Comments | def_fr0g_42: ZOMBIES: UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED

def_fr0g_42

ZOMBIES: UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED

Nov 11, 2008 21:50

Or, “If God had intended for zombies to run, he wouldn’t have let them die.”

ITEM: Simon “Shaun Of The Dead” Pegg critiques Dead Set, a five-episode TV series in which a Big Brother house is attacked by the living dead. Simon’s main complaint: ZOMBIES DON’T RUN.

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Comments 9

dr_p_venkman November 11 2008, 16:19:20 UTC

Zombies are most effective when they hide in the shadows and lay siege. I didn't buy the remake when the undead could suddenly bust windshields with bare hands and climb along the pipework like monkeys, but I understood the idea of the Rage virus, which was a refresh spin on the zombie tale.

And thanks for turning me on to Dead Set. I'm looking forward to watching it on video.

def_fr0g_42 November 12 2008, 08:41:23 UTC

So am I, actually.

ziyda November 11 2008, 19:11:42 UTC

*Grump, grump* Okay, I took the poll.
Make the zombies fly, maybe.

: ) Regiiina Spektor! Her voice takes more than an hour to begin getting annoying. That is a good voice.

def_fr0g_42 November 12 2008, 08:37:55 UTC

FLYING ZOMBIES!

jasonfranks November 11 2008, 22:39:19 UTC

I chose 'brisk walk' because I'm all about efficiency. And because it made me think of zombies rushing around London in bowler hats with furled umbrellas under their arms.

-- JF

def_fr0g_42 November 12 2008, 08:42:30 UTC

I was the other 'brisk walk' voter, for what it's worth. Not that I came up with any image that twisted, mind ...

dinopollard November 11 2008, 23:14:57 UTC

You should have had an option for "it doesn't matter." That's what I would have picked. I'm fine with my zombies being slow and I'm fine with them being quick. Doesn't matter to me one way or the other.

def_fr0g_42 November 12 2008, 08:37:00 UTC

Noted.

Running Zombies!!! garbagecanmusic November 13 2008, 04:31:20 UTC

Running Zombies to me are really f-ing scary. 28 Days Later scared the crap out of me.

The Dawn of the Dead remake with the running zombies scared the ever-lovin' crap out of me also. Although, and I could be wrong, I think in the remake that when people were first turned into zombies they were running and full of rage and then it petered out as the decomposed. At least that's what I got out of it.

Still, f-ing scary at any speed. And if they fly, god help me.