Maybe its just me...

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on December 26, 2010 at 8:29pm

the directors who make fast zombie movies are looking to sell a product is all. i agree that something rotting from the inside out shouldn't be able to move like lightening. but it does sell a scary thought.

"What would you do when confronted with a flesh eating, running corps?"

but the reality is when it all comes down to it. we will face a hoard of stinky, rotten, shamblers looking to eat us.

reason being the whole decomposing process. it starts at the time of death with rigor mortis. rigor starts at the brain. then goes to the internal organs. then settles into the limbs. so when it comes down to it. we will be facing a corps with a taste for human flesh and a full body muscle cramp. no way in hell that is gonna run. lol.

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on December 27, 2010 at 10:00pm

this was proven by a french doctor in the days of the renesance period. after a french noble was beheaded. he picked the head up out the bucket it fell into. started talking to the head. and to the suprize of the crowd. the head opened its eyes and tried to talk back to the man then 5 minutes later died. now riddle me this. was it just a case of the brain being alive shortly after death? or was it a starting case of zombieism starting to happen.

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on December 27, 2010 at 12:39am

the future is not set. who knows what we will face in the end.

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Permalink Reply by Cobra Kommander on January 7, 2011 at 12:56am

Probably all depends on the type of Zombie. I can see the "rage virus" types able to run at first. The ones that are the living, becoming infected, dieing, then coming back to life may be a differant story. Rigor mortis, in humans commences  about 3 hours after death, reaches maximum stiffness after 12 hours, and gradually dissipates until approximately 72 hours after death. In this case, the undead may be able to move freely for a while until RM begins to set in. Then I believe as it sets, movement will slow down and possibly even stop in certain situations. This could give us "paralized" Z's that are somewhat "cohereant"(ie they can see possibly) but cant really move until RM breaks out. I like to call those... easy targets!

Then after RM is freed up, of course comes the stage of decay that they are in. Less "available" muscle tissue will mean less movement.

Either way.... lock and load people!

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on January 7, 2011 at 10:10am

i have to agree with Cobra Komander here. Rigor Moris will be the deciding factor here. Then there is the decomposing factor. These will be our "ace in the hole" for survival.

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Permalink Reply by Scatoma on January 7, 2011 at 2:40am

This debate always comes down to one factor, cause. Super natural, or a contagion, or radiation of some kind, etc these reasons will surely be what decides the zombie type. We can debate all kinds of motor skills really. Can they talk or reason. Do they digest or just consume only to spread thru biting their victims, etc. I prefer Romero rules, but it's not like he created them ya know.  Zombies will be more like 28 Days and Zombieland if we are going by what we currently know of science. They surely won't be "walking dead" cause then it's all bets off. Fuckin fly as far as we know at that point. Might as well prepare for the worst. If they have the ability to work together even in the smallest manor we will have an almost unbeatable force agaisnt us. I pray to whatever that the zombies know about Romero rules and follow them accordingly.

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Permalink Reply by AG. on January 7, 2011 at 5:00pm

I always liked Z.A. Recht's zombies in his "Plague" novels. It originated as a virus, so the Zs remained alive, and were able to run. They could be killed like normal people, but if not shot in the head, they come back undead and can only die from headshot. It was awesome because he described attacks on fortified positions and when the runners were done and everyone thought it was over, wave after wave of slower undead would begin their attack.

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Permalink Reply by Scatoma on January 8, 2011 at 1:36am

Ya, great great story.  RIP Z.A. Recht!

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Permalink Reply by Wicked Death☭ on January 8, 2011 at 5:08pm

I wonder if the zombies are really hungry or if they just eat to eat?

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on January 31, 2011 at 2:54pm

with all their internal organs not working anymore. i would say that a zombie eats just to eat. its like someone flipped a switch to eat and didnt reverse it. so they basically eat till they rot into nothingness.

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Permalink Reply by casecloser on January 9, 2011 at 3:10pm

If zombies can run, but never get tired, doesn't that make it near impossible to survive an apocalypse.  The running zombie gives the human race a very slim chance of survival.

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Permalink Reply by China Doll on January 31, 2011 at 2:15pm

IF A RUNNING ZOMBIE CAME AT ME I WOULD BE FROZEN TO THE SPOT LIKE A RABBIT IN HEADLIGHTS!
THINK I'D PROBABLY PEE MY PANTS & SCREAM BUT NO SOUND WOULD COME OUT!

 

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