a question about zombies

[troypiggo]

New movie "Zombieland" coming out. Saw trailer for it the other night. Looks absolutely hilarious. I love zombie movies - seen heaps of them.

No idea how or why, but for some reason after all this time and watching all these zombie movies, this stupid thought popped into my head:

Why do zombies eat humans?

If it's to eat flesh, brains or whatever, how come in so many movies you see a horde of zombies attacking one of the support cast, then later in the movie they return as a zombie trying to attack the main characters? Shouldn't they be all eaten up and nothing left? I mean there was like 20 hungry zombies munching on them and they're only missing a chunk on their arm or something.

I recall earlier zombie movies and them murmuring "braaaains" and they wanted to eat brains. If that's what they do with their victims, then there should be no more zombies created because isn't shooting them in the head, destroying their brain the only way you can kill them?

Nice, light topic for a Monday morning, eh? :)

Discuss.

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Zombies eat Humans because watching them eat kittens or bunnies would be just too much. We all know someone who needs to get eaten by a Zombie, do we not?
As a segue - they remind me of String Theorists. Aimlessly stumbling about muttering "Braaanes, Braaanes" :D

[Baddad]

Hi Troy, :)
Its called "Movie Magic" ;) No logic behind it. Its just to scare the c--p out of the viewers. Once logic is applied its no longer scary. Similarly "Looney Tunes" would not be funny if common sense was applied.:P:D

'Movie Magic' reasoning has us to extrapolate that Zombies require human flesh for whatever reason, I don't know. :einstein:Certainly not to survive. Yet the procedure results in the victim becoming one of them. Which means more competition. Again illogical. But necessary to perpetuate the species.:thumbsup:

However, being eaten alive is one of the most scariest deaths that we humans can imagine. :scared:(According to certain psychologists). Hence the adrenalin rush the audience experiences.:scared2::jump:

The plot and reasoning has to be simple enough for viewers to 'veg out' and not have to concentrate too heavily.

So ends my two bob's worth for now. I am not a fan of the topic as it is too far fetched for me. But I do not knock your viewing choices. I like Looney Tunes so I can relate.:)

Cheers Marty

[troypiggo]

So, what? You're saying it's all make-believe?! And there's holes in the plot to make the movie more watchable?! Who'd a thunk?!! :)

[multiweb]

:eyepop: I reckon too! There were a couple of scenes in Event Horizon and Serenity that I didn't stomach too well... still make me shiver. :scared:

[DJDD]

zombieland: 7 Double Taps out of 10...


I have often wondered what would happen when zombies and vampires ate all of the available food source (i.e. Humans). well, someone is making a movie about it (Vampires)- Daybreakers.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/


why do zombies eat humans and not other zombies?
Answer: healthy flesh is tasty flesh...

[troypiggo]

Looks like a lot of Aussie actors in there. Cool.

[Outbackmanyep]

I suppose eating live human flesh is like eating a hot roast chook! MMMmmmmmm stuffing!

[bones]

I remember watching a funny zombie in the latter part of the '80's where they (the zombies) were all going "Braaaains". It was called return of the living dead. There was another one "Return of the Living Dead 2".

Anyway one of the zombies in one of these movies was asked why they eat braaaaaaains, to which the answer if I recall correctly was "it takes away the pain of decay". :eek:

[troypiggo]

LOL. On Foxtel recently there was "Zombie Strippers". Absolutely ridiculous movie, but hilarious. Imagine a zombie outbreak, a guy is bitten and hides out in an illegal/underground strip joint, turns into a zombie and bites one of the strippers. She goes all zombie and with her new "powers" does the most awesome strip routines and rakes in all the dough and adoration of the crowd. Other strippers get jealous and ask her to bite them. So there's a pack of uber-stripper zombie woman on stage and the crowd loves it. Just don't get the private lap dance... ;)

BTW it wasn't R-rated or anything. I'm not a perv. We watched it purely for the comedy, really bad acting, and zombies.

[Craig.a.c]

Isn't that the movie with the guy that played Freddie Krugger (can't remember his name and Jenna Jameson in it?



I don't know why but zombies freak me out. I watched "Shawn of the dead" and laughed my bum off. Then my brother said I should watch "Dawn of the dead" since thats what they ripped of from, that movie gave me nightmares for a month.

[troypiggo]

Yeah, that's the one. Robert Englund.

Shawn of the dead is a ripper. There was an Aussie one made fairly recently, maybe 5 years ago now, called Undead that's pretty funny too. Made by those same brothers that are making that vampire one DDJD mentioned above.

The classics are the ones made my George A Romero - he's the master of zombie movies.

I really liked I am Legend recently with Will Smith. Different twist on the theme, making the zombies really fast and tough, not so much a splatter movie.

[Vartigy]

Its funny.
The supernatural thrillers like zombie flicks, vampire flicks, monster flicks dont phase me.
But things like the village, blair witch and the ring... nightmares for months.
Had to stop watching the ring halfway through.

[Davros]

Go and watch Paranormal Activities, you wont sleep for months. :thumbsup::eyepop:

[jjjnettie]

I don't know about that, mutating to death is at the top of my list.:sadeyes:

[troypiggo]

Totally. I don't know why, but The Ring (the big budget remake US version, not the original Japanese one) scared the pants off me. The bit where she comes out of the TV, that jerky motion, the wet dark hair over her face. To this day when I see an image like that the hair on the back of my neck stands up.

[bloodhound31]

Zombies are ABSOLUTELY TRUE! Just visit Queanbeyan....you'll see.

[Vartigy]

Yeah, the trailer creeped me out.

I still can't understand why hollywood makes those movies.

Mind you. Seen Saw 1 and 2.
Loved them!!! I thought they were fantastic.
Love a good mind bender.

And Troy. Yeh, now that you remind me, it was just at that part, i think the fly came out of the tv at that point and the hand appeared over the well wall that i cracked the chits, told the wife i was going to go smash some zombies on L4D and left her to watch it.

[Waxing_Gibbous]

I find "Zombies a" perjorative term. I think we should all put on our tolerance hats and think up a new one that better describes them as a culture - defined by a unique set of attributes, a common ethos and shared goals.
"Undead Australians" is already taken by the Vampire community. And Developementally challenged, quasi-sentient, anthro-phages is too technical and diminishes their very real contribution to our multi-cultural heritage.
Peter

[Baron von Richthofen]

I never met a Zombie I didn't like:wink2:

[Vartigy]

A really funny game came out a few years back in the xbox called Stubbs the Zombie.

Also for anyone interested in some cool flash animation storyline on zombies, check out www.xombified.com



How about Rambling Shamblers.

[ving]

feeling somewhat zombie like right now i can state that brains sounds very tasty at the moment....

[troypiggo]

Got it - PC version. Loved it. Hilarious. Pulls his own head off and throws it like a bowling ball to knock over people. Farts some green gas to knock people out. Pulls hand off and it scrambles around by itself, can sit it on victims head to control them for a bit. Haha. Memories.

[troypiggo]

Just got back from "Zombieland". Totally get the comment/score of "7 double taps out of 10" now. Hilarious. If you like zombie movies, go see it. Cool soundtrack, too. I knew it was going to be good when the title sequence song was from Metallica.

[sebastien]

hahahahahhaahah, great Pun, Absolutely love it!!!!!!:lol::thumbsup:

[that_guy]

this ought to solve the problem see attached. Picture provided by chesschat.org.