Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf A zombie is dead. Completely dead why does a shot to the Brain kill them? Is the brain keeping them semi alive? Also how do they keep sharp teeth to bite you and not rotting away?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down17
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareIf A zombie is dead. Completely dead why does a shot to the Brain kill them? Is the brain keeping them semi alive? Also how do they keep sharp teeth to bite you and not rotting away?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarejustdaveisfine@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 days agoI think if you approach zombies from any logical angle, you’re going to find they’re pretty flawed and would never ‘work’ as depicted in most movies. Its easier to think of them as some magic or demonic force that’s reanimating the dead not bound by traditional biological rules.
minus-squareModest_Toxic@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoTrue but some movies and games angle it really well. The last of us is my favorite: https://news.sky.com/story/the-last-of-us-the-science-behind-the-real-zombie-fungus-and-is-it-an-actual-threat-12790306
I think if you approach zombies from any logical angle, you’re going to find they’re pretty flawed and would never ‘work’ as depicted in most movies.
Its easier to think of them as some magic or demonic force that’s reanimating the dead not bound by traditional biological rules.
True but some movies and games angle it really well. The last of us is my favorite: https://news.sky.com/story/the-last-of-us-the-science-behind-the-real-zombie-fungus-and-is-it-an-actual-threat-12790306