in fact they are not healing them, but they are tempting them to do evil deeds and then fall into hell.

But in a world where God judges all beings, how does God redeem the world, and how does the world redeem itself? The nature of life that cannot be escaped, what do we drink and eat? Maybe this is a world where there are no gods but only demons.

The EVIL and RIN tattoos can be said to directly indicate that "Ye Wei" is Satan, and his ending in the second paragraph has already hinted:

In the Old Testament of the Bible, Ezekiel 28:12-18, there is the earliest account of Satan:

"Son of man, make a lament for the king of Tyre, saying, "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Thou art all-bound, wise, and altogether-beautiful. ”

Thou hast worn all kinds of precious stones in the Garden of God of Eden, rubies, rubelles, diamonds, pyrylores, onyxes, jasper, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, and gold, and thou hast with thee beautiful trumpets and flutes, all prepared in the day of thy creation.

You are the cherubim who have been anointed to cover the ark of the covenant, and I have placed you on the holy mountain of God, and you have walked among the jewels that shine like fire.

All that you have done from the day of creation is perfect, and later you have found unrighteousness in thee.

Because you trade so much, you have been filled with violence that you have sinned: therefore I have banished you from the mountain of God because of your desecration of the holy places. I have taken away thee, O cherubim who covered the ark of the covenant, from the jewels that shine like fire.

Thou hast haughtt in heart because of thy beauty, and thy wisdom haught because of thy glory: I have cast thee to the earth, and hast fallen thee before kings, that they may see thee.

Thou hast desecrated thy sanctuary because of the multiplication of iniquity and the unjust trade there. Therefore I send fire out of thee, and devour thee, and turn thee into ashes unto the earth in the sight of all who see.

All the nations that know you will be amazed at you. Thou art terrifying, and thou art no longer alive forever. 】

Satan was God's favorite, who had all the glory and riches, "but a blanket," and an all-powerful, all-wise, all-perfect genius, who had done all things perfectly, but was corrupted by pride and wisdom, became unrighteous, committed iniquity, and desecrated the sanctuary, and was finally punished by Jehovah by burning him with fire and turning him to ashes in the eyes of all.

In "The Eye-Taker", VIY ridiculed a lot of people, but the biggest irony was on himself, from the good boy to the bad boy to the big bad guy.

However, in the eyes of zombie fans, Ye Wei is Moses who can lead them out of the dull old zombie world, if he is interested.

Kzin85 asked on Ye Wei's blog: "Please write a few more articles, it's not difficult for you at all." Bookerace figured it out: "VIY, cut down on your appointments by one and have more time to write this series, how about a weekly one, a fortnightly one?" Gureghian praised, "I've always wanted to write novels but I haven't been able to write them well, I really envy you for having such talent." Can you tell me the ending for Jay and Talen......e?"