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Comment on 5. SHUFFLES by wiliamson

wiliamson — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:41:43 +0000

In a dictionary about magic and folk lore I found a different definition for zombie. That it was a person whose “soul” had been stolen by a black magician. The person is still alive but becomes the wizard’s slave. Technically they are “dead” because the soul has left. Were zombies to exist this is a much more plausible idea – a living slave. Aghhhhh —

Comment on 10. Is NEVER REFERRED TO as a “zombie” by The Z Word

The Z Word — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:21:28 +0000

In Shaun of the Dead zombie is used quite often and I personally feel that it makes the phenomenon much more real because I reckon that if a bunch of my friends and I were faced with lumbering, stupid, man-eating, undead people we’d be calling them zombies!
Also, when Ed first calls them ‘zombies’ Shaun tells him not to call them that, which does add a nice touch of denial.

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zombies — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:21:12 +0000

Maybe that’s b/c, technically, they’re not zombies, they’re ghouls. o.O

Comment on 10. Is NEVER REFERRED TO as a “zombie” by Guest

Guest — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:20:56 +0000

I think the main reasoning behind this Z-word stigma relies on the very nature and skepticism of humans. After all, if you saw someone staggering around one night, moaning, you would be more likely to think, as Shaun put it: “She’s so drunk…” rather than: “Hey, neat, a zombie…”.

Comment on 10. Is NEVER REFERRED TO as a “zombie” by "zed" word

"zed" word — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:20:41 +0000

..though if you accept that it is Romero’s films that invented the current meaning of the word Zombie, then it would be odd to hear his characters actually using it; rather like if you had an episode of Friends where the cast come home and watch Friends on TV.

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romero — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:20:26 +0000

to sum up the other comments above, the “zed” word is used a total of two times in George A. Romero’s films.

ive also noticed that other than the one time the word is said in each movie, they are called other things entirely. in :OTD, they are called “stenches” rather often by John Lequizamo, as well as “walkers” by the rest of the cast.
My opinion is that if you say it once, you might as well continue to do so.

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Romero's character's never say "Zombie" — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:20:09 +0000

…it’s ironic also that despite Romero’s characters never (well, once) using the term “zombie” it is these films that really brought the word – in its current sense – into mainstream language.

NB. The LOTD “script” has no mention of the word “zombie” by a character, though Kaufman does use it in the trailer.

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Term "Zombie" used in Romero's "Land — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:19:54 +0000

In the trailer currently available through the official LOTD website Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) uses the term. “Zombies, man. They creep me out.”

The use of the term “zombie” in a film is perhaps a rather realistic use of dialog. If fiction were to be reality the term “zombie” would be thrown around with wild abandon.

It is an interesting choice, however, to omit the term from most films… as if to say that the survivors are suffering from a sort of mass/cultural denial brought on by the common belief that ghosts, vampires, and zombies do not exist, and are fictional creations of our collective imagination. Thus the rotting creatures lumbering about and feeding on the hapless living must be something else, and therefore are called nearly everything but “zombie” – even though the facts presented would clearly dictate that they are zombies.

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Peter uses it in "Dawn". — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:19:38 +0000

When the bikers are breaking in, Peter relays to Stephen that “there’s going to be a million zombies in here These guys will be too busy to worry about us.”

Comment on 9. Has NO SPECIAL STRENGTH by normal human strength

normal human strength — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:18:31 +0000

doubtfully people would be reading this as the last post was over 1.5 years ago… but… The human body has the strength to do what we concider the impossible. our muscles are strong enough to break the bones they are attached to if stimulated. Our brain controls how many muscle cells to use and what strength to use too…. think of the woman who lifted a whole caravan off her child when he was stuck under it. We can perform incredible feats of strength when called upon. Weight lifters use more of the muscle cells available to them, whereas average joes like yourselves will only use 10-15% of your potential strength!! Zombies do not have higher brain function to control the strength of their muscles, so it goes to say that they could perform incredible feats of strength until damaging themselves!!