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Damaikis said:
Too many movies give the wrong idea of zombies. Zombies cannot swim. They would fall to the bottom of the water and just walk on the floor. An angry shark would destroy a zombie. Zombies are creatures created by a virus, an they are not afraid of light. You can only kill them by shooting them in the head or burning them. They can't think. They just move towards live flesh and try to eat it. They are not constrained by things such as fatigue. Zombies are zombies.
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Okay, I get what you are saying. So you don't like movies that don't stick to the pre-established mythos that is the traditional zombie?
 
Jacob Robertson said:
Okay, I get what you are saying. So you don't like movies that don't stick to the pre-established mythos that is the traditional zombie?
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This could easily be shortened. "I don't like the movies that are wrong."

But yes essentially what you said is true because they are generally incorrect.
 
Damaikis said:
Too many movies give the wrong idea of zombies. Zombies cannot swim. They would fall to the bottom of the water and just walk on the floor. An angry shark would destroy a zombie. Zombies are creatures created by a virus, an they are not afraid of light. You can only kill them by shooting them in the head or burning them. They can't think. They just move towards live flesh and try to eat it. They are not constrained by things such as fatigue. Zombies are zombies.
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According to George A Romero, Zombies are created from nuclear fallout from a satellite. And zombies can be trained to learn their name, as long as it's simple like Bub. Also, they can learn to use a gun and shoot their tormentors. According to the Dead movies.
 
Sorry, I spend my day around football players. My mind craves complicated sentence structure and multi-syllabic words.
Damaikis said:
This could easily be shortened. "I don't like the movies that are wrong."

But yes essentially what you said is true because they are generally incorrect.
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blugold said:
According to George A Romero, Zombies are created from nuclear fallout from a satellite. And zombies can be trained to learn their name, as long as it's simple like Bub. Also, they can learn to use a gun and shoot their tormentors. According to the Dead movies.
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Yes and he is wrong. This information is not true.

Jacob Robertson said:
Sorry, I spend my day around football players. My mind craves complicated sentence structure and multi-syllabic words.
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Hahaha I know how you feel!
 
Damaikis said:
Yes and he is wrong. This information is not true.
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So Max Brooks' definition is the only right definition? Even though it came close to 40 years after Romero's?
 
blugold said:
So Max Brooks' definition is the only right definition? Even though it came close to 40 years after Romero's?
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There's only one correct definition because zombies are fixed beings. The definition of a zombie can't be fluid because they are one thing. It's not like they change all the time.
 
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Thanks Jake. the definition of Zombie is whatever the author wants it to be, as a means to fit the narrative.

I sure hope I am missing on some sarcasm being used by young Damaikis.
 
Vampires > zombies.

Deadliest Warrior proved it with science and data.
 
blugold said:
Thanks Jake. the definition of Zombie is whatever the author wants it to be, as a means to fit the narrative.

I sure hope I am missing on some sarcasm being used by young Damaikis.
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Anytime, lol. FWIW, I subscribe to the Ramero school of zombiehood.
 
blugold said:
Thanks Jake. the definition of Zombie is whatever the author wants it to be, as a means to fit the narrative.

I sure hope I am missing on some sarcasm being used by young Damaikis.
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Lol author? I mean I guess that's true. I could always write about birds and say that they are 7,000 feet long and filled with rocks. Though just because I write it doesn't make it true of the birds.

P.S. Yes there is a lot of sarcasm here. I love zombies, and therefore believe they're real. Henceforth I say that zombies have fixed definitions. :D
 
TC said:
Vampires > zombies.

Deadliest Warrior proved it with science and data.
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Truth. Though vampires aren't real.
 
TC said:
Vampires > zombies.

Deadliest Warrior proved it with science and data.
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Zombies are only effective in hordes, a single (non Twilight) vampire can cause a whole lot of damage.

Also, what has happened to vampires? When I was younger, they sucked blood, not... well you know.

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What's even better (and nerdier) than a vampire? A zombie Marvel character.

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Boom.
 
That was freaking hysterical. Bravo, man!
SethO said:
Zombies are only effective in hordes, a single (non Twilight) vampire can cause a whole lot of damage.

Also, what has happened to vampires? When I was younger, they sucked blood, not... well you know.

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Nerd boom again.
 
blugold said:
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Nerd boom again.
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I have a hard time believing that this actually happened. Otherwise we would all be dead. Those things would be unstoppable.
 
Zombies...pffftt whatev. Where's woody harrelson when you need him.


Oh yeah, puff puff passing.
 
Those 28 Days Later zombies were tough. Fast as hell. Now that's a good zombie.

Kevin
 
Esox said:
Those 28 Days Later zombies were tough. Fast as hell. Now that's a good zombie.

Kevin
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Nerd voice on -

28 Days Later were not Zombies. Nobody was actually eaten. They were merely infected with a "rage virus".

- nerd voice off.
 
blugold said:
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28 Days Later were not Zombies. Nobody was actually eaten. They were merely infected with a "rage virus".

- nerd voice off.
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Super Zombies. Zombies 2.0.

Kevin
 
Team Hackers would definitely win the Zombie Cup 2.0
 
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