Post by kentweirdo on Aug 15, 2008 4:35:38 GMT -5
I can understand both camps. And I have nothing against fast ghouls, even if I don't agree with the practical limitations (they're just movies, anyway).
Some folks argue that shamblers aren't scary at all. They're no good for suspense, they lack the ferocity of their hyper-kinetic counterparts, they're too easy to kill, and so on.
I get it. I mean, how are you supposed to land a decent head-shot on an undead track star that stops at nothing to rip you apart?
That's what always gets them in the end- they underestimate what they perceive to be the enemy. You wont have to worry about rival human gangs when mass-murdering hordes of fast carnivores are gutting out entire cities within hours.
Yeah, we can walk by these slow fuckers and take what's ours. Just whack 'em in the head, they're slow and dumb.
Remember that slagging Argento cut of Dawn? After the hit-and-run, Flyboy sits there with the same remarks about how easy it is to elude these slow fuckers, and Peter sets him straight. "They touched us good." He was absolutely right. And Flyboy was zombie-bait to begin with- that dumb fucker...
I guarantee that if (it'll never happen, but still) the recently-dead rose in this fashion, slow and what-have-you, we'd see the same sorts of problems throughout the world. Families who couldn't bring themselves to do the right thing and cut their dead relatives head off, the numbers of people who die everyday coming back and infecting people in the first week of the crisis, world leaders and scientists with stupid ideas that'll only drive us deeper into the hole, and so on. You can't rely on other people to do what's right.
What does it matter if most soldiers have seen these films, or at least know the basic rules and know that you've gotta shoot them in the head no matter what? There's still going to be someone to come along and fuck it all up.
What I'm saying is that these circumstances apply to fast and slow movers. This is what would happen in either case. The shamblers might not be as intense or keep you on your toes as much as you'd think, but I know that if a group of them set upon my home one night or day, I won't shrug it off. Same if some half-retarded creep with a crowbar came screaming for my blood for some reason.
And man, what would you rather be ripped apart by? Slow bastards just pulling your skin apart like play-doh (hur hur), or beast-like fuckers mincing you like a lawnmower?
You folks can count on me if it ever (it wont) happens...
Some folks argue that shamblers aren't scary at all. They're no good for suspense, they lack the ferocity of their hyper-kinetic counterparts, they're too easy to kill, and so on.
I get it. I mean, how are you supposed to land a decent head-shot on an undead track star that stops at nothing to rip you apart?
That's what always gets them in the end- they underestimate what they perceive to be the enemy. You wont have to worry about rival human gangs when mass-murdering hordes of fast carnivores are gutting out entire cities within hours.
Yeah, we can walk by these slow fuckers and take what's ours. Just whack 'em in the head, they're slow and dumb.
Remember that slagging Argento cut of Dawn? After the hit-and-run, Flyboy sits there with the same remarks about how easy it is to elude these slow fuckers, and Peter sets him straight. "They touched us good." He was absolutely right. And Flyboy was zombie-bait to begin with- that dumb fucker...
I guarantee that if (it'll never happen, but still) the recently-dead rose in this fashion, slow and what-have-you, we'd see the same sorts of problems throughout the world. Families who couldn't bring themselves to do the right thing and cut their dead relatives head off, the numbers of people who die everyday coming back and infecting people in the first week of the crisis, world leaders and scientists with stupid ideas that'll only drive us deeper into the hole, and so on. You can't rely on other people to do what's right.
What does it matter if most soldiers have seen these films, or at least know the basic rules and know that you've gotta shoot them in the head no matter what? There's still going to be someone to come along and fuck it all up.
What I'm saying is that these circumstances apply to fast and slow movers. This is what would happen in either case. The shamblers might not be as intense or keep you on your toes as much as you'd think, but I know that if a group of them set upon my home one night or day, I won't shrug it off. Same if some half-retarded creep with a crowbar came screaming for my blood for some reason.
And man, what would you rather be ripped apart by? Slow bastards just pulling your skin apart like play-doh (hur hur), or beast-like fuckers mincing you like a lawnmower?
You folks can count on me if it ever (it wont) happens...
