Can zombies swim?

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   Hauntyposted 14 years ago

   Not all zombies are evil. Some are understanding. Just saying.
   
   But of course these are not the ones they shoot movies about.

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      dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      What are they understanding of?  The fact that we are food to them?  Or that we have brains and they want brains? 
      I have read books with smart zombies, but give me a classic Romero zombie any day.

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         TheGlassSpiderposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I kind of liked in the implication in Land of the Dead that the zombies might be able to learn, or remember, things from their previous life...like how to use tools, solve problems...it adds an interesting dimension to the problem of avoiding them and fighting them.

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   Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

   they had one undestanding zombie in the movie I was forced to watch and he got killed

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      Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Zombies die twice.

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         dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Only if the get caught on fire, blown up, or shot in the head

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            Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Or in this case his head ripped off by other zombies because he was trying to save a woman who was alive
            
            but still the movie SUCKED! Dave you would be disappointed in the director of the movie I watched

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               dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               I am sure.  I prefer the classic zombies.  Shuffling, stumbling, non-intelligent type.

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                  Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  me too! they actually could use weapons, jump really high and were smart *gag* bad zombies bad!

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   dave272727posted 14 years ago

   That just sounds like the makings of a crappy movie.  Monster Island by David Wellington had smart Zombies in it.  Two of them, and it had mummies.  The mummies at a museum came back to "life".  It took a great effort to finish that book.  Crap with as big a C as I can make.

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   Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

   yep sad thing was that the movie came out in 2008 Mummies that came back to life? Was that guy from The Mummy speaking his Egyptian and bringing them back?

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      dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I tried to watch a movie called The Zombie Diaries.  It was not great but not too terrible.

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         Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Dear Diary,
         
         ugghhhh brains.....
         
         

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            TheGlassSpiderposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            LMAO!!!
            
            
            Although...I am reminded of Return of the Living Dead...where the female zombie who's strapped down to the hospital table tells them that brains make the pain go away...
            
            an interesting idea: the zombie's perspective.

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   dave272727posted 14 years ago

   That plot would have been better than what they came up with

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   Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

   hmmm new idea for a book and movie go for it dave

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      dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      At the moment, I am proofing part three and making some alterations before posting it here.  The diary format has already been done with Day by Day Armageddon.  It is a GREAT book.  Written entirely in journal format.

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         Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         But was it written by a zombie?

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            dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            No it was first person point of view from a survivor's point of view.  Chronicling each day of his ordeal.  People he met, things they did, places they stayed.  It is my favorite.

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               Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               hmmm I might have to pick that one up.

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                  dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  J.L Bourne is the author.  There is another one similar called Z Day is Here by Rob Fox.  Not as good as Armageddon, but good in it's own way.

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   Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

   I think it would be a good read though...don't think there would be much there since they can't talk anymore

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   Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

   Sweeeet! I'll have to check it out in the future have too may books to read now

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      dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You need to get a Kindle.  Seriously the best present I ever got.  I have used it daily since I got it back in August.  Books are CHEAP for it.  A brand new release is $10.  Some older books are FREE.  I get ALL my books for it now.  It also travels VERY well.

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         Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         oooo yea no! not going to nope nope nope and you can't make me don't want my eyes to get wrose they are bad as it is

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         TheGlassSpiderposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         But I just *love* my real, paper books I love the smell of the paper, the look of the letters....Oh I'm just so old-fashioned!

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            Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Me too! I like my books...even if I do get the occasional paper cuts lol

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            dave272727posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I still have my old paper books as well.  And I still read them.  Its just that the Kindle travels better than packing 20 books for 5 weeks.  When I am told I can only bring only 20 pounds of luggage.  All carry on, I have to sacrifice something.  And it usually ends up being my books.

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   jahnbarposted 14 years ago

   hello.... well as i know the zombie don't know haw to swim neither can breath... they just wall under the water. like the pirate on the Caribbean lol.... why you so afraid of zombies?

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    jfreemonposted 14 years ago

    What makes a dead body float in the water?
    
    The gasses from decaying body tissue made by bacteria. That's why a body floats face down and "back" up. The gas gathers in the stomach and lungs.
    
    A zombie, by definition, is either in a state of very slow decay or was in a state of decay and is in a permanent state of "undecay." So there will be no gas production and therefore they won't be able to float as their tissue, etc., would be deprived of oxygen that our bodies use.
    
    So no, they can't swim.
    
    Although a half-zombie, half-boat zombie would be pretty cool, now that I think about it.

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