i don't get it.. is that part of the definition of a zombie.. to be hungry for human brains? and when did zombies go from being stiff, slow and moaning to running faster than a cheetah and screaming?
I think "28 Days Later" helped spark the superspeed, rage-driven zombie phenomenon.. although technically, they weren't Zombies by definition, but infected individuals in a zombie-like trance. My favorite explanation of Zombies comes from the Max Brooks Zombie Survival Guide. A (fictional!) virus called Solanum enters the body upon contact with infected bodily secretions through an open wound, etc.. and basically takes over your organs and tissues until all your bodily functions cease, except the brain, which remains alive but in a dormant state. The virus takes over until it has mutated all your cells into new organs and tissues that no longer need oxygen to function, then become reanimated in their new state. Just add brain cravings, and you have yourself a bona-fide Zombie
I want zombies to come here so I can shoot the fuck out of them and watch them explode. the slow variety would be preferred
I can't decide which one I like more. The slow, moaning ones are kind of ominous in the sense that there always seems to be seas of them, and they never stop. But the quick badass ones are kind of fun too because shooting them would be way more exciting. Especially if you climbed on top of something. Fuck yes.
In fact the movie which really started off this revolution in faster, more animated, and even talking zombies was The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Summary: In 1966 Darrow Chemical Company was ordered by the military to develop the top secret chemical Trioxin. They were told it would be used for marijuana defoliation. An accidental leak at the Pittsburgh VA Hospital morgue resulted in a contamination that reanimated corpses. The Army Corps of Engineers contained the bodies in a cryonic state inside airtight biohazard drums. A shipment of six drums was lost in the rushed transport to a storage facility. What the Army did not know is that the lost Easter Eggs had been rotting in the basement of the nation’s largest medical supply warehouse in an industrial park outside Louisville, Kentucky. When the reanimated corpses were accidentally released upon a group of unsuspecting teens just out for a little fun - they got more than they ever bargained for ….. Hotwater
Hello, just a few minutes ago I met some zombies - sales zombies. They are all the same, everyone of them. Where is my ice-pick? Regards Gyro
Oh, I know all about ROTLD I dunno, to me the frenzied, animalistic, rage-filled screaming "zombies" in 28 Days Later are a completely different breed than even ROTLD, which is why I didn't think to mention it. You would have never gotten a cognizant answer out of the Rage victims, unlike the conversation with the head/spine remnants of the zombie that explains how she (it? lol) can feel herself rotting and how eating human brains eases the pain of being dead... Nope, your face would be shredded before you could ask a Rage Zombie the time of day.
