Zombies traditionally are the cannon fodder for movies, video games, birthday parties, etc…
But I submit to you that our smelly undead friends can be far far tougher than you might think. I think it varies with the breed of zombie though. I’ve seen zombies in movies that were strong, fast, smart, or had pleasant personalities (None of them glittered in the sun though).
Look I know we all love George Romero, but I just can’t abide a single type of zombie. I likes my zombies to be different. I like my zombies to be able to take a punch…. Just like Grandma can.
I’ve got it! We’ll hold zombie gladiator/iron man competitions to see who really is the most badass zombie. Tons of zombies with huge egos will pay out the nose to participate (erm, nose hole?) and think of all the merch value to spectators.
Of course we’d have to figure out how to keep the whole thing for going on for eternity since no one can actually die and elimination would be hard. Don’t want people getting bored and tuning out, so maybe voted off by fire? (kiss Moon goodbye) Or we just rig it from the start.
LadyBelle, I really like the way you think. 🙂
Well, if you want to have even a slight amount of authenticity to a Zombie Apocalypse (7 reasons why a Zombie Apocalypse would fail quickly – http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended ), then “Sturdiness” and “Dead Body” are just not two things you can put together. It doesn’t take much to render a zombie no real threat to you (other than your gag reflex); they might keep going a long time, but before long at all, they’re about as threatening as a blind puppy.
Gotta go for the Flesh Golem/Assembled “Zombie” if you want resilience. Sturdy zombies just don’t happen by accident (even Jason Voorhees had to exert his will to assemble a sturdy, strong, adult zombie bod.
Is it sad that I’ve been spending the last 5 minutes debating over whether or not zombies can sneeze? 🙂
Only if the other guy did not walk away with your opinion branded in his brain. 😉
Well, if you want to have even a slight amount of authenticity to a Zombie Apocalypse, then “Sturdiness” and “Dead Body” are just not two things you can put together. It doesn’t take much to render a zombie no real threat to you (other than your gag reflex); they might keep going a long time, but before long at all, they’re about as threatening as a blind puppy.
Gotta go for the Flesh Golem/Assembled “Zombie” if you want resilience. Sturdy zombies just don’t happen by accident (even Jason Voorhees had to exert his will to assemble a sturdy, strong, adult zombie bod.
While different verity of zombies is nice I like them to be consistent in the world that they exist in. If they are all shambling brainless dead then there shouldnt be the random fast clever zombie. I dont care if people like to make up or use different zombies for their film as long as they carry that sort of zombie all the way through or have a reasons for the zombies to change. For instance… obviously when you poor oil on a zombie and light it on fire you no longer have shambling zombies but now flaming zombies bringing and infernoy doom down upon the survivers
You spur thoughts of some rogue Necromancer/Elementalist crossing zombies with Earth, Air, Fire and Water Elementals…
– Flame Zombie (result obvious)
– Ice Zombie (touch freezes you in place so it can eat you)
– Air Zombie (can fly, maybe a “cloud of cloying stench” attack?)
– Earth Zombie (makes hands of rock emerge from ground to grab you for easy eating)
That would make a pretty cool idea for a Saturday morning cartoon. I like it.
I agree with you. I’m usually pretty cool with new types of zombies, sci-fi, fantasy, etc… But if you are going to make up a monster or science, you must obey the rules that you create.
Also please pay no attention to when my comic is inconsistent (Looks shifty). That’ll happen a lot I’m afraid. I’m comfortable with my hypocrisy.