Zombie Questions

[tanlen]

Spoilers for the uninitiated, I guess...

Since the vast majority of the zombie deaths involve zombies ripping humans into little chunks, how did the zombie population get so big?

And most of the zombies have no physical damage at all, just gray people lumbering around. How'd they die?

Why don't zombies eat fresh zombies? The flesh is still warm (I think that was why it was said they don't eat each other, cause they're cold fleshed.)

Why didn't the zombies eat the animals? (see the gator in Day... oh... I guess cause the gator is cold blooded? he'd still have warm flesh though?)

(silly gripe) Zombies like BUB have perfectly clear living eyes.

Could 4 people rip a man's toro in two? Could one man pull off another's head? Zombies seem really strong, yet you can roll around on the ground with one or get grabbed by one and the only strong thing is their teeth.

Frankenstein didn't turn into a zombie because...?

I love the trilogy, just figured this would be a good place to get these haunting question off my chest.

[pyscho dude]

The zombie population got so big because thousands of people die everyday that's thousands of more zombies per day.

The people who became zombies could've died in all sorts of ways. Perhaps some died of diseases or heart attacks and wouldn't have much damage to their body.

Zombies probably don't eat other zombies because it probably wouldn't taste good to them.

Zombies might have eaten animals. How many animals did you see in Day?

I think the zombies got stronger as the series went on because in Day they did move faster and could tear through people easier. Or maybe the humans became weaker so a zombie could tear through someone.
Just my theories.

[tanlen]

Well, Dr Frankenstein said that they ate out of pure reflex, even if they didn't have the guts he showed how that one tried to eat his hand as it laid there eviscerated.

There was a aligator there in Day, chilling out on the steps of the bank, 2 zombos just walked right past it.

I suppose there could have been a huge wave of folks dyin' from shock or fright, be it heart attacks or sleeping pills. I'd be interested to know exactly how many dead bodies are in, say, a big city morgue that still have intact brains at any given time.

I'd say the zombies did adapt a little bit from Dawn, but not much. They were ripping people apart just the same in Dawn. But if there wasn't a hoard of them you could run between them easily enough, or kick them away still in Day. There were just too many in too cramped an area, didn't matter how slow they moved in day. They were clumsy still too.

I can imagine Bub, though, going out to the zombie population and "sharing" with other zombies. A stretch of the - In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king - idea. Bub leads zombies to whatever destiny awaits.

Still, I don't feel like I can wrap my mind around so many undamaged zombies, and how the zombie population could have gotten so high if they tear their victems to shreds. Any other explainations would be greatly appreciated.

On a side note, doesn't the guy who played the Captain in Day look like he could be Ewan McGregor's father?

[Cthulu13]

Originally posted by tanlen
Spoilers for the uninitiated, I guess...

Since the vast majority of the zombie deaths involve zombies ripping humans into little chunks, how did the zombie population get so big?

And most of the zombies have no physical damage at all, just gray people lumbering around. How'd they die?

Why don't zombies eat fresh zombies? The flesh is still warm (I think that was why it was said they don't eat each other, cause they're cold fleshed.)

Why didn't the zombies eat the animals? (see the gator in Day... oh... I guess cause the gator is cold blooded? he'd still have warm flesh though?)

(silly gripe) Zombies like BUB have perfectly clear living eyes.

Could 4 people rip a man's toro in two? Could one man pull off another's head? Zombies seem really strong, yet you can roll around on the ground with one or get grabbed by one and the only strong thing is their teeth.

Frankenstein didn't turn into a zombie because...?

I love the trilogy, just figured this would be a good place to get these haunting question off my chest.

A1) Zombies don't need to tear anyone apart to kill them. One bite and they're infected with a 0% survival rate. All it takes is one zombie to start a swarm/horde/scourge/pack (what is a group of zombies called?)

A2) Previously mentioned one bite one kill. . .

A3) No Idea

A4) Ditto

A5) Ummmm. . . I think that may have more to do with the make-up techniques of the time than any zombie related thing.

A6) The thing is, zombies can use their full strength without pain, or fatigue, making for a single allpowerfull first attack. Fortunately they can't repair the tears in muscle fiber resulting from hard labor, and so gradually become weaker and weaker. Also they don't recieve the burst of adrenaline humans recieve in times of danger.

A7) Are we talking about the Frankentstein? Big greenish guy, flat head, bolts in the neck? Isn't he already a zombie?

[tanlen]

Nay, Friend, the scientist from Day they called Frankenstein. The older gent who trained Bub.

I can follow the idea that say, one or two of the zombies trying to attack a human could get a bite off and that human could escape dismemberment. Then as you say they change over to zombie-status themselves. Seems that a crowd of zombies is what it takes to get a solid human dismemberment/flesh fest going on. Unless the zombie got the throat of the human.

Fun to think on stuff such as this ;)

[TATU]

If you remember in NoTLD they said that a recently dead person who died in any way would come back as a zombie, not just a person who was attacked or bitten. That's why Barbara's brother came back. He had no visible wounds (such as bite marks or scratches) but he died when he bashed his head on the gravestone.

[Wolfman]

Night of the Living Dead is a different continuity than the others. The zombies in Night were tool-users. The zombies in the others had infectious bites. It seemed that only the bitten were rising up in the later movies. Everyone did in Night.

[teenkiller]

Personally if I am questioning anything about these zombies it is how they can actually pull people apart. They seem to be extremely weak but then have no trouble at all tearing peoples limbs off. Not a big gripe with me or anything it just doesn't seem very logical... but then again this IS a movie. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.