07 October 2005

1. Zombies are ravenous and infectious, yet slightly slow and easy to kill. People can therefore unleash their inner mass murderer for the good of humanity.

2. Zombies are one of the few movies monster archetypes that appear (mostly) in hordes. Hordes are ALWAYS cool.

3. Zombies can only feast on live flesh/brains. I salute discriminating taste.

4. The "zombie clinging to last vestige of humanity" gag, i.e. using a fork to eat brains, trying to drive a car, etc. never, ever gets old.

5. Zombies slouch, and that makes me fell slightly more at ease than that broom-up-the-ass Michael Myers.

6. Animal zombies.

7. As an actor, I can honestly say I would like to play a zombie in every role I will ever play. S' ridiculously fun, plus FX makeup is rad/tubular.

8. Even the most out-of-shape person can outrun them, for a while.

9. A reasonably smart, resourceful person can find ways to live among them, due to their slow speed and lack of higher reasoning skills. Which is cool and impresses people, a la-
"So , where do you live?"
"Raccoon City."
"Oh my God! Isn't that dangerous?"
"Nah."
(swoons)

Drawbacks:
Again, zombies are easy to kill- this is why it would suck to be one. Zombies also, if sufficiently numerous, soon present a paucity of ways to kill them. Shooting, stabbing, bludgeoning, exploding, and burning are all fine, but soon you run out of places to go.

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