Zombies! - Page 2

sleepyjeff · 04-28-2007, 09:28 PM

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Not Afraid · 04-29-2007, 01:19 AM

David Sedaris spent quite a bit of time talking about zombies the other night. It started because his recommended book on thie tour is The Zombie Survival Guide He even had copies for sale at his signing table. Apparently, the book is filled with every fact you'd want to know about zombies. Read it. I'm sure it will clear up all of those "urban zombie myths" you've been hearing.

Jughead P. Jones · 04-29-2007, 07:50 AM

Zombies are boring...all they eat is human flesh. If I were a zombie, I'd still want my chocolate fix! Ah well...maybe I could eat the CEO of Hershey's or something.

But, I wouldn't want to be those zombies from the remake of the film Dawn Of The Dead which came out 3 years ago. They run...and as a member of the undead, I would want to get as little exercise as possible to eat the brains of the living...I wouldn't want my limbs to shrivel off, after all.

Sub la Goon · 04-29-2007, 08:06 AM

The whole Devouring thing is what gets me.

We tend to be scared poopless of anything up the food chain from us, like sharks and bears (Jabberjaw and Winnie as notable exceptions).

The thought of being devoured by anything, especially something that resembles us, is very creepy.

€uroMeinke · 04-29-2007, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Jughead P. Jones

But, I wouldn't want to be those zombies from the remake of the film Dawn Of The Dead which came out 3 years ago. They run...

David Sedaris was very emphatic over this zombie mischaracterization, zombies cannot run. He read us a passage from the book he recommended, detailing this.

Boss Radio · 04-29-2007, 09:56 AM

For a quick tutorial, please see the SURVIVAL GUIDE feature on one of my favorite websites:

http://www.dawnofthedeadmovie.net/

blueerica · 04-29-2007, 10:20 AM

Good call, Boss.

thecorndogwalker · 04-29-2007, 10:31 AM

Max Brooks, Mel Brooks son wrote this book called World War Z. It is an oral history of a world wide Zombie infestation and how the world crumbles and society collapses.. It is so spooky and has so many references to whats going on in the world today... eeeeeekkk..

But it is a book called "The Rising" by an author named Brian Keene, that basically about a year ago after reading it, I could not sleep. It was such a disturbing Zombie book unlike I ever read before....

wendybeth · 04-29-2007, 11:29 AM

I just don't find zombies very frightening. They're too easy to get away from, unless you're one of those people that gets paralyzed by fright, in which case the horror genre equivalent of natural selection takes place. Vampires aren't very scary either. Well, Nosferatu was scary, but all the others are mostly sexy. Some of the scariest things I can think of are real-life things, like Ann Coulter.

AllyOops! · 04-29-2007, 04:20 PM

I was just thinking to myself, "they always walk in slow motion, arms out in front of them, wrapped in gauze, moaning..." then I realized I had completely mixed up zombies with mummies. At least I haven't mixed up the fact I'm a total bonehead.

Yikes! Muy creepioso. However, I find vampires sexy. Television & movie vampires, that is. Especially if they are named Spike or Angel. Ooh! And I just love that movie Love Bites starring Adam Ant as the way sexy vampire that lives in the leading lady's apartment?

There was like an ancient crypt behind her fireplace containing his casket, where his un-deadiness slept. You know, that old common problem. Leaky roof, rusty plumbing, hidden crypts containing undead rock stars. File that under your disclosures.

No zombies or mummies or monsters, thank you very much. I'll stick with angels & saints anyday!

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	David Sedaris spent quite a bit of time talking about zombies the other night. It started because his recommended book on thie tour is The Zombie Survival Guide He even had copies for sale at his signing table. Apparently, the book is filled with every fact you'd want to know about zombies. Read it. I'm sure it will clear up all of those "urban zombie myths" you've been hearing.
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Jughead P. Jones Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brockville, Ontario, Canada Posts: 404	Zombies are boring...all they eat is human flesh. If I were a zombie, I'd still want my chocolate fix! Ah well...maybe I could eat the CEO of Hershey's or something. But, I wouldn't want to be those zombies from the remake of the film Dawn Of The Dead which came out 3 years ago. They run...and as a member of the undead, I would want to get as little exercise as possible to eat the brains of the living...I wouldn't want my limbs to shrivel off, after all. __________________ "I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy!"
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Sub la Goon Ride me! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The line forms here... Posts: 326	The whole Devouring thing is what gets me. We tend to be scared poopless of anything up the food chain from us, like sharks and bears (Jabberjaw and Winnie as notable exceptions). The thought of being devoured by anything, especially something that resembles us, is very creepy. __________________ You roll the dice, you move your mice.
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thecorndogwalker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: east west hollywood Posts: 435	Max Brooks, Mel Brooks son wrote this book called World War Z. It is an oral history of a world wide Zombie infestation and how the world crumbles and society collapses.. It is so spooky and has so many references to whats going on in the world today... eeeeeekkk.. But it is a book called "The Rising" by an author named Brian Keene, that basically about a year ago after reading it, I could not sleep. It was such a disturbing Zombie book unlike I ever read before....
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04-29-2007, 11:29 AM	#19
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I just don't find zombies very frightening. They're too easy to get away from, unless you're one of those people that gets paralyzed by fright, in which case the horror genre equivalent of natural selection takes place. Vampires aren't very scary either. Well, Nosferatu was scary, but all the others are mostly sexy. Some of the scariest things I can think of are real-life things, like Ann Coulter. __________________
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04-29-2007, 04:20 PM	#20
AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	I was just thinking to myself, "they always walk in slow motion, arms out in front of them, wrapped in gauze, moaning..." then I realized I had completely mixed up zombies with mummies. At least I haven't mixed up the fact I'm a total bonehead. Yikes! Muy creepioso. However, I find vampires sexy. Television & movie vampires, that is. Especially if they are named Spike or Angel. Ooh! And I just love that movie Love Bites starring Adam Ant as the way sexy vampire that lives in the leading lady's apartment? There was like an ancient crypt behind her fireplace containing his casket, where his un-deadiness slept. You know, that old common problem. Leaky roof, rusty plumbing, hidden crypts containing undead rock stars. File that under your disclosures. No zombies or mummies or monsters, thank you very much. I'll stick with angels & saints anyday!
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