Perhaps it does, perhaps it does. And again, I'm totally all right with that. I don't care how the zombies get there, it's just important that they're there. But it's like mutants in the Marvel Universe, it becomes the catch-all thing to explain something that's pretty much inexplicable. I mean, sure "virus" makes sense if you're talking 28 Days Later or the like, where you're basically dealing with people that have super-rabies and severe brain damage, but it's like...how the hell is a virus still affecting a dead person?andersonh1 wrote:I think it's a virus in this story as well. I tend to see that as an attempt by more rational writers to avoid the idea of magic and the occult as an explanation for zombies. Maybe they just think "a virus" plays better to the modern audience.The virus thing is okay and all, and makes sense to a point, but it's getting a bit played out. But I digress.
And y'know...I don't think zombies get the occult angle used in their movies that terribly often. Funny, given the origin of the word and all. Usually it's "science" run amok, whether bioengineered virus or experimental nerve gas or toxic waste or the like. Or, in a hilarious example, experimental nerve gas used in the manufacturing of party ecstasy drugs that turn ravers into killer zombie people. Terrible movie, amazing concept.
Hm. Why have I not bought this book with giant shapeshifting space robots fighting zombies drawn by an amazing artist yet? The hell's wrong with me?
To slightly re-rail this topic..is Grimlock in this book?
