Simon Pegg Speaks Out Against the Fast Zombie

[uncledark]

I know it is absurd to debate the rules of a reality that does not exist, but this genuinely irks me. You cannot kill a vampire with an MDF stake; werewolves can't fly; zombies do not run. It's a misconception, a bastardisation that diminishes a classic movie monster. The best phantasmagoria uses reality to render the inconceivable conceivable. The

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[dionysusdevotee]

I've seen a lot of speed zombies, does that count?

[uncledark]

Close, but not quite.

There is a short seires called "Dead Set" on British television this month, which is (accoding to the article linked above) media criticism dressed up as zombie horror. Given my love of all things zombie, I'll probably try to get ahold of it, at some point.

But, I'm having a bad depression day, so I figured I'd post something fun and geeky and see if I can get a light conversation going.

[dionysusdevotee]

You might have to grade on a curb, a Lance Armstrong zombie is probably faster than a living me, especially with a smashed toe.

[uncledark]

Possibly.

But only on a bicycle.

[_luaineach]

This was a great read; much appreciated in my current state of weary tiredness. "It's hard to run with a gold, let alone the debilitating malady of them all" made me genuinely grin.

I've reposted it on my journal!

[uncledark]

Glad you liked it.

OTOH

[obadiah]

Lovecraftian ghouls have one of the main pluses of zombies (i.e., they kill people and eat them), with none of the serious minuses (dead, can't run fast, not really super-strong). They can also take a lot of damage, though they can't really lose limbs and things without flinching.

But they can run.

Another plus is that normal people (well, "normal" as defined as living Homo sapiens) can turn into ghouls, such as the artist Richard Pickman.

Re: OTOH

[uncledark]

True. However, ghouls aren't zombies, and the point is that a zombie ought to move like a zombie, not like a ghoul.

To complicate matters, though, the word "zombie" was not used in a Romero film until the recent Land of the Dead. Prior to that, they were referred to as "ghouls" in the scripts, and hardly named at all in the films.

[ca_katarina]

Sorry to note your "mood."

Hope zombie silliness helped.