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Well i just watched Shawn of the dead and you know the bit where
the guy who hated Shawn is ripped to pieces? well how do the zom-
bies do it? as it is hard to claw someone's stomach out (believe me its
hard) and surly the zombies are weaker so i ask you that dakka peeps
how do zombies get so strong?

They are strengthened by the power of cheese.

All English people are super-humanly strong.

It's a side affect from carrying umbrellas everywhere.

They hit the gym after they are turned.

And they file their fingers into points for ease of ripping into their prey. Plus they count as having rending claws.

They're zombies.

You can't get more unrealistic than that, unless they were all wearing tu-tus, had hats made out of Swiss cheese, and were armed with guns that fired shurikens and lightning.

Cheese Elemental wrote:They're zombies.

You can't get more unrealistic than that, unless they were all wearing tu-tus, had hats made out of Swiss cheese, and were armed with guns that fired shurikens and lightning.

Well... I think tricycles, high heels, clown noses, and lipstick could make some pretty unrealistic foes... yet again, they could also have elephant ears, and black holes for eyes, but that me pushing it.

The zombies strength comes from their numbers,lets be honest,a large group of walking dead,whos sole motivation is to eat you would probly be able to pull a person apart..even if their wearing tu-tus',high heels and head gear made of cheese.

Thats why its important to be fully prepared for a weekend of Zombieapocalypse fun. Come join the Frazzled for ZombieFest featuring:

*Where's Zombie?
*Zombie Run
*Blunt object relay
*Record toss –special awards for takedown with an original Abba or Flock of Seagulls LP (nods to Shaun of the dead)
*Smasha Zombie bus derby (timed event)
*Shooting for Distance, shooting for speed
*Clearing a room
*Zombiefest finale: Zombie Catapult Toss
*And don’t forget our ever popular childrens’ games: wackazombie, zombie pole vault, and pin the tail on the zombie.

I think i will come to this, where is it?

Texas of course!

Can I bring my home made flash bangs?

Can you? Thats a requirement along with your home made Zombie pinata sticks.

Zombie... Pinata sticks........

**Runs of to shed with Duct Tape and my Mini Chainsaw laughing a slow evil laugh**

http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalog1/product_info.php/pName/1-flash-bang-diversionary-device-training-system/cName/training-flash-bangs

I don't need that. I have 14 year old. He's a walking flash bang grenade...

**Runs of to shed with Duct Tape and my Mini Chainsaw laughing a slow evil laugh**

Is it wrong that I now have two chainsaws...

Is wrong that I own a chainsaw thats only about 3' long total and could TOTALLY be used as a hand replacement?? I mean I use it one handed all the time on wildland firefighting......

This is my THUNDERSTICK!

(OT if you liked above you should watch Bubbahotep)

Boomstick actually!

And on the realism side....it is probably easier than you might think to pull someones guts out. Especially if your fingers no longer feel pain, and your only compulsion is to feed.

Imagine someone on PCP.

And Zombos aren't any weaker than the averge human, just slow with poor coordination.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:And Zombos aren't any weaker than the averge human, just slow with poor coordination.

Correction: FRESH Zeds aren't any weaker than the average human. Over time, the decomposition wears down the body and muscles as the bodies are fully exposed to the elements(ie., neither embalmed nor mummified nor any other preservational process).

What kind of timeline are we talking? When do we go from freakishly fast zombies aka dawn of the dead, to perfect Zombielympics cannonfodder aka Shaun of the dead? I need to know when its safe to put the shotgun away and get out the fishing net and lawn darts for family fun on the front lawn.

" Good one there Genghis Connie, now see if you can peg that Zombie in the skull at 30 feet. Excellent. Mom you're up."

Platuan4th wrote:

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:And Zombos aren't any weaker than the averge human, just slow with poor coordination.

Correction: FRESH Zeds aren't any weaker than the average human. Over time, the decomposition wears down the body and muscles as the bodies are fully exposed to the elements(ie., neither embalmed nor mummified nor any other preservational process).

Well medically speaking the fastest rotting bits of the body are the brain and the eyes, so if we're talking medical type stuff, all Zombies are knackered from the word go!

Unless we are talking Braindeath followed by ressurection, which would of course result in a working human being largely devoid of reason and one would assume coordination?

