My sister and I were discussing zombies yesterday (cause we both love a good zombie flick) and a question came up.: Do zombies eat each other? No one ever shows that in the movie and I find it troublesome. If they only eat live people, then what happens when everyone is a zombie? Does the whole zombie population die out?
Face it. They are NOT the smartest of the monsters. With the exception of the movie 28 Days Later in which the zombies are wicked-fast, they tend to lumber. There is also a lot of grunting and moaning (and not in a good way) which I think shows a serious lack of communication.
Frankly, I think zombies are very shortsighted. Otherwise, they’d be rationing people like candy. So, while I love a good zombie move (Sean of the Dead is the best IMO) in the long run, they are a doomed species. They will never win over people, and we'll never have a zombie overlord cracking a zombie whip over our heads. Not sure about you, but I'll sleep better tonight!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
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LOVE LOVE LOVE Sean of the Dead! Between the overall cheesiness and the British humor, it's one of the best zombie movies out there.
It sounds like you're saying zombies really just need one guy with enough brains to say, "Hey, fellas! Let's think about this whole 'eat the humans like there's no tomorrow' thing!" The Einstein of zombies, as it were.
Just sayin'....
The grunting and moaning also denotes a serious inability to launch stealth attacks.
Sean of the Dead ROCKS! I haven't watched their second movie, Hot Fuzz. Gotta do that.... But not this weekend because my FREAKING-ASS in-laws are ALL coming, even though I just spent FOUR of the LONGEST DAYS OF MY LIFE with those morons over Christmas!!!! GAH!!!
Cathy--
Exactly! One smart zombie could RULE THEM ALL!
Tracy,
Good point on the grunting--it's a dead giveaway (get it? DEAD giveaway?!) . Unless they're at a pub (as in Sean of the Dead) then they'd just seem drunk.
So, if there was an uber-zombie, he might be wise to start the 'take over the world' thing by hitting the bars first.
It might actually be even worse than running out of their preferred food source. Zombies eat brains, right? And zombies are created from humans they've attacked (and presumably consumed their grey matter), so the fact is, NO zombies have brains!! They are brainless undead! Perhaps a human with a really bad complexion and eau de carrion perfume should PRETEND to be a zombie and become the zombie overlord?
Oh, W&C has a very good point! The tough part would be finding someone who could pass muster and not get eaten by those they're trying to overlord. You may have to line up a few candidates for zombie dictator.
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