Comments on: The Fast Zombie

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:12:23 +0000

Yeah, definitely . . . I have always wondered what it is about zombies that keep them from attacking one another. In traditional zombies I would assume that the reason is just the general lack of “self” and the aim of destroying that which is self. In the 28 Days Later infected type monsters I have a harder time because I think of how the disease is called “rage” and seems to make people just go ape shit. Why wouldn’t they go after each other? Obviously for the movie the reason is to drive plot but in consideration of such a disease, like a super rabies, I have to assume there would be little distinction between a healthy person and another infected individual.

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:11:42 +0000

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:50:35 +0000

I agree, fear of zombies is similar to the fear of Alzheimers or Mad Cow disease. However, the “zombies” in 28 Days Later are rabid. And after discussing (with you) the horrors of rabies, I am pretty sure it’s a somewhat realistic scenario. The only difference being that two rabid humans probably would cancel each other out, whereas in the 28 series, they teamed up.