If you are looking for a weird interview with George Romero from a ‘too cool for school’ d-bag, then I think I have exactly what you are looking for. The folks over at Desctructoid sat down with Romero to talk about zombies, doing their best to start a little a fire under George.

The first part of the interview is pretty funny. Romero looks a little comfortable as he is barraged with a torrent of questions. This interviewer looks to have forgotten his Ritalin and is a complete spaz. I get the sense that this is his first celebrity interview and he’s doing his best to appear cooly smug about the whole proceeding.

The last part of the interview gets interesting when Romero talks about the state of zombies which pretty much sums up the title of this piece. In short, Romero doesn’t want people to evolve the genre. To quote the iconic legend, “leave my zombies alone”.

Well, this isn’t really news. Romero has been pretty outspoken about running zombies and it makes sense that he would dislike “spider zombies” as seen in the horrific remake of Day of the Dead. He asks people to leave his zombies alone. I don’t really understand what he means by this. I don’t know if he is talking about people remaking films or if he is claiming ownership of the entire genre.

The great thing about zombies is that they are fictional creatures, meaning they can evolve with the tastes of a particular culture at a time. By asking people not evolve the genre, he’s asking people to stay true to a forty year old vision which might not be relevant anymore. Romero might like to keep the genre static, but that’s the quickest way to actually destroy it. Just sayin’.

George A. Romero wants you to leave his zombies alone! (destructoid.com <- new window)