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Last week a gaming buddy and I (the same guy that inspired the Assassin Psychology thread) watched "Shaun of the Dead" all the way through.
Mildly funny movie, but NOT a spoof! It is DEFINATELY a zombie movie, so don't get it for your kids!
Anyway, we began talking about the differences between movie zombies and DnD zombies.
In DnD, Zombies are Negative Energy robots. Not really a will, no real direction, no hunger...they just mill around until commanded. They aren't contagious either. All in all, a mid level adventurer sighs when he sees a city full of zombies.
In the movies, Zombies are ravenous. They eat and eat and eat. They're also contagious, so one bite and your toast. They move relatively fast (when they want to), and they seem to have a malign intelligence about them.
So...according to my logic, movie zombies aren't zombies at all.
They're ghouls.
Think about it! Cannibalistic, contagious, intelligent, hungry...and have you ever noticed how zombie victims just stand there and scream while their brain is eaten? Maybe that is another form of Ghoul Paralysis?!
What do you guys think?
Mildly funny movie, but NOT a spoof! It is DEFINATELY a zombie movie, so don't get it for your kids!
Anyway, we began talking about the differences between movie zombies and DnD zombies.
In DnD, Zombies are Negative Energy robots. Not really a will, no real direction, no hunger...they just mill around until commanded. They aren't contagious either. All in all, a mid level adventurer sighs when he sees a city full of zombies.
In the movies, Zombies are ravenous. They eat and eat and eat. They're also contagious, so one bite and your toast. They move relatively fast (when they want to), and they seem to have a malign intelligence about them.
So...according to my logic, movie zombies aren't zombies at all.
They're ghouls.
Think about it! Cannibalistic, contagious, intelligent, hungry...and have you ever noticed how zombie victims just stand there and scream while their brain is eaten? Maybe that is another form of Ghoul Paralysis?!
What do you guys think?