Frazzled makes a good point. Are we talking the crazy olympic sprinter zombies that scream, or are we talking the shuffling, unstoppable dead?

But it's a universal rule that zombies are exactly as strong as the plot needs them to be. Always.

Orkestra wrote:Frazzled makes a good point. Are we talking the crazy olympic sprinter zombies that scream, or are we talking the shuffling, unstoppable dead?

But it's a universal rule that zombies are exactly as strong as the plot needs them to be. Always.

I for one am a "Romero purist" when it comes to zombies,so definatly the shuffling,slow,undead.
The sprinting zombies( Dawn of the dead remake) and not zombies (28 Days/Weeks later,Quarintine) are,IMO a product of "microwave" society,speed over flavor.

weak stomach lining from eating stupid amounts of pork scratchings.

pork scratchings =Teh Win

Zombies are not restricted by things like pain, fear or even uncertainty. They are machines. They are no stronger then you or I but they will not quit, they will not stop and they will destroy themselves to get at the precious brains!


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FITZZ wrote:

Orkestra wrote:Frazzled makes a good point. Are we talking the crazy olympic sprinter zombies that scream, or are we talking the shuffling, unstoppable dead?

But it's a universal rule that zombies are exactly as strong as the plot needs them to be. Always.

I for one am a "Romero purist" when it comes to zombies,so definatly the shuffling,slow,undead.
The sprinting zombies( Dawn of the dead remake) and not zombies (28 Days/Weeks later,Quarintine) are,IMO a product of "microwave" society,speed over flavor.

Yes, me too! I love Romero and subscribe to the shambling dead!

I don't like the 'rabid' zombies, or even ones created by a virus. Give me necromancy any day.

Ayah shambling zombies are perfect for Zombie games. We're thinking of a new game-Zombie tagging.

(tagging is spray painting patterns and symbols-originally affiliated with gangs)

What I find terribly funny and ironic is that...

I Am Legend (The fantastic book by Richard Matheson) inspired George Romero's original Night of the Living Dead and his slow shambling stupid zombies. Romero goes on to essentially create the sub-genre in movies, TV, comics, etc.

Charlton Heston makes the Omega Man. Yes this is a barely recognizable and a guilty pleasure adaptation of I Am Legend although by all accounts a silly action yarn and not horror in any sense of the word. It doesn't even have zombies, but more like living zombie-hippies.

Dan O'Bannon makes a 'legal' sequel to Night of the Living Dead using fast, smart zombies and it actually one of the better entries into the sub-genre as well as introducing the term, "Brains!" into zombie lore. Not to mention his zombies were fierce and frightening. This movie, sadly, is largely forgotten and spawned a bunch of terrible squeals.

Romero cements his influence with Day of the Dead (widely panned at first but ultimately a classic).

Years go by without much of a peep (except for Dead Alive, which is also a decent entry into the genre but I doubt many Americans know of it). The Japanese company CapCom makes Resident Evil (aka Biohazard) citing Romero as a primary influence and its an instant classic as well as returning 'Zombies' to the modern consciousness.

Snyder remakes Dawn of the Dead using fast zombies because he feels they present more of a threat. Good but not the classic that is the original.

A couple of Brits make the wildly popular and more accessible Shaun of the Dead using Romero's shamblers.

Will Smith stars in the now third remake of I Am Legend, also using fast (and CGI) zombies and it is barely recognizable to the original source material. And, frankly, not very good (although I know it has its fans).

Although Romero defined it, Matheson essentially is the real father of the genre but he gets the worst adaptations of his work. Except possibly the Vincent Price version which pre-dates NotLD, is decent but kind of blah. Dan O'Bannon (also help make Alien into a film) disappears into relative obscurity.

Thankfully Matheson had a successful writing career.


Did I miss anything?

You forgot the first Zombie movie: White Zombie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023694/combined

Frazzled wrote:You forgot the first Zombie movie: White Zombie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023694/combined

I didn't forget.

By father of the genre, I am referring to the 'last man on Earth/trapped, as Earth is overrun while the protagonist(s) fight some form of undead/rabid mutants genre. Or, as video games have dubbed it, the Survival Horror genre.

True that.

Don't forget DOOM the first undead vid game.