even Romero will tell you zombie movies ain't about the zombies
it's about the breakdown of social and moral order following the collapse of civilization. what happens when the lights go out? when the police or fire departments aren't going to respond to any call for help? what happens when you're completely on your own to fend for yourself? how do you survive? how do you feed your family? what will you do when your young child is hungry and your next door neighbor won't share his food?
the reason for the collapse is irrelevant. we've seen what happens on a regional scale during Katrina and Sandy and we wonder what we would do in those situations. but those are short-term events. eventually the water recedes, the power gets turned back on, cellphone service is restored and we can go back to the grocery store and plan for dinner tonight.
zombies provide for an ongoing, escalating collapse on a national, even global scale. sure, a super flu or viral agent can be the catalyst, but those are faceless, nameless, slightly boring adversaries. zombies are more frightening because they your neighbors, friends and loved ones intent on doing harm to you mindlessly without remorse.
even Romero will tell you zombie movies ain't about the zombies
don't be all seriousing up a zombie poop thread! berry puches! ka *POW*!
You people need to stop worrying about imaginary threats, and focus on real ones, like the impending monkey uprising.
It's real, and it's serious.
I, for one, welcome them. All hail our simian overlords!
You people need to stop worrying about imaginary threats, and focus on real ones, like the impending monkey uprising.
It's real, and it's serious.
I'm now thinking of colonizing Uranus.
and that is an ape, not a monkey.
You people? Are you funking serious right now?
TRY TO HOLD ME BACK!
I dont get Zombies (from the standpoint of the Apocolypse and all the reality shows).... From a physiological standpoint they cannot exist. Take The Walking Dead for example. The half torso'd people the encounter cannot be alive unless they are immortal and possess some superhuman power. They cant exist bc they no longer have blood, which carries o2, nutrients, co2, etc throughout the body. Without o2 to the brain, it infarcts. Then it no longer functions, carrying out neurotransmissions which control motor function. I know in season 1 or 2 @ the CDC they showed how the brain dies, and then the brain stem "revives" but still A) what they showed revives only controls basic metabolic functions (non-voluntary muscle function such as breathing, heart, digestion). Cant have cognitive movement (trying to eat people, problem solving how to maneuver around a gate to eat you, etc) without brain function. And then theres the whole metabolizing whatever they eat into energy. No functioning pancreas, liver, stomach, etc means no energy. No energy, no movement.
Ive had a few drinks, but in a nutshell, zombies in no way can exist (I mean this in the fact that the dead come back alive)
Yeah, well, OBVIOUSLY some other-worldly power is powering the undead zombies.
"Rage virus" zombies could totally happen. Get some kind of virus that destroys the part of your brain or stops the chemicals in your brain that stops extreme aggressive behavior and also gives one an insatiable appetite and we could have a real problem on our hands.
I dont get Zombies (from the standpoint of the Apocolypse and all the reality shows).... From a physiological standpoint they cannot exist. Take The Walking Dead for example. The half torso'd people the encounter cannot be alive unless they are immortal and possess some superhuman power. They cant exist bc they no longer have blood, which carries o2, nutrients, co2, etc throughout the body. Without o2 to the brain, it infarcts. Then it no longer functions, carrying out neurotransmissions which control motor function. I know in season 1 or 2 @ the CDC they showed how the brain dies, and then the brain stem "revives" but still A) what they showed revives only controls basic metabolic functions (non-voluntary muscle function such as breathing, heart, digestion). Cant have cognitive movement (trying to eat people, problem solving how to maneuver around a gate to eat you, etc) without brain function. And then theres the whole metabolizing whatever they eat into energy. No functioning pancreas, liver, stomach, etc means no energy. No energy, no movement.
Ive had a few drinks, but in a nutshell, zombies in no way can exist (I mean this in the fact that the dead come back alive)
Have you never seen a 50s Sci fi movie? It's radiation from nuclear bombs. It can create 300ft lizards (Godzilla) and obviously reanimate the dead....Duh.
It's called SCIENCE! Google it!
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